GERMANY'S Sebastian Vettel, last year's Formula One championship runner-up, claimed pole position for today's season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix.

Vettel, who finished the 2009 campaign by winning two of the final three races, grabbed the sixth pole of his 44-race career, leaving the returning Michael Schumacher down in ... more

Paul Collingwood became England's second centurion of the match and Bangladesh surrendered five first-innings wickets as the tourists moved into a dominant position on day two of the first Test.England declared on 599 for six after Collingwood (145) registered a 10th Test hundred, following in the footsteps of ... more

McIlroy swings out of Tiger's shadow

As Tiger Woods apparently gets ready to step back into the limelight, if rumours of his projected return to the PGA Tour are correct, he's getting set to share the spotlight with one of our own, at least off the course. Many ... more

The athlete formerly known as the most convincing liar in the world of sport returned to the spotlight last Wednesday. The announcement that Marion Jones has signed on to play for the Tulsa Shock in the Women's NBA was enough to catapult the former sprinter immediately back into the ... more

Argentinian wild-card David Nalbandian and American James Blake both safely negotiated their way through the first round of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells.Nalbandian saw off qualifier Stefan Koubek of Austria 6-2 7-6 (7/2) while Blake blew past Spaniard Daniel Gimeno-Traver 6-3 6-2. In the women's ... more

A sterling bowling effort earned New Zealand a 51-run win against Australia to end the Chappell-Hadlee series on a positive note in Wellington. Only Scott Styris (55) made a half-century in New Zealand's 241 for nine in 50 overs. It took four wickets each from Shane Bond and Tim ... more

Australia have revenge for two successive World Cup final defeats to Germany by winning 2-1 in New Delhi to lift the title for only the second time. Having lost to the Olympic champions in 2002 and 2006, the Kookaburras prevented their European rivals making it three-in- a- row thanks to ... more

The Cork City marathon is on Bank Holiday Monday, 7 June and the event hopes to attract a record 10,000 participants and raise €3million for charities. Bord Gais Energy Marathon Ambassador Sonia O'Sullivan said: "Now is the time to get your entry in to motivate you to be ... more

The penultimate stage of the Paris/Nice yesterday was won by The Cervelo TestTeam's new Spanish climber Xavier Tondo with a solo attempt into Tourrettes-sur-Loup. Nicholas Roche of the AG2R improved one position in the overall standings to 14th place. The race lead remains with Alberto Contador whose overnight ... more

Glenanne's late charge in fulfilling their backlog of matches, and finish top in these closing days in the Leinster men's Division One League campaign, was dealt a body blow by lowly-placed Fingal at Tallaght yesterday, who came away 5-3 winners.

The defeat left the home side in complete ... more

Dunguib, Master Minded, Big Buck's and Kauto Star

3 pts at 9-1

Look. Of course you shouldn't do accumulators. Of course they're what buys the bookies' Boxters. Of course they're not a serious punter's bet. We know all that. But it's Cheltenham week and ... more