NEWTOWNSHANDRUM was a village en fete yesterday, as for the fourth time this decade, the Seán Óg Murphy cup named in honour of the Cork hurling legend and awarded to the winners of the Cork SHC, was once again on view.

Lewis Hamilton vowed to bring the good times back to his legion of fans after enduring a British Grand Prix weekend to forget.

Lewis Hamilton rocked Silverstone to its roots and sent 90,000 fans into a frenzy with a British Grand Prix victory.

Lewis Hamilton enjoyed a superb start to a rain-hit British Grand Prix after storming off the line from fourth place to challenge pole-sitter and McLaren team-mate Heikki Kovalainen for the lead.

Takuma Sato is amongst the next crop of drivers heading for Formula 1.