A furious Gary Cahill accused Corinthians striker Emerson of smashing him in the face but he admitted he deserved to be sent off for his reaction in yesterday’s Club World Cup final defeat.

THE National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has called for a lifting of the secrecy which surrounds the operation of the National Assets Management Agency (NAMA).

FRENCH referee Romain Poite has been handed the whistle for Leinster’s Heineken Cup final against Northampton Saints at the Millennium Stadium on May 21.

SO some of our banks, who can wade in behind failed developers and be bailed out by the public, refuse Pat O’Leary a loan to make arrangements for his paralysed daughter (August 18)

A MASSIVE 1.136 million viewers were recorded at 9.45pm, the final minute of Ireland-Italy on Wednesday night, the highest peak audience recorded so far in Ireland’s 2010 World Cup qualifier games.

THERE’S nothing quite like the feeling of leaving a championship ground on a summer’s day as news of a shock elsewhere in the country moves through the throng.

CHELSEA’S win at Blackburn ended in a war of words after Rovers manager Paul Ince confronted Ray Wilkins and accused the Blues assistant of talking “garbage”.

With regard to dwindling attendances at GAA championship matches — especially the earlier rounds this year— is it not a distinct possibility that the new drink driving laws are more than partly to blame?

A PSYCHIATRIC unit has been officially opened, as well as services for new-born babies, radiology patients and those in need of hospital care in the south-east.

Fame Academy winner David Sneddon was left feeling let down after pranksters deflated the tyres on his car, it emerged today.

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England’s women pushed New Zealand all the way before going down 25-17 in tonight’s hard-fought rugby union World Cup final in Edmonton.

UEFA disciplinary chiefs have thrown out a complaint by Lille about the validity of Manchester United’s winning goal and have charged the French club’s players with improper conduct.

Pierluigi Collina’s continuation as a Serie A referee was confirmed on Wednesday when he was included on the officials list for next season.

A 16-year-old has been arrested following a loyalist riot at a Catholic religious ceremony in north Belfast yesterday.