KILMURRY-IBRICKANE (Clare) 0-9 STRADBALLY (Waterford) 0-6

Saints coach Jim Mallinder is confident Northampton can come away from Munster with the win that would send them through to the Heineken Cup quarter-finals at Thomond Park on Friday night.

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Gary Megson believes Arsene Wenger was wrong to refuse to shake hands with Mark Hughes after Arsenal's defeat at Manchester City in last night's Carling Cup quarter final.

The GAA has unveiled a new Referee Development Plan which will underpin the role of referees and match officials within the Association for the next five years.

A Co Tipperary footballer shot dead in Croke Park in 1920 is being honoured in his home village.

Roy Hodgson fears Liverpool are at the peak of their powers as Fulham attempt to land another crucial blow in the Premier League title race.

Not enough is being done to save elephants that get caught up in conflicts with Indian villages, conservationists have warned today.

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Two huge wildfires burned into neighbourhoods near Los Angeles last night, forcing frantic evacuations, destroying homes and causing at least two deaths.

Full-back Bryn Cunningham will make his 100th Magner's League appearance against Leinster at Ravenhill on Saturday evening (Kick-off 7.35pm.).

Catholic children and parents at the centre of the north Belfast school walk protests today held a prayer service and a minute’s silence for the thousands of victims of the terrorist outrage in the United States.

Northern Secretary John Reid says the north Belfast school crisis can trigger a political settlement in Northern Ireland.

The parents of a young man murdered in Northern Ireland will tonight be among the audience watching the curtain fall on the final performance of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Ben Elton’s musical, The Beautiful Game.

Aaliyah scored a posthumous UK Number 1 single with a song which was released as a memorial.

Terry Venables has admitted his Middlesbrough side were well below par after being held to a goalless draw by Wimbledon in the fourth round of the FA Cup.

This morning’s loyalist protest on the Ardoyne Road in north Belfast passed off peacefully, with the Glenbryn residents remaining silent as Catholic parents brought their daughters to primary school.