Air Force Blue is set to go off the shortest-priced Qipco 2000 Guineas favourite since the mighty Frankel at Newmarket today.

Eoin English met voters in Cork North Central whose issues are reasonably-paid jobs, services, and housing

John Gosden is worried about the forecast rain for Racing Post Trophy favourite Foundation at Doncaster today.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes football can still learn a thing or two from the team ethics of rugby union.

WHEN the regular barmaid/manageress of a remote Corsican village tavern vanishes without trace in the middle of the night, the bar’s owner, Marie-Angele, urgently needs to fill the vacancy.

Rerouted from yesterday’s Qipco 1,000 Guineas, presumably due to the fast ground, Found should make a winning start to her three-year-old campaign in the Canford Cliffs Athasi Stakes at the Curragh today.

Germany’s Marcel Siem claimed his fourth European Tour title in dramatic fashion after a three-man play-off for the BMW Masters in Shanghai on Sunday.

Roger Federer recovered from dropping his first set of the tournament to race into the fourth round of the US Open.

The Cork man at the centre of an international cycling media storm has apologised to anyone he offended following his now infamous selfie with Sunday’s stage winner of the Giro d’Italia in Dublin, Marcel Kittel.

An up-and-coming cyclist has apologised after a ‘selfie’ he took of a prone Giro d’Italia stage winner moments after a sprint finish prompted a storm of criticism.

Shane Lowry paid a heavy price for a bout of anger at the Turkish Airlines Open yesterday.

LeAnn Rimes' rep claims Brandi Glanville is the one who needs help.

Trainer Denis Hogan is starting to tune up Inis Meain for his major assignment in the Boylesports.com Hurdle on Saturday.

Food group Danone, which has operations in Cork and Wexford, plans to double its sales in India over the next three years, a company executive said yesterday.

LeAnn Rimes has checked into rehab.

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Bolton manager Owen Coyle has revealed that Fabrice Muamba watched his team-mates in action against Blackburn on Match of the Day yesterday morning - and fell asleep when the score was 2-0.

Bolton midfielder Fabrice Muamba faces a long road to recovery according to a joint statement released by the player’s father Marcel and fianceé Shauna.

Bolton manager Owen Coyle has admitted his players are going to find it difficult to keep their minds on the game when they take on Blackburn on Saturday.

Bolton have confirmed their scheduled Premier League meeting with Blackburn on Saturday will go ahead, as it was revealed Fabrice Muamba was “effectively dead” for 78 minutes following his cardiac arrest at Tottenham on Saturday.

Bolton have confirmed they will take on Blackburn at the Reebok Stadium as scheduled on Saturday.

Marion Cotillard has given birth to a baby boy.

IT IS a measure of the Irish impact on the Heineken Cup that Leinster’s appearance in the decider in Cardiff on Saturday marks the seventh by an Irish side in the competition’s 16-year history.

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A SURPRISE 50th birthday break lasted a week longer than planned for a German family who finally got home yesterday after flights resumed at Cork Airport.

THE middleweight champion of France, Affif Belghecham, breezed into Limerick yesterday confident of playing his part in a French sporting double against the Irish tomorrow night.

Germany’s Marcel Siem took over the lead at the Andalucian Open in Seville from Scot Chris Doak today.

THREE teenagers could face criminal charges after a spate of stone throwing at traffic during which a toddler was seriously injured.

A FAMILY holiday almost turned to tragedy after a toddler was hit on the head by a rock thrown at his camper van.

Iris De Balme could bid for a speedy big-race double next week after his shock Coral Scottish Grand National victory.

Ignotus’ last two runs may have resulted in a 40-day ban and a disqualification but he made the right kind of headlines at Kelso.

THE long-running saga over Real Madrid’s desire to sign Chelsea’s Dutch winger Arjen Robben took another twist yesterday when president Ramon Calderon claimed the deal now hinged on the London club’s willingness to do business.

The long-running saga over Real Madrid’s desire to sign Chelsea’s Dutch winger Arjen Robben took another twist today when president Ramon Calderon claimed the deal now hinged on the London club’s willingness to do business.

Master Eddy (10-1) made Jason Maguire work desperately hard but he still came up trumps in the opener at Newbury to provide a big stage winner for second-season trainer Shaun Lycett.

Monet's Garden exorcised the demons that haunted him at Kempton over Christmas as he landed his first Grade One success in the Commercial First Ascot Chase at the Berkshire track.

POLICE in Belgium are investigating a high-altitude murder mystery involving a skydiver who fell to her death in an apparent “crime of passion” over a lover, prosecutors said yesterday.

Police in Belgium are investigating a high-altitude murder mystery involving a skydiver who fell to her death in an apparent “crime of passion” fight over a lover, prosecutors said today.

Predateur entered calculations for the JCB Triumph Hurdle at Cheltenham when smoothly opening his account over jumps for Paul Nicholls in the Staple Fitzpaine Introductory Novices' Hurdle at Taunton.

MOVING house is reputed to be the second most stressful thing in life — after divorce — so Nancy Claxton deserves to be frazzled after upping sticks 32 times in the last 20 years.

WE were motoring nicely, six teams down in three days in our happy experiment to see all 32 nations and then... yesterday.

Liverpool suffered a double defensive injury blow prior to their Champions League last-16 second leg clash with Benfica at Anfield.

Arch rivals Martin Pipe and Paul Nicholls dominated the finish of the Vodafone Gold Cup at Newbury in what could well be a portent of what is to come at Cheltenham as Horus dead-heated with Cornish Sett.

Liverpool started their Champions League last-16 first-leg without their skipper Steven Gerrard.

The rescheduled Blue Square Kingmaker Novices’ Chase at Wincanton on Saturday has received 14 entries, headed by the Alan King-trained Voy Por Ustedes.