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User:rorynoonanDate:23/03/2013Time:08:16:30Edition:23/03/2013Satsatecho230313Page:56Color:
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SPORTEvening Echo Sailing ...................... P35
Ladies GAA ......... P36, 37Bord na nÓg ....... P38, 39Camogie .............. P40, 41
Racing ................. P42-45Roadbowling ............. P46Ladies soccer ........... P47Basketball ................. P48
Insidetoday
Rugby ................................... P49Hurling ........................... P50, 51
Premier League soccer ... P52International soccer ... P53
DunneconfidentHorganswill play
SOCCER
Kelly suffersinjury setback
It’s Sevens up forCork star Claire
PA KELLY’S return to theCork football team hasbeen further delayed be-cause of a calf muscleinjury,
And the Ballincollig at-tacker is now targeting acomeback for his club’schampionship openeragainst Douglas in May.Kelly tore his calf just as
he was about to come backplaying following hip sur-gery in November.It means he won’t be in-
volved in any of Cork’s re-maining league games, in-cluding the play-offs, shouldthe holders advance.Meanwhile, Colm ‘Gooch’
Cooper has been named onthe Kerry bench for tomor-row’s crunch league gameagainst Cork in Tralee,2pm.The star forward hasn’t
been involved with thecounty because of DrCroke’s club commitments,but the Gooch is set to playsome part in a must-wingame for the Kingdom.He’s in good company
among the subs becauseregulars Paul Galvin andBryan Sheehan are alsolisted. Tomás Ó Sé returnsfrom suspension and MarkGriffin remains at full-backin place of the injured AidanO’Mahony.● More GAA P50, 51.
CORK’S Claire Keohanehelped Ireland winsilverware yesterday at theprestigious Hong Kong 7s,
TheInch footballer scored a tryand a number ofconversions in the Bowlfinal to see Ireland defeatan international select side28-0 in the final amidtemperatures of up to 30degrees celsius.The win saw Jon Skurr’sside finish ninth overall,having lost to South Africa(14-19) and France (7-19)in the pool stages. A winover the hosts however(33-5) saw them reach theBowl final.Cork intercounty footballerAshling Hutchings fromFermoy — who missestoday’s NFL clash againstMayo — also played herpart in the one-day
tournament, while UCC’sAlison Miller — originallyfrom Portlaoise — was alsoamong the try scorers.“It’s good to win somesilverware but realisticallywe were disappointed notto win the opening gameagainst South Africabecause we led for most ofthe game,” Keohane said.“We played some goodrugby so overall it wasn’t abad start to the season,”she added● More rugby P49.
CORK City boss TommyDunne is confident NealHorgan and Daryl Horganwill both be passed fit toplay against Derry City atTurner’s Cross tomorrow(3.30pm),
Full-back Neal has a soreknee while winger Darylhas a hamstring worry buttrained with the first teamsquad this morning.City are looking to continuetheir good start to theseason but theCandystripes are the bestteam they have come upagainst as yet.The visitors have had adecent start too, beginningwith a narrow defeat toleague champions, SligoRovers before a stunning6-0 win away to UCD.“It’s a big game betweentwo big clubs. Derry have astrong group and haveshown that already. Sligonarrowly beat them, theybeat UCD handsomely andhad a draw againstDrogheda, where by allaccounts, Gabriel Savaplayed a great game forDrogheda,” Dunne said.“They will be one of theteams that will beearmarked as potential titlecontenders. But I think, athome, we can giveanybody a match with thecrowd behind us.”
Ireland make point to ease pressure on boss
SOCCERBy ANDY HAMPSON
THE Republic of Ireland pro-duced an uplifting performanceto keep their World Cup dreamalive with a creditable goallessdraw in Sweden last night.
Giovanni Trapattoni’s men success-fully shackled Zlatan Ibrahimovic andcompany at Stockholm’s Friends Arenato claim a valuable point in their GroupC qualifying campaign.
Trapattoni’s position has been underscrutiny since the dismal showing atEuro 2012 – not to mention the 6-1thrashing by Germany last autumn – butIreland have still not lost an away quali-
fying fixture under the veteran Italian.For 20 minutes Ireland were outstand-
ing, continually worrying a side thatdrew 4-4 with Germany in October, andthereafter held firm.
Sweden did create the better chancesand Ireland goalkeeper David Fordemade three fine saves – including one todeny Rasmus Elm as last-gasp winner –
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FOOTBALL
INJURED: Pa Kelly.
RUGBY
STAR: Claire Keohane.
Ireland’s James McCarthy holds off Sweden’s Se-bastian Larsson in last night’s World Cup qualifierin Stockholm and, above left, Irish boss GiovanniTrapattoni. Picture: Adam Davy/AP
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