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Ashton signs new deal with West Ham
04.06.2008 23:33
ireland.com
WEST HAM striker Dean Ashton has signed a new five-year contract to keep him at Upton Park until 2013. The England forward, who made his debut against Trinidad and Tobago on Sunday, signed the deal last night.
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Porto are kicked out of next season's Champions League
04.06.2008 23:33
ireland.com
UEFA HAVE decided to excluded Porto from next season's Champions League, saying the Portuguese club tried to influence the outcome of matches by bribing referees in the 2003-04 season.
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Timely few tries would help after trying times
04.06.2008 23:33
ireland.com
Gerry Thornley in Wellington talks to the Leinster and Ireland stalwart Shane Horgan
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Humphreys accepts new Ulster role
04.06.2008 23:33
ireland.com
RECENTLY RETIRED Ireland and Ulster outhalf David Humphreys has been named Ulster Rugby's operations director. The newly created role sees the 72-times capped 36-year-old move directly from the playing field to office environment yet remain within the confines of the professional game.
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Louth keep injured captain on the bench
04.06.2008 23:33
ireland.com
LOUTH CAPTAIN Colin Goss will not start Sunday's Leinster football quarter-final against Dublin at Croke Park. The experienced defender has been carrying a groin injury, and manager Eamonn McEneaney decided against risking him in the starting line-up as Louth look to halt Dublin's first step towards a fourth successive Leinster title.
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GAA to decide on Wexford charge next week
04.06.2008 23:33
ireland.com
GAELIC GAMES DIGEST The Wexford County Board will find out next week whether they will be charged officially with bringing the GAA into disrepute. Director general Páraic Duffy sent a letter to county officials three weeks ago asking them to explain why they should not be charged following their publication of a statement that accused president Nickey Brennan of hypocrisy.
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Toms puts back into chase for hat-trick
04.06.2008 23:33
ireland.com
US TOUR NEWSTWICE WINNER David Toms is eager to banish memories of an injury-affected season at this week's St Jude Championship starting in Memphis, Tennessee, today.
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Dementieva wobbles then buckles under pressure
04.06.2008 23:32
ireland.com
TENNIS FRENCH OPEN: IN AN interview conducted by an American magazine two years ago Russia's Elena Dementieva was asked about her serve, which has been variously described as weak, ugly, a liability and the worst in history.
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Monfils manages to seize his moment
04.06.2008 23:32
ireland.com
THE FRENCH crowd at Roland Garros yesterday looked to a 21-year-old from the island of Guadeloupe to lift them out of the gloom of a grey Paris in the spring.
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England name unchanged side to finish the task
04.06.2008 23:32
ireland.com
CRICKET SECOND TEST: THE ENGLAND selectors, with a faith that would be deemed commendable in some quarters but feeble in others, have opted to leave well alone and give the Test team the opportunity to demonstrate they are capable of digging holes in which to bury others rather than from which to extricate themselves.
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Armchair view will be better than press box
04.06.2008 23:32
ireland.com
AMERICA AT LARGE: AS MUCH as I've been looking forward to the NBA Finals that will (finally) get under way this evening, it has occurred to me more than once over the past week that this is one occasion when I'm delighted to be retired from the daily newspaper dodge and watching as a mere civilian.
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OECD says domestic spending will decline this year
04.06.2008 23:31
ireland.com
THE VOLUME of domestic demand will fall this year, the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) forecasts in its latest Economic Outlook, published yesterday.
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