Metalist Kharkiv 0Newcastle United 1(Newcastle win 1-0 on agg)

Poet, Leanne O’Sullivan, will read from her latest collection, The Mining Road, at the Allihies Arts Week, in Beara, West Cork on Saturday.

John O’Shea reckons it could have been even worse in the Aviva last Friday night — and he’s not just talking about the scoreline against Germany.

For those who wonder if Sunday’s All-Ireland final replay triumph is finally the end of an era for Kilkenny, the end of the greatest hurling team ever seen, Jackie Tyrrell has one message — forget about it.

Cuchullians, Dunloy 1-7 Loughgiel Shamrocks 1-11

One of Ireland’s best-known priests has revealed the anguish the Church’s requirement of mandatory clerical celibacy has caused him.

Liam Rushe says he owes Cork forward Pat Horgan an apology for striking him last weekend, admitting that a replay of the Croke Park incident looked ‘like a scene from Gladiator’.

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Manchester City have apologised to United defender Rio Ferdinand after he was struck by a coin during the closing stages of his team’s 3-2 win at the Etihad Stadium.

He doesn’t turn 25 until next October and already has three All Stars to his name but Joe Canning still knows how to do self-deprecation.

Being bottom of the table without a goal five games into the season is but a distant memory for Bohemians as a third win in four games over Dundalk at Dalymount Park last night moved them into fifth, their highest placing of the season.

Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 Portugal 0