Crusaders 2 Derry City 2, AET: Crusaders won 5-4 on pens

IN A case of new wine in old bottles, multi-pub owner Benny McCabe this weekend opens a city wine and food bar in one of Cork’s oldest retail buildings, one that served as a pharmacy for close to a century.

LEADING 1-0 from the home leg, Shamrock Rovers still have a lot to do to see off Flora Tallinn in the Champions League in Estonia next Tuesday but, if they can manage that, the Irish champions now know they will face FC Copenhagen in the next round.

HAVING put out Belfast’s big three of Linfield, Glentoran and Cliftonville on their way to Saturday’s Setanta Sports Cup final with Shamrock Rovers, Dundalk boss Ian Foster admits he would relish the prospect of an All-Ireland League.

ENGLAND’S 2005 Ashes hero Andrew Flintoff last night gave a dressing room rallying cry following Australian domination of the second day of the opening npower Testin Cardiff.

East Belfast side Glentoran take on Derry City in tonight's Setanta Sports Cup clash at the Oval (kick-off 7.45pm).

Provided he manages to complete his house move in time, Alex Ferguson would have been able to sit back in his favourite armchair and reflect on a satisfactory day as Manchester United sauntered past Glentoran in Belfast.

21 year old left arm spinner Gary Kidd has been drafted in to the Ireland squad for their Friends Provident Trophy clash with Sussex tomorrow.

Linfield travel to the Oval to face Glentoran in tonight's Setanta Sports Cup Group 1 fixture, kick-off 8.05pm.

Dramatic CCTV footage of the moment when one of the alleged July 21 bombers tried to detonate his rucksack bomb and failed was revealed for the first time today.

INZAMAM-UL-HAQ is unlikely to appeal after receiving the latest in a series of suspensions from the International Cricket Council for his role in the controversial end to last month’s final Test against England.

ENGLAND have set their sights on finishing their summer with a flourish when they attempt to complete an emphatic victory over Pakistan in next week’s final Test.

A 13-year-old girl has been called up to represent Ireland in the world’s biggest chess event – due to begin on May 20.

Glentoran 0 Shelbourne 3

Shelbourne will be hoping to continue their impressive results over Glentoran when they face the Belfast men at the Oval tonight.

Three of the four July 21 would-be suicide bomb suspects are thought to be in custody this afternoon.

BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair said yesterday that Britain would not “give one inch” to terrorists on his policy on Iraq and the Middle East.

One of the would-be suicide bombers who tried to blow up a London Tube train last Thursday had been given thousands of pounds in British taxpayers’ money.

The hunt for the would-be suicide bombers who tried to strike London intensified today after police named two of the suspected attackers.

SCOTLAND Yard yesterday named two of the men who, they believe, attempted to blow themselves up on the London transport network last week.

A second man has been arrested in London in connection with the investigation into the attempted bomb attacks on the capital’s transport network, police said today.

POLICE have released images of the four suspected suicide bombers who tried to bring more death and carnage to London on Thursday.

FEARS of a long hot summer of terror in London were heightened yesterday when armed police gunned down a suspected suicide bomber at a tube station in a city suburb.

Police have revealed the faces of four men wanted for questioning in connection with the attempted suicide attacks in London yesterday.

The hunt was underway today for four suspected suicide bombers who targeted three Tube trains and a bus in the latest attack on London.

AT ABOUT 12.30pm around 20 or 30 passengers are evacuated from a Tube train at Oval station saying that they had seen “white smoke”.

IT was just another day in the city of terror. North, south, east and west of its already battered heart, London's Tube network was gripped by panic as explosive devices were discovered in packed carriages.

Hundreds of thousands of London workers faced travel chaos on their journeys home tonight because of huge disruption to Tube and rail services caused by today's explosions.

Services on three London Underground lines have been suspended after smoke was reported following a number of "incidents" at three different tube stations in London.

I DOUBT that when he started out on a career in accountancy, Neil Hughes ever imagined that the day would come when he would find himself being hailed as some kind of saviour by a crowd of football supporters.

Glentoran chairman Stafford Reynolds has allayed Shelbourne fears ahead of their trip to Belfast tomorrow by insisting there are no security concerns.

Glentoran will tell UEFA they intend to take on Shelbourne in their Champions League qualifying tie at the Oval on Wednesday, July 13 with a 7pm kick-off.

A 20-year-old man will appear in court today accused of riotous behaviour after clashes between rival football fans.

Longford Town will be looking for revenge for their opening night defeat in the Setanta Cup when they meet Glentoran at Flancare Park tonight.

LONGFORD TOWN boss Alan Matthews reckons his team will have to pick up all three points when Linfield visit Flancare Park for tonight’s Group Two Setanta Cup match (kick-off 7.15).

Sam Morrow stepped off the bench to cap a dream debut for Northern Ireland with the winner in this friendly at the Oval tonight.

A TYPICALLY aggressive 72 not out from Andrew Flintoff tipped the balance in England's favour on the first day of the fourth Test against the West Indies at the Oval yesterday.

MICHAEL VAUGHAN benefited from the hard nosed approach of modern cricket to continue his prolific year for England and provide Australian audiences with evidence of real competition during the remainder of the Ashes series.