FOUR members of the Cork senior football panel will be in action when Rylane Boxing Club stage their first open tournament of the season at the Riverside Park Hotel in Macroom tonight.

A woman accused of murdering a taxi driver in Dublin shouted encouragement as her partner, also charged with the murder, repeatedly stabbed the victim, a court heard today.

Alan King was left far from downhearted as My Way De Solzen suffered an agonising last-gasp defeat to Lough Derg in the totesport.com National Spirit Hurdle at Fontwell.

Jack The Giant slayed the bookmakers as the result of a monumental gamble in The Ladbroke at Ascot.

TWO of Ireland’s leading female boxers, Olga Cronin (Dungarvan) and Laura O’Neill (Kilkenny), will touch gloves when Rylane Boxing Club stage a star-studded charity show in aid of Macroom Hospital at the River Park Hotel in Macroom on Sunday night.

RYLANE Boxing Club will feature five heavyweights on the bill for its second tournament at the Riverside Park Hotel, Macroom, tomorrow night, and six members of the Irish Garda and Firemen’s team for the world championships in Australia will be in action.

Paula Radcliffe has announced she is pregnant – but insists she will carry on competing.

Paula Radcliffe will miss the Commonwealth Games, which begin in Melbourne next week, after picking up a foot injury at her training base in the United States.

World marathon record holder Paula Radcliffe today refuted suggestions she faces a burnout.

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SEAMUS POWER has indicated that he will defend his title at the Loughrea 5-mile road race on Sunday.

Hollywood beauty Catherine Zeta-Jones could doubtlessly have called upon the services of any of the film world’s top movers and shakers.