The fourth round of the Valvoline Irish Forest Rally Championship, the Jim Walsh Cork Forest Rally in Mallow, proved to be an epic contest between Cork driver Owen Murphy (Mitsubishi) and his Limerick co-driver Anthony Nestor, who managed to overcome the spirited challenge of Monaghan’s Jost Moffett/John Rowan (Mitsubishi) to claim a 7.4 second victory.

Cork will be close to full-strength for Saturday night’s Allianz Hurling League Division 1A opener against Kilkenny in Páirc Uí Rinn (7pm).

You can take the man out of the landscape, but you can’t take the landscape out of the man. That’s true of writer and film director Maurice O’Callaghan, who was born near Béal Na Bláth, West Cork, and has reflected its hauntingly beautiful countryside in his writings and films.

A mother of four broke down in tears yesterday after a judge ruled that a deluge of hate mail to her had come from the home of a one-time close friend.

Location: Limerick

DIT footballer Alan Nestor has apologised for posing naked with the Sigerson Cup following their weekend final triumph over UCC.

After 1,949km, sore knees, backsides and heads, nine men have made it to Euro2012 on bikes.

KIERAN McGEENEY is a hard taskmaster, which is why Kildare have progressed from also-rans to consistent contenders since his arrival as manager at the end of 2007.

PATRONS should get to Shelbourne Park early on Saturday night.

Venezuela coach Cesar Farias has criticised Paraguay for making fun of his team at the conclusion of last night's Copa America semi-final.

FOR a long time, this game was moving towards an apparently inevitable Kildare victory without the bite or intensity you expect from games between these two, no matter what’s at stake.

Kildare 1-14 Meath 1-12

SEAMUS McENANEY last night hailed the finest performance of his Meath managerial reign as the Royal County edged out Sligo with ease in Navan.

A FOURTH Leinster Club SFC title for Kilmacud Crokes and the sweetest of them all, according to their manager Paddy Carr and captain Pat Burke.

Kilmacud Crokes (Dublin) 0-15 Rhode (Offaly) 1-7, Portlaoise

THE stars of tomorrow dominate proceedings at Shelbourne Park this evening in the final of the Comerford Cakes National Puppy Stake.

While there was no racing in Ireland last night, there are strong hopes that a virtual full resumption can commence this evening.

Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez was “submissive” to her powerful husband who was a controlling “monster”, her former cabinet chief told a US official, according to new US diplomatic cables.

Within shouting distance of Christmas and here we are in a situation where the greyhound action is absolutely red hot with the Kerry Agribusiness Irish St Leger commencing tomorrow at Limerick Stadium while on Saturday at Shelbourne the first round of the Comerford Cakes National Puppy Stake will fire into action.

DUBS STARS SENIOR FOOTBALL CHALLENGE MATCH: DUBLIN 2-11 DUBS STARS 2-11

MARK Vaughan dragged Kilmacud Crokes back from the brink and into the last four of the Leinster club SFC with a sensational late goal at Parnell Park.

Meath 2-13 Wexford 2-14

Meath 2-11 UCD 0-15

Incidents of male breast cancer in Ireland more than doubled in a two-year period, statistics show.

Ukrainian Hryhory Nestor celebrates his 116th birthday today and claims to be the world’s oldest man.

The Meath minors will be able to call on star forward Alan Nestor for Sunday week's All-Ireland MFC semi-final against Roscommon after he had a red card overturned.

Martina Hingis and Mahesh Bhupathi won the mixed doubles crown at the Australian Open with an emphatic 6-3 6-3 victory over Daniel Nestor and Elena Likhovtseva.

Leading since the start yesterday, Meath’s Tim McNulty/Anthony Nestor (Subaru WRC) have strengthened their lead position in the Murphy Construction Cork “20” International Rally, the final round of the Pirelli Irish Tarmac Championship.

Hollywood actor Russell Crowe hopes the man he injured during an altercation at a New York City hotel in the early hours of Monday morning will accept his apologies.

A chagrined Russell Crowe apologised for throwing a telephone at a hotel concierge this week, saying he reacted poorly to being a lonely family man away from home.

A new nightclub caused controversy tonight when it used an elephant and alligators as part of its opening night party.

TOTTENHAM sporting director Frank Arnesen has hailed Rinus Michels as one of the greatest characters in Dutch football following the death of the former national team boss yesterday at the age of 77.

Holland coach Marco van Basten today led the tributes to Rinus Michels, the man who pioneered "total football", who has died at the age of 77.

Galway 2-19 Tipperary 2-16

The fifth round of the Dunlop National Rally Championship, the Adare-based Circuit of Munster is

Donegal 1-13 Meath 0-14

There was drama aplenty for Irish crew Eamonn Boland/Anthony Nestor prior to the start of the Bianchi Rally in Belgium.