IRELAND has been awarded the 2007 European Union Boxing Championships, which will attract at least 27 nations to the National Stadium following a decision to allow the accession countries into the tournament.

Kilbrittain 0-21 Ballymartle 1-15 (After extra-time)

NOW it is a little faded and the winter colours don’t help, but Árd Aoibhinn in Little Island is a bit of on an unpolished gem.

WITHSTANDING some sustained late Macroom pressure, Killavullen won the Tom Creedon Cup for the first time in Macroom yesterday, beating the hosts 0-10 to 0-8 in a final that was lively and entertaining.

THE extent to which Oliver Doherty has captivated the fans, if not the nation, took the organisers of the golf competition at the Portmarnock Hotel and Golf Links by surprise yesterday when, three times, extra marshals had to be called in to control the crowds who thronged the course as the Special Olympics World Games entered its third day.

BIG things are expected of Oliver Doherty. Yesterday, the gentle golfing giant from Donegal with a club handicap of six proved those expectations to be well founded when shooting 92 and dominating the Portmarnock field.