Derby County 0 Chelsea 2

Derby 0 Chelsea 2

Mayo show jumper Alex Duffy shared first place in the six-bar class at Mechelen, Belgium, at the weekend.

Austin O’Connor believes the Irish team selected for the eventing nations cup at the World Equestrian Festival in Aachen next week is not without potential.

Swiss-based show jumper Niall Talbot won the grand prix in Lisbon yesterday with Nicos de la Cense to round off a successful weekend for the Irish in the Portuguese capital.

Sarah Ennis was typically determined yesterday as she aimed to turn around a disappointing dressage score with BLM Diamond Delux in the feature CCI three-star at Tattersalls Horse Trials.

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Manchester City 3 Watford 0

Mario Balotelli will be on the bench again for Manchester City’s FA Cup third round against Watford today.

Harry Redknapp was made to endure a nervy night on his return to the Tottenham dugout as his team edged into the fifth round of the FA Cup thanks to Rafael van der Vaart’s first-half strike against Watford.

PREMIERSHIP club Northampton Saints gained a small measure of revenge as they won this Heineken Cup final rematch at Donnybrook last night.

Lucy (Georgie Henley) and Edmund (Skandar Keynes) suffer a miserable stay with stuffy cousin, Eustace Scrubb (Will Poulter).

NARNIA is by any reckoning a strange place.

A welcome return to the Pevensie children and their fantastic adventures in Narnia, the magical land created by Belfast-born C.S. Lewis … and this is the best of the bunch.

KILDARE tillage farmer Laurence Flood won the overall Grain Grower prize at yesterday’s Glanbia Quality Awards in Kilkenny.

IT’S DIFFICULT to know how to review Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (US/12A/146 mins).

INTERNET search engine Google has admitted copying household computer passwords and emails, it was revealed.

Internet search engine Google has admitted copying household computer passwords and emails, it was revealed today.

Tears of joy were shed today as the State recognised courageous people for outstanding acts of bravery.

AN FA Cup fourth round trip to Preston may have been the immediate reward on offer for Chelsea, but for manager Carlo Ancelotti there were other targets he needed his team to meet that went beyond the mere dismissal of Championship side Watford.

FT Chelsea 5 Watford 0

Selected tips from courses in the UK and Ireland.

Glasgow Warriors 33 Gloucester 11

James Eustace is readying War Artist for a winter in warmer climes with the Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Sprint and the Golden Shaheen in Dubai on World Cup night both on the agenda.

War Artist has been scratched from next week’s July Cup with trainer James Eustace favouring a trip to Newbury the following week.

War Artist will belatedly start his season in either the July Cup or the Hackwood Stakes after rain postponed his reappearance on Saturday.

James Eustace could not be happier with his stable star War Artist as he prepares his top-class sprinter for another campaign.

Upright Ima fared best from a pretty moderate bunch in the Home-Tek Lady Riders' Selling Handicap Hurdle at Market Rasen today.

Hardy Eustace will head a raiding party of six from the Dessie Hughes stable at Cheltenham next week.

Plans for Hardy Eustace have been put on hold while connections try to discover why the dual Champion Hurdle hero has run below expectations on his last two starts.

Today's horse racing tips for selected courses in the Republic of Ireland and the UK.

James Eustace advertised his talents as a dual-purpose trainer when At The Money held on grimly from Court Ruler in the Weatherbys Bloodstock Insurance Handicap Hurdle.

Donald McCain was the man to follow at Market Rasen as the Cholmondeley-based handler saddled a 79-1 double with Will Be Done and Corlande.

CATTLE bred from Irish bloodlines impressed the judge at the inaugural herds’ competition run by the Munster Aberdeen Angus Club.

CARDIFF BLUES won a seven-try Heineken Cup thriller at the Millennium Stadium to take charge of their qualifying group.

Trainer James Eustace ended a four-month winless spell when Joe Caster took the opener on an eight-race card at Nottingham.

War Artist is a doubtful runner in the Betfred Sprint Cup on Saturday week after suffering a slight setback.

Connections of Captain Gerrard blame the ground for his below-par display in the Nunthorpe Stakes at Newmarket last week and are eyeing a possible tilt at the Betfred Sprint Cup on Saturday week.

James Eustace hopes consistent sprinter War Artist secures a deserved Group One success in the Betfred Sprint Cup next month.

War Artist has been ruled out of the Coolmore Nunthorpe at York on Friday week.

James Eustace is hoping Ryan Moore is available to partner War Artist in the Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes at York next week.

A SPLENDID four-year-old gelding, Woodfield Indy, won the ridden hunter championship at the 92nd Dungarvan Show for Rosemary Connors, Woodstown, Co Waterford.

James Eustace is planning an audacious raid on the totesport Ebor with Brazilian stayer Valentino Rossi.

Gloucester have completed the signings of Leicester prop Dave Young and Llanelli Scarlets lock Adam Eustace.