Ireland and Preston striker Seanie Maguire salutes Cork City’s title success and explains the debt he feels he owes to the club and manager John Caulfield

Towering Black Amber Templeogue centre Jason Killeen accepts that there will be plenty of powerful contenders gunning for their

Galway are there. Cork and Waterford are nearly there. Hurling is taking its August turns. Lovely late summer cadences.

Jamie Heaslip believes the decision of Leinster captain Kevin McLaughlin to retire is evidence of how seriously rugby is taking the effects of concussion and looking after affected players.

Arsene Wenger insists the pressure of hauling Arsenal into the top four following their move to the Emirates Stadium far outweighs the challenge of fighting for the Barclays Premier League title.

Premier League

Geoffrey Boycott believes an England comeback for Kevin Pietersen is a non-starter because captain Alastair Cook "can’t handle" him.

The sights and sounds of World Cups.

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When fatgate broke — Jerry Kiernan’s personal operation transformation for upholstered Gaelic football players — I could not be drawn into the barney.

The Brogan brothers tend to garner most of the headlines for their exploits in the Sky Blue jersey, and rightly so.

Republic of Ireland defender Stephen Kelly is hoping Kevin Foley’s Euro 2012 heartache can help galvanise his team-mates for the tournament.

Leinster coach Joe Schmidt believes Shane Jennings is deserving of his place in Declan Kidney’s World Cup squad, even if his inclusion only came after David Wallace suffered a knee injury against England on Saturday.

A LASTING image, and one of the very last images, from World Cup 2002.

LEINSTER coach Joe Schmidt has had to weather early-season panic before and has advised Ireland’s fretful supporters and critics alike to reserve their judgments until the business gets underway in New Zealand next month.

FROM wiry teenage hurler to a Rugby World Cup forward, there is still more than a touch of the Tipperary fanatic in Donnacha Ryan as he prepares for the trip of his life to New Zealand next week.

Sam Allardyce was today hoping to be able to hand Kevin Nolan the task of leading West Ham back into the Barclays Premier League.

Coronation Street's Tyrone Dobbs is to see his feud with Kevin Webster reach breaking point.

Man of the match O'Brien admitted he could not believe his feat after Ireland pulled off a stunning three-wicket win over England in Bangalore today.

A trip to watch the Madrid derby ended badly for Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp after he was mugged by local thieves.

THE jury appears to be out on new Aston Villa manager Gerard Houllier if the remarks of Gabriel Agbonlahor are anything to go by.

Aston Villa have re-signed veteran goalkeeper Andy Marshall on a one-year deal.

ASTON VILLA captain Stiliyan Petrov has urged the club’s American owner Randy Lerner to appoint Kevin MacDonald as the full-time replacement for Martin O’Neill.

WOLVES manager Mick McCarthy says that there has been no approach from Arsenal or any other club for striker Kevin Doyle.

WITH money riding on the outcome, Jamie Heaslip had but one option when a scoring opportunity presented itself at Croke Park on Saturday.

MICK McCARTHY hardly needs reminding of the prodigious scoring talents of Kevin Phillips, but Wolves supporters will be burning effigies of the veteran Birmingham City striker for the remainder of the season after he conjured another curse against the men from Molineux, who always seem to inspire him to his very best.

THE availability of Shane Jennings for Leinster’s Heineken Cup clash against Brive at the RDS tomorrow might be good news for coach Michael Cheika but is hardly a source of delight for Sean O’Brien.

WOLVES manager Mick McCarthy believes Kevin Doyle is ready to put a series of niggling injuries behind him after getting his Wolves career up and running with a first goal at the weekend against Fulham on Sunday.

Wolves manager Mick McCarthy believes record signing Kevin Doyle will establish himself as a proven Premier League goalscorer.

Having battled his way into the Ireland squad, Sean St Ledger is relishing his international opportunities, writes Liam Mackey

AS the sides lined up for the dignitaries before Saturday’s game, Robbie Keane showed an admirable focus despite his very obvious hunger for the task ahead.

The teenager accused of murdering Rhys Jones in Liverpool admitted to the killing just minutes after the schoolboy was shot, a court heard today.

MY FAVOURITE story about Joe Kinnear and the media used to be the one about the London journalist interviewing him during the brief period when he was manager of the Nepalese football team.

THEY’RE already namesakes and roommates, and now Andy and Steven Reid could join forces to provide the definitive answer to Giovanni Trapattoni’s central midfield conundrum.

A judge has ordered Britney Spears to complete three joint counselling sessions with her ex-husband Kevin Federline before their next child custody hearing on October 26.

BY the time you read this, David Beckham should have made his much-hyped comeback for England against Brazil at Wembley last night and you will know whether it was (a) the greatest resurrection since Lazarus or (b) the most pointless second coming since The Eagles got back together.

LEE CARSLEY says he is relishing his second chance in international football and denies that he ever had a falling-out with Steve Staunton or gave the Irish manager a “play-me-or-I won’t-travel” ultimatum.

The Examiner’s football correspondent Liam Mackey likes a good argument when he hears it, and he’s got strong views of his own. Today, and every Tuesday, he will be acting as referee on your opinions on the Premiership. Let him know what you think and he’ll argue the toss with you. We’ll be offering a free sports prize to the star contribution each week. This week there’s debate about the real quality of Kevin Doyle, Beckham heading Stateside, the Italian Stallion at Everton (no, we don’t mean Arteta), Stephen Hunt’s comments about Cech, the soap opera that is Chelsea, Chimbonda’s slap at Nicky Butt, and Rooney’s dry spell.

SPOTTED an interesting yarn in Kevin Nolan’s on-line BBC column.

AFTER the cold war involving the manager, the players and the media which darkened the final days of the Brian Kerr era, the thaw of the past week was as welcome as it was out of sync with the prevailing weather conditions.

Kevin Campbell could be in line to become a player-coach at West Brom after opening talks over a new deal with manager Bryan Robson.