Monaghan 1-13 Derry 1-12: National League champions Derry have been knocked out of the football championship thanks to a controversially awarded injury-time free that was dispatched by Monaghan's Tommy Freeman.

Tour de France: Three-times world champion Oscar Freire honoured his green jersey with victory in the 14th stage of the Tour de France, a 194.5-km trek from Nimes, today.

At least nine Indian soldiers were killed and 16 wounded today when their vehicle detonated a landmine in the biggest attack on Indian soldiers in recent months.

US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama met the commander of US troops in eastern Afghanistan today to talk about the war he says is not getting enough attention from the Bush administration.

Three people have been arrested in Dundalk as part of a Garda investigation into the activities of dissident republicans.

British Open: Defending champion Pádraig Harrington goes into the final round of the British Open trailing overnight leader Greg Norman by two shots as the veteran Australian threatens to record one of the most remarkable achievements in sport should he

Two people were killed today in a gunbattle between members of the Fatah faction and Sunni Islamist militants at a Palestinian refugee camp in south Lebanon, camp officials said.

Sinn Féin says it will tell French President Nicolas Sarkozy, at a scheduled meeting in Dublin on Monday, that there can be no question of the Lisbon treaty being put to a vote again in Ireland.

Zimbabwe's main opposition party could sign an agreement as early as Monday to begin substantive talks with President Robert Mugabe's party on ending a political impasse that has worsened the country's severe economic crisis, opposition officials said today.

Major world powers will sound out Iran's readiness to negotiate an end to the long dispute over its nuclear programme today.

Israel has arrested six Arabs of trying to set up an al-Qaeda cell in Israel and said one of them had proposed attacking helicopters used during a visit by President George W. Bush.

Two men are to appear at the District Court on charges relating to the possession of a firearm and ammunition.

Pope Benedict apologised today for sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in Australia, saying those responsible should be brought to justice.

Four people are being questioned by police today after detectives investigating serious crime in Belfast and Derry recovered a rifle.

A Dublin student will read at a Vigil Mass attended by Pope Benedict XVI in Australia tonight.

Indonesia has executed three people convicted for murder, including a mother and a son, in the latest in a string of recent executions in the country.

A man was shot dead in the north Dublin suburb of Finglas last night.

Japan's Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning in northeast Japan today after a strong earthquake struck off the east coast of Honshu.

Tansfer News: Liverpool Scott Carson will join West Brom after the two clubs agreed a £4million deal for the England man, while former Reds goalkeeper Brad Friedel has expressed his desire to leave Blackburn Rovers and West Ham's Robert Green

Job losses in the construction sector are accelerating as building activity contracts sharply, data released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) today showed.