Over half the required 144 entries for the Ladbrokes Irish Derby have been received with another four days to go before Saturday’s closing stage.

Rory Delap has assured the thousands of Stoke fans who have travelled out to Valencia that the side will give everything in a bid to reach the last 16 of the Europa League.

Stoke defender Rory Delap has won his appeal against the red card he received in Sunday’s FA Cup win over Crawley.

Stoke have appealed against Rory Delap’s red card in yesterday’s FA Cup win over Crawley.

Tony Pulis was relieved to see Stoke progress to the FA Cup quarter-finals yesterday but furious at Rory Delap’s early dismissal.

Crawley 0 Stoke 2

Team Lotus owner Tony Fernandes believes it is time for everybody involved in the naming-rights row to “grow up” and let the courts determine the outcome.

ROY KEANE’S Ipswich side came from a goal behind to end Northampton’s brave Carling Cup run last night.

Birmingham 1 Brentford 1 (aet, Birmingham win 4-3 on penalties)

The sentencing of an 18-year-old alcoholic convicted of the manslaughter of 20-year-old man at the Liffey Valley Shopping Centre in September 2005 has been adjourned at the Central Criminal Court today.

Fabled FA Cup giantkillers Hereford booked themselves a third-round date in January by beating Coca-Cola League One side Port Vale 4-0 at Edgar Street today.

Emmy award winner Eddie Izzard is no longer part of the hit TV drama 24 - after completing only one day of filming.

An 18-year-old alcoholic with learning difficulties was convicted today of the manslaughter of a 20-year-old after a drinking session in a field beside the Liffey Valley Shopping Centre in September 2005.

CORK GAA officials are seeking thea re-arrangement of their teams’ schedules in the All-Ireland SFC and SHC championship in Croke Park.

The lives of a number of people have been severely affected by an ex-Garda Special Branch member who caused death and serious injury to others while drink driving, an inquest has heard.

A retired member of the Garda Special Branch has been jailed for five years and disqualified from driving for 15 years for drunk driving causing death and serious injury.

Customs officers in the South Pacific nation of Tonga today seized boxes of ammunition, but located no firearms, on the luxury yacht of Russian oil billionaire and Chelsea soccer club owner Roman Abramovich.

Bottom club Carlisle’s mission impossible to avoid the drop to the Nationwide Conference was boosted as they registered back-to-back wins with a 2-0 success over Oxford, who began the day in third place.

IN an all-Kerry semi-final to the West Munster Barton Shield, Tralee ended Killarney’s hopes in a marathon at the Ring of Kerry.

A POWERFUL Clandeboye quartet boasting a combined handicap total of plus seven strode to an impressive victory in the Bulmers Barton Shield at Galway Golf Club yesterday.

THE sun shone brightly on the picturesque Galway Golf Club course throughout yesterday during the final practice rounds for the Bulmers Irish Cups and Shields finals beginning at the Salthill venue this morning.

A Bosnian Serb commander has pleaded innocent to charges of unleashing the Srebrenica massacre.