You are witness to an unprecedented experiment in sports journalism here this morning — if not quite a match report written before the match then something not too far off it.

We had a bit of fun out of controvassy, while it lasted. But it’s hard to see where controvassy can go from here.

A businessman is giving away his pub rent-free for six months in a bid to attract customers back.

Stephen Kenny will live to fight another day as Rovers boss having recorded a vital victory at his former stomping ground last night.

SO CONGRATULATIONS to Paul Doolin on being named Philips Sports Manager of 2007.

HOWARD DEAN’S bizarre rant in the face of his Iowa defeat was the talk of America yesterday - with political pros saying it could doom his presidential bid.

A 32-year-old man was tonight charged in connection with a hit-and-run incident in which a man was killed in west Belfast.

JOE KERNAN, who managed Armagh to their first All-Ireland SFC title, was named Philips Manager of the Year at the Berkeley Court, Dublin, yesterday.

A fresh bomb attack was launched in flashpoint north Belfast tonight as five Protestant families were forced to flee their homes in the troubled area.