A recent assertion by Anne Waistell of the Irish Show Jumping Centres Group that entries in spring leagues have fallen dramatically has been affirmed by one league organiser.

Elle Macpherson has reportedly split with Jeff Soffer.

The real name and birthplace of Charlie Chaplin is shrouded in mystery, Britain’s domestic spy agency concluded after a probe into US claims he was a communist sympathiser, newly released documents reveal.

Siyouni had to make do with the runner-up spot as his pacemaker Rajsaman held on to land the Prix De Fontainebleau at Longchamp.

Makfi could earn a start in the stanjames.com 2000 Guineas if he distinguishes himself in next month’s Prix Djebel.

Horse Sport Ireland (HSI) has named the Irish squad for the European Eventing Championships in Fontainebleau, France.

Eric Libaud’s Royal Ascot hero Vision D’Etat is being prepared for a second tilt at the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp in October.

DOUBTS over the safety of a Yemeni jetliner were at the forefront yesterday after an Airbus 310-300 carrying 153 people crashed into the Indian Ocean as it came in for a landing during howling winds on the island nation of Comoros.

Paris Hilton was left scared and in tears as she watched her boyfriend, Doug Reinhardt, take a beating in a Miami club last week.

HORSE Sport Ireland’s performance manager for ponies and children on horses, Ian Fearon, yesterday said Ireland should target next year’s inaugural pony and junior nations cup series.

A single manuscript page from a love story written by Napoleon Bonaparte sold at auction in France today for €23,000, an auction house said.

DARREN SUTHERLAND will be on the flight when the Irish boxing team leave Dublin on October 16 for the world championships in Chicago.

THE IRISH boxing team have taken their preparations for the world championships to a new level at a training camp in France.

THE Show Jumping Association of Ireland (SJAI) has set the bar high with its new Premier Grand Prix League, but it is confident the strict criteria it has laid down for it “can only ensure excellence”.

GOLDEN EXCHANGE is a hopeful nap choice to win the McCarthy Insurance Group Beginners Chase at Cork this afternoon.

Italy‘s Alessandro Petacchi won the first stage of the centenary Tour de France on Sunday, prevailing in a sprint finish marred by a crash which affected most of the 198-strong peloton.