Your guide to tonight's telly.

A 52-year-old woman who fell in a pothole and broke her ankle after drinking 10 pints in her local soccer club has settled a €38,000 damages claim in the Circuit Civil Court.

Police in England are investigating whether an alleged victim of prolific sex offender Jimmy Savile has made a fraudulent compensation claim.

A private maternity hospital and two consultant obstetricians yesterday apologised in the High Court to the parents of a baby boy who died soon after his birth six years ago.

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Favourites Terenure held out for a narrow win over Blackrock in a frantic Leinster Schools Senior Cup first round tie at Donnybrook.

A JUDGE has criticised the “skewed” sentencing legislation in Ireland where he could only give six months to man for a 29th drink-driving offence while a woman got 10 months for stealing groceries.

Welshman Stephen Dodd and German Marcel Siem were joint leaders after the second day’s play at the KLM Open in the Netherlands.

WELSHMAN Stephen Dodd shared the first-round lead with Spaniard Jose Manuel Lara after carding six-under 65’s at the Sicilian Open yesterday.

Ian Holloway plans to make wholesale changes for Blackpool’s FA Cup third-round tie at Southampton.

A drug addict has been sentenced to 12 years for trying to rob a 94-year-old man and robbing a Iranian tourist with a scissors.

PGA Championship winner YE Yang needed just two final-round birdies to win the Volvo China Open by two shots today at a damp Jinji Lake International Golf Club today.

SEVERAL championships unfold over the weekend against a backdrop of well-subscribed entries. The Dunlop National Rally Championship curtain-raiser, the Abbey Court Hotel Nenagh Rally that also counts towards the Top Part West Coast Championship and the Dunlop Junior Championship, has attracted over 150 crews.

Evergreen Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez putted his way into a share of the lead alongside Stephen Dodd midway through the second round of the Dubai Desert Classic.

Retief Goosen remained the man to catch at the BMW International Open in Munich today.

President Barack Obama’s auto taskforce has told sceptical US politicians that the government had no plans to pump more money into carmakers General Motors and Chrysler, and said the public had a “reasonable probability” of getting its money back.

Stephen Dodd is not ready yet to say he is gunning for a Ryder Cup cap on home soil next year, but just to be news again on the European Tour is a huge step in the right direction.

Rory McIlroy, golf’s most gifted 20-year-old, went off to watch the final of “Britain’s Got Talent” tonight after giving himself another chance for his second European Tour victory.

Ryder Cup Dane Soren Hansen moved into contention for the European Open at the London Club in Kent today – and also witnessed something he has never seen before.

Stephen Dodd mixed eight birdies with six bogeys in a real rollercoaster ride at the European Open today – 24 hours after driving all the way from Kent to Wales thinking he had missed the halfway cut.

After a nightmare season in which he has made only four cuts in 21 tournaments and never had a single top-40 finish, Welshman Stephen Dodd’s career is suddenly on the up again.

The Irish crew of Daniel Barry and Martin Brady have moved into the lead of the Pirelli MSA Gravel Rally Championship and have also consolidated the lead in the Mitsubishi Evo Challenge following their fourth place in the Brick and Steel Border Counties Rally in Scotland yesterday.

US President Barack Obama said today it was “outrageous” that Wall Street employees got more than $17bn in bonuses last year.

A deal with the US Congress to help America’s failing car industry will “very likely” be reached, the White House said today.

The three biggest US carmakers pleaded with Congress for a $25bn (€19.7bn) lifeline to save their once-proud companies from collapse, warning of broader peril for the American economy as well.

Two alleged drug smugglers have had their convictions thrown out after complaining that the judge fell asleep during their case.

A deal to solve the US financial crisis will happen “eventually” after an emergency meeting at the White House ended without an agreement, Barack Obama said today.

A $700bn (€474bn) plan to help rescue the global economy from collapse was taking shape tonight following negotiations by Democrat and Republican politicians in the United States.

Wall Street’s angst over the ongoing fallout from the credit crisis made for a turbulent end to a volatile week today.

Senator Edward Kennedy took the helm of his sailboat Mya in a regatta, just a week after undergoing a brain biopsy that diagnosed him with cancer.

Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama looked set to engage in a heated debate tonight as the former First Lady tried to get her presidential campaign back on track.

Reigning Irish Forest Rally champion Stephen Moore, driving his ‘06 specification Ford Focus WRC, finished third in Rallye Sunseeker in Bournemouth today.

Scotland and Wales joined a congested group at the top of the Omega Mission Hills World Cup leaderboard as the opening round headed towards a close today.

German rookie Martin Kaymer equalled the lowest round of the European Tour season with a spectacular 11-under-par 61 today.

Justin Rose was happy to be able to start the Portugal Masters in Vilamoura today – but not so happy when one loose shot undid the perfect start.

Young, internet-savvy voters challenged Democratic presidential hopefuls on Iraq and their own place in a broken political system, playing starring roles in a provocative, video-driven debate.

A teenage girl, who was drunk on a litre of vodka, repeatedly kicked a man in the stomach while he lay on the ground and was simultaneously attacked by four others, a court heard today.

US Democratic presidential contenders in Congress will cast a critical vote on the Iraq war this week, when politicians decide on a $120bn (€88bn) bill to keep military operations afloat.

A PAIR of “feral” teenagers who subjected a harmless drifter to months of bullying before savagely beating and tossing him into a river were jailed for life yesterday.

The Pentagon’s completion of a hefty manual outlining procedures for terror trials has revived debate in Congress on the treatment of military detainees.

Colin Montgomerie single-handedly lifted Scotland to within sight of their first World Cup title in Barbados today.

Wales’ bid to successfully defend their World Cup title suffered an early blow in the second round in Barbados.

Strong winds and driving rain were not what Ryder Cup star Henrik Stenson had in mind for the World Cup in Barbados, but the leaderboard threw up few surprises after the opening round.