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Roberto Martinez will have further talks with Liverpool next week

Liverpool deny Martinez job offer

Roberto Martinez is set for further talks with Liverpool next week, despite claims from Wigan Athletic chairman Dave Whelan that he has already been offered the job.
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Gerrard: Martinez would have my support

Sagna confident Van Persie will stay

Defender Bacary Sagna is confident Arsenal can keep hold of captain and star striker Robin van Persie this summer.

Robshaw - We've proved a point

Man-of-the-match Chris Robshaw believes Harlequins have silenced their critics after lifting their first Aviva Premiership trophy at Twickenham.

Capital rematch to settle cup

Down and London will have to meet again in the English capital next weekend to settle their Christy Ring Cup semi-final after they finished deadlocked on 1-21 each following a thriller at Pairc Esler in Newry.

Seven sinks Westwood hopes

Any hopes Lee Westwood had of making his presence felt in the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth looked to have ended when he ran up a seven for the second day running.

Euro 2012: The tricksters and dribblers

Euro 2012 kicks-off in just a matter of weeks and in anticipation the Belfast Telegraph is running down the key factors and people to keep an eye on in Poland and Ukraine this summer.

Blades of glory awaiting Sheffield United boss Danny Wilson

When former Northern Ireland midfielder Danny Wilson was appointed the Sheffield United manager 12 months ago angry supporters protested outside Bramall Lane.

Carl Frampton to put on big talent show

Even as he sat watching ‘The Voice’, Carl Frampton couldn’t quite switch off from what is going to be by far the biggest test of his career — on a global stage.

Why is this Formula One season so tight at the top?

A little bit of history will be made in Monaco tomorrow, provided that Jenson Button, Fernando Alonso, Nico Rosberg, Sebastian Vettel and Pastor Maldonado have the decency to avoid being the first to greet Prince Albert afterwards.

�8.5m deal to buy out Rangers

A deal to sell Glasgow Rangers has been agreed.

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• Swansea manager Rodgers the man for Liverpool

Liverpool’s search for a new manager has become a total embarrassment to the proud name of the football club.

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• Joe Kernan: We must use stars’ skills to build future

From now until the third Sunday in September county players in both gaelic football and hurling will be very much in the public eye.

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• Billy on the Box: DD’s big pair puts on blue show in Bavaria

What an epic battle the Champions League Final turned out to be. A clash between an organisation with a long and distinguished history, respected by friend and foe alike up against a relative newcomer, the plaything of a foreign oligarch, who is universally viewed with raised eyebrows.

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• Gary Neville could be key to Wayne Rooney's form at Euros

You might have thought that ruling yourself out of the first two games of football's second most important international tournament with a shocking flash of irresponsibility was quite enough to focus the mind of the nation's most gifted player.

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• Di Matteo sure to get a chance at Chelsea

What must a football manager do to retain his job? Winning two trophies in one season, including the biggest one of all, would on the face of it, make such a question ridiculous.

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• Same old drivel from Spillane and friends

At the fag-end of his first contribution to the 2012 Championship season last Sunday, Pat Spillane got down to business. His main hope for the tournament ahead, he said, was that managers would throw off the shackles and play like Crossmaglen Rangers. Instantly, he killed the optimism in us all.

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• Tyrone Howe: Future still bright for Ulster men

The highlight of the Heineken Cup final came several minutes from the end of the game.

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• If Chelsea can be the kings of Europe, so can England

One of the consequences of the late finish in Munich and the chaotic transport arrangements after the Champions League final was to force the ‘great and the good’ of the English football media to gather on a station platform near the Arena for a promised train to the city centre that, ultimately, never arrived.

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• Ulster left to count cost of their mistakes

There will seem few crumbs of comfort left for Ulster’s shattered rugby men this morning. To lose any final is heart wrenching but to lose it by a margin of five tries to one, represents something close to humiliation.