A number of referees in Tipperary are threatening to limit their services for the 2013 season after being kept waiting for their 2012 expenses payments.

Peter O’Brien yesterday assured his place in Kildorrery GAA history.

Ospreys 19 Leinster 10

Last week there was something of a ripple about Michael Bent, a rugby player lately qualified to play for Ireland.

Yesterday marked the final of the FAI’s blue riband domestic soccer competition, the FAI Senior Cup.

“I hope it finishes this year,” smiles Liam Buckley with studied understatement when the subject of probably the most famous trophy drought in Irish football comes up yet again.

Shane Nolan can still hear the words manager James McCarthy whispered in his ear before being introduced as a 47th minute substitute in last Sunday’s Cork SFC final against Duhallow.

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Chelsea last night lodged a formal complaint with the Football Association over “inappropriate language” they claim Mark Clattenburg used against John Obi Mikel in their acrimonious defeat to Manchester United on Sunday.

One of the longest-serving chairmen in the history of Derry football used to come into the team changing room to make a short speech before every game. His brief oration never changed.

The European Commission has launched an action plan for the online gambling market across the region and warned that if it does not achieve its objective, the EU will consider binding legislation.

If Michael Bent’s abilities as a player are half as impressive as his back story then Ireland’s lack of depth at the troublesome tighthead prop position will have eased dramatically with the Kiwi’s arrival.

Everton 2 Liverpool 2

Castlehaven 1-07 Duhallow 0-09

Navan O’Mahonys 1-11 Wolfe Tones 0-07

Thurles Sarsfields (Tipperary) 2-12 Kilmallock (Limerick) 0-15

European Affairs Minister Lucinda Creighton says Ireland is “close to being a success story that the EU needs it to be” and that it would attempt to lay the groundwork for a free trade agreement between Europe and the US when it takes over the union presidency in January.

Paul Lambert insists focusing on the need for Aston Villa to defeat his former club Norwich will be his top priority after his acrimonious summer departure from Carrow Road.

Sligo Rovers 0 Shamrock Rovers 2

Liverpool 1 Anzhi Makhachkala 0