Aidan O’Brien believes Soldier Of Fortune’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe prospects will not be scuppered if he suffers defeat in Sunday’s trial at Longchamp.

Soldier Of Fortune, winner of a Group Two contest at Longchamp a month ago, could try to stake his claim for the Vodafone Derby at Chester on Thursday.

Soldier Of Fortune gave Aidan O’Brien his first Pattern-race success of the campaign when winning the Group Two Prix Noailles at Longchamp.

Jeremy Noseda revealed that Soldier’s Tale could make his eagerly-awaited seasonal return in the Betfred Sprint Cup at Haydock on September 2.

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THE two soldiers who supplied the photographs to the Daily Mirror have sought to refute accusations that they were fakes.

A former British paratrooper today admitted shooting a youth in the back as he was running away on Bloody Sunday.

A former paratrooper denied today that he lied about firing 19 shots at a sniper to cover up shooting some of the dead and wounded on Bloody Sunday.

A former paratrooper who claims to have fired 19 shots at a sniper in a bathroom window on Bloody Sunday is expected to give evidence to the Saville Tribunal today.

A former paratrooper today denied being involved in a conspiracy to cover up the murder of innocent civilians on Bloody Sunday.

One of the soldiers who fired on Bloody Sunday has threatened not to give evidence to the Saville Inquiry, it was revealed today.

A soldier said today he shot a bomber on Bloody Sunday who was preparing to throw a second device.

A soldier who claims he shot two gunmen on Bloody Sunday today denied he entered the nationalist Bogside area of Derry waiting for the opportunity to shoot civil rights marchers.

The statements of soldiers serving on Bloody Sunday may have been altered to suit the circumstances of the time, it was claimed today.

At least two civilian gunmen were present in Derry on Bloody Sunday, it was claimed today.

A British paratrooper who is vital to the Bloody Sunday Inquiry threatened to “walk away” and collapse the official investigation if he was not given a lucrative protection package, it was revealed today.

A FORMER paratrooper said yesterday he fabricated his original eyewitness account of the Bloody Sunday shootings that put soldiers in a positive light.

The Bloody Sunday inquiry has to decide whether to order Channel Four to provide it with the names of soldiers interviewed anonymously for a series of reports in the late 1990s about the day troops shot dead 13 civilians in Derry, it was announced today.