Frustrated Roscommon manager Tommy Carr has blasted current refereeing standards and says the men in black may lead him to quit the game.

Limerick 2-12 Tipperary 3-10

Clare 7-19 Laois 2-15

Chorist produced a game front-running performance to claim the Group One Audi Pretty Polly Stakes at the Curragh today.

South Africa 53 Wales 18

A protest march against the arrival of US President George Bush at Shannon airport passed off peacefully tonight.

A Ruud Van Nistelrooy double helped Holland sweep past Latvia to reach the quarter-finals of Euro 2004, with a helping hand from the Czech Republic.

Germany tumbled out of Euro 2004 in ignominious fashion as the Czech Republic reinforced their credentials as one of the tournament’s potential champions, thanks to a late Milan Baros goal.

Ruud van Nistelrooy was today been charged by UEFA for insulting Swedish referee Anders Frisk after Holland’s defeat in last night’s Euro 2004 semi-final defeat to Portugal.

A Garda accused of assaulting a protester at the 2002 "Reclaim the Streets" march in Dublin has claimed he was justified in striking a protester three times in the "upper body" but denies he ever hit a protester in the head.

Ruud van Nistelrooy was today been charged by UEFA for insulting Swedish referee Anders Frisk after Holland’s defeat in last night’s Euro 2004 semi-final defeat to Portugal.

Marek Jankulovski insists he will not shrink from the battle when he and his Czech team-mates face Greece in tonight’s Euro 2004 semi-final – even though a yellow card would rule him out of Sunday’s decider.

Antrim 1-15 Down 1-15

Manchester City 0 Wigan Athletic 1

Kerry, Wicklow, Down and Meath progressed to the next round of the Christy Ring Cup following Round 2 action this afternoon.

Tesco Homegrown Ladies National Football League Division 2 final

Everton have announced that manager David Moyes will leave the club at the end of the season and will soon be confirmed as the new boss at Manchester United.

Michelle Obama rounds off the family’s whistle-stop trip to Ireland today with a visit to one of the country’s famous national parks.

Forward Craig Bellamy has called on Cardiff to go up to the Barclays Premier League as champions after they confirmed their promotion last night.

London 1-16 Meath 1-14