Some reflection of the road disability sport has still to travel in Brazil was clearly seen in the Deodora Stadium in Rio yesterday.

Galileo Gold will face seven rivals when he chases a Classic double in the Tattersalls Irish 2,000 Guineas at the Curragh tomorrow.

Cork City 1 Shamrock Rovers 0

EA Sports Cup Quarter-Final

Cork City were left to kick their heels straight back onto their team bus at Tallaght Stadium last night and head home after their EA Sports Cup quarter-final with Shamrock Rovers was postponed just 90 minutes before its scheduled kick-off.

A building developer who was one of the so-called Maple 10 lenders has told the trial of three former Anglo Irish Bank executives that the bank approached him and said an opportunity had come up.

Maple 10 developer Gerry Gannon has told the Anglo trial that he always found people who worked at the bank to be "honest and truthful".

A former girlfriend of the man who shot 16-year-old Melanie McCarthy McNamara has been found in contempt of court after she failed to turn up as a witness at his trial.

Anthony Elding said he couldn’t have written the script better as his dream ending to the season saw him win the FAI Ford Cup for Sligo Rovers.

Dublin 3-10 Galway 3-10

Ireland U16 1 Germany U16 0

The Ireland Under-15s staged a second-half comeback last night in Killarney to clinch a draw against Belgium.

CHAMPIONS Ardscoil Rís opened the defence of their Dr Harty Cup title in fine style with a comfortable 3-22 to 0-8 win over Waterford Colleges in Tipperary Town.

A STRONG second-half was enough to see Nenagh CBS upset the odds and surge past Waterford’s De La Salle in an entertaining Harty Cup quarter-final in Clonmel yesterday.

A Belfast dissident republican became the first person to be convicted by a Dublin court today for the murder of a man in Belfast last year.

A Belfast man today opted to be tried in Dublin under rarely used anti-terrorist laws for a Continuity IRA linked murder carried out in Belfast.

A witness at the Central Criminal Court trial of a Dublin man accused of killing a 32-year-old father of two in north Dublin three years ago, has denied that he lied about having a knife on the night.

Derry City 3 Cork City 1

A heroin addict who stole €9,000 from his then 81-year-old grandmother to buy drugs and his accomplice have been given five-year suspended sentences at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A heroin addict who stole €9,000 from his then 81-year-old grandmother to buy drugs has been remanded on bail for sentence by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A former prison governor who indecently assaulted a young girl over a seven-year period has been jailed for three years by Judge Desmond Hogan at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Eilish McCartan from Greenore pulled off a major shock at Belvoir Park yesterday in the Irish Girls' Intermediate Championship.