Look back 100 years this summer, and Wexford were approaching the football championship with a mind to claim their fifth straight All-Ireland title.

For a sense of perspective, you rarely need to look any further than Billy Mitchell.

Manchester United full-back Rafael has accepted a Football Association charge of improper conduct for his actions after he was sent off in his club’s 0-0 draw with Tottenham on Sunday, the FA have confirmed on their website.

MANCHESTER UNITED manager Alex Ferguson saw his long-running feud with referee Mike Dean surface again yesterday following Rafael Da Silva’s dismissal at White Hart Lane.

MARK MCCORMACK, once famously described as “the most powerful man in sport”, died in America yesterday, four months after suffering cardiac arrest and falling into a coma from which he never recovered.