Natasha Jonas has admitted Katie Taylor broke her heart in London five years ago, but now the Liverpool lightweight is citing Taylor as her inspiration for coming out of retirement.

Borussia Dortmund 4 - Benfica 0 (4-1 on agg): Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored a hat-trick as Borussia Dortmund beat Benfica 4-0 last night to ease into the Champions League quarter-finals with a 4-1 aggregate victory.

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Benfica 2 Bayern Munich 2, Bayern win 3-2 on aggregate: Arturo Vidal’s thunderbolt and Thomas Muller’s tap-in comfortably put Bayern Munich through to the Champions League semi-finals for the fifth successive season, this time with a 3-2 aggregate win over Benfica.

The traditional green slime flowed at the Kids’ Choice Awards, but it was Angelina Jolie’s message of empowerment for youngsters that stuck. 

Jonas Gutierrez is set to feature in an under-21 fixture having returned to training following his battle with testicular cancer, Newcastle have announced.

Jonas Gutierrez paid his own medical bills to treat his testicular cancer and has revealed that when he returned to Newcastle United after his initial surgery, he was asked to find a new club.

Newcastle winger Jonas Gutierrez has been offered messages of support from former team-mates and supporters groups after revealing he is having treatment following diagnosis of testicular cancer in his native Argentina.

Germany U21 2 Ireland U21 0

Germany u21s 2 Republic of Ireland u21s 0

AstraZeneca’s stock has been rising for two weeks on growing expectations the British pharmaceutical firm will re-engage in merger negotiations with Pfizer after the partial expiration of a cooling-off period.

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There was plenty of comfort for Rory McIlroy, but not for Darren Clarke, on the opening day of the Wells Fargo Championship in suburban Charlotte, North Carolina.

Valencia 3 Sevilla 1 (Agg 3-3, Sevilla win on away goals)

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As misfortune stacks upon tragedy in Alfonso Cuaron’s deep space survival thriller, the film’s stricken heroine greets her seemingly inevitable demise with a moment of deadpan humour.

Katie Taylor hammered out her 53rd straight championship win to move to within one victory of claiming her fifth successive EU title with a comfortable semi-final victory over Mira Potkonen in Hungary yesterday.

Ikea has grown into a global brand by tapping into customers’ fondness for DIY and, as its founder Ingvar Kamprad quits the board, the flatpack giant is looking to carve out an even bigger slice of the market, writes Kyran FitzGerald

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Tonight’s game against Sweden is a huge one for us in our quest to qualify for the World Cup in Brazil next summer.

Paris St Germain manager Carlo Ancelotti insisted his team were well worth their place in the Champions League quarter-finals after they edged past Valencia.

Katie Taylor has admitted that she would love to face Natasha Jonas again at this year’s European Union Boxing Championships.

Real Madrid made a stuttering start to their title defence as they were held 1-1 by Valencia at the Bernabeu last night.

Joe Jonas says Taylor Swift's new song isn't about their relationship.

Katie Taylor’s performance resonated around the world, with many prestigious international titles rushing to acclaim her.

Almost a quarter of the population switched over to watch Katie Taylor’s gold medal-winning boxing match on Thursday, according to RTÉ.

British boxer Natasha Jonas, who was unlucky to meet Katie Taylor in her opening Olympic bout, has been invited to the All-Ireland Hurling Final next month at Croke Park.

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The country’s first woman boxing referee said she hopes Katie Taylor’s Olympic gold medal win will encourage some of Ireland’s “experienced” boxing coaches to help more girls join the sport.

After winning the respect of Lennox Lewis, Evander Holyfield, and a host of other boxing greats, Katie Taylor has been urged to rejoin another women’s sporting revolution — in soccer.

Support for Katie Taylor on Thursday ran a little further afield than Irish and British shores.

Katie Taylor has a limited time to cash in on her success in winning a gold medal at the Olympic Games.

Katie Taylor and her fellow Olympians have declined a formal civic reception in Dublin when they come home on Monday.

God knows, RTE have got their money’s worth from Jimmy Magee over the years.

Katie Taylor may be the unbackable favourite to complete her march to Olympic boxing gold at ExCeL tomorrow but her right to reign as the undisputed world number one women’s boxer has been challenged by opponent Sofya Ochigava.

West Brom are becoming “increasingly optimistic” that defender Jonas Olsson will sign a new contract, it is understood.

Four times world champion, five times European champion, odds-on for an Olympic gold, and now the darling of the boxing world.

As one news outlet correctly surmised, women’s boxing already had a star.

Having spent her career dominating a discipline inexplicably isolated by the Olympics, Katie Taylor has guaranteed herself a prize from the pantheon of sport.