Ireland U17 manager Tom Mohan, who has led the squad to next month’s European finals in Bulgaria, has defended the FAI’s pursuit of English-born players eligible for the Republic.

Was it even legitimate for Alex Ferguson to write yet another new book?

IT’S often I look in bewilderment at an article in the sports pages with an expression similar to those which Usain Bolt’s competitors convey as the Jamaican sprinter glides past like he’s on rails.

SOUTHAMPTON chairman Rupert Lowe won £250,000 (€367,000) libel damages over a newspaper claim he behaved “shabbily” in suspending manager Dave Jones in the wake of child abuse allegations.