The Morning Score: Wednesday

Bale makes headlines again, Padraic Maher gets award nod and Kenny Egan heads for Florida

1. #CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Gareth Bale collected yet more plaudits last night after a superb display against holders Inter Milan. The Londoners ran out 3-1 winners in a special night at White Hart Lane.

2. #ROYALS There seems to still be resistence to an ‘outsider’ taking control of Meath’s footballers after the county’s management committee postponed tonight’s planned meeting, in which Seamus McEnaney was expected to ratified. A frustrated ‘Banty’ McEnaney is on the verge of pulling out of the race, according to the Irish Daily Star.

3. #AWARD World lightweight champion Katie Taylor, who was presented with the World Female Boxer of the Year last night, dedicated the prize to the people who worked to make women’s boxing an Olympic sport. The Bray woman claimed her third AIBA World title in a row in Barbados in September.

4. #GPA AWARDS Tipperary’s Padraic Maher is in for JJ Delaney in the only change on the Opel GPA Hurling Team of the Year for 2010 from the Vodafone GAA All Stars when the players’ body announced their selection yesterday.

5. #KINGDOM Kerry officials have the go-ahead from board delegates to progress with the purchase of 48 acres of land at Currans, near Currow, to develop a GAA Centre of Excellence in the county, according to the Irish Examiner.

6. # MOURINHO Real Madrid visit the San Siro tonight to face Serie A giants AC Milan in the pick of the tonight’s Champions League ties, as former Inter boss Joe Mourinho looks forward to returning ‘home’.

7. #AUTUMN INTERNATIONALS Captain Brian O’Driscoll says that a full house at the new Lansdowne Rd is worth an extra score to Ireland, the Irish Daily Mail reports.

8. #AIRTRICITY Galway secured their Premier Division stautus for another year last night with a 1-0 win over Bray Wanderers. The Seagulls now face a two-leeged play-off with Monaghan United on Friday and Monday for the right to play in the top flight. United beat Waterford 3-1 last night.

9. #WORLD SERIES OF BOXING Kenny Egan jets off to Miami today where he will take part in the inaugural WSB, according the Irish Sun.