Chorist produced a game front-running performance to claim the Group One Audi Pretty Polly Stakes at the Curragh today.

Arsenal 2 Bolton 1

Mark Philippoussis tonight reached his fourth Wimbledon quarter-final with an epic five-set victory over Andre Agassi.

West Ham 0 Liverpool 3

Japan’s hopes of World Cup glory came to an end as the co-hosts bade a fond sayonara on an ignominiously wet, grey afternoon.

England 45 Ireland 11

Arsenal defender Ashley Cole insisted that the Gunners’ Champions League victory in Rome had proved they can beat any side in Europe on their day.

Sunderland 0 Manchester City 3

Middlesbrough manager Steve McClaren has warned his side about the menace posed by Blackburn strike duo Andy Cole and Dwight Yorke ahead of tomorrow’s showdown at the Riverside Stadium.

Bobby Robson returned to the scene of his worst moment in football – and then vowed to forget all about it.

Rangers striker Michael Mols has been fit and raring to go for two months but has had to wait for his return to action in the first team.

Loyalist residents in north Belfast today vowed to defuse tensions in their area by ensuring protests against Catholic schoolchildren and their parents pass off peacefully.

Paul McGinley maintained his two-stroke lead before play in the Volvo Masters was halted again by high winds in Jerez this morning.