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The Morning Score: Thursday

Paul O’Connell sweats on final decision, Robbie Keane scuppers his proposed move and racing chiefs watch the skies.

EVERY MORNING, TheScore.ie brings you the sport stories you need to know with your morning coffee

1. #BAN Paul O’Connell will find out today if his four-week ban is to be reduced by the ERC.

Munster confirmed yesterday that they lodged an appeal with the ERC after the second row was suspended for striking Ospreys player Jonathon Thomas.

2. #FINE Aidan O’Brien was yesterday fined just over €12,000 by the British Horseracing Authority disciplinary panel, because of the Cape Blanco affair at York in May, the Irish Examiner reports.

3. #GOOD YEAR US champion and Ryder Cup team hero Graeme McDowell was last night named RTÉ Sportsperson of the Year.

4. #KEANO Robbie Keane’s proposed move to West Ham collapsed when the Ireland striker demanded an eye-watering £1million bonus should the Hammers avoid relegation.

5. #LEAGUE Next year’s All-Ireland Championships are set to kick-off with Roscommon travelling to face New York on May 1.

6. #RETURN Under-pressure Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson says he isn’t bothered by talk of a return to Anfield of Rafa Benitez.

The Spaniard returned to Merseyside after his sacking by Inter Milan.

7. #ROVERS Elsewhere in the Premier League, Blackburn have appointed Steve Kean as their manager until the end of the season.

Sam Allardyce was fired last week.

8. #SNOW PATROL Racing authorities are making alternative plans for the Christmas schedule as the big freeze continues.

Leopardstown racecourse yesterday decided to postpone their St Stephen’s Day meeting until December 30.

9. #YOUTUBE We’ll compile our weekly viral chart later today. Get your suggestions in.

[H/T Balls.ie]

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