Chris Froome has reported an apparent hit-and-run incident to police after saying he was deliberately knocked off his bike while training in southern France yesterday.

Andy Lee decided to postpone a proposed homecoming world title defence in Ireland because victory in New York over Peter Quillin will transform him into a “global star”.

There will be a strange sense of familiarity for Andy Lee in Las Vegas on December 13 when he faces Matt Korobov, whose parents might even count the Limerick southpaw among their family friends.

THE foreign property market has boomed in recent years, helped by the emergence of direct and cheap flights throughout Europe and beyond.

CONTORTIONISM, acrobatics, mysterious transformations, music and dance with Macnas providing the backing track. It must be Galway Arts Festival time again.