LIVERPOOL manager Kenny Dalglish knows he has some tough calls to make as he seeks to end Manchester City’s unbeaten start to the Barclays Premier League season.

CRESCENT COLLEGE Comprehensive won the Bowen Shield after a seven-year gap with an exciting victory over PBC in an epic contest at Temple Hill.

IT MAY go down in the history books as having finally drawn a line under centuries of animosity between two neighbouring nations.

I KNOW it’s juvenile but perhaps my favourite moment this past memorable weekend was hearing BBC Radio reporting live that a stunt mounted by the Red Issue fanzine had succeeded perfectly.

CONOR O’Shea may spend most of his time in London these days but he clearly knew enough about Irish and especially Munster rugby to plan and plot their downfall at Thomond Park on Saturday.

STYLE isn’t a birthright; it is a knack which few have and many seek to emulate. Such is the case for princess-in-waiting Kate Middleton who was dubbed fashion royalty long before her nuptials to Prince William were ever announced.

HEARING a magnificent dawn chorus this morning brought back an embarrassing memory.

WHEN Torres scored on Saturday, the man himself looked delighted, but that was nothing compared to the reaction of the fans or his team-mates.

BARCELONA eased to their third successive La Liga title with a low-key draw away to Levante last night to retain their crown with two games to spare.

ST CATHERINE’S cruised into the Cork IHC semi-finals last night after seeing off a strong challenge from Kanturk at Castletownroche.

IT has taken him time and by no means is he saying he has it down to a fine art, but Dublin’s Paul Flynn believes he has finally got the hang of being a wing-forward under Pat Gilroy.

TODAY Ulster, tomorrow the world.

KERRY boss Jack O’Connor has questioned the performance of referee Joe McQuillan in Sunday’s All-Ireland decider, claiming it was more difficult for his players to win frees than it was for their opponents Dublin.

IT was only yesterday morning that the sharp pain of defeat hit Aidan O’Mahony.

HE was fresh from steering Tipperary to a rare All-Ireland football triumph but in the midst of the euphoric celebrations in Croke Park yesterday, David Power was already thinking of the future.

AFTER a game which pretty much defined the concept of backs to the wall, Giovanni Trapattoni was in tell-it-like-it-is mood in his post-match press conference in the Luzhniki Stadium.

THE pain of All-Ireland final defeat is a powerful motivating tool.

MONAGHAN skipper Sharon Courtney has targeted revenge against Cork in the TG4 All-Ireland Ladies SFC final at Croke Park on September 25.

HIS clinical free-taking was the toast of Cork in last year’s All-Ireland final and last week’s Allianz Division 1 opening win over Kerry but Conor Counihan has found fault with Daniel Goulding’s game — his tackling.