THE bodies of Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros, two award-winning war photographers killed by a mortar attack in the besieged Libyan city of Misrata, were yesterday being transported to the rebel stronghold of Benghazi.

A NEW era in athlete support was unveiled yesterday when Keith Wood launched the new Athlete Lifestyle Programmes (ALPs) which has been developed by the Institute of Sport and will have a profound affect on life after sport for the elite athletes devoting their lives to representing Ireland at international level.

ROBERT HEFFERNAN and Olive Loughnane will compete in the Gran Permio de La Coruna in Spain at the weekend - both with Beijing on their minds.

IRISH boxing officials remain confident that at least one more fighter will secure a spot at this summer’s Olympic Games when they contest the final qualifier for European boxers in Athens next month.

CANADA pulled out all the stops in their efforts to psych Ireland out of yesterday’s World Cup hockey qualifier, but Ireland held on for a vital 2-1 win to recover lost ground after their defeat by England.