A 51-year-old Slovakian landscape gardener has been found guilty of the manslaughter of his Polish flatmate after an argument about a light being left on.

The closing stages have been reached at the Central Criminal Court in the trial of a 51-year-old Slovakian landscape gardener charged with murdering his Polish flatmate.

A murder trial at the Central Criminal Court has heard that there was "very strong support" for the scenario that the victim bled inside the defendant’s bedroom.

The jury in a murder trial at the Central Criminal Court has been shown the blood-stained carpet from the accused man’s bedroom.

A 51-year-old Slovakian man accused of murdering his flatmate told investigating gardaí that he had pushed the deceased out of his bedroom sometime before the stab victim was found in a pool of blood.

The defence barrister in a Dublin murder trial at the Central Criminal Court has suggested to a prosecution witness that he might be the killer.

A witness in a murder trial at the Central Criminal Court has denied being involved in a cover-up after the killing by changing out of possibly blood-stained clothes and cleaning her apartment.

A murder trial has heard today that the alleged victim died after arguing with the defendant regarding a light being left on in their apartment.

Ciara Mageean showed her Championship pedigree once again by claiming gold in today's 1500 metres final at the European Youth Olympics in Tampere, Finland.

SPORTING LISBON inflicted another defeat on troubled Dynamo Kiev to leave the Ukrainian side bottom of Champions League Group F.

Former Olympic 5000m champion Gabriela Szabo has been elected federal secretary of the Romanian Athletics Federation (FRA).

Former world and Olympic champion Gabriela Szabo has confirmed her retirement.

THE Weltklasse in Zurich has always been a favourite meet for Ireland's Sonia O'Sullivan, but it takes on added significance tonight as she looks for a performance to boost her confidence for the Olympic Games.

Gabriela Szabo, Olympic 5,000m champion and nemesis of Sonia O'Sullivan, admits she could be reaching the end of her career following a disappointing performance in the women's’ 5,000m final at the World Athletics Championships in Paris.

TWO people closely associated with Sonia O’Sullivan anticipate something special in tomorrow’s 5,000m final at the World Championships in Paris.

ON Saturday night, Sonia O’Sullivan watched Berhane Adere win the 10,000m title with her now familiar devastating sprint that demolished the gold medal aspirations of her Ethiopian team-mate Werknesh Kindane and Yingie Sun of China, who were the only two athletes remaining in the contest for the medals at the end of a sensational race.

ROMANIAN Olympic 5,000 metre gold medallist Gabriela Szabo may quit athletics after French border police found a banned substance in her car.

HEART MIDOLTIAN impressed at Cork earlier in the month and he is napped to do the business again in the O’Mahony Packaging Hurdle at Tralee today.

AS expected, Sonia O’Sullivan and the newly-crowned European 5,000m champion, Marta Dominguez of Spain, will renew rivalry at the Weltklasse in Zurich tonight but Gabriela Szabo has jumped ship and elected to run in the 1,500m race.

GERALDINE HENDRICKEN will end her season in whirlwind fashion taking in the Golden League meetings in Brussels on August 30 and Berlin on September 6 before rounding things off in Rieti two days later.

GERALDINE HENDRICKEN, Ireland’s athletic sensation of the season, will go into action this morning in the women’s 1,500m heats, which have an automatic place in Sunday’s final as the prize for the first three.

THE enduring excellence of Sonia O'Sullivan is cause for celebration.

WITH national champion and record-holder Paul McKee and runner-up Rob Daly opting for the 200m, bronze medallist Antoine Burke will carry Irish hopes in a star-studded 400m at the Dublin International Games tonight.

An athlete competing in Edmonton has tested positive for the endurance-boosting hormone EPO and has been ruled out of the rest of the World Championships.

Sonia O’Sullivan’s dreams of a 1,500 and 3,000m double came to an instant halt two thirds of the way during the longer race when the Cork star fell off the pace.

Sonia O'Sullivan meets Romanian Gabriela Szabo in the final of the 3000m at the World Indoor Games at Lisbon this afternoon.

Sonia O'Sullivan was in impressive form as she posted the fastest qualifying time in winning her heat of the 3,000m at the World Indoor Championships in Lisbon.

A Hungarian MP wants potential government ministers to be tested for madness before they are appointed to office.