A property developer is waiting to hear whether he has won the latest stage of a legal battle with two of the UK’s best-known businessmen over control of a £1bn (€1.16bn) company which owns three of London’s most famous hotels.

Aidan Murphy launched the Mother Hegarty Cup at Lyre with a convincing two bowls of odds win over Gary Daly on Sunday.

Roberto Mancini has admitted he has no idea what Manchester City’s best defence is.

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Dean Richards vowed he will never cross the line again as he prepares to return to rugby after serving a three-year Bloodgate ban.

It was the sitcom that was ahead of its time. But was it cursed when it ended, asks Noelle McCarthy

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WHEN The Rolling Stones toured Ireland in 1965, there was no local music scene.

UEFA president Michel Platini today said he has yet to receive any apology from Premier League chairman Dave Richards after his comments that FIFA and UEFA “stole” football from England.

It was hard to know where to start with Premier League Chairman Dave Richards’ insistence in Doha that football had been stolen from England, its rightful administrators.

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini has again challenged Micah Richards to prove he is the best right-back in England.

Gary Daly’s top form continued with a bowl-of-odds win over Aidan Murphy in the Mother Hegarty Cup at Lyre.

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Steve Tyler's memoir includes story after story from the “most decadent, lecherous, sexiest, nastiest band in the land”.

Davy Condon always wanted to be a star jockey, but the only thing is that he thought he would ply his trade on the flat rather than over fences. As Declan Colley discovered, it never worked out that way and on Monday he rides one of the big fancies in the Ladbrokes Irish Grand National at Fairyhouse.

Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards’ daughter Theodora will get her New York City graffiti and drug case dismissed in exchange for doing two days of community service, a judge has said.

LET the posturing commence.

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Keith Richards claimed he was “targeted by the British government” when he was famously put on trial for drugs offences in 1967.

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The international military effort in Afghanistan was under-resourced for years, the head of the British Army said today as US troops prepared to take over operations in an area which has seen some of the bloodiest fighting for British forces.

CONOR O’SHEA has seen off a star-studded field to become the new director of rugby at Harlequins.

Conor O’Shea has seen off a star-studded field to become the new director of rugby at Harlequins.

THE suspect in the killing of four police officers gunned down in a coffee shop was not found yesterday in the Seattle home where he was thought to have been holed up overnight, likely wounded from his bloody encounter with the officers.

Paul Carberry will revive old memories when he teams up with trainer Nicky Richards to ride Monet’s Garden in the Amlin 1965 Chase at Ascot tomorrow.

Toby Booth admits London Irish will be “tested from the outset” when they look to transfer their impressive domestic form into European club rugby’s biggest arena.

MARK EVANS has revealed Harlequins have received “quite a few approaches” to succeed the disgraced Dean Richards as their director of rugby.

EMMANUEL ADEBAYOR will miss the Manchester derby after not appealing the violent conduct charge lodged against him by the Football Association.

Emmanuel Adebayor will miss the Manchester derby after not appealing the violent conduct charge lodged against him by the Football Association.

FORMER Harlequins director of rugby Dean Richards admits his career in the sport has effectively been ended by his three-year ban for masterminding the Bloodgate scandal.

Former Harlequins director of rugby Dean Richards tonight claimed the faking of injuries has been widespread in rugby union and “everybody knows that it goes on”.

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Harlequins will contest this season’s Heineken Cup – but the ’Bloodgate’ fake injury scandal has not yet run its course.

DEAN RICHARDS’ reputation as one of the most successful players and coaches in English rugby history has been reduced to ruins.

Dean Richards has been described as the “directing mind” and having “central control” in the ’Bloodgate’ fake injury scandal.

Dean Richards has refused to reveal whether there was a systematic attempt to fake blood injuries at Harlequins despite his three-year ban for doing it on five separate occasions.

ROY KEANE’S Ipswich survived a major scare in the Carling Cup first round last night.

NICKY Richards has warned punters According To John is unlikely to take his chance in Saturday’s Bet365 Gold Cup at Sandown, unless the Esher track sees some rain.

DEAN RICHARDS may have been a master of the dark arts during his playing days, but last night he demonstrated he still knows the value of the oldest trick in the book: playing down your chances before your biggest game of the season.

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