A witness at Canada’s inquiry into a 1985 Air India plane bombing has testified that militants offered him a suitcase of cash to blow up an aircraft, but that he instead informed police about the plot months before the explosion.

Centre forward Dan Shanahan was ecstatic with Waterford's historic league win yesterday, but far from taking personal plaudits, he was keen to praise the performances of his team mates during the 0-20 to 0-18 victory over Kilkenny.

Alex Ferguson has warned his ailing team not to start feeling sorry for themselves.

It was an encouraging night for Brian Kerr in the Coca-Cola Championship tonight, with two Republic of Ireland strikers on target.

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Bolton manager Sam Allardyce has vowed to punish the players booked for arguing with referee Graham Poll – although he made it clear he also disagreed with many of the official’s decisions in a 2-1 defeat at Fulham.

Turkey are set to take on the most powerful man in world football to fight the severe punishments imposed for the violent clashes after November’s World Cup play-off defeat against Switzerland.

Robbie Keane will tonight push to one side the current criticism surrounding the Republic of Ireland in a bid to restore lost pride.

Alex Ferguson has admitted he did have a row with skipper Roy Keane at Manchester United‘s pre-season training camp in Portugal last month.

Ronan O’Gara insists Ireland must perform with greater “intensity” if he is to mastermind England’s downfall at Croke Park.

Big Brother contestants Pete and Nikki could not keep their hands of each other after the latter was voted back into the house.

Eddie O’Sullivan believes Ireland’s flawed 23-20 victory against Italy has provided his side with a crucial “wake-up call” ahead of the World Cup.

A Co Mayo teenage girl has claimed she was attacked three years ago by her school friend's former boyfriend in his family home.

One of English football’s most famous referees said today he is “permanently scarred” from the abuse and hatred he suffered from fans.

Spanish prodigy Rafael Nadal blasted the Roland Garros crowd for “behaving so badly” during his four-set victory over Frenchman Sebastien Grosjean in the fourth round of the French Open on Monday.

Greece may be the European Nations champions but their club sides struggled as the group stage of the UEFA Cup got underway with all three representatives beaten.

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England fly-half Andy Goode has demanded a significant improvement from his side as they bid to recapture the Churchill Cup on Sunday.

A military jury convicted US army reservist Sabrina Harman early today on all but one of the seven charges she faced for her role in abuses at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison.

Lawrence Dallaglio and his Wasps forwards can expect a heavy workload this week in an attempt to shunt the European champions’ Heineken Cup challenge back on track.