The Government has joined the growing backlash against US president Donald Trump’s racist attack on four Congresswomen.

In a series of messages on social media website Twitter in recent days, Mr Trump said Democratic congress woman Ilhan Omar, who is a Somali-born US citizen can "leave" the US along with her three other congresswomen known as The Squad if "they don't love our country".

At the end of last year this column took up the cudgels again in the GAA statistics battle, invoking Jorge Luis Borges in an effort to stimulate the debate.

Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn’t joking when he growled: “I’ll be back.”

Lady Gaga will make her acting debut in 'Machete Kills'.

Charlie Sheen will play the US President in 'Machete Kills'.

Zoe Saldana has signed up for 'Machete Kills'.

Amir Khan retained his WBA light-welterweight title with a thrilling points victory over Argentina’s Marcos Maidana in Las Vegas.

JOE CALZAGHE battled his way back from a first round knockdown to win a split decision war over Bernard Hopkins at the Thomas & Mack Center but the final bell did not spell the end of a fight week full of acrimony.

Joe Calzaghe battled back from a stunning first round knockdown to score a disputed split decision victory over Bernard Hopkins in Las Vegas and reign as light-heavyweight world number one.

Ricky Hatton will fly home to consider his fighting future this week after falling short in his quest to wrest the WBC welterweight title from Floyd Mayweather.

WHEN the end came, his undefeated status removed, Ricky Hatton met his fate with the same wit that had carried him through 14 weeks gruelling weeks of preparation, trash talking and media exposure.

Ricky Hatton ended the fight of his life flat on his back in Las Vegas on Saturday night but the gutsy manner of his 10th-round knockout defeat to the incomparable Floyd Mayweather had the ’Hit Man’ insisting: “I’ll be back”.

Ricky Hatton’s extraordinarily brave bid to wrest the WBC welterweight title from Floyd Mayweather ended when he was dramatically knocked out in the 10th round in Las Vegas tonight.

A US soldier convicted of rape and murder in an attack on an Iraqi teenager and her family has been sentenced to 110 years in prison.

A military jury has found a soldier guilty of murder following the rape and death of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and her family.

Ricky Hatton delivered a performance of vicious efficiency to hammer Jose Luis Castillo to fourth-round defeat in Las Vegas and secure his place in the pantheon of his generation’s pay-per-view superstars.

A US soldier has been sentenced to 100 years in prison for the gang rape and murder of an Iraqi girl and the killing of her family last year.

A soldier was sentenced to 90 years in prison with the possibility of parole in 20 years for conspiring to rape a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and kill her and her family.

WAYNE MCCULLOUGH has given himself five months to make it back to the top.