A MAN who cycled across the US after heart bypass surgery gave him a second chance at life has died of a heart attack, one day after completing the 2,400-mile trip.

A man who cycled across the US after heart bypass surgery gave him a second chance at life has died of a heart attack, one day after completing the 2,400-mile trip.

European cross country champion Hayley Yelling faces a tough race in Ireland tomorrow as she bids for a return to winning form.

Fat Actress star Kirstie Alley has signed a deal to appear in ads for the Jenny Craig weight-management program.

ROBERT CONNOLLY is set to join Alasdair Cragg in the short course race at the world cross-country championships in Brussels in two weeks and his Dundrum South Dublin clubmate, Maria McCambridge, will be entered as an individual in the women’s short course event.

Former champion Darren Clarke was a semi-final loser in the Accenture World Matchplay Golf Championship at Carlsbad, California last night.

Padraig Harrington has a 3.20pm start in his Accenture World Matchplay quarter-final against world number one Tiger Woods.

Padraig Harrington and Darren Clarke reached the third round at the Accenture Match Play Championship in California yesterday.

Latest positions in third round of the Accenture Matchplay Championship, La Costa Resort, Carlsbad, California

Collated results in second round of the Accenture Matchplay Championship, La Costa Resort, Carlsbad, California

A US military excavator shovels another load of mud onto a canal bank near the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah, cutting a deep trench.

The European Tour will break new ground again next year when Russia becomes one of 23 countries to stage an event.

European 5,000 metres gold and silver medallists Marta Dominguez and Sonia O’Sullivan will renew their rivalry tomorrow in the Flora Light Challenge in London’s Hyde Park.