Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is “100% sure” the club has the right structure in place and money is available to strengthen his struggling squad.

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Paul Pogba squandered the chance to send Manchester United to the top of the fledgling table as he missed yet another Premier League penalty.

In days gone by, a winger wasn’t a winger unless the soles of his boots were covered in white paint from spending so much time standing on the touchline; and that’s a tradition which might be making a return in 2019-20.

Considering Arsenal were pleading poverty at the start of the window, the capture of a player who has been of interest to every big club on the planet was a huge statement of intent from the Emirates’ new-look recruitment team.

For those teams looking forward to Cup final duels, this weekend was a delicate balance of keeping players healthy and Superleague momentum on track.

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Team Montenotte had to dig deep before overcoming Singleton’s SuperValu Brunell in a thrilling Women’s Premier National Cup quarter-final.

C&S UCC Demons finished 2014 with another resounding victory in the Premier Men’s league following their 101-81 win over Templeogue at the Mardyke Arena yesterday.

UCC DEMONS, who sprung a huge shock last weekend when ending the winning run of the Nivea for Men SuperLeague leaders, DCU Saints, travel to Dublin tomorrow in search of another upset when they take on 11890 Killester.

KILLESTER ended Bord Gais Neptune’s unbeaten run in the Nivea for Men SuperLeague when they defeated the Cork side 68-64 at the Neptune Stadium yesterday.

UCD Marian got back to winning ways with a tremendous 72-64 win over Belfast Star in the Nivea for Men SuperLeague at Anderstown on Saturday.

At the same time, who knows how any of us would react to a diagnosis of any extremely painful and incurable – if not strictly terminal – disease? As many as a third of Irish doctors say they have been asked by patients to helpend their lives

THE founder of Swiss assisted suicide clinic Dignitas defended his organisation last night.

BRITISH prime minister Gordon Brown said yesterday he was personally opposed to assisted suicide, ahead of the broadcast of a programme in which a terminally ill man is seen ending his life.

Footage showing a man ending his own life in an assisted suicide will be broadcast on British television tonight.

THE leaking of secret documents found in the possession of an alleged spy could have cost the lives of coalition troops, a court heard yesterday.