Upbeat Emery sees some signs of hope amid the destruction at Anfield

Brazil avoided a repeat of history after beating Paraguay 4-3 on penalties and advancing to the Copa America semi-final.

Tom Willis’ last-minute try ruined the Ireland Under-20s’ final quarter fightback as England won a titanic play-off 30-23 in awful underfoot conditions in Rosario.

Tom Willis’ last-minute try ruined the Ireland Under-20s’ final quarter fight-back as England won a titanic World Rugby U-20 Championship play-off 30-23 in awful underfoot conditions in Rosario.

The five-try display means that the Irish did all they can to stay in the hunt but must now await the results of France v Argentina (5pm) and South Africa v New Zealand games this evening.

Ireland head coach Noel McNamara has been forced to make two changes for tomorrow's World Rugby under-20 Championship match against Australia.

Captain Charlie Ryan praised the collective efforts of his Ireland Under-20 side as they repeated their Six Nations heroics with a brilliant 42-26 bonus point win over England on the opening day of the World Rugby U-20 Championship in Santa Fe.

Meh. As European Cup triumphs go, I’ve seen better… OK, I’ll stop being an unbearable gobshite. For now.

There’s been much talk of history, inevitably. Even a club with a fine tradition Tottenham can’t come close.

Liverpool are close to smashing the transfer world record for a goalkeeper.

Roma 3 Chelsea 0: Chelsea crumbled last night as Roma moved to the top of Champions League Group C with a 3-0 victory at Stadio Olimpico last night.

Chelsea crumbled as Roma moved to the top of Champions League Group C with a 3-0 victory at Stadio Olimpico on Tuesday night.

Rush-hour commuters faced severe delays as the 24-hour strike by London Underground workers placed huge demand on the rest of the capital's transport network.

Seriously addictive and distracting seems to be the reviews coming in about the new app Pokémon GO which is taking the world by storm.

Is it realistic to expect the 21st century child to be screen free? Gwen Loughman doesn’t think so but felt a detox was necessary and reduced and monitored screen time is vital

A drunk man drinking a can of beer broke a bottle of wine he took from a shelf in a service station and then punched a member of staff in the face when he was asked to leave.

USA: A New Hampshire police officer paid the thief’s tab after learning the culprit stole the items from a store to bake her child’s birthday cake.

Have you ever wondered what it look like from a pole vaulter's perspective as they launch themselves over the bar and land on the other side?

Have you ever wondered what it look like from a pole vaulter’s perspective as they launch themselves over the bar and land on the other side?

C&S UCC Demons finished 2014 with another resounding victory in the Premier Men’s league following their 101-81 win over Templeogue at the Mardyke Arena yesterday.

Scarlett Johansson is blessed with superhuman strength in Lucy, Daniel Radcliffe and Zoe Kazan fall in love in the romantic comedy What If…, Mother Nature unleashes her fury in Into the Storm and Eric Bana comes face to face with dark forces in Deliver Us From Evil.

CHINA: People who eat rare animals could be jailed for 10 years or more under a new interpretation of the criminal law, state media reported, as the government seeks to close a legal loophole and better protect the natural environment.

Lena Dunham doesn't want to make her co-stars feel "violated" during the 'Girls' sex scenes.

Forever burned into my memory from the New York Jets game this past Sunday will be my good friend Rob Gallo leaning back at an almost impossible angle, silent joy gripping his face, his eyes wide, his happiness complete.

A touch alarmingly for the newborn Gaelic football championship, the sport’s news agenda has, so far, been hogged by two flamboyant old stagers who won’t kick a ball this summer.

Lotus have appointed Nick Chester as their new technical director following the shock departure of James Allison.

The political clout of the NRA is renowned, but it now faces its biggest battle, write Julie Bykowicz and Greg Giroux

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YOU could draw a strong similarity in the pitching and rolling of the boat Darren Clarke was aboard last Monday and the rocking nature of the unique 17th hole island green at the Amata Spring Country Club at this week’s Thailand Golf Championship.

Ann Summers boss Jacqueline Gold has described being poisoned as “the worst three hours of my life”.

A FORMER seaman killed in the Cork plane crash was loyal and dedicated to his family, his funeral has heard.

A former seaman killed in the Cork plane crash was loyal and dedicated to his family, his funeral heard today.

HERE we go again: another Sunday, another Qatari takeover story, this time in the News Of The World, and rather better sourced than you might imagine.

OUR football correspondent LIAM MACKEY is back in top form and full of energy.

Former Manchester City manager Malcolm Allison has died, it was announced today. He was 83.

The Government had a mole inside the Maze Prison during the IRA hunger strike of 1981, former Taoiseach Dr Garret FitzGerald revealed today.

Anthony Stokes was handed his Hibernian debut in today’s Clydesdale Bank Premier League clash at his former club Falkirk.

Pete Doherty is set to release a duets album, it has been revealed.

The daughter of Northern trainer Mervyn Torrens was killed after being crushed under heavy machinery.

A pizza company which used an advert featuring the dancing dead bodies of the Queen Mother, actor Heath Ledger and Everest conqueror Edmund Hillary apologised today.

The revival in good, old-fashioned Westerns continues with this conventional but entertaining shoot ‘em up yarn about the taking on of a town bully and the subsequent cleaning up of said town, the 'Appaloosa' of the title.