Balotelli.

It’s not true that there were no positives to be taken from Ireland’s depressing Euro 2012. In defeat, even more than in victory, the magnificent Irish support once again did the country proud.

Bewitched, bothered, bewildered — and beaten out of sight.

HELLO, sports fans! Do you feel unrefreshed while attending a big match? Want to party like it’s 1999, but not pay Celtic Tiger prices for a pint?

ONE HUNDRED and twenty eight years after the first ball was kicked in anger, the curtain finally came down on international action at the world’s oldest rugby arena yesterday.

IT’S BEEN the perfect start to a rugby season for Ireland, encouraging enough for Australia captain Stirling Mortlock to suggest that Ireland could be a potent force in next year’s World Cup.

Two Celtic footballers have denied making sectarian chants at a supporters’ function.

Celtic have refused to comment on a report that two players were captured on an amateur video featuring sectarian chants.

Former European Cup finalists Munster face the daunting prospect of travelling away from home in this season’s knock-out stages after struggling to beat Harlequins at Twickenham.