So Andy Farrell opted to play safe last weekend with his selection against Scotland? Really?

Oh, and not forgetting nightmares too. It’s all up for grabs for ireland at Euro 2012, says football correspondent Liam Mackey

BRIAN Cody and Mel C of the Spice Girls — an unlikely combination?

Bryan Habana and Victor Matfield have been ruled out of South Africa’s World Cup clash against Fiji in Wellington on Saturday.

SOUTH AFRICA’S World Cup-winning coach Jake White has expressed surprise at Ireland’s poor display in Saturday’s opening Autumn International at the Aviva Stadium.

THE old cricket verse, At Lord’s, puts it better than we ever could: O my Hornby and my Barlow long ago.

South Africa's World Cup organising chief has said he may ban vuvuzelas from inside stadiums after complaints from broadcasters and supporters.

Fulham have signed South African international midfielder Kagisho Dikgacoi, for an undisclosed fee.

Tommy Bowe has admitted he still cannot quite believe just how well his move to the Ospreys has worked out for him.

IT’S only after 10am and already the searing heat and humidity of a typical west Africa day begins to force tiring locals under the shade of dusty makeshift shelters.

Ian McGeechan will lead the 2009 British and Irish Lions tour to South Africa, it was confirmed this morning.

WORLD Cup superstar Bryan Habana has led the tributes to departing Springboks coach Jake White, declaring: “He has taken us on an unbelievable journey.”

The Lions will cast their net beyond the four home unions in their search for the right coach to lead the 2009 tour to South Africa.

IT WAS the comments of South Africa’s World Cup-winning captain John Smit that resonated most over the weekend.

In-coming European tour chief executive George O’Grady today described as “extraordinary” the pressure being put on world number two Ernie Els to play more events in America.

Ryder Cup hopeful David Howell picked up where he left off when the BMW International Open – the final qualifying event for Europe’s side – resumed in Munich today.

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Joost van der Westhuizen today warned South Africa’s World Cup rivals that his squad are motivated by the unifying spirit of 1995 and the historic day the Springboks were handed the World Cup by president Nelson Mandela.

South Africa’s World Cup campaign suffered a major setback today when flanker Joe van Niekerk was ruled out of the tournament.

A HUMAN rights protest marked the start of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s controversial visit to Paris for a Franco-African summit, and one activist filed a complaint to urge the African leader’s arrest on torture charges.

South Africa’s US Open hero Retief Goosen carded a six-under-par 66 for a one-shot lead over three-time defending champion Tiger Woods at the halfway stage of the 36-hole PGA Grand Slam of Golf in Hawaii - the event for the season’s four Major winners.