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Irish Olympic hopeful Oliver Dingley expressed pride ‘hearing the Irish anthem’ as he collected gold at the Irish Open Diving championships in the National Aquatic Centre in Dublin, yesterday.

Oliver Dingley had dreamed of winning a medal at a major diving event for 14 years before he earned the right to stand on the podium at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in the summer of 2014.

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John Francis Daley and Jonathan M Goldstein will write the new Spider-Man film, and they're promising some laughs

John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein may be about to add another reboot to their portfolio. They are reportedly being lined up to write Spider-Man’s next adventure.

Bayern Munich manager Pep Guardiola says midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger will be given the choice of whether to stay or leave the Bundesliga champions — with Manchester United lying in wait.

An already difficult clash with West Ham has been made all the tougher for Southampton manager Ronald Koeman by a string of absentees.

Every few weeks, I check back on my previous columns to see if I’ve made any howlers I’ll need to wheedle out of — such as calling Blind ‘Danny’ last week, for example. (Thank you, Word AutoCorrect).

Daley Blind has told Manchester United fans they must keep faith with Louis van Gaal.

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Manchester United’s scattergun approach to the transfer window, which has seen chief executive Ed Woodward widely lambasted, delivered an unexpected bullseye on deadline day with the arrival of Radamel Falcao, but also delivered a risky potential sale of Danny Welbeck to top-six rivals Arsenal that drew criticism from Old Trafford fans.

Tom Daley is reportedly planning to get married.

Manchester United have smashed the British transfer record to sign Angel di Maria from Real Madrid.

Daley Blind’s agent says Manchester United are yet to launch a bid to sign his client.

Hollywood star Zac Efron has been named the “hottest hunk” of 2014 – ousting Tom Daley, who took top spot in the Heat magazine poll last year.

'Tom Daley Goes Global' will not return for a second series.

SPOILER: Has Boyzone star Keith Duffy made it into the semi-final of diving show 'Splash!' tonight?

GAY men cheered and women wept when Tom Daley came out. But when he added that he still fancies women, he highlighted the folly of boxing people off in terms of something as potentially fluid as sexuality.

Diversity dancer Perri Kiely proved he had all the right moves when he plunged straight into the semi-finals of TV diving contest Splash!

Diver Tom Daley has told how it was “love at first sight” when he met the man who now shares his life.

Tom Daley says it was "love at first sight" when he met his partner.

Tom Daley is dating a 39-year-old Oscar-winner.

Former Wales rugby union international Gareth Thomas has backed Tom Daley’s decision to come out and believes the 19-year-old can inspire a new generation of athletes to be open and honest about their sexuality.

Olympic diver Tom Daley has thanked supporters for backing his decision to announce he is in a gay relationship.

Olympic diver Tom Daley has revealed he is in a relationship with a man and “couldn’t be happier”.

A KEYBOARD warrior is someone who uses a keyboard to vent their rage.

Tom Daley’s mother has hit back at criticism of her son by British Swimming chief David Sparkes in a long letter published by the Daily Mail.

Tom Daley has signed up to appear on ‘X Factor’.

New York mayor Michael Bloomberg and News Corp founder Rupert Murdoch are calling on US political leaders to make immigration reform a national priority.

Tom Daley bounced back from the shock of his near-exit last night to qualify for the final of the men’s platform.

Tom Daley survived a major scare as he left it until his final dive to nervously progress past the first round of the men’s 10-metre platform.

The Olympics have given the Twitter trolls an outlet. But the big names are fighting back, says Noelle McCarthy

Olympic Games chiefs insisted that they had no regrets over dubbing London 2012 the “social media Olympics”, despite two athletes being expelled over remarks made on Twitter, a British teenager being arrested for abusing an athlete, and winning athletes warning that using social media would have disrupted their preparations.

British diver Tom Daley has hit out at a Twitter troll who accused him of letting down his late father.

The BBC has apologised to viewers after decathlon great Daley Thompson made an anti-Irish joke.

Motherwell 0 Celtic 3

Champions Celtic showed six changes for their Clydesdale Bank Premier League clash with Motherwell at Fir Park.

Up to 16 employees at two Game video games stores in Cork city have begun a sit-in to “fight for their rights” after their British employer refused to pay them anything beyond statutory redundancy.

Rangers 3 Motherwell 0

Motherwell 1 St Mirren 1

Thomas Rogne has replaced the injured Glenn Loovens at the heart of the Celtic defence for this afternoon's SPL clash with Motherwell at Fir Park.

FACING a frustrated public and a sceptical Congress, US President Barack Obama last night pitched at least $300 billion (€215bn) in jobs proposals aimed at getting Americans back to work quickly, forcing Republicans to take a share of the responsibility for solving the country’s economic woes.

IRISH businessman Denis Brosnan last night said he was “shocked and appalled” at the conditions found in British care homes owned by his investment firm.