Get a taste of some of the interesting and quirky happenings in Europe from our Europe correspondent, Ann Cahill.

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A circuit court judge has strongly criticised the juvenile justice system as being incapable of dealing with violent young men who "prowl the streets taking their opportunities as they arrive".

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.

Cardiff won in Ireland for the first time in 16 months as they came from behind to beat Connacht 22-15 at the Sportsground.

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Two men have been jailed in an undercover garda operation despite fogetting to collect money for the drugs they sold.

Roger Federer progressed to the quarter-finals of the US Open without hitting a ball on Monday as Mardy Fish pulled out of their scheduled fourth-round match for health reasons.

Unheralded Slovakian Martin Klizan caused the shock of the tournament yesterday as he knocked out fifth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the second round of the US Open.

Roger Federer insisted Novak Djokovic should be the favourite for the US Open title after beginning his campaign in style under the lights at Flushing Meadows.

A witness has told the Central Criminal Court that a Dublin man accused of the murder of Adel Essalhi said he had burned the deceased man’s body and told her there was “nothing like the smell of a dead body”.

Sixty-four bison from Yellowstone National Park have been shipped almost 500 miles to north east Montana’s Fort Peck Reservation, under a long-stalled relocation initiative meant to repopulate parts of the American West with the animals.

Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer eased into the the last 32 of the Australian Open, but Mardy Fish has become the highest seed to exit the tournament.

Bernard Tomic thrilled the Melbourne crowd by hitting back from two sets down to stun 22nd seed Fernando Verdasco on the opening day of the Australian Open.

John McEnroe believes Ivan Lendl is the right man to lead Andy Murray to a maiden grand slam title – although the world number four will have to do it the hard way if he is to break his duck at the Australian Open.

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Defending champion Roger Federer kept his perfect record intact at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals this year with a 6-1 3-6 6-3 victory over Mardy Fish at the O2 Arena.

An ailing Rafael Nadal admitted he was fortunate to begin his Barclays ATP World Tour Finals campaign with a victory after coming through a near three-hour tussle against Mardy Fish in London on Sunday night.

A YEAR dominated by Novak Djokovic could end with yet another record racked up by the enduring Roger Federer.

Top seed Novak Djokovic battled past compatriot Viktor Troicki to book a quarter-final with local favourite Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at the Paris Masters this evening.

MUNSTER maintained their winning start to the season and while they conceded their first try of the season, another superb defensive display was the foundation for victory at Cardiff City Stadium last night.

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World number one Novak Djokovic will meet number four Andy Murray in the final of the Western & Southern Open.

Ernests Gulbis beat top seed Mardy Fish 5-7 6-4 6-4 in the final of the Farmers Classic in Los Angeles last night to claim his second ATP Tour title - but he made life hard for himself.

Defending champion Mardy Fish cruised into the semi-finals of the Atlanta Tennis Championships with a comfortable straight sets win over Somdev Devvarman.

Mardy Fish began the defence of his Atlanta Tennis Championships crown with a straight-set win over Nicolas Mahut.

Rafael Nadal insists his straight-sets victory over Andy Murray in last year’s Wimbledon semi-final will count for nothing when the two players lock horns again tomorrow.

Spain's Rafael Nadal has beaten Mardy Fish of the USA in the quarter-finals of Wimbledon, 6-3. 6-3, 5-7, 6-4.

The man who treated Rafael Nadal’s foot injury insists there is no chance of the problem resurfacing when the world number one resumes his Wimbledon title defence against Mardy Fish today.

Rafael Nadal has declared himself fit to resume the defence of his Wimbledon title against Mardy Fish tomorrow.

Defending champion Rafael Nadal was set to discover today whether his Wimbledon campaign would be ended by the foot injury he suffered in yesterday’s hard-fought victory over Juan Martin Del Potro.

Bernard Tomic will make his Court One debut at Wimbledon today hoping to succeed where the man he has replaced as the main hope of Australian tennis failed.

IN OCTOBER 1987, weatherman Michael Fish stood in front of a rainbow graphic and reported that a woman had phoned the BBC to say a hurricane was on the way.

Novak Djokovic extended his unbeaten start to the year as he set up a semi-final against new American number one Mardy Fish at the Sony Ericsson Open.

Novak Djokovic’s winning momentum continued as he breezed past James Blake into the fourth round of the Sony Ericsson Open.

LEINSTER coach Joe Schmidt has admitted that the next fortnight will be crucial to his team’s hopes of reaching the Magners League play-offs.

Andy Roddick booked his place in the semi-finals of the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships after coming from a set down to beat fellow former world number one Lleyton Hewitt in Memphis today.

Second seed Fernando Verdasco crashed out in the first round at the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships in Memphis today.

An influential priest accused the Irish ambassador to the US of trying to thwart attempts to raise the case of the Birmingham Six.

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SWORD FISH, trained by Christy Roche for J P McManus, sprang a mild surprise when popping up at 14-1 in the valuable Supporters’ Club Lartigue Hurdle at Listowel yesterday.