We have all got to go, but not like this
South Africa team manager Goolam Raja. Woolmer was coach of the country for five years

Forget Buster Douglas v Mike Tyson . . . toppling those two cricketing heavyweights was more like your local pub bruiser v Sugar Ray Robinson
Scotland cricketer Paul Hoffmann on his side's World Cup defeats to Australia and South Africa

The hanging judges, snitches and do-gooders who shopped Freddie. . .should get a life
Ian Botham hits out at Andrew Flintoff's critics after the England all-rounder went on a boozing session at the World Cup and had to be rescued from a pedalo in the ocean at 4am

My own opinion is that we should take discipline at intercounty level out of the hands of the present administrators entirely and bring in a three-person legal commission to deal with all offences on the field of play. It may be said that the new system would be relatively expensive, but I don't think it would be too great a price to pay to clean up our games and ensure that cynical and illegal acts are adequately punished.

GAA Director General Liam Mulvihill in his annual report

There is a very fine line between loyalty and stupidity. Yeah, you have got to be loyal to the lads who have done ok, but then to keep playing them on reputations they have built up through the media or because they do lots of interview, then it's wrong. It's 100 per cent wrong

Roy Keane is unimpressed by some of the selection methods for the Irish team

For me it is a penalty. Why when Cristiano is involved is it always polemic?

Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo shows an eloquent touch as he discusses another controversial penalty against Middlesbrough

You might get a couple of games in eastern Europe to start with, so there is no real television revenue.

It's been a burden to a lot of clubs and we can't afford to have that burden. It's a real conundrum for our future

Reading manager Steve Coppell remains resolutely unmoved by his side's chase for a Uefa Cup spot

If Martin Corry is one of the best two locks in England, they are in trouble. They aren't going to win the World Cup

New Zealand legend Zinzan Brooke rubbishes England coach Brian Ashton's experiment of playing back-row Corry at lock