Play has been suspended in Surrey's County Championship clash with Middlesex after a "crossbow bolt landed on the square" at The Oval.

Dylan Hartley is considering swapping the Bible for rugby's law book after accepting responsibility for England's slow reaction to Italy's tactics at Twickenham on Sunday.

Theresa May faced claims that the British Government offered a "sweetheart deal" to a Tory-led council in order to scrap an embarrassing 15% tax hike.

Chelsea 3 Sunderland 1: Guus Hiddink will begin work at Chelsea’s plush Surrey training ground this morning with one of the biggest clubs in world football and an equally huge task in turning around their fortunes.

Music-loving soccer commentator George Hamilton has made a second career as a presenter of the Hamilton Scores on RTE Lyric FM. And in a way, he regards commentary a bit like a good jazz performance.

Despite his exalted place in UK hip-hop and a new collaboration with Major Lazer, rapper Roots Manuva is as modest and articulate as ever, writes Ed Power

Memory is more accurate when we close our eyes, according to findings with implications for investigating crime.

A senior Sun reporter has been found guilty of handling the stolen mobile phone of Labour MP Siobhain McDonagh to spy on private texts about the Miliband brothers’ leadership battle.

Australia batsman Phil Hughes remained in an induced coma and critical condition last night after being felled by a ‘bouncer’ at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Monday.

Police in London have made a second arrest over the disappearance of 14-year-old Alice Gross.

Team news for the Second Round of the Capital One Cup.

Thomas Hitzlsperger’s announcement he is gay has been described as “an important sign of our time” by Arsenal striker Lukas Podolski.

Former Aston Villa, West Ham and Germany international midfielder Thomas Hitzlsperger has announced he is gay in a bid to break the taboo of homosexuality in sport.

A review into a police force’s contacts with Jimmy Savile has concluded that there is no evidence its officers protected him from arrest or prosecution.

Merseyside Police have confirmed no action will be taken against Liverpool striker Luis Suarez following his bite on Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic yesterday.

The weather may be in danger of ruining Ireland’s RSA Challenge match against Australia but wicketkeeper Gary Wilson believes if the match does go ahead, adverse conditions could favour the hosts.

Had life taken a different turn, James Morrison may well have been occupying the crease at Trent Bridge today.

Ireland scraped past Italy to make it two wins from three in the ICC World Twenty20 qualifier in Dubai.

RUPERT MURDOCH’S company has agreed to pay £2 million (€2.3m) to the family of a murdered schoolgirl whose phone was hacked by the tabloid News of the World.

Surrey trainer Peter Winkworth is to retire at the end of the Turf season.

IRELAND have named a full-strength squad for next Thursday’s one-day international against England at Clontarf.

BUBBA WATSON made an early exit from the Alstom French Open in Paris yesterday, but not before lashing out at the lack of crowd control.

IRELAND’S cricket team has been “outrageously” excluded from the 2015 World Cup despite beating England and Pakistan in the last two competitions.

A post on Kevin Pietersen’s Twitter account has said the England batsman has been dropped from the one-day international squads for the series against Pakistan.

A year-long marathon to make Europe’s Ryder Cup team entered the final few laps at Gleneagles today, but 46-year-old Miguel Angel Jimenez did not appear to be feeling the strain.

Alex Cusack has been ruled out of Cricket Ireland's squad for their Intercontinental Cup and two ODIs against Canada.

IRELAND coach Philo Simmons has kept faith with the squad which played in the ICC World T20 last month when naming his 13-man squad for the RSA Challenge ODI against Australia at Clontarf on June 17.

Padraig Harrington had to settle for a level par 71 after running up a triple bogey eight on the long 17th in today's first round at the BMW PGA Championship in Wentworth.

England have received an encouraging fitness bulletin on flanker James Haskell ahead of next weekend’s RBS 6 Nations opener against Wales at Twickenham.

Ian Williams would rather have been concentrating on his National Hunt string at this time of year but capitalised on the winter shutdown with a 98-1 double on the all-weather at Lingfield.

Cricket Ireland have this morning announced the squads for the forthcoming Intercontinental Cup and RSA Challenge Series clashes with Kenya.

Sweden’s Fredrik Andersson Hed believes if he can maintain his ball-striking consistency he has a good chance at the Saint-Omer Open in northern France.

Sweden's Fredrik Andersson Hed carded six birdies in a blemish-free round of 65 to claim a one-stroke lead on the first day of the St Omer Open in northern France.

IRELAND coach Phil Simmons admits he would be “very disappointed” if his team do not make the quarter-finals of the World Twenty20.

Brian O’Driscoll is ready to have his ’A game’ with him on arrival in South Africa today for the eagerly-awaited British and Irish Lions tour.

Ireland's preparations for their Friends Provident Trophy clash with Worcestershire at Stormont on Sunday have been dealt a severe blow by the late withdrawal of their talismanic skipper William Porterfield.

Gary Wilson has been added to Ireland's squad for their first Friends Provident Trophy game with Worcestershire at Stormont on Sunday.

Four Irish golfers will find out later today if they have secured a place on next year's European Tour.

IRELAND will have one eye on the Nairobi skies over the next four days as they seek to beat Kenya and secure a place in the InterContinental Cup final for a third successive time.

All-rounder Kevin O’Brien steered Ireland to another victory as they booked their place at next year’s World Twenty20 in England with a four-wicket win over Kenya.

IRELAND’S hopes of qualifying for next year’s Twenty20 World Cup qualifiers received a huge boost with the news that the squad’s English-based county cricketers will be available for next month’s qualifiers as well as the upcoming European Championships.

Ireland have announced their squads for the forthcoming T20 clash with Bangladesh 'A' at Eglinton on Friday, and the 50-over clash with the same opposition at Bangor on Sunday.

Ireland have named an unchanged squad for their forthcoming Friends Provident Trophy games this weekend.

TRALEE’S Denis Dunworth has been named in the An Post Sean Kelly Development squad for the traditional Pauline Sugrue/Ras Mumhan 4-Day International Cycle Race over the Easter weekend.