Shop owner Milan Hosek, who had his part of his ear bitten off during a racist attack on a Dublin street, is among those featured in new RTÉ2 documentary Trauma tonight.

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The singer-songwriter Colin Vearncombe, who had a huge hit in the 1980s with Wonderful Life, suffered fatal head injuries after losing control of his car on an icy road and crashing into another car near Cork Airport, an inquest today heard.

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Two Cork support groups are set to benefit from donations made following the death of singer songwriter, Black, best-known for his 1980s hit Wonderful Life.

There were eight races at yesterday’s well-attended Dawstown point-to-point fixture, run under the auspices of the Muskerry Foxhounds, at Birch Hill outside Grenagh and Cloneen Choice showed abundant reserves of stamina to record his third success of the season in the winners of two.

The Paul Kiely-trained Inchiquin High is developing into a competent point-to-point performer and the seven-year-old supplemented last month’s Killeagh success by landing a cracking mares’ winners of two at yesterday’s well-attended Knockanard fixture, run under the auspices of the Avondhu Foxhounds.

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Shakira has named her newborn son Sasha Piqué Merbarak.

Carol O’Callaghan talks to the duo behind this year’s Design Week hub.

Marinero, a costly failure at Fairyhouse on Grand National day, gets the nap in the Bumper, back at the Co Meath track tonight.

Rihanna has recorded a duet called 'Can't Remember to Forget You' with Shakira.

Italian football is the continuation of politics by other means rather than war.

Shakira insists she can prove her ex-boyfriend is lying in his $250m lawsuit against her.

Usher is not returning to 'The Voice' USA next season.

Bright New Dawn justified favouritism in the Grade 2 boylesports.com Michael Purcell Memorial Novice Hurdle at Thurles yesterday, but the race was marred by the fatal fall of Venture Capital.

THE glamorous month-long Fashion Week calendar has hit the runways, stopping off at New York, London, Milan and Paris.

AC Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri was bullish ahead of the first leg of his side’s Champions League last-16 clash against Barcelona at the San Siro tonight.

JESSICA Harrington’s Operating is the nap choice to get off the mark at the third time of asking in the Bumper at Punchestown tonight.

GAGEWELL FLYER can leave a moderate enough effort at Thurles behind by landing the nap in the Thomastown Beginners Chase at Gowran Park this afternoon.

Football boss Harry Redknapp told a jury today: "I have always paid my taxes."

Milan Mandaric told Harry Redknapp “there is no tax” as the manager expressed concern over the Monaco bank account, a court heard today.

INTER MILAN denied their neighbours AC Milan a place at the top of Serie A and threw their own hat into the ring for the Scudetto in the process with a 1-0 win at the San Siro last night.

Silvio Berlusconi has failed in an emergency bid to obtain a High Court order preventing evidence being taken in a UK court relating to corruption allegations.

Mike Tyson and his wife have renewed their wedding vows in Las Vegas.

ITALIAN prime minister Silvio Berlusconi was facing defeat in his northern power base of Milan yesterday in local elections that will raise doubts over the future of his fragile centre-right coalition government.

AIDAN and Joseph O’Brien dominated yesterday’s action at Navan, where Aidan notched a spectacular four-timer, only one of them ridden by stable-jockey Johnny Murtagh, while Joseph completed the first treble of his career on Fosters Cross, Eirnin and Table Mountain, the latter pair trained by his father.

HIDDEN UNIVERSE is a reasonably confident nap choice to land the two mile October Maiden at Navan this afternoon.

WITH Wayne Rooney struggling for fitness Wes Brown’s suspected broken metatarsal has added to Manchester United’s injury woes ahead of AC Milan’s visit in Champions League tomorrow night.

EVEN a cynic like me couldn’t help but be stirred by the swirling display of anti-Glazer green and gold at Old Trafford on Saturday.

AC Milan general manager Adriano Galliani admits his club are still waiting for any sign from the Los Angeles Galaxy that they may be able to keep hold of David Beckham beyond March 9.

Alex Ferguson has slammed referee Martin Atkinson’s performance as Manchester United's treble dreams went up in smoke in the FA Cup quarter-finals at Old Trafford.

Aston Villa striker John Carew is bracing himself for several weeks on the sidelines with the knee ligament injury suffered against Everton.

THE trek home began immediately after the match ended: 7,000 Milan fans with their different-coloured bracelets indicating the departure time of their return flights to Malpensa.

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Celtic playmaker Shunsuke Nakamura has labelled AC Milan star Rino Gattuso a “fighting dog” ahead of their midfield battle in Tuesday’s Champions League clash at Parkhead.

Manchester United defender Phil Bardsley will have to wait almost a fortnight to make his Aston Villa debut even if his anticipated loan move is completed in the next couple of days.

Martin O’Neill believes striker Milan Baros can still be a major asset for Aston Villa if he can overcome a crisis of confidence.

Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez has confirmed Jerzy Dudek will be given the opportunity of an emotional return to the stadium that made him a world star.