A detached property in Cork’s The Ovals has come on the market and makes for a superb family home, writes Tommy Barker.

Leinster showed remarkable energy and resilience to retain the U18 boys interpro title, playing all four of their games in just 30 hours.

Orica GreenEdge pipped Mark Cavendish’s Omega Pharma-Quick Step squad by a single second to win today’s team time trial in the Tour de France and make it two stage victories in as many days.

Catholic Institute stormed back into title contention as they shattered Cork Harlequins’ 100% record with a 5-1 win at Rosbrien on Saturday.

Anna O’Flanagan’s stylish hat-trick left Pegasus reeling as UCD made a serious statement of intent with a 5-2 Irish Senior Cup quarter-final victory at Belfield.

UCC continued their habit of doing things the hard way but eventually progressed to a second successive Irish Hockey Trophy final with a 3-2 win over South Antrim at the Mardyke on Saturday.

Motivation won’t be lacking for UCC as they pitch up at Garryduff tonight looking to rattle Cork Church of Ireland’s cage (8pm).

The popularity of boys’ hockey in Munster continues to bounce back, after almost 300 Cork schoolboys were introduced to the sport yesterday.

John Jermyn handed Irish coach Paul Revington a boost ahead of March’s Olympic qualifiers as he made an emphatic return to action, notching five goals as Cork Church of Ireland scored a 6-1 win away to Bandon.

MONKSTOWN’S wait for a men’s Irish Senior Cup title will stretch into a 98th year after they were beaten 4-3 by Cookstown in a stunning final at Belfield yesterday.

A DISASTROUS eight-minute spell which saw them concede five times proved the undoing of Catholic Institute’s hopes of claiming a shock Munster Senior Cup final victory at Rosbrien yesterday.

Mark Cavenish enjoyed a stunning victory in the second stage of the Tour of Ireland from Clonmel to Killarney today.

ASHTON SCHOOL go into today’s Munster Senior Schoolboys Cup final at Garryduff (2.30pm) against Bandon Grammar School hell-bent on returning the balance of power to Cork city after a six-year famine.

A couple of major crashes overshadowed Graeme Brown’s victory in an eventful stage three of the Tour Down Under which finished in the seaside town of Victor Harbor, near Adelaide, today.

Lance Armstrong was upstaged by defending champion Andre Greipel on the first stage of the Tour Down Under today.

DENMARK’S Michael Rasmussen won the eighth stage of the Tour de France by a comfortable margin and claimed the yellow jersey in the process.

Denmark’s Michael Rasmussen won the eighth stage of the Tour de France on Sunday by a comfortable margin and claimed the yellow jersey in the process.

THE potential presence of Stuart O’Grady with Team CSC could add an exciting dimension to the inaugural Tour of Ireland (August 22-26).

Lance Armstrong heads for the Pyrenees in the yellow jersey with his grip on the Tour de France as tight as ever after a 13th stage won by Robbie McEwen of Australia today.

AUSTRALIA’S Robbie McEwen claimed his third victory in this year’s Giro d’Italia as he won a group sprint in the 10th stage yesterday.

CIARAN POWER will leave for the USA today with a smile on his face after the best performance of his cycling career in the intense heat on Saturday afternoon when he finished 13th in the Olympic Road Race.

Ireland's Ciaran Power came 13th in the men's raod race in Athens today.

Robbie McEwen claimed the ninth stage of the Tour de France by a whisker in the closest finish of this year’s Tour so far.

NORWAY’S Thor Hushovd claimed his first stage victory of this year’s Tour de France as a chaotic closing 10 kilometres climaxed in a thrilling uphill sprint in Quimper.

Filippo Pozzatto timed his sprint finish to perfection to ride into Saint-Brieuc in front and hand the Fassa Bortolo team their second win of this year’s Tour de France.

Tom Boonen of Belgium took the sixth stage honours today in another day of thrills and spills on the Tour de France.

FRENCH champion Thomas Voeckler relieved Lance Armstrong of the yellow jersey after the 200 kilometre fifth stage of the Tour de France from Amiens to Chartres.

For a nation which gave birth to the greatest cycle race in the world, the French have had little to cheer about in the Tour de France recently.

THERE was no storming victory by a French rider on Bastille Day in the Tour de France, just a guerrilla attack by a Dutch master.

A THRILLING sprint finish win for Estonian Jaan Kirsipuu and a catastrophic crash in the peloton were the features of stage five of the Tour de France yesterday.

A thrilling sprint finish win for Estonian Jaan Kirsipuu and a catastrophic crash in the peloton were the features of stage five of the Tour de France today.

Erik Zabel bounced back from the disappointment of yesterday’s defeat on home soil to claim the Tour de France yellow jersey today.

Tour de France classifications.

Lance Armstrong became only the fifth man to win three consecutive Tour de France titles in a party atmosphere in Paris today.

With Lance Armstrong marching effortlessly toward his third Tour de France title in succession, the sprinters took centre stage today.

Sergei Ivanov won the ninth stage of the Tour de France from Pontarlier to Aix-le-Bains today, while Credit Agricole’s Stuart O’Grady held on to the yellow jersey.

Erik Dekker won stage eight of the Tour de France but Australian Stuart O’Grady was also celebrating as he retook the leader’s yellow jersey.

Frenchman Laurent Jalabert showed true grit to storm clear and win the seventh stage of the Tour de France on Bastille Day.

Frenchman Laurent Jalabert stormed clear to win the seventh stage of the Tour de France on Bastille Day.

Stuart O’Grady today proved that a cool and calm attitude are as valuable as his strong, freckled legs and giant heart and lungs.