Is there anything cuter than a newborn tapir? With their funny snout noses and patterned fur, they look like little humbugs.

Newport Gwent Dragons 14 Glasgow Warriors 14

A POLISH worker was killed when a five-tonne section of a crane crashed down on top of him as he was dismantling it, a health and safety inspector stated in court yesterday.

LAST year it was all about Mary B but this year it’s the turn of Janet D.

Lee Cook and Martin Rowlands look set to leave QPR after the pair were not handed squad numbers for the upcoming Barclays Premier League campaign.

THE X Factor judging line-up was confirmed yesterday with pop mogul Louis Walsh being joined by Take That’s Gary Barlow, international star Kelly Rowland and Tulisa Contostavlos of urban hip-hop band N-Dubz.

The 'X Factor' judging line-up was confirmed today with pop mogul Louis Walsh being joined by Take That’s Gary Barlow, international star Kelly Rowland and Tulisa Contostavlos of urban hip-hop band N-Dubz.

Newport Gwent Dragons 16 Leinster 26

The Chemical Brothers want to collaborate with Noel Gallagher on his solo album.

British organic diary products firm Rachel’s Organic is set to be put on the market with a £20m price tag, it was reported today.

DAMIEN DUFF should be fit for the Republic of Ireland’s World Cup play-off double header with France.

REPUBLIC of Ireland midfielder Martin Rowlands has been ruled out for the rest of the season after scans confirmed he has suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury.

Republic of Ireland 0 Montenegro 0

Shay Given and Kevin Kilbane have each been handed their 100th senior international caps as the Republic of Ireland bring their World Cup Group Eight qualifying campaign to a close against Montenegro tonight.

IT isn’t by choice Martin Rowlands has found his name inextricably linked to that of Andy Reid’s this week but that is exactly the situation in which the QPR midfielder finds himself just now.

GIOVANNI TRAPATTONI has cited the primacy of his established system as the reason why he opted to call QPR’s Martin Rowlands into the Irish squad as a replacement for the injured Darron Gibson and, once again, ignored the increasingly persuasive claims of Sunderland’s Andy Reid.

QPR’s Martin Rowlands has been called into the Irish squad as Giovanni Trapattoni continues to sweat on a number of players who are nursing injuries in the run-up to Saturday’s big game against Italy at Croke Park.

SUBSTITUTE Marlon Harewood’s first Newcastle goal rescued a point for the Coca-Cola Championship leaders after QPR threatened to dent their promotion charge.

Chelsea 1 QPR 0

QPR enhanced their promotion credentials as Martin Rowlands first-half free-kick earned Iain Dowie’s 10-men all three points against Norwich at Carrow Road last night.

QPR 0 West Brom 2

IF Wolves are serious about ending their tumultuous season with a scarcely credible promotion, they should look to Andy Keogh for inspiration.

DOES anyone really want to be promoted to the Premier League this season?

Police in the North are continuing to question the brother of a man whose body was found in a car in north Belfast yesterday.

CHELSEA are English football’s answer to a cold shower.

Edinburgh 29 Leinster 10

Southend boosted their hopes of Coca-Cola Championship survival and completed a miserable week for QPR with a 5-0 rout at Roots Hall.

DARYL MURPHY and Grant Leadbitter fired Sunderland to a deserved win over QPR as Roy Keane’s side continued their steady rise up the Coca-Cola Championship table.

WELSH rugby was in mourning yesterday following the sudden death of the president of the Welsh Rugby Union, Keith Rowlands.

Teenage German midfielder Sergio Peter was handed his first start for Blackburn in today’s FA Cup third-round tie at home to QPR after some good performances in the reserves.

It's the old something-sinister-in-the-secret-room plot … with just a couple of unusual twists and a strong cast trying, not always successfully, to do it full justice.

Dublin City manager Roddy Collins has former Northern Ireland international Keith Rowlands and West Ham United's Shaun Byrne set to make their debuts tonight as the Vikings' travel to Leeside to take on Cork City in the eircom League (7.45pm).

BOHEMIANS have appointed Irish international Gareth Farrelly as the club's new player-manager in succession to Stephen Kenny.

Dublin City Manager Roddy Collins has signed West Ham's Shaun Byrne and former Northern Ireland international Keith Rowlands.

Have your monster-sized box of tissues ready; you’ll snivel your way through this tear-jerker as an elderly couple re-trace their past from the pages of the title’s notebook.

Wales coach Mike Ruddock has been buoyed by one of the nation’s legendary coaches ahead of today’s second Test in Buenos Aires.

Manager Brian Kerr made five changes for his Republic of Ireland team’s final friendly before the summer break.

The teams for Jamaica v Rep of Ireland at The Valley have been announced (k.o. 7.45pm).

Nigeria 3 Ireland 0

Nigeria 3 Rep of Ireland 0

Nigeria v Rep of Ireland teams

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