But what the scoreboard doesn't say is what it is I have found. I have found loyalty . . . you have pulled for me on the court and also in life. I have found inspiration. . .

Andre Agassi fails to fight back the tears after a loss at the US Open signalled the end of his tennis career. There was more, but you probably want to hold down your breakfast So far his captaincy has been the most pathetic I have ever seen. I haven't spoken to him for six months and now I find that I'm not in the team by watching television.

How can that be right? He has put a lot of players through misery because he just hasn't done the right thing Thomas Bjorn, a little miffed after being overlooked for Europe's Ryder Cup team by captain Ian Woosnam Kilkenny manager Brian Cody enjoys the moment after winning the All Ireland title Michel Platini, a Kilkenny fan after attending the All Ireland With Steve Staunton banned, Bobby Robson is keen to get back on the touchline after having surgery to have a small brain tumour removed This is just the most magni"cent feeling in the world. The present one is the best one by a long shot. I suppose this is the "rst time we were looked on as a team who couldn't win it, a few months ago.

That doesn't often happen in Kilkenny. And probably won't ever happen again I like that team. The bees, they look like bees Tradition is not sacrosanct.

Everybody can see it properly out on the "eld. It's the way all modern sports do their presentation GAA president Nickey Brennan confirms that all trophy presentations will be made on the Croke Park pitch next year We both spoke and I wasn't the "rst. I held his shirt but don't you think it is a provocation to say that "if you want my shirt I will give it to you afterwards"? I replied to Zidane that I would prefer his sister, that is true. . . I certainly don't have to apologise to him. If anything, I owe apologies to his sister, although I swear, before all this mess I didn't even know Zidane had a sister Italy's Marco Materazzi reveals the trash talk that made Zinedine Zidane lose the plot in the closing moments of the World Cup final Obviously I need to continue to listen to the doctors, but I've been making real progress. I feel in great form. I can't wait to get back to football with Stephen and the boys as soon as I can