Don Henley rocked a jam-packed Marquee, and charmed into submission an audience that started the night a bit chatty.

 

Sean Aherne dominated proceedings at yesterday’s well-attended Kilworth & Araglen Harriers point-to-point meeting at Ballyarthur outside Fermoy by saddling two winners.

Blackburn Rovers 1 West Ham United 5: West Ham manager Slaven Bilic likened playmaker Dimitri Payet to Real Madrid’s Luka Modric after the Frenchman inspired the facile FA Cup win at Blackburn.

Munster surveyors in the SCSI meet tomorrow night for their annual dinner, at a time of recovery in the construction profession. Here, former SCS Munster chair Rob Andrews surveys his own half-century in quantity surveying.

Tallow 2-15 Ballyduff Upper 1-13: Tallow backed up last week’s draw against De La Salle with a win over neighbours Ballyduff Upper in a fiercely disputed Western derby at Lismore last night.

Rory McIlroy makes his 2015 PGA Tour debut in this week’s Honda Classic, an event which has brought out the best – and worst – in the world number one.

FA Cup Fifth Round: Blackburn Rovers 4 Stoke City 1: Blessed with a proud striking heritage featuring the likes of Alan Shearer and Chris Sutton, Blackburn supporters can now heap their adoration upon Norwegian international Josh King after an extraordinary 19-minute hat-trick.

ENGLAND: A TV journalist has been described as being as “cool as a cucumber” for carrying on without flinching when he was the victim of a snowball attack while live on a news channel.

De La Salle 1-16 Tallow 2-09

Rory McIlroy’s mini meltdown at the Honda Classic may leave him with scar tissue and raise questions over his psyche under pressure — just not for winner Russell Henley.

There’s a lot of love out there for Rory McIlroy but while everyone from Russell Henley to Jack Nicklaus and Johnny Miller were constructive and kind about the Irishman’s final-round collapse at the Honda Classic, McIlroy started the healing process straight away by taking ownership of his mistakes.

American Russell Henley came out on top in a four-way play-off to deprive Rory McIlroy of victory as the Honda Classic lived up to its name last night.

Rory McIlroy fell victim to his first meltdown since the 2011 Masters when he crashed to a final round 74 and lost in a four-way playoff for the Honda Classic at PGA National last night.

Former world number one Rory McIlroy moved to within touching distance of his first PGA Tour title since 2012 as his third-round 69 sent him into the final day of the Honda Classic with a two-shot lead.

Rory McIlroy continued to head the field midway through the Honda Classic, with a second-round 66 maintaining his one-shot lead over the chasing pack.

Manchester City 5 Blackburn Rovers 0

Nothing is what it seems in Louis Letterier’s high-stakes game of cat and mouse between four crowd-pleasing Las Vegas illusionists and the FBI.

Munster and All-Ireland champions Clare cruised into a second successive provincial intermediate hurling decider at Semple Stadium yesterday.

Wide man Martin Olsson could return to the Blackburn starting XI for Monday’s Barclays Premier League clash with Wigan at Ewood Park.

Blackburn will be without Grant Hanley for tomorrow’s visit of Norwich as the central defender will miss the remainder of the season with an ankle ligament injury.

Blackburn have doubts over defenders Bradley Orr and Martin Olsson ahead of tomorrow’s Premier League trip to Swansea.

Blackburn will be without suspended on-loan striker Anthony Modeste for tomorrow’s Premier League clash at home to Liverpool.

Blackburn manager Steve Kean has a full squad to choose from at West Brom tomorrow after French defender Gael Givet recovered from a hamstring injury.

Defender Gael Givet is Blackburn’s only doubt ahead of their Barclays Premier League trip to local rivals Bolton tomorrow afternoon.

Blackburn manager Steve Kean has extra defensive options at his disposal for tomorrow’s trip to fellow relegation candidates Wolves, with both Gael Givet and Jason Lowe returning from suspension.

Blackburn welcome David Dunn back from injury for tomorrow’s crunch Barclays Premier League clash with Aston Villa at Ewood Park but are sweating on the fitness of Martin Olsson.

Blackburn striker Aiyegbeni Yakubu is set to make his return in tomorrow’s Premier League match against QPR at Ewood Park after a three-match suspension.

Blackburn captain Christopher Samba will again be missing from the squad for tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League trip to the Emirates Stadium to face Arsenal.

Blackburn boss Steve Kean made five changes to his side following last Saturday’s 2-1 FA Cup defeat at Newcastle for the Barclays Premier clash with Fulham.

Blackburn are set to have several key players back available for tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League clash with Fulham at Ewood Park.

Newcastle 2 Blackburn 1

STEVE KEAN praised the Blackburn fans for getting behind their team at Ewood Park yesterday and felt they should have been rewarded with at least a point against Stoke.

Wayne Rooney was not even named on the bench by birthday boy Alex Ferguson for Manchester United’s Premier League encounter with Blackburn at Old Trafford today

Martin Olsson is hoping to make his long-awaited Blackburn comeback for tomorrow’s trip to Manchester United.

2012 cannot come soon enough for Liverpool after their miserable end to 2011 continued with a frustrating draw against the Premier League’s basement club, a result which left Kenny Dalglish urging his players to believe in themselves more.

Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish welcomed back Steven Gerrard from injury but was left ruing more missed chances and dropped points at home to Blackburn.

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard returned from a two-month absence with an ankle infection to take his place on the substitutes’ bench for the visit of Blackburn to Anfield.

Blackburn will be without a quartet of experienced defenders for tomorrow night’s relegation clash with Bolton at Ewood Park.

Gael Givet is having further tests today on the heart condition that saw him forced to leave the field last weekend and is expected to miss Blackburn’s match against West Brom tomorrow.

Martin Olsson will have a fitness test tomorrow to see if he can make the Blackburn squad for Sunday’s match at Sunderland.

Blackburn boss Steve Kean hopes to have a trio of defenders available again for tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League clash with Swansea at Ewood Park.