The pre-eminent force in women’s basketball, Glanmire, provides four players to Ireland’s 12-person squad for the European Championships for Small Countries in Gibraltar next month.

Collegiate freshman at Quinnipiac University, Edel Thornton is one of five overseas inclusions in Mark Scannell’s provisional Senior Women’s squad for Ireland’s re-entry into international tournament play after a six-year hiatus.

Back for more punishment, all so that we can all have even more fun and rows, writes Kieran Shannon.

Team Montenotte 51 Yale University 54

I’M so late that the ticket seller at St Peter’s College in Jersey City offers to leave me in for free.

ORLA O’REILLY may take up the offer of a basketball scholarship at a US University after sitting her Leaving Certificate in June, but she says receiving yesterday’s Irish Examiner Junior Sports Star Award will spur her on to achieve even more in the future.

TODAY, they’ll be honoured at a glittering awards ceremony at the Mansion House in Dublin. Thereafter, who knows where their special talent can take them?

TEAM Montenotte retained the Women’s U20 National Cup after a dogged battle with Meteors in their Saturday tussle. In a low-scoring encounter, tenacious defence in the third quarter helped the Cork side prevail against a gritty Dublin outfit.

Ireland 73 Luxembourg 29