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Tevez unrepentant over Fergie jibe new

Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez appears to have no intention of apologising to Sir Alex Ferguson after holding a banner mocking the Manchester United manager.

Worsley takes coaching role

Former Wasps and England flanker Joe Worsley has joined French club Bordeaux-Begles as their defence coach.

Derry’s walking wounded are returning to lift Brennan’s spirits

Derry manager John Brennan could be forgiven for thinking that he has been trapped in an injury quagmire almost since taking up his post towards the end of 2010.

Clarke playing to restore damaged pride

Open champion Darren Clarke admits his pride has been wounded as he begins yet another attempt to spark his career back into life.

Rio Ferdinand appears resigned to end of England career

Rio Ferdinand appears to have conceded his England career is over after his "gutting" omission from Roy Hodgson's Euro 2012 squad.

In pictures: Amateur Football weekend feature matches

Northern Amateur Football League v Scottish Amateur FA plus Camlough Rovers v Dollingstown

Volunteers to carry celebration torch

Volunteers’ Week celebrations are set to be hot this year with the annual event coinciding with the Olympic Torch Relay.

In Pictures: North West 200 road race Day 1

The Relentless International North West 200 is Ireland’s largest outdoor sporting event, attracting crowds in excess of 100,000 as well as the biggest names in the sport including Michael Rutter, Guy Martin, Ryan Farquhar and Michael and William Dunlop.

�8.5m deal to buy out Rangers

A deal to sell Glasgow Rangers has been agreed.

Cannes 2012: Cohen gets flirty

Manchester City paint town blue

FHM's Sexiest Women 2012

Weird things on a football pitch

Jose Mourinho's finest moments

Columnist Comments

• Carry on all the Wembley way back to the Seventies

I am a child of the Seventies. I know what you’re thinking, how can that be possible? I mean look at that picture of me above, cute as a wee button, I look barely old enough to start shaving, but no, I must confess it is that decade from whence I hail.

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• Investing in youth reaps rich rewards

GAA chiefs are prone to referring to more than one competition as ‘the jewel in the crown’ on the fixtures calendar.

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• Ferdinand and Terry should get on with the job

When he was storming about on behalf of Leeds United and Manchester City, and 19 times for England, Danny Mills was not easy to mark down automatically as a potential football statesman. Whatever his other virtues, cool logic never announced itself uppermost.

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• What’s happened to GAA's young talent?

The old dressing rooms at St Patrick’s Park, Tempo, had a woozy notion of ‘Welcome To Hell’ about them.

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• Destiny calling for Ulster's band of brothers

The drama of Ulster’s Heineken Cup success was slightly muted by the defeat to Munster at the weekend and exit from the RaboDirect Pro12 playoffs. The size of the crowd at Thomond Park was indicative of the anti-climax of the occasion — based on the assumption that Munster would inflict a sizeable defeat on Ulster.

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• Alan Green: Manchester United in decline while Blue Moon keeps rising

Perhaps, I’m wrong: perhaps, the two managers concerned are right and the title race isn’t over. But I wouldn’t put too much faith in those billing the final day of the Premier League season ‘Seismic Sunday’ or anything similar. The Fat Lady has picked up her microphone and she’s wearing sky blue...