Two pharmacists faced claims at a fitness to practice inquiry relating to the supply of a double dose of a powerful drug to a young man who was a minor at the time.

Portugal’s triumphant soccer team returned home last night on a plane named after the country’s late legend Eusebio and will continue their celebrations after the dramatic win over hosts France in the Euro 2016 final.

A football match lasts 90 minutes but the memories can stay with you for a lifetime.

Italy has a history of teenage defensive diamonds, and Milan’s goalkeeper, 16-year-old Gianluigi Donnarumma, four months on from his debut, might be the best find yet

Munster 30 Treviso 19: Five points in the bag courtesy of Saturday’s victory over Treviso and Munster are sitting exactly where they want to be in the top two of the Guinness Pro 12 and within touching distance of a home semi-final.

Belfast’s Carl Frampton looks ahead to the first defence of his IBF super-bantamweight world championship against Californian Chris Avalos at the Odyssey Arena tonight.

Munster’s Argentinian hooker Eusebio Guinazu has done a share of travelling between clubs, from his home place of Mendoza through to French outfits Toulon, Agen, Toulouse and Biarritz, on to South Africa and the Stormers and latterly to Bath in the English Premiership.

Paul Kelly writes that in 1964 Denis Law scored 50 goals in 51 matches, a staggering return that earned him the Ballon d’Or.

The Golden Age of Football...now when was that exactly?

Munster coach Anthony Foley is still praying for a miracle that one of his international loosehead props can recover for this weekend’s crucial weekend trip to Clermont Auvergne.

Argentina hooker Eusebio Guinazu has signed for Munster on a four-month deal to offset Mike Sherry’s long-term shoulder injury.

No surprise to learn this week that Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi declined to vote for each other in the Ballon d’Or.

Cristiano Ronaldo is a sensitive soul. As Sepp Blatter discovered last October, it is unwise to make fun about how much an actor spends on his appearance.

He doesn’t talk much about it these days. The memories are locked away, recalled only in special circumstances. But ever since Eusebio’s death on Sunday, Hilary Carlyle has looked a little differently at the photograph hanging proudly on his wall.

By strange coincidence, I stumbled across and became engrossed in a ‘Football Legends’ television show devoted to Eusebio late last Saturday, only to awake the following morning to the news the great man had passed away during the night.

The word ‘great’ is used too easily to describe our modern sports stars.

Paul McGrath reckons that Alex Ferguson didn’t do David Moyes any favours with the timing of his headline-grabbing autobiography.

Sir Bobby Charlton hailed Eusebio as a “true sportsman” and one of the finest players he ever played against following the former Portugal forward’s death at the age of 71 yesterday.

Portuguese forward Eusebio died of a heart attack in Lisbon at the age of 71 yesterday leaving behind a legacy that marks the Benfica legend out as one of the greatest players in soccer history.

Former Portugal forward Eusebio has died at the age of 71, his former club Benfica have confirmed.

Cristiano Ronaldo’s thrilling hat-trick in Tuesday’s play-off second-leg in Sweden confirmed Portugal’s place at next summer’s World Cup finals, and may have secured the Real Madrid attacker the 2013 Ballon d’Or award.

Northern Ireland 2 Portugal 4

Yankee Stadium may not be a mecca of football but Giovanni Trapattoni believes it’s the perfect arena for James McCarthy to prove himself against the world’s best.

The Europa League is such a contrived competition that it’s hard to work up much enthusiasm about it, even for the clubs involved.

Last Saturday afternoon, the car carrying Giovanni Trapattoni made its way along the A50 motorway south of Stoke city centre and pulled up alongside the red-brick Britannia Stadium.

Giovanni Trapattoni’s Republic of Ireland prepare to enter a brave new world with their manager still extolling the virtues which have characterised his reign to date.

Former Portugal and Benfica striker Eusebio has been discharged from hospital after falling ill over the weekend.

Former Portugal and Benfica striker Eusebio is set to be released from a Polish hospital later this week after falling ill earlier this week.

Former Portugal and Benfica striker Eusebio has been taken to hospital in Poznan after falling ill last night.

It’s the eve of match day and there’s a sense from Giovanni Trapattoni that there’s not a lot more he can do now to prepare his players for one of the biggest games of their lives.

Benfica have wished a speedy recovery to Eusebio after the Portugal legend was admitted to hospital suffering from bronchial pneumonia.

ON Thursday night, in his regular slot on Off The Ball, John Giles ventured the opinion that on the strength of his performances against Everton and Galati, Wayne Rooney was the best central midfield player in the Premier League.

SO how do you solve a problem like Messi? Happily for the rest of us, that’s one for Alex Ferguson to puzzle out tonight. Banning him is out of the question, I suppose, so that removes one of the manager’s favourite tactics for handling tricky customers.

Liam Mackey pays a personal tribute to the transformative magic of Europe’s premier club competition.

A COLLECTION of medals and trophies awarded to footballing genius George Best are going under the hammer.

EVERTON’S hopes of making progress in the Europa League were dealt a bitter blow at Goodison Park last night.

CRISTIANO RONALDO fulfilled a “childhood dream” last night as he was unveiled as a Real Madrid player in front of an estimated crowd of 80,000 at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium.

CRISTIANO RONALDO insists winning the Ballon d’Or award will not increased the pressure on him to perform.

AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti believes Cristiano Ronaldo was the worthy winner of the Ballon d’Or.

Cristiano Ronaldo was today confirmed as the winner of the 2008 Ballon d’Or, beating competition from Barcelona forward Lionel Messi and Liverpool striker Fernando Torres.

PORTUGUESE legend Eusebio is certain Cristiano Ronaldo will scoop the FIFA world player of the year prize in December.

Portuguese legend Eusebio is certain Cristiano Ronaldo will scoop the FIFA world player of the year prize in December.