Cork City 3 Bray Wanderers 0

GEORGE BURLEY was left still seeking his first win as Scotland manager heading into next month’s World Cup qualifiers after being held to a goalless stalemate by Northern Ireland at Hampden.

Courcey Rovers 2-15 Mallow 1-10

Chelsea 4 Portsmouth 0

MANCHESTER CITY striker Valeri Bojinov has suffered another injury setback and is facing a further six months on the sidelines.

A DOWNTURN in the economy will result in an increase in incidents of fraudulent activity, which could cost Irish businesses millions of euro.

THREE Linfield football fans appeared in court yesterday charged over trouble that flared at a cross-border cup match.

BERTIE AHERN last night insisted he was not engaged in trying to “bury” bad EU news until the looming referendum on the EU treaty was out of the way.

FOR the third successive time, Nigel Owens will be the man in the middle for a Munster Heineken Cup match, when the Reds meet Saracens at Coventry’s Ricoh Arena on Sunday week, April 27.

HE won’t be 20 until October, but Joe Canning has the maturity to match his undoubted skills.

DLS Waterford 2-12 Thurles CBS 1-15 (After extra-time)

THE foreign press swirled around the wounded prey — they scented Brian Cowen’s political blood.

SWEDEN striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic ended his international goal drought in style as Greece’s defence of their European Championship title started with defeat in Salzburg.

SWITZERLAND and Turkey renew rivalries tonight in a game both teams must win to keep their Euro 2008 dream alive (kick-off 7.45pm).

AN ALL TOO familiar pattern re-emerged last weekend with northern hemisphere hopefuls Ireland, Scotland and Wales losing the opening test of their summer tour.

FRANCE v Romania. Oh dear. Let’s blame it on the weather, shall we?

TIPPERARY coach Liam Sheedy was at pains to point out that his side have won nothing yet after knocking Cork out of the Munster championship at Páirc Uí Chaoimh yesterday.

THEY have been there before, forced to go through the qualifier route.

WHATEVER way the public perceive Tipperary’s current standing as NHL champions going into Sunday’s Munster GAA hurling championship in Páirc Uí Chaoimh, selector Mick Ryan doesn’t accept that it places an extra burden on them.

You can’t deny the state — British or Irish — the exclusive right to use legitimate force and, at the same time, hold it to a higher standard than paramilitaries.