MANCHESTER CITY fans have branded the latest upheaval at Eastlands as “ludicrous”.

Ireland coach Eddie O’Sullivan has made one personnel and one positional change for his side’s last World Cup warm-up game against Italy at Ravenhill on Friday night.

JOEY BARTON will be offered help by the Professional Footballers’ Association after being suspended by Manchester City following a violent training ground altercation with team-mate Ousmane Dabo.

Joey Barton will be offered help by the Professional Footballers’ Association after being suspended by Manchester City following a violent training ground altercation with team-mate Ousmane Dabo.

FORMER Rugby League star Brian Carney looks set to make his Munster debut against Ulster at Ravenhill tomorrow night, but it will be on side shorn of virtually all its international stars.

ON THE eve of the Six Nations Championship, a feeling of quiet optimism has stirred the Irish rugby fraternity.

Manchester City fans have spent the night paying homage to Marc Vivien Foe by placing scarves and floral tributes outside the gates of their former home Maine Road.

The Irish Team, which will play Italy in the Lloyds TSB 6 Nations Championship in Flaminio Stadium, Rome on Saturday has been named and comes with few surprises.