He was not angry with his performance, just disappointed.

Roberto Di Matteo is the new Schalke coach after the Bundesliga side acted quickly to replace outgoing boss Jens Keller yesterday morning.

Defending BMW PGA Championship champion Matteo Manassero believes making this year’s European Ryder Cup team would be an amazing achievement and is hoping the Irish Open will help him achieve the feat.

IT’S 9pm. I’m in Sligo, at my sister’s house, where my siblings and their families have gathered for the weekend to celebrate my mother’s birthday.

Ricky Martin used to bully gay men when he was younger.

Shane Lowry heads to today’s 36-hole US Open qualifier bitterly disappointed not to have automatically qualified for next month’s championship at Merion.

Pádraig Harrington burst back into form with his lowest-ever career round with a 10-under par 61 on the opening day of the Transitions Championship in Tampa Bay, Florida.

Rory McIlroy and Lee Westwood kept alive their hopes of securing the world No 1 ranking when they cruised into the last 16 of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.

CONTINENTAL Europe captain Jean van de Velde praised his team as they fought back to trail Great Britain and Ireland by a single point after the second day of the Vivendi Seve Trophy at St-Nom-La-Breteche.

Continental Europe captain Jean van de Velde praised his team as they fought back to trail Great Britain and Ireland by a single point after the second day of the Vivendi Seve Trophy at St-Nom-La-Breteche.

Ricky Martin’s dad told him to be “free and happy” after he told him he was gay.

RORY McILROY suffered more final-round anguish as Italian teenager Matteo Manassero clinched the Malaysian Open by one shot from Frenchman Gregory Bourdy yesterday.

Rory McIlroy believes the influx of young talent into the game means the sport is set for an exciting future.

Colin Firth says the secret to a happy marriage is treating it like a “marathon”.

Ricky Martin's twin boys are like a "hurricane" in his life.

‘The Best Thing About Me Is You’ singer Ricky Martin - who is openly gay - already has twin sons Matteo and Valentino, two, by a surrogate mother, but admits he would love to expand his family further.

Ricky Martin's decision to come out has "unleashed his creativity".

BALLYCLARE’S Gareth Maybin continued to stake his claim for a first Race to Dubai Tour success with a three under par 69 on the opening day of the BMW Italian Open in Turin.

FEW were happier with Rory McIlroy’s breakthrough win on the US Tour than European Ryder Cup captain Colin Montgomerie.

MATTEO MANASSERO, the player tipped to be Europe’s next golfing great, officially became a professional yesterday, two weeks after his 17th birthday and three days before he plays his home Italian Open.

FROM the greens of Augusta to the green of the Emerald Isle and on to golfing glory?

Ricky Martin is feeling “stronger than ever” after coming out as gay.

Colin Firth is having a 20-year-long midlife crisis.

Colin Firth thinks he is too old to be a sex symbol.

GOLF and rugby sevens face one last test on Friday if they are to be included in the Olympics from 2016. The International Olympic Committee’s executive board voted to include both at a meeting two months ago.

Padraig Harrington and Michelle Wie are to participate in golf’s final presentation of its Olympic bid to International Olympic Committee members in Copenhagen on Friday.

Ricky Martin has promised never to hire a nanny to look after his twin sons - because he is proud to care for them all by himself.

Ricky Martin loves being a single dad to twin boys, and the singer is a very hands-on father – changing nappies, feeding and bathing the babies.

A COUPLE who cited the right to life of the unborn amendment to the constitution as grounds for suing for damages for wrongful death of their stillborn baby settled their case yesterday.

Derby 0 Stoke 2

The man now known in London as well as Rome as the Little Aeroplane brought down Coca-Cola Championship high-flyers Stoke to steer Fulham through to the fifth round of the FA Cup.

Blackburn manager Mark Hughes is poised to ring the changes for the final match of the Barclays Premiership season against Manchester City at Ewood Park on Sunday.

Blackburn manager Mark Hughes is almost certainly without stand-in captain Ryan Nelsen for tomorrow’s Barclays Premiership clash with champions Chelsea at Ewood Park.

Midfielder Tugay is back in contention for Blackburn’s Premiership clash at Charlton tomorrow after spending more than three weeks on the sidelines with a calf injury.

Blackburn striker Craig Bellamy will be fit for tomorrow’s Barclays Premiership clash against Birmingham at St Andrews.

Blackburn’s on-loan striker Florent Sinama-Pongolle is ineligible to play against Liverpool on Sunday while midfielder Tugay is also doubtful with a calf injury.

Blackburn manager Mark Hughes has no fresh injury worries to contend with for tomorrow’s Barclays Premiership clash against Portsmouth at Fratton Park.

Blackburn midfielder Robbie Savage is available for Monday’s local derby with Wigan at Ewood Park after a one-match ban.

Blackburn midfielder Robbie Savage serves a one-match suspension for tomorrow’s Barclays Premiership clash at Sunderland.

Blackburn manager Mark Hughes looks set to name an unchanged line-up for tomorrow’s Barclays Premiership game with Middlesbrough at Ewood Park.

Morten Gamst Pedersen is expected to return to the Blackburn side to face Aston Villa tomorrow after recovering from a hamstring strain.

Morten Gamst Pedersen is almost certain to miss Blackburn’s clash with Spurs at White Hart Lane on Sunday with a hamstring injury.

Blackburn striker Paul Dickov is in contention for a place on the bench for tomorrow’s Barclays Premiership clash against Arsenal at Ewood Park.

Morten Gamst Pedersen is back in contention for Blackburn’s clash with Sunderland tomorrow after missing the weekend game with Everton with a knee problem.