(Wales’ all-time leading try-scorer, Shane Williams, pictured in Dublin today)
Cheltenham
- Dodging Bullets has won the Queen Mother Champion Chase on day two of the Cheltenham festival.
- There was more success for Willie Mullins as Bryan Cooper returned to the winner’s enclosure.
- An unfortunate photographer broke his leg after being involved in a nasty collision.
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- The nominees for this year’s FAI Awards have been announced.
- Zimbabwe have apologised to John Mooney and Cricket Ireland after the country’s state newspaper published an article that was widely regarded as offensive.
- The recently retired David Connolly has spoken of his regrets with Ireland.
- Noel King has said there is “no pressure” on Niall Keown following his decision to declare for Ireland.
- Mayo native Pearse Hanley has been named as one of the top 50 current AFL players.
Away
- Former England international Paul Gascoigne has said phone hacking “ruined” his life.
- England have made two changes ahead of their Six Nations clash with Scotland this weekend.
- The man who Chelsea fans blocked from accessing a Paris Metro train has rejected the club’s offer of a free ticket to tonight’s PSG match.
- It’s been confirmed that former Man United manager Alex Ferguson is bringing out another book.
- An angry Cristiano Ronaldo has said he won’t be speaking to the media for the rest of the season.
The best thing we shared today
This schools rugby picture will give you all the feels.
On the record
“I’ve nipped to the toilet a couple of times to dry the eyes. He scares me more than makes me cry, to be honest with you.’”
Sean Cronin on Paul O’Connell.
Where we were today
Sean Farrell met up with Welsh legend Shane Williams, while Fintan O’Toole spoke to Jackie Tyrell, David Bentley and Aaron Kernan.
The fixture list
- The Europa League is back tomorrow, with Everton v Dynamo Kiev among the games taking place.
- In Ireland’s Cricket World Cup group, South Africa take on United Arab Emirates in a fixture that starts at 1am Irish time.
- Day 3 of Cheltenham gets underway.
Showbiz, baby!
Tyrese Johnson-Fisher is good at rugby.
“He’s literally the literally king.”
