The former Kerry footballer Pat Griffin, who passed away yesterday, has been described as “one of nature’s gentlemen”.

A GAA star recovering from gambling addiction has today urged authorities to clamp down on advertising in the sector.

Footballer Ched Evans has denied raping a teenager in a hotel room - insisting that she was not too drunk to give consent.

The girlfriend of England footballer Adam Johnson has told a jury that they have now split up and said he had admitted cheating on her with “quite a few” women.

A teenage girl has described how she met up with England footballer Adam Johnson for a “thank you kiss and more” after he signed football shirts for her.

England footballer Adam Johnson has pleaded guilty at Bradford Crown Court to one count of sexual activity with a child and one count of grooming.

The 70-year-old actress insisted that she cannot wear shorts in public because she hates her short pins, which she compared to soccer star Wayne Rooney's.

A retired former Chelsea footballer has won £5.5 million (€7.6m) on the Lotto.

Footballer Adam Johnson has been charged with three offences of sexual activity with a child under 16 and one of grooming.

Sligo footballers will be without All-Star defender Charlie Harrison for the rest of the season after it was confirmed that he had suffered a cruciate knee ligament injury.

Aaron Kernan said the vast majority of the Sunderland players he encountered couldn’t understand why he put so much into an amateur sports career.

England footballer Adam Johnson has been bailed until the middle of the month after police arrested him on suspicion of sexual activity with a girl under 16.

A footballer who broke an opponent’s leg with a ‘kung fu’-style tackle during a junior soccer match in Co Meath two years ago was spared jail yesterday.

A former inter-county Dublin footballer has gone on trial accused of breaking an off-duty garda’s jaw during a league match in Glasnevin nearly two years ago.