Ireland scrap South Africa plan

Ireland have shelved plans to play South Africa at a neutral “non-traditional” venue in November after running out of time.

Jankovic knocked out of Pan Pacific Open

JELENA Jankovic's hopes of regaining her world No. 1 spot this week ended on when she crashed out of the Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament to Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova in the quarter-finals.

Jankovic edged out in Tokyo

JELENA Jankovic's hopes of regaining her world No. 1 spot this week ended on when she crashed out of the Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament to Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova in the quarter-finals.

France name strong Cup team

FRENCH hopes of a first-up Hopman Cup tennis triumph have been given a massive boost following confirmation that Alize Cornet will team up with Gilles Simon to represent the country.

Sack for teacher sent home 'in disgrace' from school trip

A TEACHER at one of Scotland's leading fee-paying schools, sent home in apparent disgrace from a student expedition to East Africa, has now been sacked.

Australia appoints coach Mantilla

TENNIS Australia has hired Felix Mantilla and acquired a Barcelona-based training facility to fasttrack the learning and development of clay-court skills among Australian players.

Bob Bryan out of Davis Cup semi

TOP-ranked US doubles tennis player Bob Bryan will miss this weekend's Davis Cup semi-final against Spain in Madrid due to a shoulder injury and was replaced by Mardy Fish.

Serena Williams Set To Serve Up Memoir In 2009

A memoir by Serena Williams will be released in 2009 by Grand Central
Publishing, which beat out a handful of other publishers bidding for
the life story of the No. 1 ranked women's tennis player.

Mac Snr wants top ATP job

JOHN McEnroe Sr, father of the most volatile tennis champion of the modern era, wants to run the men's game.

Simon retains Bucharest title

GILLES Simon retained the BCR Open Romania title in Bucharest, defeating Carlos Moya 6-3 6-4 in the final to boost his chances of contesting the Tennis Masters Cup Shanghai.

Davydenko cleared in corruption probe

RUSSIAN tennis player Nikolay Davydenko has been cleared by the ATP of suspicion of corruption.

Du Toit Wins 4th Gold At Paralympics

Natalie Du Toit of South Africa won her fourth gold medal in swimming
at the Beijing Paralympics, taking the 400-meter freestyle on Friday in
a world-record time for her disability group.

Davydenko Cleared By ATP In Tennis Gambling Probe

Russian tennis star Nikolay Davydenko was cleared by the ATP on Friday
after a yearlong investigation into suspicious betting patterns on a
match he lost to a low-ranked opponent.

Pizza sales up as diners stay at home

Cash-strapped consumers are shunning restaurant meals and ordering takeaways at home, Domino’s Pizza said today as it forecast better than expected full-year profits.

No Irish stores affected by planned M&S closures

Marks & Spencer has confirmed that no Irish stores will be among the 27 that the retailer is planning to close in response to a fall in sales.

M&S stocks up despite dismal sales figures

Retailer Marks & Spencer’s shares rose almost 6% today despite its worse sales performance for nearly a decade.

Barclays to axe 400 IT jobs in the UK

Banking giant Barclays is to axe 400 jobs in its IT departments after a review of its operations, it was announced today.

M&S food store closure costs 37 jobs in North

The Marks & Spencer Simply Food store in Newtownards is facing closure with the loss of 37 jobs, it was announced today.

FTSE rally comes to abrupt end

The six-day rally on the FTSE 100 Index was brought to an abrupt end today as falling commodity stocks put pressure on miners and oil majors.

Little movement for ISEQ

The ISEQ index of Irish shares closed at 2, 621.56 this evening, an increase of just 41 points or 0.02%.

Poor showing for Dow

A warning from tech giant Intel about poor business conditions and more evidence of rising unemployment left US stocks with their biggest losses in a month today.

NHL Suspends Ruutu 2 Games For On-Ice Bite

Ottawa Senators forward Jarkko Ruutu has been suspended by the NHL for
two games without pay for biting Buffalo Sabres enforcer Andrew Peters.

BC Fires Jagodzinski After Coach Meets With Jets

Boston College fired Jeff Jagodzinski on Wednesday, days after he was
warned of dismissal if he interviewed for the coaching job with the New
York Jets.