The Score

Jonathan Sexton has been handed a starting berth by coach Subs:

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Irish soccer manager Giovanni Trapattoni has called up 23 players to his squad to face Brazil for the March 2 friendly at Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium in London.

Wigan’s James McCarthy, Portsmouth’s Marc Wilson and Man City’s Greg Cunningham are the three new faces in the group for the glamour friendly against the Samba men.

Light middleweight Henry Coyle (10-2, 8 KOs) is scheduled to fight this Saturday at the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana.

It will be the Mayo man’s first fight back after being tko’ed in round three by Neil Sinclair for the Irish light middleweight title on May 15.

In one of the early shock results of the tournament, Padraig Harrington was beaten by Jeev Milkha Singh at the World Golf Championships - Accenture Matchplay Championship.

Harrington fell to the Indian player three and one, but was gracious in defeat.

“He out-putted me. I putted badly, he putted well. At the end of the day in match play, it's huge who putts the best. Not to have the lead after the first eight holes, you know, he was in the driving seat in every one of them. I didn't hole a 10-footer, but he holed them all. He played lovely,” Harrington told the Indo Asian News.

Munster and Ireland hooker Jerry Though no action was taken on the field during the game,

Rory Despite the fact the Here is a list of the top ten ranked golfers in the world:

1 (1) <1> Tiger Woods United States 13.095
2 (3) <3> Steve 3 (2) <2> Phil 4 (4) <4> Lee 5 (5) <6> Jim 6 (6) <13> Martin 7 (9) <9> Rory 8 (7) <7> Paul Casey England 5.119
9 (10) <8> Henrik 10 (8) <5> Padraig Harrington Ireland 5.031

Republic of Ireland manager Giovanni Trap’s men were pitted with the following teams in Group B:

Irish international captain Robbie Keane got off the mark for Celtic Sunday when he scored a penalty in the second half to help his team into the next round of the Scottish Cup.

Celtic boss Tony Keane's introduction coincided with Celtic taking over the game. A Keane dusted himself off and duly tucked home the penalty, ending the game as a contest and opening his account for the He will hope to repeat the feat when he makes his home debut in a crucial league match with Hearts on Wednesday.

A rain interrupted second round 73 for a three over total of 145 saw Padraig Harrington miss the cut at the Northern trust Open in Los Angeles on Saturday by a solitary stroke.

Play was suspended on Friday after Harrington had completed 16 holes of his round, two over par and on the cut line.

Rory

Padraig Harrington shot a first round one over par 72 Thursday at the Northern Trust Open in Los Angeles.

The 38-year-old triple major winner is eight shots behind leader Dustin Johnson after his first round of the new season.

Robbie Keane ended his second stint at Spurs because he couldn’t bear warming the bench for the North London Premier League outfit.

“At the end of the day, I just like playing football,” said Keane after making his debut on Tuesday night against Kilmarnock in the league.

Robbie Keane did not score on his debut as Celtic lost further ground to Rangers in the

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Robbie Keane’s move to Glasgow Celtic sees him going to a team he supported as a child for the second time in less than two years.

Here’s hoping that unlike his dream move to Liverpool that rapidly turned into a nightmare he still arguably has to get over, the move to Scotland will reinvigorate his career.

Reports emanating from England suggest that Irish captain Robbie Keane is on his was to Glasgow Monday to talk to While the transfer deadline passed in England at 5 p.m. GMT (noon ET) the deadline in Scotland is midnight (7 p.m. ET), thus enabling Keane to get up to Glasgow and get a deal done.

Though I think it may not necessarily be the best move for his career (click here), Craig Bellamy is proof that a good spell in Scotland can reignite a career, so if Keane decides to leave Spurs and move up North, the onus will be on him to do likewise.