Barcelona defender Eric Abidal is recovering well after undergoing a liver transplant on Tuesday, club president Sandro Rosell has said.

FELIPE CONTEPOMI will be hoping for better luck this weekend as his side Stade Francais face Top 14 leaders Clermont.

CARLO ANCELOTTI says he is “not interested” in Salomon Kalou’s pleas for first-team football at Stamford Bridge.

NOTTS COUNTY were last night accused of another act of sexism that left Manchester City director of communications Vicky Kloss fuming.

THE village of Blennerville, outside Tralee, is in a state of shock following the death of a popular local man in a house fire.

WEST HAM duo Joe Cole and Rufus Brevett are “likely to appeal” against a FA misconduct charge for incidents during and after the match at Bolton on April 19.

POLICE arrested a Tottenham fan who fiercely abused Arsenal’s former Spurs skipper Sol Campbell as the players left the field at White Hart Lane, writes Bill Pierce.

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.

EMMANUEL EBOUE can understand why some Arsenal fans vented their frustrations at him – but has pledged to return stronger from the experience.

MUNSTER rugby officials are to investigate an alleged incident in which a teenage spectator received facial injuries after a weekend U14 game in Tipperary.

THE Irish Examiner of Monday, Dec 2, had a letter from Dr Fenton Howell of ASH Ireland in which he suggested that a significant increase in the price of tobacco products in the budget could contribute to the saving of the lives of thousands of people.

Sam Allardyce may have been busy announcing his first England squad yesterday, but he might have been wishing he was back where his managerial career began at LimericK FC.

After what was the best game of the Championship to date, between

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Britain’s financial watchdogs yesterday unveiled rules to help whistleblowers in the banking and insurance sectors. They also made proposals to tighten up how banks and insurers obtain references on potential hires.

Retailers Argos and Littlewoods were today fined a record £22.6m (€33.6m) by the British Office of Fair Trading (OFT) for fixing the price of toys and games made by Hasbro.

Rugby history was made in at Musgrave Park, Cork last night when Helen O’Reilly became the first female to referee a men’s All-Ireland League game.

Spectators at the Masters did not have to wait that to see for themselves how much tougher Augusta National is now.

Aidan O’Brien’s 2005 St Leger winner Scorpion tops a field of seven for the Blue Square Ormonde Stakes at Chester on Friday.

Anderlecht were today fined £12,857 for the improper conduct of their supporters during last week’s UEFA Cup Group G game with Tottenham.

Aston Villa manager David O’Leary has denied a charge of using ‘abusive and/or insulting words’ towards referee Graham Poll following the derby victory over Birmingham.