Ireland's Aisling Blake, the number seven seed, had a fantastic win over the current world number seven and former world number two Natalie Grinham from the Netherlands inn the Cannon Kirk Irish Squash Open at Fitzwilliam LTC.
France's Richard Gasquet produced a superb performance to send sixth seed Nikolay Davydenko crashing out of the US Open in the second round.
Roger Federer enjoyed another comfortable victory to secure his place in round three of the US Open at Flushing Meadows.
The latest Italian to make the Ryder Cup was outshone in Switzerland today by the 17-year-old very likely to be the next one.
British raiders Music Show, Spacious and Jacqueline Quest feature among seven runners in Saturday's Coolmore Fusaichi Pegasus Matron Stakes at Leopardstown.
Willie Mullins is eyeing a David Nicholson Mares' Hurdle hat-trick with Quevega ahead of the new National Hunt campaign.
Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer have been provisionally suspended by the International Cricket Council.
Tipperary manager Liam Sheedy has named an unchanged team to play Kilkenny in Sunday's All-Ireland Hurling final.
American teenager Beatrice Capra gave the home crowd plenty to cheer by knocking out France's Aravane Rezai, the 18th seed, in the second round of the US Open.
Kilkenny legend DJ Carey believes that the ‘Drive for Five’ will have no bearing on how Kilkenny approach Sunday’s All-Ireland Hurling Final against Tipperary.
Kilbeggan stages a seven-race card on Friday with the Tullamore Handicap Chase representing the pick of the action.
Norwegian Thor Hushovd took the honours on the sixth stage of the Vuelta a Espana after pipping a whole host of riders in a massed sprint finish in Murcia.
Adam Rooney is determined to make the most of his last chance to represent the Republic of Ireland at Under-21 level.
Armenia coach Vardan Minasyan has installed the Republic of Ireland as one of the favourites to emerge from Euro 2012 qualifying Group B.
Cricket's 'spot-fixing' crisis took a new twist today when the Pakistan High Commissioner cast doubt on the authenticity of evidence presented by the News of the World.
Harbinger, officially the highest-rated racehorse in the world prior to suffering a career-ending injury, has been sold to take up stud duties in Japan.
Aidan O'Brien's Starspangledbanner features among a final field of 16 runners in Saturday's Betfred Sprint Cup at Haydock.
Ulster coach Brian McLaughlin has named his side for the Magners League opener against The Ospreys at Ravenhill on Friday, kick-off 7.05pm.
Republic of Ireland skipper Robbie Keane and defender Richard Dunne have both been named in the team to face Armenia in Friday’s Euro 2012 qualifier.
Rip Van Winkle heads Aidan O'Brien's three-strong team as the Ballydoyle trainer seeks a sixth success in the Tattersalls Millions Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown on Saturday.