AS the hurlers of Kilkenny continue to celebrate, footballers in two parts of Carlow have found themselves in hot water.

Tipperary 0-05 Cavan 1-10

Tyrone 0-13 Kerry 0-6

TURNS out they fooled us all. Cork put All-Irelands back to back yesterday, repeating the results of 1986 and 1990 by replicating the Cork style of old.

Chelsea 0 Besiktas 2

ONE Portlaoise supporter started the trend of invading the pitch before throw-in, armed with the cockerel that was made famous down in O’Moore Park last month.

Everton 1 Villarreal 1

IT ended up being Mike Weir’s tournament to lose and that’s exactly what he did when the pressure paralysed his putter.

ANGRY Alex Ferguson turned on his defenders in the aftermath of the shambolic 4-1 defeat at Middlesbrough and warned a repeat performance against Lille on Wednesday would probably end Manchester United’s Champions League quest.

ANDREW THOMPSON, one of the three “old men” in the Shannon team, remains one of the most formidable forces in the club game in this country.

THE blood is up, lads.Ireland's World Cup odyssey in Australia was undoubtedly exciting but there is something about a big Munster away day in Europe that leaves you breathless and shaking with anticipation.

THE GAA will pocket over 30m euro from this year's football and hurling championships in another bumper season for the organisation.

THE complex nature of Heineken Cup quarter-final qualification ensured that rugby fans across Europe were mathematically challenged for the weekend.

Limerick 1-19 Waterford IT 3-10

Middlesbrough 3 Coventry 0

Cork City 0 UCD 1

TO say the Taoiseach revealed little that was substantially new about the Ray Burke affair when he addressed the Dáil yesterday would be an understatement.

TURKEY defender Alpay has claimed England captain David Beckham spat on the badge of his national team shirt during the ill-tempered Euro 2004 qualifier in Istanbul.