THIERRY HENRY required just 10 minutes to enhance his reputation as an Arsenal legend at the start of a loan return that naysayers had predicted might tarnish a golden reputation.

Roscrea must feel aggrieved by the 17 minutes of injury-time played before St Michael’s fly-half Ross Byrne landed an equalising penalty to send this Leinster Schools Senior Cup first round tie to a replay at Maynooth yesterday.

They will face tougher examinations during their efforts to retain the Sigerson Cup title but UCC made as positive and productive a start as possible in last night’s first-round tie in the Mardyke.

It’s hard to know what was more impressive – the ruthless exhibition dished out by Galway to the students on the pitch or the marker put down by new Tribe boss Anthony Cunningham afterwards.

THE 20th century’s ill-fated ocean liners keep emerging as fragments on the antiques market. In the last few decades serious collectors have amassed some rare objects from infamous shipwrecks.

Irish commercial diving expert Eoin McGarry has dived on the wreck of the RMS Lusitania more than anyone else alive. Since his first dive on the wreck over 15 years ago, he has spent more time than anyone else in and around its deck, in pitch darkness 90m below the waves some 18km off the Old Head of Kinsale in Cork.

Tony Clayton-Lea flies into Venice and makes his way around one of Italy’s most famous regions to experience beautiful landscapes, hidden gems, vineyards and glorious late spring sunshine

Kya de Longchamps looks at that first line of defence in home security — properly detailed windows and doors

The hip thing to do in recent times at any mention of the romance of the FA Cup is to scoff, but is anyone else uplifted that for all the talk about a fitting Wembley send-off for Stevie G, the termination of that possibility has simultaneously opened up the prospect of a fairytale story for a Shay G?

Being the son of a billionaire means Emin’s music career comes from a place of love, says Gerry Quinn.

I still refused to join in the “we’re gonna win the league” chant that reverberated around the ground following Hazard’s goal — much to the consternation of those around me.

Whisper it quietly among the ABU (Anyone But United) brigade, but the Premier League desperately needs Manchester United back at their best in order to push Chelsea all the way next season, just as they did at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.

Waterford 1-19 Tipperary 2-15: We weren’t aware the clár an lae issued to the teams yesterday included a template for similar plots.

If Jamie Heaslip had suggested before this Champions Cup semi-final that Leinster’s semi-final clash with Toulon would be akin to a boxing match, it may have conjured an image of a mismatch in the eyes of many observers.

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Simon Lewis takes a look at how Toulon and Leinster compare as they face each other in the European Champions Cup semi-final.

The last four. France. Sunshine, hard pitches and high stakes.

Anthony Nash may have precipitated the new penalty rule but it wasn’t until Stephen O’Keeffe rushed towards him to stop his shot with his thigh last June that the GAA said enough was enough.

Those of you who’ve been keeping a close eye on Waterford of late will know what to expect tomorrow. Those of who you haven’t merely need to study the photograph above.

The global sports betting market is worth up to $3,000,000,000,000 (three trillion), the vast majority of that generated by illegal gambling, a United Nations conference on crime being held in Doha has heard.