Tom Brady and the New England Patriots are going back to the Super Bowl in search of a sixth title and will face a Philadelphia Eagles team looking for their first Lombardi Trophy.

Who’d be a sports administrator, wonders Michael Moynihan

Sensational!

His season will end either in New York or Wembley but for this dilemma it’s natural for Eunan O’Kane to put club ahead of country.

After their summer heroics, Iceland manager Heimir Hallgrimsson hopes his team can use tonight’s friendly against Ireland to further rid themselves of the hangover which followed.

The Co Wicklow studios where the hit series Vikings, is shot has made a fresh bid for a €90m expansion that would create 1,500 movie-related jobs.

The Minnesota Vikings continued their perfect start to the NFL season last night with a 24-10 victory over the New York Giants.

Aaron Rodgers has two NFL MVP awards and one Super Bowl ring, and he’s in his ninth season as the starter for Green Bay. Sam Bradford was never on a winning team over his first six years in the league. He had 15 days to learn Minnesota’s offence, then lost his Hall of Fame calibre running back to injury in the third quarter.

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Gardaí are investigating an arson attack and break-in at a 140-year-old boat club, which is located at the historic spot where Nordic Vikings and their warships landed off the River Shannon to invade Limerick City.

The latest acting veteran who may have joined the cast of Game of Thrones is Richard E Grant, according to unconfirmed reports in the UK.

Frank and Patrick’s Day have topped the list for film nominations with nine, while both Love/Hate and Vikings have the highest number of nominations for a television programme with seven.

Out of bed at seven.

Arizona Cardinals running back Jonathan Dwyer became the latest NFL player this week to be sidelined by his team due to off-field legal issues.

Minnesota Vikings have announced that running back Adrian Peterson has been suspended indefinitely from all team activities amid his child abuse case.

Minnesota Vikings have announced that running back Adrian Peterson has been suspended indefinitely from all team activities amid his child abuse case.

American football player Adrian Peterson has been indicted in Texas on a charge of child abuse after using a branch to discipline his son.

A key account of a battle which came to define Irish identity may have been fabricated, a researcher has claimed as the country marks the millennium of the Battle of Clontarf.

Viking warriors are set to come to Ireland next year, but according to the Danish ambassador they will be on their best behaviour this time.

Darragh Fanning has said it is a dream come true to be part of the Leinster squad this season.

John Riordan runs the rule over those hoping to impress in the new NFL season.

The concept of a regular season NFL game coming to Ireland has been given the thumbs up by three Minnesota Vikings stars who attended a Sky Roadshow event at Croke Park this week.

With the clock winding down, Ray Lewis walked to the centre of the field to soak it all in.

With the NFL play-offs kicking off this weekend, attention will be divided between three star rookies and one retiring veteran in the most wide-open football post-season in recent years.

It’s December.

Festival-goers in Waterford have been urged to arrive with empty stomachs tomorrow to help gobble up the world’s biggest bowl of porridge.

It was, as Edmund Blackadder would say, the worst mistake since the Vikings ordered 80,000 battle helmets with the horns on the inside.

AMERICAN sport has always been a movable feast.

THE Green Bay Packers survived a scare from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers before sealing a hard-fought 35-26 win to match their best start to an NFL season in nearly half a century.

Chris Hemsworth had to “forcefeed” himself to get in shape for ‘Thor’.

CONCUSSION ruled Brett Favre out of his own swansong as his 20-year career in the NFL came to an end yesterday.

MILLIONS of Christmas travellers were caught in the wintry grip of a massive blizzard yesterday that brought chaos to air, road and train transit across the eastern United States.

IT BEGAN as one of the worst NFL games anybody in the 80,000-strong crowd is likely to have seen, but ended with a thrilling finish and the possible emergence of a new star.

NFL legend Brett Favre has confirmed he will extend his career by another season after signing up once more with the Minnesota Vikings.

ROMAN soldiers in full battle gear will march on an historic city former jail at the weekend as part of a new living-history military show.

THE NFL are in discussions about employing chip-in-ball technology to help rule on contentious touchdown and first down calls, according to German manufacturer Cairos Technologies.

BRETT FAVRE added another feat to his overflowing resume on Monday night: he’s the first quarterback in history to beat all 32 NFL teams.