Three men have been jailed for a total of 12 years for their parts in a brawl that led to two American tourists being beaten with glass bottles.

Three men who took part in a vicious attack in Dublin city centre on two US tourists who had tried to stop a robbery will be sentenced on Monday.

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Two-time champion Andy Roddick was pushed to three sets before beating 46th-ranked Sergiy Stakhovsky in the opening round of the Cincinnati Masters today.

Third seed Novak Djokovic overcame the brutal serve of Taylor Dent to ensure a welcome early conclusion to the second match of his Wimbledon campaign.

Lleyton Hewitt will begin the defence of his US Men’s Clay Court title against Indian lucky loser Somdev Dewarman following a busy day of first round play in Houston, Texas.

Injury-torn American Taylor Dent promised Andy Murray a battle for every point as he set up a third-round meeting with the world number two at the US Open last night.

THE politicians and other Lisbon Treaty supporters tell us it’s all about being at the heart of Europe.

Roger Federer’s quest for his first title of 2009 remained on course with a straight sets 6-3 6-2 win over Taylor Dent.

AS top sportswear brands prepare to showcase their wares at this year’s FIFA World Cup in Germany, across Asia, workers who attempt to unionise are being sacked and threatened with violence, Oxfam International said yesterday.

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Third seed Lleyton Hewitt advanced to the fourth round of the US Open today after a thrilling five-set victory against Taylor Dent.

Former champion Lleyton Hewitt held off a spirited challenge from big-serving American Taylor Dent to reach his third quarter-final.

Finally the cult BBC Radio, TV, stage show, CD, book, comic-strip and, even, towel tale of the hapless Arthur Dent, sole survivor of a demolished Earth, and his zany journey around the Galaxy comes to the big screen.

FOUR-TIME champion Andre Agassi used lobs and stinging passes to hold off Taylor Dent 7-5, 7-6 (7-3), 6-1 yesterday, reaching the fourth round of the Australian Open and moving closer to a showdown with Roger Federer.

ANDY Roddick and Roger Federer reached the round of 16 at Wimbledon while thousands of fans lined up to be part of the third People’s Sunday in 127 years.

Love Actually star Hugh Grant was late author Douglas Adams' first choice to play Arthur Dent in the long-awaited movie adaptation of his best-selling novel The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy.

World number one Andy Roddick blasted his way into the fourth round of the Australian Open today with a comprehensive straight-sets victory over fellow American Taylor Dent.

World number one Andy Roddick survived a tough first-round clash at the Australian Open – but for last year’s finalist Rainer Schuettler it was another day to forget.

Andre Agassi survived his biggest test of the US Open thus far but got some help from Taylor Dent's injured right leg.

ANDRE AGASSI walked onto the court at Arthur Ashe Stadium for the third day in a row, but the world number one has still managed to finish only one match in that span as rain halted the US Open yesterday.

Andre Agassi overpowered Andreas Vinciguerra of Sweden to move into the third round of the US Open at Flushing Meadows with a 7-6 (7/1) 6-1 6-4 victory.

Top seed Andy Roddick survived a tight second set for a straight sets win over Spaniard Alberto Martin in the first round of the Internationaler Raiffeisen Grand Prix in St Polten.

Austin Powers director Jay Roach is to make a Hollywood adaptation of The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy.