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More from Punchestown where Elusive Ivy coped with a drop in distance to win the opening JLT Handicap Hurdle.Elusive Ivy knuckled down to claim victory in the JLT Handicap Hurdle at Punchestown.Gavin Cromwells mare struck gold at the track in far more testing conditions back in January and having run with some credit on her latest appearance at Fairyhouse, she was a 16/1 shot for the opening race on day three of the Festival.Conditional jockey Brien Kane produced his mount to lead on the run to the final flight and she had just enough left in the tank to hold on by three-quarters of a length from The Brock Inn, with Pakman and Seeyouallincoppers filling out the places.Cromwell saddles stable star Jers Girl in the Grade One Tattersalls Ireland Champion Novice Hurdle on Friday.He said: The little bit of juice in the ground helped her as I thought the two miles might be a bit sharp. Shes stays two and a half.Brien gave her a smashing ride and everything went to plan. The last three weeks she has really turned a corner. She got her summer coat and has been working really well.Shes been Jers Girls work companion so hopefully they have brought each other on.Shell stay going now and she could go chasing.Bright New Dawn got rolling late to claim top honours in the Three.ie Handicap Chase.Formerly trained by Dessie and Sandra Hughes before joining Gordon Elliott at the start of this season, the Gigginstown House Stud-owned nine-year-old is seriously talented but also difficult to predict.As well as winning at Clonmel twice since the turn of the year, he had disappointed at Cheltenham and Aintree and he was a 12/1 chance for his latest appearance.Jessica Harringtons 100/30 favourite Rock The World looked the likely winner after turning for home in front, where hed been since flag fall, but Bright New Dawn mowed him down after the final fence and got up by a length.Sizing Codelco was back in third.Bryan (Cooper) gave him a brilliant ride - I thought he was very good on him, said Elliott.Hes been a very frustrating horse. Hes either very good or very bad and there has been more bad unfortunately.He got a nice pot today and well keep him going and see what we can get with him.There was a thrilling climax to the Murray Spelman Handicap Hurdle, with Nicky Hendersons Cup Final (14/1) gaining a narrow verdict.Elliotts Jury Duty was a well-backed 5/1 favourite and his supporters must have been counting their money when he went clear from the home turn, but Cup Final finished with a wet sail under Robbie Power and got up by a short head.Willie Mullins saddled the third, fourth and fifth in Burgas, Tarabiyn and Haymount.Henderson said: Obviously with all the hail showers and rain, things have changed dramatically and its getting tough going out there.Robbie said he wasnt travelling from a very early stage. He crept and crept and it was a brave ride to come from there.He was just good enough. I was standing with Rich Ricci and a few others. They said yes and I said no. I would have settled for half.Elliott was back on the scoresheet in the Setanta Sports Mares Novice Hurdle as 6/4 favourite Missy Tata proved much too good for her opponents.Fourth in the Fred Winter at last months Cheltenham Festival, the four-year-old received all the allowances in this two-mile contest and eased nine lengths clear of Ria DEtel in the hands of leading conditional Jack Kennedy.Shes not a bad mare. She wasnt fit enough at Cheltenham, said Elliott.Im delighted for Jack after getting beat earlier (on Jury Duty). He gave her a grand ride and didnt panic.She loves soft ground and could be a mare to go to France. Ill talk to the owners and make plans.Invitation Only sent favourite-backers home happy with an all-the-way victory in the Kildare Post (C & G) INH Flat Race.Representing the same owner-trainer combination that claimed the prize 12 months ago with the top-class Yorkhill, the Mullins-trained five-year-old was sent off the heavily-supported 9/10 favourite following an impressive bumper debut at Navan last month.Patrick Mullins gradually wound up the gallop aboard the Andrea and Graham Wylie-owned gelding and while first Sunni May and then Blast Of Koeman tried to lay down challenges in the straight, Invitation Only saw them off fairly comfortably.The winning rider said: Hes a big, strong chaser really, by Flemensfirth, and I didnt want it to turn into a sprint. I wanted to control the pace and make it a stamina test.I love this horse, he does everything right at home.A clearly impressed Mullins senior said: He looks a decent sort. 