Cheltenham Festival winning-jockey Campbell Gillies has reportedly died following an accident on holiday in Corfu.

Only for the Mullins family this week, with some help from Rodger Sweeney, Ireland would have been sunk without trace.

Lie Forrit, a smart staying hurdler two seasons ago, made a winning return to action in the John Smith’s Paris Pike Novices’ Chase at Kelso.

TONY MCCOY was one of nine jockeys at Wetherby hit with a 10-day suspension for failing to stop after a race had been voided yesterday.

THE loss of Ireland international Kevin McLaughlin and openside Dominic Ryan to ankle injuries leaves Joe Schmidt without 23 first choice players for Saturday’s trip to The Scarlets in the PRO12 League.

NACARAT heads a field of 17 declared runners in the Racing Post Chase at Kempton tomorrow.

IRELAND half-back pair Sam Cronin and Barry Keeshan will be keen to return to some unfinished business when they face their Scottish counterparts in a Club International at Donnybrook tonight (7pm).

The world’s largest atom smasher has used its accelerator for the first time to speed up the proton beams in an initial test of its ability to reach much higher energy later, a spokesman said today.

Scientists switched on the world’s largest atom smasher for the first time since the $10bn (€6.7bn) machine suffered a spectacular failure more than a year ago.

Campbell Gillies could be back in competitive action in December despite his horrible accident at Aintree last Sunday.

Campbell Gillies had to be taken to hospital after a sickening incident at Aintree on Sunday.

The planned restart of the world’s largest atom smasher has been delayed, its operator said today.

Lucinda Russell was left singing the praises of her conditional jockey Campbell Gillies after the victory of Nelliedonethat at Musselburgh.

Scientists will have to wait until next spring to use the world’s largest particle collider because of repairs and a winter shutdown, CERN decided today.

THE world’s largest atom smasher — which was launched with great fanfare earlier this month — has been damaged worse than previously thought and will be out of commission for at least two months, its operators said on Saturday.

The European Organisation for Nuclear Research (Cern) says its new particle collider has been damaged more than previously thought and will be out of commission for at least two months.

BATH captain Steve Borthwick hailed “a mammoth effort” from his team after they ended their 10-year wait for a major trophy.

Gloucester and Sale Sharks are expected to provide a large chunk of England boss Brian Ashton’s South Africa tour squad when it is announced at Twickenham later today.

Thousands of residents have joined a campaign against the expansion of Belfast City Airport, which will tomorrow be named after football legend George Best.

A BRITISH coroner yesterday called for greater public vigilance to combat the danger of internet chatrooms at the inquest into a man who leapt to his death after meeting another man at a chatroom called Assisted Suicide Holidays.

Celtic have taken the lead against St Mirren after 38 minutes through Tommy Johnson.