Thierry Henry has announced his retirement from football and will return to London to take up a role in the media.

WHEN he retired from playing in 2008, Anthony Foley thought it might be wise to step away from rugby for a while.

Paul Hollywood was shocked by Mary Berry's naughty comments in the new series of 'Great British Bake Off'.

Eamon Dunphy perpetual trophy for post-match entertainment: Davy Fitz

The High Court has ordered the winding up of Eventelephant, a software firm which creates webpages to advertise and sell tickets for various events.

In recent weeks, a number of senior inter-county officials have met with representatives of Edge 10, a sophisticated predictive performance monitoring and management software system.

We are not like other clubs who can spend fortunes on proven goods.

Arsene Wenger must hate August 15.

Bolton midfielder Fabrice Muamba, whose heart stopped for 78 minutes after he collapsed during a live televised match, will receive an Honorary Doctorate later today.

Republic of Ireland under-21 manager Noel King has announced his squad for the forthcoming internationals against Denmark and Italy.

CROKE PARK will not be seeing any American Football action this year after the NFL confirmed they have ruled out staging a second regular season game in Europe in 2012.

STRIKES in protest at austerity measures delayed flights in Paris, grounded traffic in Belgium and promised headaches for travellers around Europe.

ARSENE WENGER wants Arsenal to continue being “humble and progressive” rather than contemplating a tilt at the Barclays Premier League title.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger will serve a two-match Champions League suspension after his appeal against the punishment was rejected by UEFA.

Arsenal have announced that they will offer to buy another away ticket for those fans who travelled to Old Trafford yesterday to watch their team lose 8-2 to Manchester United.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger will be allowed to be at pitch-side for tomorrow’s Champions League play-off second leg against Udinese after UEFA agreed to defer his two-match ban.

ARSENAL will fight Arsene Wenger’s latest touchline ban imposed by UEFA — which would see the Gunners boss forced to watch tomorrow night’s crunch Champions League play-off against Udinese from the stands.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has received a two-match ban from UEFA for breaching the terms of a previous Champions League suspension.

UEFA have opened disciplinary proceedings against Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger for allegedly breaching the terms of his Champions League touchline ban.

Galatasaray have confirmed they are in talks to sign out-of-favour Arsenal midfielder Emmanuel Eboue.

THEO WALCOTT maintains Arsenal have the perfect opportunity to banish the memory of Sunday’s miserable home defeat to Newcastle when they head to relegation-battlers Wolves tomorrow night.

Arsenal have launched an appeal against the sending-off of central defender Laurent Koscielny.

Barcelona “flatly deny” they have reached an agreement with Cesc Fabregas which would see the Arsenal captain return to the Nou Camp at the end of the season.

THE heart was ripped out of an entire village by the death of a young garda who was killed after a car ploughed into his patrol vehicle, his state funeral heard yesterday.

The heart was ripped out of an entire village by the death of a young garda who was killed after a car ploughed into his patrol, his State funeral heard today.

Arsenal striker Eduardo just wants to focus on tomorrow’s Champions League clash against Standard Liege after his two-match ban was annulled by UEFA.

ARSENAL striker Eduardo last night had his two-match Champions League ban overturned by UEFA, but Manchester City striker Emmanuel Adebayor must wait until today to discover if he is to be punished by the FA for his indiscretions in City’s controversial 4-2 win over the Gunners on Saturday.

Arsenal have won their appeal against the two-match ban awarded to Eduardo, governing body UEFA have confirmed.

Manchester United will find out on Monday whether their appeal against the red card issued to Darren Fletcher in the Champions League semi-final second leg against Arsenal has been successful.

Republic of Ireland women’s senior international manager, Noel King has announced a 21-strong squad to face Iceland in the UEFA EURO 2009 women’s championship play-off on 26th and 30th October.

Arsene Wenger has insisted he will not meet Emmanuel Adebayor next week for talks on the striker’s future at Arsenal.

The Examiner’s football correspondent Liam Mackey likes a good argument when he hears it, and he’s got strong views of his own.

ARSENAL captain Gilberto Silva admits he has found it difficult to watch Arsene Wenger’s side storm to the top of the Barclays Premier League while he kicks his heels on the bench.

Naming rights for the new Lansdowne Road Stadium could earn the IRFU and FAI around €75m over 15 years, it emerged today.

Republic of Ireland Women's team manager Noel King has added defender Grace Murray (Dundalk City) and goalkeeper Catriona Connolly (Sligo IT) to his squad for Sunday’s UEFA Championship Qualification opener against Hungary at Tolka Park, kick-off 3pm.

ASHLEY Cole’s agent Jonathan Barnett has been fined £100,000 (€149,000) and had his licence suspended after being declared “a prime mover” in fixing the infamous meeting between the England defender and Chelsea.

Ashley Cole’s agent Jonathan Barnett has been fined £100,000 (€149,400) and had his licence suspended after being declared a “prime mover” in fixing the infamous meeting between the England defender and Chelsea.

FIFA have cleared Arsenal of any breach of ownership rules over their investment in Belgian club Beveren.

Fenerbahce insist no deal is imminent after being linked with a move for Arsenal’s England defender Sol Campbell.

The Football Association have charged agent Jonathan Barnett following his alleged involvement in an illegal meeting between Arsenal full-back Ashley Cole and Chelsea.

Sports development centres should be set up around the country to help nurture youngsters, former soccer international Liam Brady said tonight.

Arsenal striker Robin van Persie will serve a one-match Champions League ban for his dismissal against FC Thun, UEFA have confirmed.

Liam Mackey