Try given: Danie Poolman turns away after scoring his second for Connacht yesterday

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2014 Grand National winner Pineau De Re being ridden out by Chris Ward in training

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Jon Walters celbrates Stoke’s third against the Gunners

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In the shadow of the America’s Cup

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My ball! Duke’s Justin Winslow, front, and Wisconsin’s Duje Dukan contest the basketball

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The concentration on Nathan Adrian’s face says it all

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Oscar attempts an overhead kick in heavy traffic

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With Whiteface Mountain in the background, there could be worse places for Kiberley McRae to go about the day job

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Tommy Bowe digs into the journalists’ sandwiches at an Ulster press conference

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Even John Muldoon’s beard can’t protect him from the cold

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Swords Thunder’s Conor Gallagher

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The kettle bell Paulie is using is actually made of the tears of Australian and South African internationals

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‘This is something we can actually win; this is a bid to win’ – Enda Kenny

With money no object, Manchester United will target the world’s finest next summer