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All Blacks cruelly expose England's limitations
22.06.2008 23:27
ireland.com
New Zealand 44 England 12: EVERYTHING IS relative in rugby, as in life. England have probably had worse nights during a marathon season that has yielded eight defeats in 17 Test matches but it was Graham Henry who best summed up the past two weekends.
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Ireland finish with a flourish
22.06.2008 23:27
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ONE SUSPECTS the powers that be in Lansdowne Road would have preferred a more meaningful prize but Ireland A will have to content themselves with the Churchill Cup Plate following an often fractious clash with Argentina on Saturday.
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New Approach odds-on to complete famous Derby double
22.06.2008 23:27
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NEW APPROACH is an odds-on ante-post favourite to land Sunday's Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby and become the 16th horse to complete the famous Epsom-Curragh double.
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Bolger keeps up good work with Angels
22.06.2008 23:27
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DOWN ROYAL REPORT: JIM BOLGER, still on a high after his two victories (Lush Lashes and Cuis Ghaire) at Royal Ascot last Friday, was back in the winners' enclosure with his filly Angels Story in the EBF Coolmore Stud Ulster Oaks at Down Royal yesterday.
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Mullins out of luck in France
22.06.2008 23:27
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WILLIE MULLINS had to settle for minor honours with his two runners in the Prix Alain du Breil at Auteuil.
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McCullough retires while he's ahead in mid-fight
22.06.2008 23:27
ireland.com
BOXING: BY THE midpoint of Friday night's scheduled 10-rounder against Juan Ruiz it had become clear to Wayne McCullough that 37 years on this earth, 34 gruelling fights, and a hiatus from the ring of nearly three years had conspired to take their toll.
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Irish claim four golds and two silvers
22.06.2008 23:27
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BOXING: IRISH BOXERS continued their domination of this year's European Union Championships when they claimed a record four gold and two silver medals in the 2008 finals in Cetniewo, Poland on Saturday.
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Gomez exposes Khan flaws
22.06.2008 23:26
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BOXING: AMIR KHAN has been warned he must wait for his world title shot after Ireland's 10d2 Michael Gomez exposed more flaws in the 21-year-old's armoury in a ferocious five-round war in Birmingham on Saturday night.
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Massa gets generous run of luck
22.06.2008 23:26
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FORMULA ONE/FRENCH GRAND PRIX: FELIPE MASSA lucked into his third win of the season and into control of the Formula One driver's championship standings after the race of Kimi Raikkonen, his Ferrari team-mate, was blighted by an exhaust problem that saw the Finn limp home to second with half his engine cover melted away.
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Savill's field of dreams a big hit
22.06.2008 23:26
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CRICKET: PETER SAVILL'S stunning new cricketing field of dreams opened in Wicklow yesterday as an Ireland XI took on a Lashings World XI in two Twenty20 clashes at Oak Hill Cricket Club in Kilbride.
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O'Keeffe and Hession a class apart as Irish teams finish strongly
22.06.2008 23:26
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ATHLETICS/EUROPEAN CUP: HAMMER THROWER Eileen O'Keeffe and sprinter Paul Hession were the class acts for the Irish at the European Athletics Cups on opposite ends of the continent at the weekend.
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Leopard sets pace after long delays Reports
22.06.2008 23:26
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SAILING/ROUND IRELAND RACE: LIKE A coiled spring, the 40-strong fleet in the BMW Round Ireland Race erupted across the starting-line off Wicklow Harbour yesterday, 20 hours behind schedule due to the severe weather but all eager to make the most of the strong conditions ahead of an expected overnight abatement.
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Jennings to use narrow defeat as motivation
22.06.2008 23:26
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ROWING/WORLD CUP REGATTA: SINÉAD JENNINGS was looking forward yesterday to targeting gold at the World Championships in Linz, Austria, next month after being pipped for victory in the lightweight single scull final at the World Cup regatta in Poznan.
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Any old Portuguese in a storm for Limerick
22.06.2008 23:26
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LOCKER ROOM: It's more culture clash than clash of the ash, and definitely a step-over too far for lovers of hurling, writes Tom Humphries
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