GRAEME MCDOWELL has decided to take an extra week to digest his US Open victory and will miss next week’s French Open.

A TRAIN ploughed into a group of youngsters taking a shortcut to a Spanish beach party, killing at least 12 of them.

HALF-TIME in Port Elizabeth and it’s parallel universe time again. Remember the movie Sliding Doors, when Gwyneth Paltrow’s life split in two when she missed her train? On RTÉ, England might have held a half-time lead over Slovenia but the carriage doors had slammed firmly in their faces.

THE World Cup isn’t just about winning – especially not for Ireland supporters who yesterday witnessed a just end to France’s tour de farce.

CAPTAIN Steven Gerrard admits England are in a must-win situation but “wants to make the nation proud” with victory over Slovenia in tonight’s World Cup clash in Port Elizabeth.

GALWAY manager Joe Kernan has told his players to remember the pain of their Connacht final defeat to Sligo in 2007 ahead of the latest meeting between the counties on Sunday.

MISSING the call to spot Thierry Henry’s handball made referee Martin Hansson cry and will likely prevent the Swedish referee taking charge of a match at this World Cup.

ET tu Bruton,” as Don Fabio might have said to JT.

SWITZERLAND midfielder Valon Behrami accused Chile counterpart Arturo Vidal of destroying his World Cup after he was sent off in yesterday afternoon’s Group H clash.

NOT quite the ritual disembowelling that many had anticipated, but Cork still had 13 points to spare over Limerick in the Munster SHC semi-final in Páirc Uí Chaoimh yesterday.

EOIN CONWAY was the scoring hero as Cork narrowly prevailed against Limerick after extra-time in the Munster IHC semi-final at Páirc Uí Chaoimh yesterday.

ANTRIM will face Munster champions Tipperary in the All-Ireland U21 hurling championship semi-final after overcoming a skilful Armagh side at Casement Park last night.

THE release of some 91,000 secret US military documents on the Afghanistan war is just the beginning, WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange promised yesterday, adding that he still has thousands more Afghan files to post online.

FOR the third time in this year’s championship, Cork manager Conor Counihan had seen his side let a lead slip, allowing their opponents to seize a draw at the end of 70 minutes of football.

1. Limerick’s inability to turn dominance and chances into scores

IF Conor Counihan wanted a rigorous test to discover where his Cork team stand ahead of the big August days in Croke Park, he got it in the Gaelic Grounds on Saturday night.

CORK’S victory at Croke Park was never in doubt yesterday.

VINCE LOMBARDI once reacted to a Green Bay Packer defeat by insisting his side hadn’t lost the game, it was just that they had simply ran out of time.

ONE point, one solitary, glorious point, that was all that separated these two marvellous teams at the end of this magical, mesmerising All-Ireland SHC quarter-final in Croke Park yesterday.

Two new whistle-blowers have informed the office of Financial Regulator Matthew Elderfield of fresh allegations of the systematic overcharging of customers by Allied Irish Banks and the Bank of Ireland, along with a number of state-backed financial institutions.