An injury-time point from Eoin McCormack has given Leinster champions James Stephens a slender one-point lead in today's AIB All-Ireland Senior Club hurling final at Croke Park.

The Irish banking sector is not competitive enough and consumers are paying too much for financial services, an Oireachtas report said tonight.

Former Scotland captain David Sole has heavily criticised coach Matt Williams following his side’s record 46-22 defeat to Wales on Sunday.

The Football Association were on Monday weighing up whether to start an investigation into Jose Mourinho’s controversial gesture during Chelsea’s Carling Cup final success.

Patrick Kluivert’s 11th goal of the season booked Newcastle a place in the FA Cup semi-finals for the fourth time in eight years as the injury-ravaged Magpies limped past Tottenham.

Ireland 19 England 13

Freddie Ljungberg scored seconds before the half-time whistle to give Arsenal a 1-0 lead againt 10-man Southampton at St Mary's today.

Mike De Kock’s Wolf Whistle was forced to pull out all the stops – again – to land the Group Three Al Rashidiya, the feature race of Thursday night’s seventh meeting of the Dubai International Racing Carnival.

It might only be a matter of time before Chelsea are crowned champions but teenage terror Wayne Rooney is refusing to give up on his mission to deny the Londoners.

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Darren Clarke now needs one of the rounds of his life to become Ireland’s first winner of a major title since Fred Daly in 1947.

European Ryder Cup captain Bernhard Langer insists he has not yet made up his mind on either of his wild cards – bad news for Colin Montgomerie on a day when he ran up a nine on one hole.

Rangers 4 Livingston 0

Colin Montgomerie, out to impress Ryder Cup captain Bernhard Langer, failed to do that on the 598-yard fifth hole at Whistling Straits as he ran up a quadruple-bogey nine.

Whatever happens to Darren Clarke in the rest of the United States PGA Championship one thing seems certain – there will be no repeat of what can only go down as an amazing blunder.

Darren Clarke overcame an almost comical error to stay right in the thick of things at the United States PGA Championship at Whistling Straits – as Tiger Woods summoned up a brilliant finish just to survive the halfway cut.

Darren Clarke overcame an almost comical error to stay right in the thick of things at the United States PGA Championship at Whistling Straits – as Tiger Woods summoned up a brilliant finish just to survive the halfway cut.

Nick Faldo charged into contention for the United States PGA championship amid the towering sand dunes of Whistling Straits today – and then gave himself a mountain to climb again.

What had threatened to be the worst major season of Nick Faldo’s long career took on a different complexion at Whistling Straits today.

England’s Luke Donald moved on to the heels of Darren Clarke when the United States PGA championship resumed at Whistling Straits today.