JEREMY MANNING’S late penalty helped Cork Constitution record their fifth consecutive win in Division One of the AIB League after an 18-16 victory away to Ballymena.

Edinburgh 38 Connacht 8

Scotland captain Mike Blair and Alistair Hogg return to competitive action on Friday evening (21 March, kick off 7.30pm) for the Magners League home match against Connacht at Murrayfield.

Korean rookie Noh Seung-yul and Thailand’s Sattaya Supupramai held a one-stroke lead at the Asian Tour International after carding opening round eight-under-par 64s at the Pattana Golf and Sports Resort on Thursday.

Scotland repeated their victory over England in 2006 with another courageous defensive performance to regain the Calcutta Cup at Murrayfield.

Edinburgh coach Andy Robinson has been able to select Six Nations internationals Allister Hogg, Gavin Kerr and Hugo Southwell, with Nick De Luca on the bench for the Magner's League clash with Munster at Murrayfield on Friday night.

Scott Murray was among four players called into today’s Scotland training session after injuries struck head coach Frank Hadden’s preparations for the RBS 6 Nations campaign.

Scotland head coach Frank Hadden has challenged his young guns to seize their Six Nations opportunity.

Scotland coach Frank Hadden has confirmed back-row forward Jason White as captain for the forthcoming 2008 RBS 6 Nations Championships.

NEW signing Guy Easterby is named at out-half for Leinster’s Heineken Cup clash with Edinburgh in Murrayfield this afternoon (3.30pm).

Guy Easterby has been parachuted back into the Leinster first team days after signing a short-term contract for Saturday’s Heineken Cup Pool 6 clash against Edinburgh in Murrayfield, kick-off at: 3.30pm.

MUNSTER captain Paul O’Connell will be pushed to make the opening Heineken Cup fixture against Wasps next week as he struggles with a disc injury in his back.

MUNSTER rugby chiefs have released 250 additional ten-year-tickets for their new ground in Limerick.

SCOTLAND’S World Cup run came to a disappointing end at the quarter-final stage as Argentina stuttered into a last-four date with South Africa with a scrappy victory in Paris last night.

Scotland 13 Argentina 19

Scotland 0 New Zealand 40

Scotland 42 Romania 0

Workers at a Coca-Cola factory in the UK were staging another strike today in a row over pay.

Two news helicopters covering a police chase on live television collided and crashed to the ground, killing all four people on board in a plunge that viewers saw as a jumble of spinning, broken images.

EDINBURGH are boosted by the return of veteran Scott Murray and Munster by Paul O’Connell for the Magners League game at Murrayfield tonight.

Australian Adam Groom and Indian Rahil Gangjee lead after opening rounds of 66, six under par, in the Open championship international qualifier at Sentosa in Singapore today.

Liang Wen-Chong parred the first extra hole of a play-off to defeat Iain Steel of Malaysia at Laguna National Golf and Country Club today to win the Clariden Leu Singapore Masters.

OSPREYS boss Lyn Jones has predicted “an encounter to remember” when his star-studded Welsh challengers tackle English champions Sale Sharks in a mouth-watering Heineken Cup clash this evening.

Edinburgh Gunners 35 Llanelli Scarlets 18

Munster 36 Edinburgh 15

TOMÁS O'LEARY has been ruled out of the Munster team for tonight's Celtic League clash with Edinburgh Gunners at Thomond Park.

YOU might imagine that Ireland’s Triple Crown heroes would prefer to put up their feet and call it a day for this season.

COACH Mark McCall is looking for Ulster to continue their good away form in the Celtic League when they tackle Edinburgh at Murrayfield tonight (ko 7.30).

Edinburgh 30 Borders 25

Scotland head coach Frank Hadden has handed Hugo Southwell the number 15 jersey for the Bank of Scotland Corporate Autumn Test against New Zealand on Saturday.

SCOTLAND head coach Frank Hadden insists strength in depth has allowed him to make changes for the second Bank of Scotland Corporate Autumn Test against Samoa on Sunday.

Scotland head coach Frank Hadden has restored Chris Cusiter to the starting 15 for the Bank of Scotland Corporate Autumn Test against Samoa on Sunday.

Scotland 19 Argentina 23

Newly-appointed Sctoland coach Frank Hadden will concentrate on the more mundane Celtic League on Friday night.

Former Ulster forward Matt Mustchin will do his best to wreck Ulster's first home match of the season in the Celtic League at Ravenhill on Frdiay night.

The longer the wait for a verdict in Michael Jackson’s child sex abuse case, the more likely that jurors are deadlocked, according to legal analysts.

Michael Jackson’s fate was left hanging in the balance this weekend as the jury ended its sixth day of deliberations without reaching a verdict in his child sex abuse case.

Jurors in the Michael Jackson child abuse trial will have to decide whether his teenage accuser is a credible witness after viewing the boy’s videotaped testimony.

Edinburgh 33 Newport-Gwent Dragons 3

Edinburgh 13 Connacht 16

Edinburgh have made an astounding seven changes from last weekend for their perilous trip to Ulster this evening.

Newport-Gwent Dragons 16 Edinburgh 17

Scotland coach Matt Williams has reduced his squad ahead of Saturday’s Autumn Test against Australia to 23 players.