Most strikers now know they are being studied, which is why the best penalty takers often account for the detail in front of them, especially in how a keeper holds the hurley, writes Christy O'Connor.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) is due to reconvene later to decide whether the recent coronavirus outbreak in China is an international public health emergency.

By adopting narrow grounds for impeaching the president, Pelosi and House members wanted simple charges they could easily explain to constituents, writes Elizabeth Drew

A hunter in the United States died after he was attacked by a deer he had shot which he believed to be dead.

Ukraine's new president Volodymyr Zelenskiy was already worried about pressure from Donald Trump to investigate Democratic rival Joe Biden more than two months before the phone call that has led to the Trump impeachment inquiry, sources close to the case say.

The scandal over a phone call between US president Donald Trump and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky also involves a large cast of secondary players, writes Andy Sullivan.

After an explosive statement by a CIA whistleblower, US legislators are examining evidence that Donald Trump used his presidency to pursue a personal vendetta, writes Brad Heath

Are you a Gaelic football fan who is interested in American politics, but doesn’t want to listen to a 90-minute New Yorker podcast in order to sound hip at the watercooler? Here’s a breakdown of the contenders as Super 8 teams (and Galway)...

Pixar’s long-awaited sequel will reintroduce audiences to the Parr family, who, in line with the original animation — which has grossed $633m since 2004 — continue to grapple with their super-powers, while maintaining a quiet suburban life, writes Gemma Dunn.

Oklahoma plans to use nitrogen gas to execute inmates once the US state resumes using the death penalty, marking the first time a state would use the gas to carry out capital punishment.

Glanbia shares slid 7.5%, stripping around €300m from its market value, as investors showed disappointment at the company’s 2018 earnings outlook, despite it unveiling 2017 figures which showed an eighth successive year of strong growth.

The 26-year-old Englishman will be chasing the biggest title of his career on Sunday after setting up a clash with John Higgins or Mark Allen

A hunter has died after being attacked by the wild boar he was trying to shoot, police in Germany said.

The American comic Reginald D Hunter has gone through a series of emotions since Donald Trump took office as the latest president of his country, writes Richard Fitzpatrick

Republic of Ireland international David Meyler was shaking his head in disgust. It wasn’t a stray pass or a wayward shot that had upset the Hull midfielder.

England coach Simon Middleton insists a prime-time TV slot will not ramp up the pressure on his players as they face off against New Zealand in the World Cup final today.

A lorry driver has been jailed for six years for causing the death of a three-year-old girl as well as her mother's unborn child.

Motor neurone disease (MND) is like a shadowy, unwelcome guest, who has arrived at her family home and refuses to leave, says Ruth Fitzmaurice.

Newly released photographs from a Tanzanian wildlife area have shown the rare sight of a leopard cub suckling on a lioness that is believed to have given birth to a litter last month.

Festival fashion has come a long way since Kate’s iconic Hunter wellies and hot pants at Glastonbury in 2005. Now there’s a new look for the festival field, says Annmarie O’Connor.

February is Heart Month — and each and every one of us can benefit from keeping our tickers tip-top, says Abi Jackson.

Shares in Cuisine de France owner Aryzta jumped by almost 12% yesterday on the back of the troubled group launching a recovery bid which will see founder and chief executive Owen Killian leave the company and its investment strategy reviewed.

Former National and Irish Tarmac champion Donagh Kelly will sample a Fiesta R5 in competitive mode for the first time tomorrow at the Grizedale Rally in the forests of Cumbria.

Prehistoric’ was one of the kinder words used by critics of Jack Charlton’s brand of football when he was manager of Ireland but in the foreword he has penned for a newly published biography by Colin Young, the man himself makes the claim that, au contraire – or, more likely, ‘bugger that’ – his Ireland team actually laid the foundations for the game as we know it today.

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A new mother suffering from a potentially fatal inflammation of her uterus was misdiagnosed by a local GP, resulting in her being rushed to hospital the following day, an inquiry heard yesterday.

USA: A young Hunter S Thompson went to Idaho to write about Ernest Hemingway and decided to take a piece of his hero home with him — a set of trophy elk antlers.

The progressive Qatari Hunter justified favouritism in the €100,000 Nasrullah Handicap, completing a superb 1259/1 four-timer for Jim Bolger and stable-jockey Kevin Manning in Leopardstown last night.

USA: Police say a central Pennsylvania man beat his friend for refusing to eat ramen noodles.

After losing his son last year, Joe Biden yesterday gained an Irish family.

Joe Biden’s life was forged in the school of hard knocks while Donald Trump enjoyed a privileged upbringing, with an obvious effect on the men’s politics, writes Bette Browne

Some say that FIFA never changes year after year, but this year’s inclusion of a ‘Story Mode’ means that there is one drastic new addition that nobody can diminish.

Back in 2007, Mark Wahlberg starred in an instantly forgettable action flick called Shooter. Now we're getting a TV show which will last one season and also instantly erase itself from your memory.

A key figure before the Rising, Thomas Hunter is hardly known outside his native north Cork, reports Niall Murray

A woman in charge of caring for Bobbi Kristina Brown at the hospice where she died was impersonating a nurse and faces charges, police said.

Lamar Odom didn’t last long at the glittering intersection of championship success and Hollywood celebrity.

Mummy and baby girl are both doing great and big brother Hunter is over the moon.'

US vice-president, Joe Biden, has said he is overwhelmed by his son’s death and unconvinced he could commit to being president, in an emotional interview that cast a deep pall over his deliberations about the 2016 presidential race.

THE teenaged drama of tortured sexual development and violent rush of growth is probably given its most gothic representation in the virtual subgenre of vampire fiction.