HOLDERS Inter Milan staged a remarkable second-half revival to knock Bayern Munich out of the Champions League at the Allianz Arena.

IN A tournament devoid of any classic encounter to date, last weekend’s penultimate round of Six Nations Championship provided more incident and controversy than the previous three rounds together.

PAT GILROY wasn’t going to coat this victory with any varnish.

CLARE had no problem at Cusack Park, Ennis, yesterday in dismissing the challenge of Down in the Allianz HL Division 2.

LET the posturing commence.

LET us just park the illegal lineout controversy by the side of the road for awhile and consider the real reasons why Ireland fell asleep at the wheel in Cardiff on Saturday.

WHAT a shame a pulsating Six Nations game was decided by one moment of controversy.

THERE’S a classic scene from a Marx Brothers movie named Duck Soup in which Harpo pretends to be Groucho’s reflection inside a mirror frame, the curly-mopped mute having smashed the glass moments earlier.

TOTTENHAM have become known as the comeback kings for their exploits in Europe and in the Premier League, but it would take a miracle for Harry Redknapp’s men to recover from this thrashing.

US PRESIDENT Barack Obama’s visit to Ireland next month will last longer than five hours, a Government spokesman has said.

WESTMEATH whistler Pat Fox has been finally appointed to officiate an inter-county senior football game after seven weeks in the refereeing wilderness.

MANCHESTER UNITED striker Wayne Rooney is set to miss the FA Cup semi-final against Manchester City on April 16 after being charged by the FA for his foul-mouthed on-camera tirade at the weekend.

THERE must be something in the water in Madrid. How else to explain the fact that Harry Redknapp joined Jose Mourinho in an outbreak of honesty yesterday, forgetting the phoney war and ditching the mind games?

A TALE of two halves in Wexford Park yesterday — the best of times for Wexford and the worst for Cork, as the Slaneysiders overturned an eight-point deficit to storm to victory.

A FULL-BLOODED Allianz Hurling League encounter in Croke Park on Saturday evening, two honest and whole-hearted teams giving their all in conditions made treacherous by the ferocious hailstone showers that fell before the half time whistle.

LOUGHREA’S St Brigid’s completed a stunning year at All-Ireland vocational hurling level when their senior side pipped Roscrea CC by two points in a thrilling SAHC final in Semple Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

IN the end there was to be no hurling romance in Semple Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

A RIP-ROARING contest that could have gone either way before Connacht atoned for their slip-up in Italy to record their sixth home win on the trot.

ARSENAL cult hero John Jensen returns to his former club today looking to upset the very fans who took him to their hearts two decades ago.