Before our time, we’re reliably informed there were GAA journalists considered dedicated followers of fashion.

In the latter stages of his career in the saddle he may be but the joy of riding a winner at the Cheltenham Festival commands a broader-than-ever smile from Ruby Walsh, who didn’t have to wait long to make that familiar walk back to the winner’s enclosure.

Newbridge or nowhere, Croke Park or nowhere: Kildare appear to be on their way out of the All-Ireland SFC because of a row with the GAA concerning the choice of venue for their All-Ireland SFC Round 3 qualifier against Mayo next Saturday.

On Sunday, Gary O’Hanlon will line up at the London Marathon behind the world’s best: Eliud Kipchoge, Kenenisa Bekele and Mo Farah, rock stars of a sport he once thought had abandoned him, but in which, with each passing year, he’s flourishing ever more, writes Cathal Dennehy

Def Leppard have finally allowed their music to become available on Spotify and other services. Just don’t ask frontman Joe Elliott to embrace hip hop, writes Joe Nerssessian.

Tyrone 1-12 Donegal 1-16: Donegal and Tyrone threw the play-books out the window and served up an entertaining Bank of Ireland McKenna Cup final.

Pete’s Dragon 4/5

As debuts go, Patrick Collins’ was impressive.

Colm’s Dream gave trainer Karl Thornton the biggest success of his training career when landing the €50,000 TRI Equestrian Handicap Chase, feature of yesterday’s card, om drying ground, at Leopardstown.

AT 18, Emma O’Donahue is beautiful, smart and supremely confident. She’s also controlling and fond of getting her own way. 

We give out about stewards in Ireland on occasions but, do you know what, they are geniuses when compared to those in some other countries.

Hero of Saturday’s Darley Irish Oaks at the Curragh, highlight of a weekend which yielded four wins, seven-times champion Pat Smullen partnered Lean And Keen to victory in the featured www.thetote.com Handicap in heavy ground in Ballinrobe last night.

Theos Well will be strongly fancied to open his account over hurdles in the Great Value Social Packages Maiden Hurdle in Cork tonight.

Elephants, dogs, and tribes, oh my!

Keen to avoid giving your father a gift that doesn’t really wash? Lisa Haynes rounds up the best in preening for pops.

Throughout the Carlow-Kilkenny byelection right now, there is a large shadow hanging over the race. So big it comes all the way from the Office of the EU Agriculture Commissioner in Brussels.

Success Days is set to challenge for Classic honours as he once again relished the testing conditions with an emphatic victory in the Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial at Leopardstown yesterday.

Bradford and Reading must wait to make history after the two lowest sides left in this season’s FA Cup clattered out a goalless lunchtime draw at Valley Parade.

Connacht coach Pat Lam believes there is much more to come from his young squad after celebrating the New Year with a solid victory over Munster at the Galway Sportsground.

Your spoiler free guide to tonight's telly.

Massimo Cellino does not hang around. The chain-smoking, aviator-wearing Italian sacked Darko Milanic on Saturday, just 32 days after making him his fourth Leeds manager in eight months.

Roy Keane insists he’s "quite relaxed" about the Jack Grealish situation but feels people are guilty of over-hyping the Aston Villa teenager.

Neil Warnock is still aiming to add to his Crystal Palace backroom staff despite bringing in Ronnie Jepson and Kevin Blackwell.

Henry de Bromhead’s Darwins Fox made virtually all of the running to land the J P McManus Rated Hurdle at Cork yesterday.

Louis van Gaal thinks Manchester United are putting his chances of success in jeopardy by dragging the first-team squad across the United States on their pre-season tour.

Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe has announced in a television interview that he is gay.

Scream Blue Murder, well supported throughout the day, justified 5-4 favouritism for the Father’s Day Racing June 15th Race at Cork last night.

Southampton 0 Liverpool 3

Supreme Novices’ Hurdle favourite Vautour could take in the Deloitte Novice Hurdle at Leopardstown on Sunday ahead of his trip to Cheltenham in March.

Everton 4 QPR 0

West Brom defender Steven Reid is in no doubt that the club are in a relegation battle and has emphasised the need for them to “dig in” while the search for Steve Clarke’s permanent successor continues.

THERE is a chink of light and it is not an oncoming train. It is at least an irony and perhaps a pun that Ireland exited the bailout on Gaudete Sunday.

Warren Gatland has revealed he has a gentleman’s agreement with Welsh Rugby Union boss Roger Lewis to be released if asked to coach the British and Irish Lions in 2017.

The consistent, but frustrating, Deep Speed can finally get it right in the Dundalk Stadium-Light Up Your Night Maiden on the all-weather this evening.

‘Catch us if you can’ appeared to be the motto of Jobs Minister Richard Bruton as he set off on a whirlwind canvass of bemused voters like a little Duracell bunny.

Where Donie Buckley goes, improvement follows. And when his native Kerry didn’t involve him in a new management team, Mayo’s James Horan was quick to step in and quick to reap rewards