Sometimes it takes a step back in order to move forward and that has certainly been the case for Michael McDermott.

Conditions were very testing at Carlisle but Minster Shadow relished the mud flying as he ran out a game winner of the opening TurfTV Novices' Chase.

Too used to handouts, farmers want more, writes Jack Power.

A SCOTTISH sheriff gave police powers yesterday to arrest two schoolgirls if they continue an alleged campaign of bullying and abuse against a fellow student.

IT isn't very often that an Irish sports person sees off the best efforts of rivals from 57 other countries, but that's what happened at Royal Musselburgh yesterday when Cian McNamara, a student at Crescent College Comprehensive and a member of Limerick Golf Club, maintained his three-stroke overnight lead to become the first Irish player to capture the R&A Junior Open Championship.