Deirdre Ryan will be hoping to repeat her performance at the world championships in Daegu when she competes in the first qualifying group of the women’s high jump this morning (9.30am).

High jumper Deirdre Ryan has been a regular at major championships ever since competing in the World Youths in 1999.

We’ve long passed the glory days when YouTube could claim a week as its own.

WE won comfortably on Saturday against Wolves, kept a clean sheet and scored three goals that were more than a little pleasing to the eye.

WE won comfortably on Saturday against Wolves, kept a clean sheet and scored three goals that were more than a little pleasing to the eye.

Chelsea have become embroiled in more controversy after their fans taunted Anton Ferdinand during their Champions League game at Genk.

MANCHESTER UNITED’S 19th title marked a milestone in communications: the first championship celebrations to be tweeted by the players to a mass audience over the course of the evening.

THE surprise inclusion of a men’s 4 x 400m relay team alongside medal hopefuls, David Gillick and Derval O’Rourke, on the Irish team for the world indoor championships in Doha (March 12, 13, 14) is aimed at the future and, in particular, this year’s European outdoor championships in Barcelona, according to team manager Patsy McGonagle.

South Africa coach Joel Santana has included strikers Mabhuti Khenyeza and Richard Henyekane in his 24-man squad for the match against Ireland in Thomond Park early next month.

DERVAL O’ROURKE put the perfect finishing touch to her preparations for the world championships with her fastest time of the season when she was second to the Dawn Harper of the USA in 12.88 secs in the 100m hurdles final at yesterday’s international track and field meeting in Wattinsheid.

DERVAL O’ROURKE went under 13 seconds twice last night as she fine tuned her preparations for the world championships in Leverkusen.

BAYER LEVERKUSEN claim Spurs have agreed to match their asking price for Bulgaria striker Dimitar Berbatov.

UEFA admit it will be difficult to find “hard evidence” to punish allegations of racism towards Benni McCarthy during Blackburn’s clash against Wisla Krakow in Poland.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger must rethink his plans for three matches in eight days following the loss of Freddie Ljungberg, Emmanuel Eboue and Julio Baptista to injury.

Coach Martin Jol insists he was ready for a tough draw after Tottenham were paired with Besiktas, Club Bruges, Bayer Leverkusen and Dinamo Bucharest in Group B of the UEFA Cup.

West Germany’s first goalscorer in the 1966 World Cup final Helmut Haller claims England can win this summer’s tournament on German soil.

Tottenham have revealed initial tests by the UK Health Protection Agency into the suspected food poisoning outbreak are inconclusive, despite the discovery of a virus in one of the affected players.

Bayer Leverkusen claim Tottenham have agreed to match their asking price for Bulgaria striker Dimitar Berbatov.

The Scottish Football Association has confirmed Walter Smith’s side will take on Japan and Bulgaria in the Kirin Cup this summer.

Tomas Repka has rejected the opportunity to play Champions League football to agree a new two-year deal with West Ham.

Rafael Benitez has warned European aristocrats AC Milan that Liverpool's hunger will make up for the difference in class and experience.

INTERNAL rows and personal bickering remain an entertaining sideshow but with just over 17 months to go before the 2006 World Cup in Germany there is barely a hint of trouble on the organisational front.

NEWCASTLE striker Craig Bellamy was handed his second three-match ban of the season

Arsene Wenger has admitted it is time Arsenal became the champions of Europe.

Germany coach Rudi Voller has been dealt a hammer blow after Sebastian Deisler was ruled out of the World Cup finals.

Alex Ferguson has warned Arsenal against thinking they already have the double sewn up.

About 120 football fans were arrested in Germany following Manchester United’s match against Bayer Leverkusen last night.