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Andy Murray survived his first scare of this year’s Wimbledon tournament as he found a way past Jo-Wilfried Tsonga on Centre Court this evening to set up a blockbuster semi-final against Rafael Nadal.
The US Senate unanimously confirmed General David Petraeus as the new commander of the Afghanistan war today.
Naomi Campbell and actress Mia Farrow will be summoned to testify at former Liberian President Charles Taylor’s war crimes trial, addressing allegations that he gave the supermodel an uncut diamond at a South African reception in 1997.
A cable company in Longford has gone into receivership.
Rafael Nadal bounced back from losing the first five games of his Wimbledon quarter-final against Robin Soderling to win in four sets.
There was little movement on the ISEQ index of Irish shares today as the market held steady following yesterday’s plunge of almost 4%.
Market heavyweights AstraZeneca and embattled BP made steady gains today, but weak US jobs data limited the recovery on the wider FTSE 100 Index.
With no late injury worries, Mickey Ned O’Sullivan has settled on an unchanged Limerick team for Sunday’s Munster SFC final against Kerry in Killarney (throw-in 2pm).
Irish firms continue to suffer a serious downturn in business despite an official report declaring the recession over, it was revealed today.
FIFA will monitor reports emanating out of Nigeria that the country’s president has banned the national squad from international competition for two years after their disappointing World Cup.