CORK’s Intermediate Football Championship crackled into life at the weekend as North Cork outfit Newmarket overcame Castletownbere in a battle of two title hopefuls at Inchigeela.

KILKENNY manager Maurice Power was the first to acknowledge the tremendous resilience and courage of his side who dramatically denied Cork victory in yesterday’s drawn extravaganza.

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AFTER Kilkenny’s demolition of Galway in Thurles, it wasn’t a stretch to visualise a dressing room scenario beforehand of newspaper cuttings around the walls depicting Brian Cody’s team as a spent force and predicting the end of the road for them.

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THE presence of Roy Keane on the bench had the desired effect for manager Alex Ferguson against Panathinaikos.

NEXT Saturday’s replay between Sligo and Roscommon will be decided in the old-fashioned Gaelic football way — with the more dominant midfield emerging from the battle.

ISLAMIC militant Hamas has won a landslide victory in Palestinian parliament elections, winning 76 seats in the 132-member parliament.

It is no coincidence that Chelsea’s dip in Premiership form coincided with the absence of the injured Damien Duff. Now back to fitness, Duff is ready for the pivotal months of the season. He spoke to Bill George.

ALTHOUGH disappointed at failing to make the best of the favourable early morning conditions, Paul McGinley goes into the final two rounds of the US PGA at Whistling Straits on one under par.

BOBBY CHARLTON has apologised to the Glazer brothers for having to run the gauntlet of angry Man United fans at Old Trafford on Wednesday night.

IF the tickets are as rare as they say they are, then the discerning hurling fans of Cork and Waterford are obviously anticipating a classic Munster final in Thurles tomorrow.

GREG DYKE was effectively sacked as BBC director-general in the wake of the Hutton Report, he revealed yesterday.

LONG, difficult golf courses never bothered Darren Clarke. But a three week lay-off from competitive action is another thing — and that’s why he feels “a little rusty” for this US PGA Championship at Baltusrol.

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PRESSURE group Fathers 4 Justice clashed angrily with police yesterday as one of its notorious activists was arrested before its demonstration even began.

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FOUR years ago, after a bitterly-fought election campaign that led to 36 days of uncertainty, George W Bush was declared US President by the tiny winning margin of 572 votes.