THE FAI has announced that the Scotland-based sport management consultancy Genesis will conduct the review into the association’s involvement in this summer’s World Cup finals.

WHEN IT comes to the bloodstock industry, the rest of us simply are not at the races!

SVEN-GORAN ERIKSSON has vowed to continue as England coach despite facing a new year without two of his closest allies after Steve McClaren ended his involvement with the national team.

FORMER Italian champions Fiorentina have been refused a place in Serie B for next season and are facing bankruptcy.

THERE were angry reactions from some teachers to yesterday’s higher level Leaving Certificate maths Paper I.

ALEX FERGUSON believes Ruud van Nistelrooy is key to Manchester United’s chances of overtaking Arsenal in the Premiership title race.

ARSENE WENGER declared Sylvain Wiltord to be one of Arsenal’s unsung heroes as he insisted that the Frenchman could help ease the goal-scoring burden on Thierry Henry this season.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, I suppose I should say. It’s never really clear when the anniversary of a government is — the current one, for instance, wasn’t voted in by the Dáil until June last year. But we have just passed the first anniversary of their election.

Bill George talks to the versatile John O’Shea on his role for club and country

THE 50th season of European club competition reaches a defining moment tomorrow when the draw for the first knockout stage of the Champions League takes place at UEFA’s headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

MANCHESTER UNITED utility man Quinton Fortune has dismissed recent talk of a move to Newcastle as "speculation."

MANCHESTER UNITED skipper Roy Keane is refusing to accept the growing Old Trafford injury list as an excuse for the failure to match Arsenal and Liverpool this season.

ROY CARROLL is facing D-day over whether to extend his stay at Manchester United.

BRAZIL World Cup star Ronaldinho has denied speculation he is ready to quit Paris Saint Germain for either Manchester United or Barcelona.

HAVING spent just £6.6m in the summer, less than one-quarter of the £30m fee for Rio Ferdinand, Arsene Wenger is watching his shrewd investments spiral in value by the week.

FORMER Chelsea midfielder Dan Petrescu has lifted the lid on his painful fall-out with Gianluca Vialli that led to him being forced to leave the Blues.

EUROPE’S powerful and exclusive G-14 clubs’ committee last week took a step nearer to imposing a charge on national associations for the use of their players in international matches.

MALCOLM GLAZER stepped up his assault on Manchester United yesterday, raising his stake to almost the same level as Irish investors John Magnier and JP McManus.

LIVERPOOL and Arsenal have ruled out a move for Michael Owen and cleared the way for Manchester United to chase the 25-year-old Real Madrid striker.