The Sports Pages
“Cool Hand Louis†– Sunday Times
“Still ahead of the pack†– Sunday Tribune
“Casey makes his move to the summit†– Observer
“Happy Deise For Dan†– Irish Daily Star Sunday
“Fergie stews over Lahm – and Dimi can bugger off†– Irish Daily Star Sunday
“Gardai close in on Croker prosecutions†– Sunday Independent
Many of the sports headlines relate to happenings at St Andrews golf course in Scotland where for the second day running South African nobody Louis Oosthuizen held his nerve while many of those around him were losing theirs.
Oosthuizen holds a four-stroke lead going into the final round of the Open Championship, following up rounds of 65 and 67 over the first two days with an exemplary 69 on Saturday. Oosthuizen will begin his final round at 2.05pm, four ahead of playing partner Paul Casey, with German Martin Kaymer next best, fully seven behind the 27-year-old world number 54.
The Irish Daily Star Sunday leads with events at a sodden Semple Stadium on Saturday night, where Dan Shanahan’s extra-time goal gave Waterford a 1-16 to 1-13 win over Cork in a tense Munster final replay.
The Star also suggests that Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson will offer £30m flop Dimitar Berbatov to Bayern Munich in a bid to land Germany’s World Cup captain, right back Philipp Lahm.
Meanwhile, the Sunday Independent is concentrating on last weekend’s scenes from Croke Park, where referee Martin Sludden was targeted by several Louth louts and a steward was felled by a bottle thrown from the stands after the Wee County was controversially denied a first Leinster title in 53 years.
A number of Louth supporters are expected to be charged with assault and battery under the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act, and Gardai in Dublin and Louth are liaising to discover the identity of all those involved.
Not on the sports pages but one that will be of interest to GAA fans is a piece in the Sunday Independent about controversial Kerry star Paul Galvin, who has apparently been offered the chance to launch a TV career.
Galvin, a secondary school teacher in Killarney, could take a leave of absence from his day-job to become the latest member of TV3’s Xposé team, where the Sindo reports that he will replace Sean Munsanje.
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