Thierry Henry is on the bench for the final game of his loan spell at Arsenal, tonight's Champions League last-16 first leg tie against AC Milan at the San Siro.

A 100-YEAR-OLD horse-drawn farm cart carried the last Knight of Glin to his final resting place in Co Limerick yesterday.

IRELAND has lost one of its “titans and greatest champions” of the arts and heritage following the death of the last-ever Knight of Glin.

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Andrea Pirlo has announced he is leaving AC Milan after 10 years at the club.

Harry Redknapp has stayed true to his word and named Gareth Bale on the bench for Tottenham’s Champions League showdown against AC Milan tonight.

AC Milan defender Alessandro Nesta will be sidelined for three weeks after dislocating his left shoulder during his team’s 2-0 triumph over Cesena yesterday.

SUBSTITUTE Pedro Leon struck an injury-time equaliser against AC Milan to send Real Madrid through to the last 16 of the Champions League and preserve the Spanish club’s unbeaten record under coach Jose Mourinho.

Italy fans will have to wait until May 11 to find out if Francesco Totti is to return to the national team, according to Azzurri coach Marcello Lippi.

Italy coach Marcello Lippi has revealed Alessandro Nesta will not be coming out of international retirement.

AC MILAN and Real Madrid shared the points to leave both on course for the Champions League second round.

ALEXANDRE PATO saved the blushes of fellow Brazilian Dida with a brace as AC Milan stunned Real Madrid at the Bernabeu last night to get their Champions League challenge back on track and inflict only a second competitive defeat of the season on their big-spending hosts.

CHELSEA lead the way in England in nominations for the FIFPro World XI Players Awards, just one behind Barcelona, despite neither side winning the Champions League.

Defender Alessandro Nesta has been left out of AC Milan’s squad for the UEFA Cup.

GROUPS from Waterford and Clare won the two major awards at the 56th North Cork Drama Festival in Charleville.

Arsene Wenger opted on the side of caution by deploying Emmanuel Adebayor as a lone striker when Arsenal took on AC Milan for a place in the quarter-finals of the Champions League at the San Siro tonight.

FIFA have published the shortlist for their world player of the year award.

ITALY defender Marco Materazzi claims Zinedine Zidane refuses to even acknowledge him over 12 months after that infamous head-butt in the World Cup final.

World Cup-winning Italy defender Alessandro Nesta has announced his retirement from international football.

Carlo Ancelotti hailed his "greatest victory" with AC Milan as his side beat Liverpool 2-1 in the Olympic stadium to lift the European Champions Cup for the seventh time.

Alex Ferguson took a calculated gamble in the San Siro tonight by naming Nemanja Vidic in the Manchester United starting line-up to face AC Milan in their Champions League semi-final.

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson made three changes to his side for this Champions League semi-final first leg match at Old Trafford.

AC MILAN coach Carlo Ancelotti admits an injury to Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand will play into his team’s hands for the Champions League semi-final.

Brazilian goalkeeper Dida has been included in AC Milan’s 25-man squad for Tuesday’s Champions League semi-final first leg against Manchester United at Old Trafford.

IT may have been unmissable in Manchester but it was ‘unwatchable’ in Rome, at least according to the front page headline in Il Messaggero, the capital’s daily paper, as Italy woke up to its heaviest defeat in nearly 40 years of international football.

AC MILAN coach Carlo Ancelotti has warned Bayern Munich that his team is coming into form at just the right moment before tonight’s Champions League quarter-final at the San Siro.

AC MILAN general director Ariedo Braida insists key men Andrea Pirlo and Alessandro Nesta will be at the club when the new season gets under way.

AC Milan general director Ariedo Braida insists key men Andrea Pirlo and Alessandro Nesta will be at the club when the new season gets under way.

Italy coach Marcello Lippi and his France counterpart Raymond Domenech both named unchanged teams for Sunday evening’s World Cup final in Berlin’s Olympic Stadium.

Italy believe the best way to deny Zinedine Zidane a fairytale finish in Sunday’s World Cup final is to unleash Gennaro Gattuso on the France captain.

Italy coach Marcello Lippi sprung no surprises when he named his team for the World Cup semi-final showdown against host nation Germany.

Italy defender Alessandro Nesta looks certain to miss tomorrow’s World Cup semi-final against Germany because of a thigh injury.

ITALY coach Marcello Lippi expects his side to prove their critics wrong when they take on Ukraine in today’s World Cup quarter-final in Hamburg.

Italy’s Alessandro Nesta is confident he will return to play for the Azzurri again in this World Cup but will not be ready until the semi-finals.

Italy defender Alessandro Nesta is unlikely to recover in time for Friday's World Cup quarter-final clash with Ukraine.

Italy coach Marcello Lippi denied his team was lucky to beat Australia in their thrilling second round clash, instead praising his team’s resilience.

Italy defender Alessandro Nesta has been ruled out of the World Cup clash against Australia on Monday because of a groin muscle injury.

ITALIAN coach Marcello Lippi expects Daniele De Rossi to receive some harsh punishment for elbowing US forward Brian McBride in the face.

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GIANLUCA ZAMBROTTA has been ruled out of Italy’s World Cup opener against Ghana.

Gianluca Zambrotta has been ruled out of Italy’s World Cup opener against Ghana.

The Examiner’s football correspondent Liam Mackey likes a good argument when he hears it, and he’s got strong views of his own.

BARCELONA will wipe out one of their bitterest memories in European competition if they can knock AC Milan out of the Champions League when the teams meet in the second leg of their semi-final tonight.

PHILIPPE SENDEROS is an intelligent young man with the luxury of being able to hit back at his critics in five languages.