The 2016 European Championships could be a target for terror attacks, the US State Department has warned.

Martin O’Neill believes Roy Keane is prime club manager material again after two years as his assistant, but the Republic of Ireland manager is also of the view that the Manchester United legend is in “no mad rush” to swap his national role for a day-to-day brief in the UK.

Edmund Sexton had an exceptional weekend. On Saturday at Ballinagree he won the feature score of the Donagh Murphy-Kingston Fund and on Sunday he won the Dutch Moors European championship trials at Castletownkenneigh.

Ireland head into the weekend knowing any chance of qualifying for the 2016 European Championships will rely heavily on six points from the next two games.

Gary Daly reversed his Munster senior final defeat by beating David Murphy in the last shot of a thrilling Denis McGarry Cup final at Whitechurch .

Aidan Desmond was a comprehensive winner over Michael Barry in the Munster Junior C final at Whitechurch on Saturday.

Coach Didier Deschamps has not ruled out handing Thierry Henry one last taste of international football with France.

Martin O’Neill has dismissed the theory, fanciful though it may have been in the first place, a sated German side, still celebrating its recent achievements, can be caught napping when the sides meet in October.

Do a search for ‘World Cup’ and ‘simulation’ on the internet and you’ll find all sorts of predictions, most of them wrong.

Roy Hodgson will remain as England manager until the end of Euro 2016, FA chairman Greg Dyke has said.

Roy Hodgson will remain as England manager until the end of Euro 2016, FA chairman Greg Dyke has said.

Days after another stunning success and days before the Irish squad for the World Equestrian Games (WEG) is announced, it’s a case of what will be will be for eventer Aoife Clark.

Former Republic of Ireland manager Brian Kerr does not believe Roy Keane will be the automatic choice to eventually succeed Martin O’Neill.

Roy Keane may find he is perfectly suited to being in the number two seat, according to his old enemy and international team-mate, Jason McAteer.

France were today named by UEFA as the hosts of the 2016 European Championships.

The Scottish and Welsh football associations are set for crunch talks in February over the prospect of co-hosting the 2016 European Championships.

The head of the North's soccer governing body is keen to have further talks with his Scottish counterparts over the prospect of helping them host the 2016 European Championships.

The Scottish Football Association today confirmed holding “tentative” talks with Wales and Northern Ireland over co-hosting the 2016 European Championships.

KAZAKHSTAN coach Bernd Storck is on a mission to get his country known for football rather than comedy character Borat — and he is deadly serious about facing England at Wembley.