Aston Villa are making a determined effort to bring John Terry to the club.

More than 5,000 young dancers will be in Killarney, Co Kerry, for the 2015 An Comhdháil World Irish Dance Championships which starts on Saturday.

Motorsport: Organisers of the Irish Forest Rally Championship received a major boost at their awards ceremony in Clonmel on Saturday night with the announcement that Valvoline will underpin the series for the next three seasons.

Although Monaghan’s Josh Moffett (pictured) is officially listed to drive his usual Mitsubishi EvoIX at Sunday’s Sligo Rally, the 22-year-old will make his debut in the Ford Fiesta WRC his brother Sam drove to victory in the Rally of the Lakes last May.

Republic of Ireland U21 international central defender John Egan has been handed the chance to sign for League Two side Southend United after being released by Sunderland.

World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association chairman Jason Ferguson has defended the new UK Championship format after criticism from some of the world's leading players.

Red Bull has launched an official protest against Mercedes in the wake of their rivals conducting a secret tyre test with Pirelli.

Golf’s governing bodies were too slow to act on legislating anchored putting strokes but are now determined to “do the right thing,” according to R&A chief executive Peter Dawson.

Cork-born racing driver Matt Griffin has signed for the Silverstone-based Ram Racing and will contest the European Le Mans Series (ELMS).

Manchester United are now the clear favourites to sign the highly-rated Wilfried Zaha after Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger denied interest.

Npower Championship side Charlton have secured the services of highly-rated Arsenal midfielder Emmanuel Frimpong on loan.

At the end of the first leg of Rally Finland, round eight of the World Rally Championship, the Irish crew of Craig Breen/Paul Nagle (Ford Fiesta S2000) hold fourth place in the S-WRC category.

Championship clubs have voted in favour of introducing a groundbreaking new financial fair play model, the Football League announced today.

IRISH interest in next month’s Monte Carlo Rally, the opening round of the 2012 World Rally Championship, has been severely diluted as Tyrone’s Kris Meeke and his Kerry co-driver, Paul Nagle do not appear on the 89-strong entry list that was announced earlier this week.

ALL-IRELAND SENIOR HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP QUARTER-FINAL RESULT: Galway 2-13 Waterford 2-23

Leeds will be obliged to publish the names of their owners after the Football League clubs today agreed a number of new rules to secure a bumper package of solidarity payments from the Premier League.

PAT MURRAY has the ideal opportunity to show the Irish selectors the error of their ways in the 108th South of Ireland Championship which begins at Lahinch today.

KEVIN DOYLE is considering a £7m (€8.3m) move to Wolverhampton Wanderers after holding talks with the newly-promoted Premier League club last weekend.

Keith Fahey says he can't wait to get stuck into life as a Birmingham City player after signing a pre-contract agreement with the Championship club.

The Football League have ruled in favour of Derby in the disagreement with Championship rivals QPR over ticket prices.

Reigning World Rally champion Sebastien Loeb won the Acropolis Rally in Greece today to reclaim the lead in the drivers’ championship.

Leeds United today appointed administrators who immediately agreed to sell the club back to a newly-formed company led by Ken Bates.

Trainer Michael Jarvis believes Galient has “an outside chance” in the Ladbrokes St Leger at York on Saturday.

Birmingham manager Steve Bruce has warned clubs like his are being forced to recruit from abroad due to lower-league clubs demanding inflated transfer fees.

Leeds have signed Eddie Lewis on a free transfer after the American winger left Championship rivals Preston.

Cork City striker Kevin Doyle is currently in Reading undergoing a medical and could sign for the English Championship club this evening.

Former Leeds chairman Peter Ridsdale was today in talks with an unnamed Coca-Cola Championship club as he looks to get involved in football again.

Fulham 2 Watford 0

Australia’s Mark Webber insists he will be happy to see Giancarlo Fisichella belatedly awarded victory in the Brazilian Grand Prix this morning – even though it could cost him his first points with Jaguar.