A woman facing sentencing for shoplifting went ‘robbing’ again during a lunchbreak in court and the sentencing judge said her offending was almost frightening.

Adidas said supply shortages for North America will be fixed by the end of the year and that the European market should return to growth, after the German sportswear company reported weaker-than-expected second-quarter sales and profits.

After originally announcing new record i,i for the end of the month, Bon Iver took the music world by surprise with the digital release of the new album.

Hugo Boss expects full-year sales and earnings to come in at the lower end of its forecasts due to challenges in the US market, despite strong sales growth in China.

Millennials’ fondness for athleisure wear helped retailer JD Sports Fashion defy Britain’s retail gloom and beat full-year earnings expectations.

The English Championship is to the Premier League what Puma is to adidas. Well regarded in its own right — at last count the third most-watched league in Europe — it will always exist in the shadow of its bigger brother, writes Brendan O'Brien.

Update: Aleksejs Snitko has been found safe and well this evening.

All remains quiet — so far — on the injury front as Joe Schmidt’s Ireland squad turns its attention to the serious business of this November test window.

Puma is launching a campaign to mark the 50th anniversary of US sprinter Tommie Smith’s black-gloved salute at the 1968 Olympics. Rival Nike recently scored a hit with an ad featuring a current activist for racial equality.

Mere weeks into the new season and rugby is already in crisis mode.

Kim Kardashian’s younger sister is said by ‘Forbes’ to be worth $900m, writes Joyce Fegan.

Contepomi has been working as a coach with the Argentina national team.

Pink is still the first colour with which girls gender-identify and can be a rallying hue, writes Rachel Marie Walsh.

Toulon coach Fabien Galthie is hopeful that French captain Guilhem Guirado will be fit for Saturday’s Champions Cup showdown against Munster at Thomond Park.

Veteran Argentine international Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe is doubtful for Saturday’s Champions Cup quarter-final against Munster but the task facing Peter O’Mahony’s men was laid out in no uncertain terms in Toulon yesterday.

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Tralee start-up is using 3D manufacturing to make home decor for retailing giant Ikea, writes Trish Dromey

Connacht 50 Oyonnax 14: The road to Bilbao has now become clear for Connacht.

Those who insist there is no such thing as a ‘friendly’ in Test rugby found their argument undermined on Saturday as a stadium slumbered and two teams went about their largely bloodless and perfunctory business.

Devin Toner may reach for the sky but horizontal seems to be the default mode.

Two years? It feels like a lifetime.

While most soccer-loving fans around the globe will be glued to their televisions next year during the World Cup, restaurants and cinemas around Italy might find themselves extra busy during the summer.

Puma has increased its full-year forecasts for the second time in three months as the German sporting-goods maker brought forward figures showing a jump in quarterly sales and profit. The shares surged up to 7%, extending their gain this year to 44%.

The game was littered with red cards.

There are questions. And then there are the leading questions, more important even than the Five Things We Learned. Here’s 40 head-scratchers in advance of today’s Croke Park shenanigans.

Puma has reported second-quarter profits that topped analysts’ estimates as the German sportswear maker got a lift from Euro 2016 and a focus on the women’s market.

Suzi Godson says that sooner or later every other part of your anatomy will head south to keep your scrotum company.

The world’s largest oil traders are scraping the bottom of the barrel in search of their next big opportunity.

Adidas, Nike, and Puma will be relying more on individuals to sell football boots, shirts and accessories during Euro 2016 over the coming month.

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