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Jedward, John and Edward Grimes are expected to make their first Irish public appearance at the Spar European Cross Country Championships in Santry Park, Dublin on December 13.
Jedward are themselves keen cross country runners and have been invited to the event to support their club mates from the Dundrum South Dublin club who will be representing Ireland on the day.
 Jedward Mr Eddie McDonagh, head coach for Dundrum South Dublin Athletics Club, stated:
“We will be overjoyed if John and Edward are able to come along to the European Cross Country to help support their team mates. The club are very proud of what they have achieved and we gave them huge support all the way through their time on the X Factor, so hopefully they will be anxious to give their team mates similar support on December 13th next.”
John and Edward finished 1st and 2nd at the Dublin Regional indoor finals earlier this year and then went on to the National finals here in Thurles, finishing 3rd and 4th respectivly in the 1,500 metre event. While this year may have been a bit too soon Eddie McDonagh certainly would have seen them make the Irish team for the European Cross Country Championships next year, although he believes they may now be following a different path in their careers presently.
Irish athletics legends Sonia O’Sullivan and Catherina McKiernan are also expected to attend the event and Athletes like Mary Cullen, Martin Fagan and Ciara Mageean will all be hoping to fight for a podium position as part of what should be a strong Irish team across all six events.
The Spar European Cross Country Championships will take place in Ireland for the very first time on December 13th this year in Santry Park, Dublin.
 Matthew Macklin All Tipperary eyes will be on Matthew Macklin’s middleweight quest to become a World Champion, when he fights Uruguayan Rafael Sosa Pintos , at the National Boxing Stadium in Dublin on December 5th next.
Macklin’s fame has risen rapidly in the last year with two quickfire wins over his Birmingham rival Wayne Elcock and Finn Amin Asikainen, the former having been won in the third round, the latter in the first.
His opponent Sosa Pintos, the Uruguayan champion, has 34 wins from 38 bouts, but the last year has not been as good to him. Two of his four career defeats have come in the last five fights since November 2008. However he appeared to bounce back in August by knocking out fellow Uruguayan Wilson Enrique Galli in the seventh round to claim the vacant national title.
Macklin, a Birmingham born Irish professional boxer, Dad came from Roscommon and Mother came from Tipperary, last fought in Dublin in March 2008 when he beat Yory Boy Campos on points at the National Stadium.
Matthew Macklin is also a talented hurling player in his own right and represented Tipperary, in hurling, at all age levels up to Under 21 at Inter County level. Macklin is still a close friend of leading hurler Eoin Kelly and attends hurling events such as the Poc Fada and other GAA events when Tipperary are involved. With Boxing however, he is not taking anything for granted but he is keen to replicate his UK form for an Irish audience.
Macklin’s is now at the right end of WBO, IBF and WBC rankings, at fourth, fifth and eighth respectively and has a European defence against Russian Federation’s Dmitry Pirog organised for sometime in the New Year.
 It has been announced that tomorrow’s planned race meeting at Thurles will be subject to a 7.30am precautionary inspection of the course by Irish Turf Club Officials.
Due to the recent and prevailing wet weather, race officials considered it prudent to check the course. Cancellation however is not expected as the course is currently OK ,with ground described by inspectors as heavy.
Following the abandonment of the Thurles Race Meeting on November 19th, this expected Thursday’s meeting will now form part of a two-day fixture, with the first race scheduled for running at 12.30pm tomorrow.
Meanwhile, following a course inspection by Irish Turf Club Officials at Naas this morning, the course was found to be unfit for racing due to heavy water logging.
As a consequence of this inspection, all races scheduled for today were cancelled.
Thierry Daniel Henry’s double hand passing of the ball to French team mate William Éric Gallas, which resulted in that all important extra-time goal, was a cruel and devastating blow to Ireland’s World Cup hopes last night.
While publicly, Henry may claim his double handling of the ball was accidental, the truth remains, he is privately aware that this act in sealing Ireland’s fate last night, was simply blatant cheating.
 Giovanni Trapattoni For all his genius over the past decade, Thierry Henry, must now join a list of sporting greats that will be forever remembered more for that one moment of disgrace, than for the myriad of graceful moments with which he was previously recognized.
It is a shameful day for the game of football when something like this is allowed to happen, in full view of the eyes of the sporting world and the officials of the international governing body of football.
The cowardly, greedy and gutless guardians of the sport themselves must now be called to account. Is not the pursuit of fairness in football a FIFA ideal and is it not high time this governing body stood by their principle of fair play and act now?
Surely, if you’re trying to run the largest sporting event in the world, and the purpose of the event is to find out who is the best football team in the world, then you must ensure, no guarantee, that the officiating of such an event is to a standard which puts the future destiny of each team in the hands of each players ability. The truth would appear however that FIFA wanted Portugal and France to go through on financial grounds and FIFA’s dream has now been fully realised by turning a blind eye to blatant cheating by France.
Video film does not lie, France’s captain had handled the ball, not once, but twice. While the first time might have been forgiven as a pardonable reflex action, the second handling was clearly intentional. Not only was France’s national pride at stake, but also for FIFA was tens of millions of euros.
Fédération Internationale de Football Association’s (FIFA) 10 Fair Play Rules
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 Denis Maher of Thurles Sarsfields in action While events to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the GAA may have come to an end, there is at lease one further associated event yet to come in the Co.Tipperary GAA calendar, which should not missed.
This event is a truly exiting exhibition of photographs, which will go on show in the Tipperary Institute on Thursday next the 19th November at 8.00 pm. The exhibition is part of the overall 30th Anniversary celebrations which mark the founding of GAA club Dúrlas Óg .
This exhibition will feature a large collection of photographs taken over the years, many of which have never been seen by the public and which will also depict many of the winning teams since 1979.
One of the highlights to be featured in this exhibition will be prints by the Thurles accomplished club photographer Mr. John O’ Loughlin LIPF, from his own private collection.
In 1979 Dúrlas Óg came into being, born of the frustration of committed followers of Gaelic games, who, rather than simply criticise the lack of interest in hurling and football among the youth of Thurles, set about lighting their own candle to beat the impending darkness.
Since its foundation in 1979 this club has gone from strength to strength and one of it’s latest developments was the opening of the Pat Staklum Memorial training facility which incorporates Astro Turf and Hurling wall.
This interesting new exhibition will be opened officially on Thursday night by former All Star Hurler, Eddie Enright and is an event not to be missed by true lovers of both Gaelic games and photography.
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