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The Nashville Predators were glad their captain was still on their side. Weber had a goal and two assists, and Roman Josi scored the shootout winner to lift the Predators to a 4-3 win over the Flyers on Thursday night.SAINT-DENIS, France -- Portugals players frantically tended to Cristiano Ronaldos left knee but their tearful captain couldnt withstand the pain any longer.The Portuguese had to win their first major trophy the hard way, stunning host France in the European Championship final after playing without Ronaldo from the 25th minute through extra time on Sunday.Two hours after being carried off injured with the 1-0 victory secured by his battling teammates, the three-time world player of the year returned a champion for the first time with his country.I had bad luck because I had a small injury in the beginning of the game, but my colleagues did their part -- they run, they fight, said Ronaldo, who has already won every major club honor. Nobody believed in Portugal but we won.An unlikely scorer secured the pre-tournament outsiders a title at last.It could be an uncomfortable few months ahead for Eder, the unheralded striker who will return shortly to French club Lille after breaking French hearts with his 109th-minute goal.The ugly duckling became beautiful, Portugal coach Fernando Santos said.A second-half substitute, Eder scored only his fourth goal in 29 appearances for Portugal with a low shot from 25 meters (yards) past goalkeeper Hugo Lloris.Cristiano told me I would be scoring the winning goal, Eder said. He gave me strength and positive energy.In doing so, Portugal denied the French a third final victory on home soil to add to Euro 84 and the 1998 World Cup.Football can be very cruel, said Lloris, Frances captain. The overriding emotion is a lot of sadness.Twelve years after losing to Greece on home soil in their last appearance in the final, it was Portugals turn to spoil the host nations party. And they achieved it after winning only one of their seven games at Euro 2016 inside 90 minutes, and after losing the inspirational Ronaldo midway through the first half.It was tough because we lost our main man and we had all our hopes pinned on him because hes a player who can score a goal at any minute, Portugal defender Pepe said. When he said he couldnt go on, I tried to tell my teammates that we have to win it for him. That we were going to fight for him.It was a mostly dull and stodgy final but the record books will only show that Portugal went from third-place in its group to champion, and with little help from Ronaldo in its last match.The championships first 24-team tournament became a reality over the last month, but the quality of football deteriorated. Such a sterile showpiece -- the first European Championship final to be scoreless after 90 minuttes -- seemed a fitting climax.dddddddddddde werent clinical enough, said France coach Didier Deschamps who lifted the World Cup in the stadium as a player in 1998. We werent cool-headed enough.Even France forward Antoine Griezmann, the tournaments leading scorer, couldnt rise to the big occasion. There was no seventh goal of Euro 2016 from the Atletico Madrid forward, who also lost out in the Champions League final six weeks ago to Ronaldos Real Madrid.Griezmann was the first player to find the target, but his header was tipped over by Rui Patricio, who was formidable in the Portugal goal. When an inviting cross from Kingsley Coman was delivered in the 66th, Griezmann missed with a free header.Only once was Patricio beaten, when Andre-Pierre Gignacs shot hit the inside of the post but it came back out.Luck was on Portugals side, and Eder was able to strike the decisive blow.It didnt seem to be going Portugals way in the ninth minute when Dimitri Payets right knee clattered into Ronaldos standing left leg.Ronaldo went down in agony -- writhing, grimacing and screaming. He was able to return, but this was one injury he could not run off.Ronaldo fell to the turf again in the 17th. One of the moths infesting the national stadium fluttered over Ronaldos tearful right eye. Teammates tried to help in vain to help, with Nani tending to the knee.Ronaldo watched the game forlornly on the touchline as strapping was attached before dragging himself back onto the field.But Ronaldos mobility was restricted. Battling through the pain, regularly reaching down to check on the injury, Ronaldo realized there would be no miracle recovery.The clock hit 23 minutes and Ronaldo ripped off his captains armband and tossed it on the turf. Slumping to the ground again, Ronaldo was consoled by Nani, who embraced his former Manchester United teammate as the armband was transferred.The stretcher came on and in the 25th minute Ronaldo became a spectator. But thanks to Patricios array of saves and dogged defending, Ronaldo left a champion.Unlike his great rival Lionel Messi, the Argentina and Barcelona forward, the 31-year-old Ronaldo has now filled the medal void on the major international stage. Its a rapid turnaround for a national team that exited the 2014 World Cup in the group stage.Its something unbelievable in my career, Ronaldo said. 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