A round-up of some of today's other sport's stories...

CRICKET:  India's Tendulkar sets world record for test runs

 Sachin Tendulkar eclipsed Brian Lara's world record for most test runs yesterday to help India reach 311 for five on the first day of the second Test against Australia in Mohali.

Tendulkar passed his target with three runs after tea to beat the 11,953 West Indian Lara scored before he retired from international cricket in 2007.

Tendulkar went on to hit 88 after Australian left-arm paceman Mitchell Johnson led a splendid fightback on a good batting pitch.

India, who began well after winning the toss, wobbled after Johnson's double strike before tea contributed to three wickets tumbling for 17 runs.

Tendulkar shared in a 142-run fifth-wicket partnership with Saurav Ganguly to rescue the innings from 163 for four and go past 12,000 runs in tests.

He eventually fell when he edged debutant paceman Peter Siddle to Matthew Hayden at slip off the second new ball late in the day.

GAELIC FOOTBALL: O'Connor tipped for Kerry return

As the Kerry county executive set the county board meeting of November 10th as their deadline to come up with a new senior football manager to replace Pat O'Shea, the talk of who would actually take over continued yesterday following O'Shea's decision to step down late on Thursday afternoon, reports Ian O'Riordan.

One early rumour was that two former All-Ireland-winning players, Eoin Liston and Ger O'Keeffe, would be going forward as a joint ticket, but Liston yesterday ruled himself out of contention, stating he had no interest in going forward for the position at present.

The former manager Jack O'Connor, who stepped down in surprising circumstances after guiding Kerry to the 2006 title, has been installed as the joint

6 to 4 favourite for the job by Boylesports.

Seán Geaney, who was part of O'Shea's backroom team and also guided Kerry to an All-Ireland under-21 title earlier this year, is also rated 6 to 4 for the post.

Meath return to square one

Following the breakdown in the process of appointing a new Meath senior football manager to succeed Colm Coyle, who stepped down in July, it's a case of going back to square one: clubs in the county have been invited to submit fresh nominations for the vacancy by next Wednesday.

It was expected the name of the new boss would be unveiled at the county board meeting in Simonstown last Monday night.

But there was no decision at the preceding management committee session and two members of the interview panel subsequently opted out.

One of the leading candidates for the position, the former Westmeath and Longford manager Luke Dempsey, who had been tipped for the post, subsequently withdrew from the race.

TENNIS: Federer to meet Murray again

Roger Federer set up a rerun of his US Open final against Andy Murray by dispatching the rising Argentinian Juan Martin del Potro 6-3, 6-3 in the Madrid Masters quarter-finals yesterday.

World number two Federer aggressively picked off the 20-year-old's second serves, breaking his rhythm and forcing him into errors.

"He's the best player in the world. He doesn't give you any chances," said the ninth-ranked del Potro, who has won four ATP titles this year.

"I'll need a little time to be able to make the next level," he added.

Murray showed why he could be among those to challenge the established order at the top of the rankings by playing one of his best matches of the season to outclass Gael Monfils of France 6-2, 6-2.

The 21-year-old Scot said: "Playing against Federer is always a great challenge. I've played well against him in the past, apart from at the US Open.

"I'll definitely be much more relaxed tomorrow."

SNOOKER: Trump too hot for O'Sullivan

Ronnie O'Sullivan (above) crashed out of the Royal London Watches Grand Prix after a shock defeat to teenage qualifier Judd Trump.

'The Rocket' went down to a surprise 5-4 loss at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre, having let slip a 3-2 lead against his 19-year-old opponent from Bristol.

Trump, the world number 41, pinched the sixth frame on the final pink to draw level. The next two frames were shared before Trump clinched victory.