European Team captain, Jose Maria Olazabal produced his lowest score in three years on the final day of the BMW Italian Open and assured the world there would not be a repeat of mindless Nick Faldo Ryder Cup ‘Opening Speech’ of four years ago.

POOR wiring techniques have been blamed for a fire in the first-class section of a Virgin Atlantic jet forced to make an emergency landing in Shannon.

WHEN the Irish team assembled at O’Hare Airport for the return flight to Dublin after the world championships the atmosphere in the camp was one of tension as well as disappointment.

ICE HOCKEY’S NHL in America is on the brink of becoming the first American sports league to lose an entire season due to a labour dispute.

Agents investigating a former top Northern Ireland civil servant facing child sex charges in Chicago have widened their inquiry to Florida and Britain, it was revealed today.