More strong results from Irish sailors at home and abroad this week point to 2018 becoming one of the best seasons in years.

Aussie Rules player Conor McKenna has been suspended for three weeks for biting an opponent.

Former Tyrone minor Conor McKenna faces an Australian Rules ban after he was accused of biting while playing for Essendon Bombers in Sunday’s AFL defeat by the Western Bulldogs.

In the end, as with so many sailing regattas it was the weather that proved the final arbiter for Volvo Cork Week 2016. Thick mist outside Cork Harbour denied most of the racing classes their final day yesterday.

A man had to be buried in front of mourners at the third attempt, because his grave was too small.

A man had to be buried in front of mourners at the third attempt because his grave was dug too small.

A survivalist accused of ambushing two state troopers, killing one and seriously wounding the other, was captured by US marshals near an abandoned aeroplane hangar.

Title: Dublin The Making of a Capital City

A star-studded Wallaby and All Black combined team could face the British and Irish Lions next November.

A man accused of attacking a Chinese student in her Toronto apartment as her ex-boyfriend watched in horror via webcam from China has been convicted of first-degree murder.

France 26 England 24

Scarlets 20 Harlequins 22

'22 Jump Street' is "crazier" than the original film, according to Ice Cube.

Harlequins 17 Racing Metro 3

Leinster 9 Northampton 18

The head of the group which represents paramedics has accused the Government of playing Russian roulette with peoples’ lives through its reorganisation of the ambulance service.

Harlequins 53 Zebre 5

Northampton 6 Ulster 25

Nationalists and unionists exchanged allegations of sectarianism across the Stormont chamber as a bid to unseat Minister Nelson McCausland over a parades dispute was voted down.

Blackburn have completed the signing of Fulham midfielder Dickson Etuhu for an undisclosed fee.

Northern Barbarians 31 England 57

All maternity units must undergo an urgent “independent review” of nurse staff levels due to concerns over the damage caused by the health service recruitment ban.

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England captain Chris Robshaw and full-back Ben Foden last night endorsed Stuart Lancaster’s bid to become the team’s full-time coach after a remarkable RBS 6 Nations triumph over France.

I used to buy a lot of my clobber from former Cork City players Joe Gamble and Neale Fenn when they had a nice little shop called Indigo on Leeside’s Washington Street.

Superstitious Wales skipper Sam Warburton has banned himself from talking about the Grand Slam his World Cup semi-finalists are now favourites to achieve next month.

Italy 15 England 19

IT MUST have been a rather chastened English contingent that arrived for their first get together under Stuart Lancaster at West Park rugby club in Leeds on Monday morning in preparation for the Six Nations championship after a calamitous weekend for their clubs in the Heineken Cup.

NORTHAMPTON produced a disciplined and ruthless performance to defeat Aviva Premiership leaders Harlequins and record their seventh win in their last eight outings.

NORTHAMPTON coach Jim Mallinder has questioned the consistency of refereeing in the Heineken Cup after his side suffered a crushing defeat at sunny Stade Pierre Antoine.

NORTHAMPTON crashed to a second consecutive Heineken Cup defeat and to the brink of elimination.

Harlequins 25 Connacht 17

Harlequins 25 Connacht 17

PREMIERSHIP club Northampton Saints gained a small measure of revenge as they won this Heineken Cup final rematch at Donnybrook last night.

Northampton scrum-half Lee Dickson has signed a two-year contract extension with this season’s Heineken Cup finalists.

WHEN Rory McIlroy created global headlines by winning the 2010 Quail Hollow Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina, few could have imagined he would be without a tournament success 12 months later.

Northampton 23 Perpignan 7

Dickson Etuhu has warned Bolton their FA Cup win at Craven Cottage was nothing more than a Fulham blip ahead of tonight’s Barclays Premier League clash between the sides.

A MAN accused of murdering a Chinese student made a brief court appearance just under a week since the victim’s boyfriend watched helplessly through a webcam as she struggled with an attacker.

A dishevelled man appeared in a Toronto court today charged with murdering a Chinese woman whose scuffle with her assailant was seen on webcam by her helpless boyfriend back home thousands of miles away.

Steve Sidwell has penned a contract extension with Fulham that will keep him at Craven Cottage until 2014.