FINANCIAL Regulator Matthew Elderfield has warned of the need for caution on how we treat bond holders in the banks.

DARREN FLETCHER accepts Manchester United have lessons to learn about their away performances so far this season if they are to avoid serious damage to their Premier League title challenge.

WITH Saturday’s early kick-off at Ewood Park live on the box, I wasn’t particularly enthusiastic about a crack of dawn departure for a long schlep up to Lancashire, after an exhausting week at work.

SEVEN people were convicted of child sex abuse in Portugal yesterday in a major trial that lasted nearly six years and shocked the country.

GAA President Christy Cooney has told Tyrone there’s “absolutely” no chance of them avoiding playing on television.

DISAPPOINTING, if expected news for Ireland coach Declan Kidney last night came with the confirmation Jerry Flannery will face an independent citing commission of the Six Nations Championship tomorrow arising out of an incident in the game against France on Saturday.

OLLIE CANNING has promised there will be no loose talk about three-in-a-rows in the Portumna camp before next month’s All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling final against Kilkenny’s Ballyhale Shamrocks.

FLAVIO BRIATORE is considering taking legal action against Nelson Piquet Snr and Jnr following his court triumph in Paris on Tuesday.

POOR Michael Owen.

IT wasn’t the classic many were expecting in Thurles yesterday, but it was a classic tale of two halves, Shamrocks dominating the opening period, denied on at least three occasions by exceptional goalkeeping from Newtownshandrum’s William Biggane.

POLICE were forced to intervene to break up a post-match brawl between Hamilton and Hearts players after yesterday’s SPL game.

RICHARD DUNNE, whose early football career was pock-marked with erratic off-pitch behaviour, knows how to turn a situation around.

LONG after the final whistle, Clare manager John Minogue was still struggling for words.

ALAN SHEARER flexed his muscles in uncompromising style yesterday to effectively signal the end of Joey Barton’s Newcastle career.

MICKEY HARTE admitted to be highly relieved in the aftermath of yesterday’s gripping All-Ireland quarter-final and Tyrone captain Brian Dooher had no hesitation in singing from the same hymn sheet in the post match interviews.

HALF an hour after the final whistle and Ross Carr was still there under the main stand in Enniskillen, oblivious to the pouring rain and trying to explain just where it had all gone wrong.

I HAVE noticed that the following is a sentence I never used write, but it has become more frequent over the past 18 months: thank goodness for this international break.

BIRMINGHAM gained revenge for their weekend FA Cup exit against Portsmouth after sending the Premier League’s bottom club closer to relegation with a 2-1 triumph at Fratton Park.

MADONNA kicked off the MTV Europe Music Awards last night with the first live televised performance of her new single Hung Up, emerging from a giant glitterball wearing purple leather boots and a matching leotard.

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