Larry Ryan pays tribute to Jimmy Magee and remembers his best moments...

Ireland all-rounder Max Sorensen has retired from international cricket following a shoulder injury.

Rest up or tune up?

Northern Ireland inched ever closer to a place in France next summer after victory over the 10-man Faroe Islands.

Ireland arrived in Canberra as one of only three teams to have a perfect record in the 2015 Cricket World Cup. 

Cricket World Cup: Coach Phil Simmons is confident Ireland can qualify for the knockout stages of the World Cup next month.

Tennis: Louk Sorensen has suffered a blow to his preparations for this month’s Australian Open after being forced to retire during his first match in the New Year.

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Tottenham 1 Stoke 2

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Ireland held off a determined Scotland fightback to secure a three-wicket victory in yesterday’s second one-day international at Malahide.

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Premier League team news

10 teams are starting their Premier League campaigns this afternoon.

TENNIS: Louk Sorensen yesterday eventually saw off a Wimbledon first round winner to advance to the second round of the ATP Challenger Tour event in Prague.

West Brom 1 Stoke City 2

Stoke City 4 Fulham 1

Striker Fernando Torres returns to start for Premier League leaders Chelsea in today’s clash with relegation-threatened Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.

Crystal Palace 0 Southampton 1

Arsenal have Kieran Gibbs back in their first XI and record signing Mesut Ozil on the bench for the Barclays Premier League clash with Stoke at the Britannia Stadium.

Club-record signing Mesut Ozil has been left out of the Arsenal squad for today’s Barclays Premier League clash against Sunderland at the Emirates Stadium.

Manchester United field Juan Mata, Wayne Rooney and former Gunners captain Robin van Persie for tonight’s Barclays Premier League clash at Arsenal.

A revolutionary bionic hand with a sense of touch has been tested on a patient for the first time, raising the prospect of artificial “feeling” limbs.

David Moyes has named Robin van Persie, Wayne Rooney and Juan Mata together in his Manchester United starting line-up for the first time as the Red Devils look to maintain their Barclays Premier League momentum at Stoke.

Alvaro Negredo is named amongst the substitutes as Manchester City make six changes for the trip to Tottenham.

Nemanja Matic makes his second full debut in a Chelsea side showing five changes for today’s FA Cup fourth-round clash with Stoke at Stamford Bridge.

Stoke 1 Everton 1

Tottenham 3 Stoke City 0

Tottenham 3 Stoke 0

Newcastle 5 Stoke 1

Santi Cazorla was Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger’s only change for the London derby with West Ham.

Stoke 0 Man United 2

Ashley Young scored his first goal in over 19 months before setting up Patrice Evra to send Manchester United into the Capital One Cup semi-finals with victory over Stoke at the Britannia Stadium.

Robin van Persie was again absent from the Manchester United squad but Marouane Fellaini was selected to face former club Everton at Old Trafford.

Ireland stayed on course to reach the next phase of the Twenty20 World Cup qualifiers after another last gasp win, this time against hosts UAE.

Birmingham 4 Stoke 4 (Stoke win 4-2 on penalties)

French winger Serge Gnabry has taken Theo Walcott's place in a late change for Arsenal against Stoke.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger named an unchanged starting XI for Sunday’s Barclays Premier League clash against Stoke, where club-record signing Mesut Ozil made his home debut as the Gunners aimed to go top of the table.

Max Sorensen and Kevin O’Brien each took three wickets as Ireland claimed their second win over Scotland in three days after easing to a seven-wicket victory in Belfast.

Liverpool 1 Stoke City 0