Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today

Sam Allardyce has admitted his overwhelming emotion will be relief rather than celebration if Sunderland secure their Premier League status tonight.

Mike Quirke gives his view of the lax protection given to some of the GAA’s top stars.

Shane O’Donnell was in Croke Park yesterday to help the GAA launch the Replay project, which captures 3D motion-picture data of the skills of football and hurling.

I know I mentioned it here before but, in all fairness, as the TV advertising continues apace, it is now time for the IFA to strongly intervene with the relevant authorities over the portrayal of that idiot farmer with a pig in the parlour, and nothing better to do than watch films on the box in the corner, while the bonham slumbers in a chair which is more opulently cushioned than the one on which I am sitting now.

FIFA 17 is adding another single player mode called The Journey, which could tell the story that FIFA fans have always wanted.

The mathematics of championship selection is pretty elementary. Eight into six doesn’t go. Nor does nine. So which of the Kerry forwards is dodging awkward conversation with Éamonn Fitzmaurice before the Munster football final on July 3?

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The names Peter Schreyer and Luc Donckerwolke might not mean much to the average Joe or Josie, but in the world of automotive design, they are hallowed legends.

Ted Baker’s full-year profit rose by nearly a fifth due to strong demand for its offbeat fashions and the opening of stores from Mexico to the Middle East, setting the UK clothing retailer apart from its rivals in a competitive market.

We look at the best of the Irish in today’s action at Cheltenham.

KARL McKEEGAN stands just 60 minutes away from a potentially perfect end to a 21-year senior hurling career. And as twilight settles on all those seasons in the sun and wind and rain, the former Antrim skipper is in a mood to reminisce.

Such was the reaction of the Scottish crowd at the final whistle in Murrayfield on Sunday you would have thought they had won the Six Nations championship.