Here’s a quick look at the latest music, gig, film and entertainment news.

SJ Watson

Premier League

If Celtic Football Club wants to improve their jersey sales in Donegal, they might have to give Jim McGuinness an offer he can’t refuse.

Celtic are on the verge of signing Serbia international striker Stefan Scepovic from Sporting Gijon, according to his manager.

Olivier Giroud is convinced Arsenal can last the distance in the Barclays Premier League title fight next season providing they get off to a flying start.

Rafael Nadal will hope his scheduling problems do not prove too much of a hindrance when he returns to Roland Garros today for his third-round match against Fabio Fognini.

Veteran jockey Gary Stevens hailed his Preakness Stakes win as “super, super sweet” after partnering Oxbow to success at Pimlico on Saturday.

Theo Walcott has revealed the thought of being the first Arsenal side in a generation to miss out on Champions League football has driven the squad back into the top four of the Premier League.

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Germany’s Mario Goetze and Lukas Podolski are nursing minor injuries but will be fit for tomorrow night’s World Cup soccer qualifier against Ireland in Dublin, assistant coach Hansi Flick said last night.

As far as I was concerned Robin van Persie was dead to me from the moment he came over to bid us all adieu, at the conclusion of last season’s campaign at The Hawthorns.

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Germany striker Lukas Podolski will join Arsenal for the start of next season for an undisclosed fee, his current club Cologne have confirmed.

My Monster Dumper Truck by Steve Smallman, illustrated by Joelle Dreidemy (Little Tiger; €13.03 HB) is a big book featuring big machines.

THE head of the American fitness team behind the German side that thrashed England 4-1 in Bloemfontein has claimed that the improvement in the relationship between the national team and its domestic clubs is the secret to their World Cup success.

Gael Garcia Bernal says his new movie ‘Mammoth’ is “provocative”.

Germany coach Joachim Low has revealed Kevin Kuranyi will not play for the national team again as long as he is in charge.

Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense is set to travel to Pimlico on Wednesday as he chases victory in the second leg of the prestigious Triple Crown.

Curlin bids to overcome more than a century of history when he goes for gold in the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs tomorrow.

Country legend Willie Nelson is giving his sons Lukas and Micah a musical boost after signing them to his new Pedernales Records label.

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SLAVIA PRAGUE manager Karel Jarolim looked and sounded like a man under pressure at his eve of match press conference. And understandably so.

SIX PERFECTIONS will have to overcome a wide draw for the second year running after being handed stall 11 in the post position ceremony for the Breeders’ Cup Mile yesterday.

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Sweden’s Jarmo Sandelin, without a win in over two years, is perfectly placed to end his drought in the BMW Asian Open in Taiwan.