Prime Minister Gordon Brown today hailed the British military’s involvement in Iraq a “success story”.

More than 50 people were rescued from about 30 gondolas after a tower supporting the lift cables partially collapsed at Canada’s Whistler ski resort.

A US financial watchdog chief said his agency repeatedly failed for at least a decade to pursue allegations of wrongdoing by Wall Street figure Bernard Madoff, the alleged perpetrator of a $50bn (€35.63bn) pyramid scheme.

Newcastle 2 Tottenham 1

West Ham 0 Aston Villa 1

Newcastle 0 Hull 1

Bristol City 0 Portsmouth 2

Former All-Ireland winning captain Michael Fennelly is the latest Kilkenny player who is in a battle for fitness ahead of their Leinster SHC semi-final against Laois, Carlow or Dublin on June 23.

Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp will hope for a favour from new England boss Roy Hodgson in the battle for Champions League spots on the final day of the season.

Aston Villa 1 Tottenham 1

QPR 1 Stoke 0

Newcastle 0 Manchester City 2

Clare 1-13 Limerick 0-15

President Michael D Higgins is to be presented with an Irish jersey when he attends the Croatia match tomorrow.

Armagh captain Ciarán McKeever has had his fair share of run-ins with referees over the years, so much so that he feels like a marked man even before a ball has been kicked in anger.

Thousands of people have converged on St Stephen's Green in Dublin for the final event of the Olympic Torch Relay.

Kevin Doyle will not believe he is in the starting line-up for the Republic of Ireland’s Euro 2012 opener against Croatia until manager Giovanni Trapattoni names his team.

Striker Jon Walters feels “blessed” as he prepares to launch himself into Euro 2012 battle.

Switzerland 5 Germany 3

Everton’s appeal against Tim Cahill’s red card in Sunday’s 3-1 win over Newcastle has been rejected.