When completed, it will be the national stadium for rugby, soccer and possibly some Gaelic football matches
Labour's Ruairi Quinn misses out on the fact that the new Lansdowne Road pitch will be too small for Gaelic games

I am not 'The Special One'. I'm the normal one. But my wife says I am special. What am I like? I am 180cm Avram Grant at his first press conference as Chelsea boss.

Don't know what he means and don't want to know I was just awful. I didn't contribute anything. I've been bigging myself up, saying I'm ready and obviously I'm not. You are only as good as your last game - and my last game doesn't merit a pub game for me, I was that poor. I'm going to have to go back into training and hopefully I will get the nod sooner rather than later and I can reveal the real Curtis Davies and not the evil twin that played against Leicester In a rare show of humility from a Premier League player, Aston Villa's Curtis Davies chastises himself for his midweek performance against Leicester

There was a late tackle on Grant but he's still alive so it's not a major problem

Sunderland manager Roy Keane shows as much sympathy as you would expect after Grant Leadbitter is chopped down against Middlesbrough

It's bulls***. . . For Chelsea to think they are suddenly going to dominate United and Liverpool is fantasy. It is not going to happen

Arsenal chairman Peter HillWood dismisses Chelsea's plans for world domination

I could see people looking at me thinking I was crazy. People need to say sorry

Tonga coach Quddus Fielea chides the doubters, who scoffed when he claimed his side could reach the World Cup quarter-finals before the tournament began

It doesn't matter whether it's cricket, rugby union, rugby league - we all hate England

Australian Rugby Union boss John O'Neill expresses his thoughts on England's sporting teams in no uncertain terms

My first thought was 'jeez, don't be a sook; there's no use crying about it, man, it's over'

Former New Zealand captain Tana Umaga re-ignites his feud with Brian O'Driscoll for the reaction to the infamous spear tackle that ended his Lions tour two years ago

We don't even know what to expect of our celebrations. It's our first victory, we're amateurs at winning!

Georgia flanker Rati Urushadze after his side's first ever World Cup victory, against Namibia

It is like kissing your sister Canada coach Ric Suggitt after his side's 12-12 World Cup draw with Japan