Ospreys 18 Munster 20: A last-gasp converted try from replacement CJ Stander saw Munster stun the Ospreys and make it two wins from two at the start of the new Guinness Pro 12 campaign.

Munster head coach Anthony Foley will unleash his southern hemisphere imports on the Ospreys at the Liberty Stadium tomorrow, naming Aussie second row Mark Chisholm and New Zealand backs Tyler Bleyendaal and Francis Saili in the side for a crucial Guinness Pro12 clash.

Former All Blacks rugby star Jerry Collins and his wife Alana Madill have died after their car was hit by a bus on a road outside the southern French town of Beziers.

Cute rescue puppies took the lead at a special stress-busting session for college students just weeks ahead of their end-of-year exams.

Five people have cause to be thankful for very special gifts this festive season after their lives were saved by a little girl born on Christmas Day.

Sonny Bill Williams missed All Blacks training to witness, from afar, the proudest moment of his life.

Roy Keane shares Niall Quinn’s disappointment at Stephen Ireland’s international exile — insisting representing Ireland should rank as the high point of a player’s career.

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Arctic Monkeys lead the nominations for this year's NME Awards.

Two special council meetings have been scheduled for today to strip Toronto’s crack-smoking mayor of his powers after explosive new allegations surfaced that he also snorted cocaine and partied with a possible prostitute.

The Haim siblings are in no hurry to deliver their first album despite the hype, says Ed Power.

2Day FM presenters Mel Greig and Michael Christian, whose initial apology for the prank call to the hospital treating the Duchess of Cambridge was followed by further boasts about it, have been bombarded with online abuse following the news that nurse Jacintha Saldanha had taken her own life.

Defiant and disgraced media baron Conrad Black will launch an appeal in the US courts in the coming days after he was sentenced to six and a half years in jail.

Fallen media mogul Conrad Black will be sentenced for his role in a £3m (€4.1m) fraud, a judge ruled today.

A Los Angeles judge has extended a ban on the release of a video documenting tragic model Anna Nicole Smith undergoing cosmetic surgery.

Prosecutors in the US trial of former media mogul Conrad Black believe he could face up to 30 years in prison after being convicted of fraud.

FORMER Celtic manager Martin O’Neill yesterday said his wife’s illness has made him realise sporting success is not the most important thing in life.

ZALINA Dzandarova cradles her son Alan as he sleeps with his small face buried against her stomach - and thinks of her daughter, Alana, who she chose to leave behind.

Martin O’Neill revealed today he will not be flying out to the United States with his Celtic team – but would almost certainly be joining up with them later on the tour.

THE water was clear and there was no indication of danger when a 13-year-old surfing star went out on the waves with her best friend and her friend’s father.

Ian Poulter, sporting red streaks in his hair to celebrate Arsenal’s FA Cup triumph and match his Ferrari, roared into a share of the lead in the first round of the Wales Open.

For the second year in a row, Jack and Sarah have proved the most popular names chosen by parents for their babies when registering births in Ireland.

Rocker Rod Stewart’s son Sean has been arrested outside a Los Angeles night club on suspicion of being illegally in possession of prescription drugs.