Stoke boss Tony Pulis hopes Republic of Ireland player Glenn Whelan will be fit enough to make his return for the Potters when they take on Sunderland this Saturday.

Huge relief for Newtownshandrum at Kilworth on Saturday, heartache though for Killeagh, their Trojan effort to cause a huge Cork SHC upset thwarted in extra-time by two cracking Cathal Naughton goals, leaving them with a tricky backdoor clash with Cloyne.

Huge relief for Newtownshandrum at Kilworth on Saturday, heartache though for Killeagh, their Trojan effort to cause a huge Cork SHC upset thwarted in extra-time by two cracking Cathal Naughton goals, leaving them with a tricky backdoor clash with Cloyne.

Stoke boss Tony Pulis felt Valencia should have been reduced to 10 men in their Europa League clash last night after Tino Costa twice escaped punishment for tackles on Dean Whitehead.

THROUGHOT a glorious career, Ronnie Whelan earned a reputation as one of the most cultured footballers in Europe.

James Corden will write and star in new BBC2 comedy 'The Wrong Man'.

Martin Adams came through a thrilling duel with BDO World Championship debutant Dean Winstanley to pick up his third title in tonight’s final at Frimley Green.

Harlequins chief executive Mark Evans admits the club will never be able to erase the stain of 'Bloodgate'.

A “DEVIOUS” 48-year-old man who tricked two teenage girls on the internet into believing he was 17 and then raped them was yesterday jailed indefinitely.

HARLEQUINS chief executive Mark Evans has pleaded for his club not to be thrown out of European competition before Monday’s appeal hearing into the fake blood scandal.

Former EastEnder Phil Daniels has become the first celebrity to sashay out of the competition in BBC’s 'Strictly Come Dancing'.

We could’ve filled this week’s forum with only two topics. That historic Tipp win at the Ceaucescu-era sporting edifice on the banks of the Lee marred by poor control. Or the departure of Justin McCarthy as Manager of The Waterford senior hurlers. Mostly, the fans are angry at the players who pushed him and how he was treated at the end.

A half-time history tutorial from Roy Keane provided the knowledge and inspiration for Sunderland to suggest they are at last ready to leave behind the Premier League’s equivalent of dunces’ corner.

A man has been jailed for three years by Judge Patrick McCartan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for interfering with the principle prosecution witness in an attempted murder trial.

A man has been convicted of interfering with the principle prosecution witness in an attempted murder trial to try to persuade him not to give evidence at the trial of the man who had shot him in the head.

ALAN CURBISHLEY has warned Dean Ashton he must remain patient as he looks to force his way back into the England squad.

SUNDERLAND midfielder Dickson Etuhu admits he was inspired by Roy Keane’s famously fearsome tussles with Patrick Vieira.

ROY KEANE will take his Sunderland squad back to basics before he takes them back to his former stamping ground Old Trafford on Saturday.

Sunderland captain Dean Whitehead has been ruled out for six months with a cruciate knee injury.

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Dean Ashton will aim to recover from a broken ankle in time to feature in West Ham's UEFA Cup campaign after cruelly being denied his England debut.

West Ham striker Dean Ashton is expected to be out until mid-November after suffering a broken ankle during an England training session.

FOR years, they’ve represented all that’s best in their respective counties, represented the hopes, the dreams and occasionally the heartache.

West Ham manager Alan Pardew will ask his FA Cup final crocks Dean Ashton and Matthew Etherington to play through their pain against Liverpool at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium on Saturday.

Sunderland midfielder Liam Lawrence has predicted his side will bounce straight back up if they are relegated from the Barclays Premiership.

Baracouda, four-time winner of the totesport Long Walk Hurdle, heads the 18 entries for this year’s renewal at Windsor on December 17.

Alan Curbishley returns to Aston Villa tomorrow looking to help dispel memories of a disappointing period of his playing career by ensuring Charlton get their Barclays Premiership campaign back on track.

LAST night they were welcomed by their own. The long and winding road from Dublin to the People’s Republic ended for Cork’s All-Ireland winning hurlers in the embrace of their fans.

Charlton have eased their goalkeeping crisis by signing Norwegian international goalkeeper Thomas Myhre on a one-year deal.

Former The Smiths frontman Morrissey is dumping his record company after staff incorrectly convinced British fans their hero would be performing at the upcoming Isle of Wight festival.

SO it's farewell Alan Gaffney and thank you for your time.

BARACOUDA will try to provide racing fans with some early Christmas sparkle as he bids for a fourth success in the Telectronics Long Walk Hurdle at Windsor today.

IRIS’S GIFT confirmed his position as this season’s champion staying hurdler with an impressive win in the Martell Cognac Laurel Pub Company Liverpool Hurdle at Aintree yesterday.

Iris’s Gift, the game winner of Cheltenham’s bonusprint.com Stayers’ Hurdle, is the star on show in the opening race of Aintree’s three-day Grand National meeting tomorrow.

RICHARD JOHNSON surpassed the total of John Francome to become the fourth winning-most jumps jockey of all time in Britain when scoring a double at Huntingdon yesterday.

Jockey Club officials will this week study video recordings and a stewards’ report relating to the incident in which Deano’s Beeno was said to have been hit 50 times by Tony McCoy at the start of a race on New Year’s Eve.

JOCKEY Club officials will this week study video recordings and a stewards’ report relating to the incident in which Deano’s Beeno was said to have been hit 50 times by Tony McCoy at the start of a race on New Year’s Eve.

Jockey Club officials will this week study video recordings and a stewards’ report relating to the incident in which Deano’s Beeno was said to have been hit 50 times by Tony McCoy at the start of a race on New Year’s Eve.

MARTIN PIPE yesterday leapt to the defence of Tony McCoy over the incident at Cheltenham yesterday which resulted in the champion jockey being banned for five days for hitting Deano’s Beeno 50 times in order to get the gelding to start.

Martin Pipe today leapt to the defence of Tony McCoy over the incident at Cheltenham yesterday which resulted in the champion jockey being banned for five days for hitting Deano’s Beeno 50 times in order to get the gelding to start.

Champion jockey Tony McCoy faces a week off early in the New Year after being hit with a five-day suspension for improper riding at Cheltenham today.

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French ace Baracouda could be the star of the show at Ascot’s Christmas meeting next week.

HENRIETTA KNIGHT has reported Best Mate “60 per cent likely” to go for the Pertemps King George VI Chase at Kempton on St Stephen's Day.