GAA
As expected all Ireland champions Donegal dominate
the GAA/GPA Opel All Star team for 2012.
Beaten All-Ireland finalists Mayo have been awarded four
while Cork have two and Dublin have one.
Paul Durcan, Neil McGee, Karl Lacey, Frank Mc Glynn, Neil
Gallagher, Mark Mc Hugh, Michael Murphy and Colm Mc Fadden are the 8 players
rewarded for the champions.
Laois midfielder Brendan Quigley had been nominated but the
midfield spots went to Neil Gallagher and Aidan Walsh
+++Team:
1. Paul Durcan (Donegal); 2. Neil McGee (Donegal), 3. Ger Cafferkey
(Mayo), 4. Keith Higgins (Mayo); 5. Lee Keegan (Mayo), 6. Karl Lacey (Donegal),
7. Frank McGlynn (Donegal); 8. Neil Gallagher (Donegal), 9. Aidan Walsh (Cork );10. Paul Flynn (Dublin ), 11. Alan Dillon
(Mayo), 12. Mark McHugh (Donegal); 13. Colm O'Neill (Cork ),14. Michael Murphy (Donegal),15. Colm
McFadden (Donegal)+++
Shane Sullivan, Alan McNamee and Anton Sullivan are expected
to be fit to start for Rhode's Leinster Club Championship opener against
Louth's St Pats this Sunday
The 25 times Offaly Senior football winners followed up
their Dowling Cup success by adding the league title last weekend
Sunday's game throws in at 2.30 and we'll have commentary on
the Inside Line with thanks to Ryan's Pharmacy, Rhode and Aut Even Hospital
The Irish Independent reports that Kilkenny and Galway will receive €50,000 each from the All-Ireland
Hurling Final Replay
That would represent less than 2 per cent of the €3m gate
GOLF
Shane Lowry has shot a level par opening round 72 at the BWM
Masters in China
The Portugal
Masters champion carded four birdies but also had a triple bogey on the third
and a bogey on 17
Michael Hoey and defending champion Rory McIlroy at five
under, that's five behind leader Jamie Donaldson
Graeme McDowell closed three under, Darren Clarke is one
over while Paul McGinley goes into day two at two over.
Padraig Harrington is celebrating following his win at the
Grandslam event in Bermuda , he finished one
shot clear of Webb Simpson in the 4 man event after a final round of 67.
SOCCER
A 3-1 loss has left them bottom of Group D at its midway point.
"It is very difficult to qualify now," Mancini said. "It would be a miracle."
Mancini sought to deflect attention from his under-performing players by blaming himself for the loss.
The Italian said: "It is my fault. I didn't prepare well for the game and I take the blame.
"I thought in one way and it was different. When you prepare in one way and it is a different game, it is difficult.
"We had more chances to score and in the Champions League you need to score. It is my fault, I repeat."
In the other game in the group Borussia Dortmund won 2-1 against Real Madrid
Arsenal slumped to a 2-0 home Champions League defeat
against Schalke - their first in the competition at Emirates Stadium since
2009.
Jan Klaas Huntelaar and Ibrahim Afellay found the net in the
closing 15 minutes to give the Bundesliga side the win and top spot in Group B,
one point ahead of the Gunners
Olympiakos won 2-1 away to Montpellier in the group’s other match
Also in Group C, Zenit St Petersburg emerged as serious contenders with a 1-0 win over Anderlecht in
Alexander Kerzhakov netted a 72nd-minute winner from the penalty spot after Milan Jovanovic fouled Alexander Anyukov in the box.
In Group A, Porto maintained their 100 per cent record with a 3-2 win over Dynamo Kiev in
The visitors twice struck back from behind with Oleg Gusev and Ideye Brown cancelling out strikes from Silvestre Varela and Jackson Martinez respectively, before
Also in Group A, PSG moved clear in second place with a 2-0 win over Dinamo Zagreb in
Zlatan Ibrahimovic opened the scoring on 32 minutes and Jeremy Menez made it two before half-time.
Tonight in the Europa league Liverpool host Anzhi
Makhachkala while Newcastle
host Clubbe Brugge and Spurs travel to Maritimo.
The Tottenham game starts at 6 while the other two start at
five past eight.
Nani has admitted that he does not know if he has a future
at Manchester United, claiming "only God knows what awaits me".
The Portugal international has started just five games so
far this season and is rejecting claims fitness issues are keeping him out of
the team, "I am in perfect condition - I am physically good and feeling
confident. I am the same Nani as always,"
Alan Curbishley is the favourite with the bookies to be the
next Ipswich manager.
The club are searching for a replacement for Paul Jewell,
who left the Championship strugglers yesterday.
Harry Redknapp, Mick McCarthy and Owen Coyle are also
contending.
SHINTY
Westmeath's Joe Clarke says Ireland
are determined to finish the job in the second leg of this year's shinty
international with Scotland
in Ennis on Saturday
The Castletown Geoghegan clubman was on the Irish team along
with Offaly's Shane Dooley and his Lake
County teammates Eoin Price and
Brendan Murtagh in their 3-10 to 2-9 win over the Scots at Inverness
last weekend
Clarke admits Scotland 's two late goals leaves
things in the balance
Laois youngsters Nathan Unwin and Patrick Flynn and
Westmeath forward Niall O'Brien are part of the Ireland Under 21 team to face
Scotland in Ennis tomorrow night (7pm throw in)
RUGBY UNION
On Saturday evening Tullamore rugby club begin their defence
of the All-Ireland Junior Cup title with a home tie against Ballymoney
Tullamore go into the game in fine form ahead of the game
with the Antrim side having won their first 5 games in Division One A of the
Leinster League to establish a six point lead
Kick off at Spollenstown is 5.30pm
It's also a Saturday night light's game at Dubarry Park as
Buccaneers host Dungannon in Division One B of the All-Ireland League
The Tyrone men, who narrowly missed out on promotion last
year, did the double over Buccs last season
The Pirates have one win and one defeat so far this season
while Dungannon are searching for their first win
Kick off at Dubarry
Park
We'll have updates from both games on In Play here on Midlands 103
ATHLETICS
Ballymore Olympian Joseph Murphy will be among the athletes
set to be based at the new National Sports Campus at Abbotstown
Horse Sport Ireland and Pentathlon Ireland are
developing facilities at the 520 acre site next Spring
Murphy competed at his first Olympics in London this summer
CRICKET
England Test cricket captain Alastair Cook says it's time to
move on from the recent controversy surrounding Kevin Pietersen.
The batsman was dropped from the squad after sending texts
to opposition players during the recent series against South Africa .
He's returned for the upcoming tour of India , and Cook says it's great to
have him back.
CYCLING
The changes to next year's Tour de France route mean
defending champion Bradley Wiggins is no longer the favourite.
The Tour includes more up-hill and mountain stages to
celebrate the centenary of the event, which puts the Spanish climber Alberto
Contador as the bookies' current pick.
Mark Cavendish believes that cycling is among the cleanest
and most-tested sports in the world at the moment, but the sprint specialist
did call on Lance Armstrong to admit his involvement in doping.
RACING
Thurles plays host to an eight-race National Hunt card this
afternoon, beginning at 1.45pm.
The going is yielding, yielding to soft in places.
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