Chinese artist Song Dong has constructed a replica of Wembley stadium made entirely out of biscuits. The stadium is part of a ‘biscuit city’ on display in Selfridges in London. 72,000 biscuits were used in total to construct the ‘Biscuit city’ including Chocolate Digestives, Rich Tea, HobNobs and Fruit Shortcakes.

There will still be plenty of fun and excitement after the summer holidays this year because one of the world’s biggest sporting events, The Ryder Cup, is coming to Ireland!.

This year it will be in the K Club in Co. Kildare from the 22nd to the 24th of September. Colin Montgomery from Scotland and Ireland’s Paul McGinley will be up against the best from America, including the legendary Tiger Woods!

The European Team has won the last two competitions, but who knows what might happen this year!

Pet Fish Football Star

David Beckham may be one of the world’s best footballer’s but can he score goals under water! Albert Einstein, a fantail goldfish, is no ordinary pet goldfish.

He has learned to put a miniature soccer ball into a goal and swim through hoops and tubes!

9 year old Kyle Pomerleau from the United States has taught his pet fish to do special tricks with the help of his dad. Kyle bought a "finger soccer" kit from a local shop and put weights on the tiny net and ball so they would sink to the bottom of the tank Kyle fed treats to Albert the fish every time he swam towards the net. Eventually Albert learned to push the ball all the way into the back of the goal. Kyle likes to train his pet fish five or six training times a weeks.

Manchester United Captain, Roy Keane has been selected for an international dream team – as a toy!

The new Kick-O-Mania toys include four players from the Manchester United team – the others are Ryan Giggs, Cristiano Ronaldo and Ruud Van Nistelrooy.

It took six months for the company to finish the figure of Roy Keane and it was all done on computer.

The players then get to have look at the final product – Roy Keane was very happy with his figure!

Bridget Rossiter O'Flynn Kelly from Co. Wexford had an unlucky fall while trying to become the first-ever Irish woman to climb Mount Everest.

The climber had been returning to base camp at 22,000ft when she tripped and fell in the freezing weather of minus 30 degrees Celsius. She broke 2 of her fingers and could not continue the climb.

Bridget sees herself as lucky to be alive and says she was delighted that she had been given the chance to climb Everest.

Special Olympics Starting in less than 2 weeks.

Excitement is building up all over the world as preparations are made for the Special Olympics, which are taking place in Ireland this year. The Special Olympics torch was lit in Athen’s, Greece last week and is known as ‘the flame of hope’.

There is an exciting journey for the torch, which is travelling to a total of 17 cities in 15 different countries, finishing at the end of this week. The journey is 15,000km long.

The Special Olympics is also being celebrated throughout Ireland and the message is that everyone can get involved.

A lovely art exhibition opened in Blanchardstown last week to give people with learning disabilities the chance to express themselves, even if they are not good at sports. The Art show is called ‘Paint the Feeling’ and is part of the celebrations of the Special Olympics, which is the biggest sporting and cultural event taking place in the world this year.

The Special Olympics starts on the 21st of June and everyone will be able to watch the event on television.

 
Arsenal does the double

Arsenal completed a glorious double by ripping the championship title from Manchester United's grasp last night.

And, after seeing Sylvain Wiltord's 56th-minute strike leave Ferguson's men trophyless for the first time in three years, ÄA® Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger, insisted that the balance of power has shifted from Old Trafford to Highbury. The Gunners needed just one point to clinch the title but managed to secure two at United's homeground, maintaining their unbeaten league away game record.

Wenger declared: "We wanted tonight to represent a shift in power - and it has. We really looked solid. United never really threatened us and once we scored the goal I think they quickly realised that they weren't going to deny us. To win the league is fantastic. Now we must do it again next year and make sure the shift in power stays with us."

14 year old girl to climb Mount Everest
Alison Ray, who goes to the Dominican College in Taylor's Hill, Co. Galway, will join 19 others on the adventure to Nepal to climb Mount Everest.
Alison's mother, Fidelma is a member of the climbing group which includes the adventurer Pat Falvey from Cork, who is the only Irish man to have climbed the 7 highest peaks in the world.

The climb will mark the 50th anniversary of the first climb to the top of the 29,035 ft mountain.

Alison and her mum plan to climb as high as the base camp in Khumbu Glacier, which is 17,600 ft high.

The two hope to raise €15,000 for the charity, Croi through sponsorship for the expedition.

Alison's adventures will be recorded on the web site www.irisheverest2003.com. She plans to share what she is learning about other people's cultures live through a satellite link.

During the summer months Karen and Tara practised for two hours a day before going out to spend another four playing 18 holes of golf. This tough regime has helped Tara slice an incredible 11 shots off her handicap in one year while Karen has also dropped steadily downwards.

"I would love to continue playing golf when finished studying and perhaps become the female equivalent of Tiger Woods," said Karen. "I hope to travel to the US to study as part of a scholarship in sport that will allow me to continue my interest in golf. I couldn't imagine doing anything else to be honest. But women should be paid the same on the professional circuit as they work just as hard."

After sensational results during the summer, the Delaney sisters would have loved to see the golfing greats at Mount Juliet this week but they couldn't get tickets and are "bitterly disappointed". Karen says her golfing idols, Tiger Woods and Ireland's Padraig Harrington, are outstanding. "Tiger is really as good as People say but for me Padraig Harrington is just so cool. He puts so much work into his golf. It's only now that he's starting to break through but he really deserves it."

James and seven other dialysis/ and organ recipients competed in the Games - a "phenomenal experience", - and won a collective haul of 32 medals in Budapest. Fifteen years after his life-saving transplant operation, James today appealed to members of the public to "carry a donor card and save lives." "People have the power to give the gift of life and the need is huge," said James.

James runs Nolan's Butchers in Kilcullen, Co. Kildare and had a transplant operation in 1987 using a kidney from his beloved sister, a former model. Two years after his surgery, he wore the green jacket in Switzerland for the Irish senior international three-ay event. He then switched to racing and as an amateur jockey has competed in Naas, Punchestown, Ascot and Newmarket with two big wins. However, new EU regulations now mean that anyone who had a transplant cannot now hold a licence to race. But James biggest achievement is the €500,000 raised for the Punchestown Kidney Research Project which he founded in 1990.