AT the start of his second day in the witness box, the Taoiseach expressed surprise at the extensive trawl of his financial affairs which arose from an order for discovery of documents by the tribunal.

RAFAEL BENITEZ has warned Liverpool’s club record signing Fernando Torres that life in the Premier League will not always be as easy as this.

NORTHERN IRELAND winger Keith Gillespie has apologised for being involved in a punch-up with a team-mate on a flight home from Iceland.

SOMEWHERE in the hills of Los Angeles, David Beckham must be wondering if he will ever play for England again.

JOSE MOURINHO has challenged his players to return from international duty and focus their minds on winning back the Premier League title.

FORMER Manchester United and Ireland star Denis Irwin may have brought good news for the country’s sports shops yesterday — but his evening’s work also heralded pressure for parents of soccer-mad youngsters.

BOBBY CHARLTON cannot wait for the opportunity to acclaim Ryan Giggs for snatching his Manchester United appearance record.

LIVERPOOL and Manchester United have formally declared their opposition to UEFA president Michel Platini’s plans for domestic cup winners to qualify for the Champions League.

ARSENAL chairman Peter Hill-Wood insists suggestions the club need a billionaire backer are “lunacy”.

CARLOS TEVEZ cannot wait to launch his Manchester United strike partnership with Wayne Rooney.

SPORTING LISBON inflicted another defeat on troubled Dynamo Kiev to leave the Ukrainian side bottom of Champions League Group F.

LIVERPOOL and England footballer Steven Gerrard yesterday visited the hospital bedside of a 10-year-old boy he knocked down in his car.

STEVE HARPER has warned Shay Given the fight for the Newcastle goalkeeper’s shirt is far from over.

ROY KEANE’S Sunderland recruitment drive is unlikely to extend to former England skipper David Beckham.

IF YOU rant and rave, you are heading for an early grave. So says Roy Keane, once the fiery midfield enforcer of Manchester United and the Republic of Ireland and now, it would seem, a changed man.

CHELSEA are to strongly defend themselves against two FA charges relating to the conduct of their players and assistant coach Steve Clarke.

SUNDERLAND boss Roy Keane has ordered midfielder Dickson Etuhu to clean up his act after picking up five bookings in the space of eight games.

A MAN from Malta made Sir Alex Ferguson very cross indeed as Michael Mifsud struck twice to dump Manchester United out of the Carling Cup.

AN TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern held IR£15 million in an offshore bank in Jersey because he was “too cute”, former developer Tom Gilmartin alleged at the Mahon Tribunal yesterday.

SLAIN teenager Derek Cumiskey’s blessing going to heaven will be his ability to see all Manchester United games without a ticket.