IRISH hopes of winning the williamhill.com English Derby hit a speed bump at Wimbledon on Tuesday night with the elimination of Razldazl Jayfkay, but we remain in a dominant position with Barefoot Bullet, Razldazl George and Melodys Royal all hold outstanding claims in this evening’s semi-finals.

CALLING SPICE can firmly underline her claims in the McCarthy Insurance Group Oaks at Curraheen Park by taking the first of tonights semi-finals.

THESE may be depressing times but for greyhound followers there is some consolation in the quality of racing being staged countrywide.

FORMER Spice Girl Emma Bunton is pregnant with her second child, she confirmed.

Victoria Beckham's sense of style has been questioned by a top designer.

Singer Mel C has given birth to a baby girl, her spokeswoman confirmed today.

CARDIFF BLUES claimed revenge for their shock 28-0 defeat in Scotland in November, but a second-half comeback by Glasgow made it a lot harder than looked likely at the interval of this Magners League encounter.

Gloucester 12 Cardiff Blues 16

Cardiff Blues 12 Ospreys 16

Newport Gwent Dragons 19 Cardiff 21

CARDIFF BLUES won a seven-try Heineken Cup thriller at the Millennium Stadium to take charge of their qualifying group.

Spice Girl Melanie C is expecting her first baby, she confirmed today.

Connacht 11 Cardiff Blues 39

Cardiff Blues 35 Llanelli Scarlets 26

CARDIFF BLUES coach Dai Young believes Toulouse can go all the way to a fourth Heineken Cup title after his side were taken apart 41-17 at Le Stadium.

Toulouse 41 Cardiff Blues 17

LLANELLI Scarlets leapfrogged the Cardiff Blues into second place in the Magners League with a bonus-point victory following a hard-fought derby clash at Stradey Park last night.

Victoria Beckham's bandmates were forced to come to the pop star's aid in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Tuesday night, when the singer took a tumble onstage.

Leinster 24 Cardiff 17

CARDIFF BLUES stayed firmly on course for the Heineken Cup quarter-finals last night, after subduing Harlequins’ spirited resistance at a windswept Arms Park.

The Spice Girls kicked off the UK leg of their comeback tour last night, telling fans: “It’s so good to be home”.

CARDIFF head coach Dai Young rued his side’s lack of cutting edge at the death after seeing them come within inches from causing a huge Heineken Cup upset against Stade Francais.

Harlequins 13 Cardiff Blues 13

Hollywood action star Tom Cruise plans to take new pal David Beckham on a Wacky Races-style spree to cheer him up after his miserable soccer season.

Spice Girl Melanie Brown is battling depression because ex-boyfriend Eddie Murphy is refusing to visit their daughter Angel.

Spice Giel Melanie Chisholm has slammed Irish pop stars Westlife for claiming the reformed girlband pulled out of a chart battle with the Irish boyband.

Madonna and husband Guy Ritchie have been voted the best-dressed celebrity couple.

Victoria Beckham fan Chanelle Hayes today became the latest contestant to walk out of the Big Brother house.

Spice Girl Malanie Brown is planning to take her ex Eddie Murphy to court for child welfare payments - and has hired celebrity attorney Gloria Allred to fight her case.

Spice Girl Melanie Chisholm is reportedly engaged to her long-term love Tom Starr.

Spice Route will step up in class to tackle the King Edward VII Stakes at Royal Ascot.

JAMES HOOK grabbed all 19 points as the Ospreys maintained their Magners League title hopes and all but ended those of the Scarlets.

EDINBURGH’S dream of bringing the Magners League title to Scotland for the first time was clinically demolished by the streetwise Ospreys at Murrayfield.

WALES star Ryan Jones has accepted responsibility for conceding a last-gasp penalty that could ultimately cost the Ospreys a place in this season’s Heineken Cup quarter-finals.

FOR Leinster, it was a welcome return to their spiritual home in the tidy surrounds of Donnybrook.

Neath-Swansea Ospreys 12, Newport-Gwent Dragons 6

The former performance director of the Rugby Football Union Chris Spice insists English rugby chiefs “have to look at themselves” for the mess surrounding head coach Andy Robinson’s protracted exit.

Munster 25 Ospreys 20

SALE suffered a dramatic defeat after the Ospreys staged a spectacular smash and grab raid at the Liberty Stadium to finish 17-16.

David and Victoria Beckham, Jude Law and Sadie Frost, and George Michael get lampooned in a new tongue-in-cheek Channel 4 comedy announced today.

Ospreys 17 Ulster 19

Ospreys 27 Munster 10

ENGLAND’S RFU have defended their position on age-group international rugby following Rob Andrew’s blast that England’s commitment is an “utterly pointless and an astronomical waste of money”.