This year has produced the best hurling championship in some time, according to GAA President Nickey Brennan.

Actor Danny DeVito is always careful where he places his drinks on basketball courts after bringing a Los Angeles Lakers game to a standstill by kicking his beverage over.

Tyrone won their 11th Ulster SFC title with a battling win over courageous Monaghan at Clones.

Clare 1-11 Cork 1-18

Dunfermline 0 Celtic 1

Winning silverware is expected at Celtic and Lee Naylor insists they will be doing all they can to add the Tennent’s Scottish Cup to their trophy room this season.

Derby 1 West Brom 0

David Beckham’s ankle injury is threatening to cast a shadow over what should be a fairytale ending to the former England captain’s Real Madrid career.

St Patrick's Athletic 1 Bohemians 2

Arsenal 5 Derby County 0

Italy 31 Portugal 5

Iraq’s prime minister today disputed Blackwater USA’s version of a weekend shooting that left at least 11 people dead and declared he would not tolerate “the killing of our citizens in cold blood.”

Chelsea 1 Rosenborg 1

Shakhtar Donetsk 2 Celtic 0

FA chief executive Brian Barwick is to launch a major grass-roots pilot scheme aimed at getting players to show more respect to referees.

Portsmouth 7 Reading 4

Chelsea 0 Fulham 0

Wigan 0 Liverpool 1

Australia 37 Canada 6

Ireland coach Eddie O’Sullivan has urged his players to muster all reserves of self-belief and claim their place in the World Cup quarter-finals.