Yesterday bookmakers were going 5-1 the field for the Cheltenham Gold Cup and that indicates they’re just as confused as us mere punters.

Connacht, for a team which has won almost 45% of its matches in the Heineken Champions Cup, still has a lot to learn how to compete in Europe’s premier tournament.

This year’s championship journey has been far from routine for Corofin, but yet again Kevin O’Brien’s side figured out the route to victory as they stretched their advantage at the top of the awards table with a tenth Connacht senior club title.

Substitute Oli McBurnie secured Sheffield United a deserved share of the spoils as a thrilling, helter-skelter clash with Manchester United ended in a 3-3 draw.

Well now, what have we here?

Rory McIlroy, golf’s most gifted 20-year-old, went off to watch the final of “Britain’s Got Talent” tonight after giving himself another chance for his second European Tour victory.

Germany’s Alex Cejka strengthened his lead at The Players Championship today as the leaders got their third rounds under way at TPC Sawgrass.

Nosedive and Bikini Babe both produced impressive displays in the two-year-old races at Sandown that might well secure them trips to Royal Ascot next week for the Norfolk and Chesham Stakes respectively.

Rory McIlroy, already a winner of the European Tour’s Golfer of the Month award for January, has now taken the Shot of the Month award too.

England's Ross McGowan equalled the lowest score of his European Tour career today to lead the Estoril Portuguese Open after the opening round.

Ruth Carr has her horses in cracking form and she sent out her fifth winner in six days when completing a double with the tough and consistent sprinters Moheebb and Red Cape at Ripon today.

William Haggas will have a close look at the Norfolk Stakes at Royal Ascot on Thursday for Nosedive after his impressive performance in winning at Sandown.

Racing at Ayr today went ahead without any problems after the abandonment of last week’s meeting on safety grounds following a seven horse pile-up in the third race.

Racing at Ayr this afternoon had to be abandoned after three races following a nasty pile up.

Aaron Baddeley held off the challenge of Ryder Cup veteran Jim Furyk tonight to win the Verizon Heritage, his maiden PGA Tour win.

Racing got off to a dramatic start on the second day of Newmarket’s Craven meeting when Richard Hills survived a hair-raising stumble in the opening contest.

England’s Graeme Storm, a team-mate of Luke Donald and Paul Casey at the 1999 Walker Cup, kept alive his hopes of a maiden European Tour victory today.

Justin Rose placed the blame for his final-round collapse at the Travelers Championship squarely on his putting as Bubba Watson claimed his maiden PGA Tour victory in Connecticut.

Lee Westwood savoured victory in the United States for the first time in 12 years and welcomed receiving some long-awaited good fortune.

Rory McIlroy today equalled the lowest round ever in a Major championship with a stunning nine-under-par 63 in the first round of the 139th Open Championship at St Andrews.