IF YOU’RE a Munster fan you shouldn’t be happy that Thomond Park is being renamed.

THE quality of Kevin Pietersen shone through the gloom of Southampton yesterday to ease Hampshire to an eight-wicket victory over Ireland.

World Cup match referee Jeff Crowe has taken responsibility for the "human error" and confusion which meant the final was won 'twice' by Australia and ended in farcical scenes at Kensington Oval.

Worcester have parted company with coach Anthony Eddy following eight successive Guinness Premiership defeats.

Actor Michael J Fox is appearing in adverts supporting the campaign for stem cell research.

Hurricane Rita ploughed into the Gulf of Mexico coast early today, lashing Texas and Louisiana with driving rain, flooding low-lying regions, knocking power out to nearly a million customers and sparking fires across the region.

FOR the Rose of Tralee devotees, there was much interest in how the young whippersnapper Ryan Tubridy would fare.

Coronation Street fans are in for a festive feast of sex and crime for Christmas Day.