Travel operator Thomas Cook said it had agreed the main terms of a rescue package that will see Hong Kong’s Fosun Tourism take over its tour operations and creditor banks and bondholders acquire its airline.

Some people say TV has ruined sport but there’s a strong case to argue that the opposite is true, writes Brendan O'Brien

So, this lovely image of Bob Marley adorning Bohemians’ new away strip: Does it mean that, next season, when it’s nil-nil late on and the opposition score, we will be entitled to refer to the goal as “breaking the dreadlock”?

If ever there was a microcosm of the battle for hearts and minds in Australian sport, then today’s fare is it.

A Connemara bar on an Easter Sunday afternoon — pints and fish-and- chips and plenty of fun. There are locals and blow-ins, tourists, day-trippers and weekenders. By 5pm, the place is full. 

Robbie Brady proved himself a future Irish captain in waiting, and other lessons from last night...

Sports players are risking their lives because of the lack of a cohesive strategy to deal with concussion, the chair of the Oireachtas health committee has warned.

IN the early 1980s, the Canadian writer Margaret Atwood wrote about why men fear women — they fear that women may laugh at them — and why women fear men — they fear that men may kill them. And Germaine Greer famously wrote how few women have little idea of the extent many men hate them. Nah, you might think. Surely not.

Technology designed to eliminate sporting mistakes can result in fake footage, writes Tim Moynihan

Spanish soccer continues to reach new heights.

QPR defender Ryan Nelsen has been appointed head coach at Major League Soccer club Toronto FC but has not yet left the west London club.

A group of Manchester United fans accused the American Glazer family of milking the English Premier League soccer team for cash after IPO terms revealed that they planned to take half of the proceeds of its flotation.

I am a 13-year-old boy and recently as I took my seat to watch a cup game, I couldn’t help but wonder if the game would pass without incident or would it be marred by scenes of violence and racial abuse.

Liverpool defender Sebastian Coates will be given plenty of time to settle into his new surroundings but first team coach Steve Clarke is confident the Uruguay international is ready to play.

AS I grew up, soccer and GAA were played in equal measure within my area.

THEY may be under threat of being banned from World Cup football stadiums but the vuvuzela is here to stay as mobile phone users can keep the sound in their pockets.

CELTIC fans have made a veiled threat to boycott away games in protest against the Scottish Football Association.

Celtic fans have made a veiled threat to boycott away games in protest against the Scottish Football Association.

Chelsea will lodge their intention to appeal against FIFA’s transfer ban with the Court of Arbitration for Sport today.

The sword that has been hanging threateningly over Setanta's head finally fell tonight after the Premier League cut off the Irish broadcaster's main football lifeline.

THEY’RE one nil down and time’s nearly up. Cash-strapped broadcaster Setanta needs to find just over €100m to meet its short-term obligations to the Premiership and the English FA.

The Scottish Premier League have told Setanta they fully expect them to honour their current television deal.

THEY may be the best team in the world on the pitch, but Manchester United must play second fiddle off of it.

THE dominance of debt-laden Premier League clubs in Europe will soon come to an end as the global financial crisis takes hold, according to a leading football finance expert.

Steve McClaren claims he has turned down offers to manage overseas but insists he is willing to move abroad or even step into the Coca-Cola Championship.

Manchester United could overhaul Spanish giants Real Madrid as the world’s biggest revenue-generating club within two seasons.

Rangers chairman David Murray has not ruled out the club passing into foreign hands when he stands down.

ROY KEANE was last night on the brink of fulfilling a boyhood dream in joining Glasgow Celtic.

Blackburn Rovers’ United States goalkeeper Brad Friedel has announced his retirement from international football.

Rangers midfielder Emerson insists he is being frozen out by manager Alex McLeish because he was bought by David Murray and not the Ibrox boss.

The English Premier League tonight voted in favour of the principle of introducing a winter break during the football season.

The EU struck a deal with the Premier League today to settle their dispute over one of the richest television contracts in European sports, raising hopes that top English football games will be shown live on free-to-air television for the first time.

SCOTTISH Football Association chief executive David Taylor insists any move to England by the Old Firm would result in chaos for the game north of the border.

The English Premier League was today accused of illegal price-fixing over the sale of exclusive broadcasting rights to screen matches.

Malaysian police have smashed a World Cup soccer related illegal betting operation.