UFC teen sensation Sage Northcutt has backed Conor McGregor to beat Jose Aldo in their much anticipated title fight on December 12. 

Andy Murray was delighted to spend as little time on court as possible on the hottest day of the Australian Open so far, as he cruised into the third round in Melbourne.

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers insists he has not contemplated the outcome of failure in their must-win Champions League match at home to Basle.

Champions League Group B

Champions League Group B

Andy Murray reached the last 16 of the Western & Southern Open after shrugging off humid conditions in Cincinnati to beat Joao Sousa.

A murder trial witness told of receiving photographs sent from a mobile phone showing the victim with blood on his head and his hands tied.

A woman whose former partner and brother are accused of murdering a 28-year-old Brazilian man told a court yesterday the victim had said she had “a sexy voice and was probably hot’’.

Roger Federer swatted aside the challenge of Russian veteran Nikolay Davydenko to join title contenders Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray in the third round of the Australian Open today.

Andy Murray and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga both enjoyed energy-conserving straight-set wins at the Australian Open today.

From the US to South Korea, the eyes of the world turned skyward today for the rare sight of the transit of Venus.

Two men were charged at Newcastle West District Court in Co Limerick yesterday with the murder of a Brazilian man whose body was found in a bog in North Kerry on Sunday.

Two men have today been charged with the murder of Brazilian man in Co Kerry.

CHELSEA coach Andre Villas-Boas has vowed to make his players more creative and will encourage them to think for themselves during matches.

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Sven-Goran Eriksson has returned to English football as the manager of Leicester City.

Leicester owner Milan Mandaric has sacked manager Paulo Sousa less than three months after appointing him as Nigel Pearson’s replacement.

MANAGER Liam Buckley’s pre-match wish of keeping it tight and hoping to score first never materialised as Sporting Fingal bowed out of Europe at Dalymount Park last night.

A STOPPAGE-time Maritimo winner may have broken Sporting Fingal hearts, but manager Liam Buckley praised his players, insisting this tie is still very much in the melting pot.

NOT exactly impressed by the local media placing the tag of ‘David versus Goliath’ on the tie, Sporting Fingal manager Liam Buckley will hope that his extensive preparation will give his side every chance as the club makes its European debut at the Estadio da Madeira tonight.

Preston boss Alan Irvine has admitted he is powerless to prevent highly-rated defender Sean St Ledger joining Coca-Cola Championship rivals Middlesbrough.

FANS of the New York Yankees queued up all yesterday morning for their first glimpse of the baseball franchise’s new ballpark in the Bronx.

QPR will this morning begin the search for their fifth permanent manager in the past 18 months after insisting they had no option but to sack Paulo Sousa.

Wolves manager Mick McCarthy admitted his Coca-Cola Championship leaders are there to be shot at after they crashed to a 1-0 defeat at QPR.

QPR have confirmed the appointment of Portugal legend Paulo Sousa as their new first-team coach.

Police radio transcripts from the night of a deadly tiger attack revealed a chaotic scene at the San Francisco Zoo as zookeepers struggled to sedate the animal and medics refused to enter until they knew they would be safe.

Police are today reportedly investigating whether one or more of the young men mauled by a tiger at the San Francisco Zoo may have taunted the animal.

The big cat exhibit at San Francisco Zoo was cordoned off as a crime scene today as investigators probed whether a 21-stone Siberian tiger that killed a visitor escaped from its high-walled pen on its own, or was let out deliberately.

ITALY’S stuttering World Cup campaign showed no sign of improvement last night as they struggled to an unconvincing Pool C win over brave Portugal at the Parc des Princes.

THE father of missing Madeleine McCann said yesterday he was “100% confident” his wife had nothing to do with her disappearance.

The evidence against missing Madeleine McCann’s parents was today passed to a Portuguese judge – who could in theory bring charges against them within days.

Papers outlining the case against the parents of missing Madeleine McCann are expected to be passed to the public prosecutor, Portuguese police said.

Portuguese police failed to tell the parents of missing Madeleine McCann about a possible forensic breakthrough that could end their agonising wait to learn what happened to their daughter.

A senior Portuguese police officer said detectives investigating Madeleine McCann’s disappearance had a “positive feeling” about the inquiry as they await key DNA test results.

Police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann are focusing on the possibility that she may be dead, a senior official said today.

Madeleine McCann’s parents were hoping for the best but fearing the worst tonight as they awaited DNA test results that could support detectives’ theory that their daughter was killed.

Relations between Portuguese police and Madeleine McCann’s parents are under strain today after detectives revealed in an interview that she might have been killed, without telling her family first.

One hundred days after Madeleine McCann disappeared from her family’s holiday apartment, Portuguese police acknowledged for the first time today that she could be dead.

Madeleine McCann's friends and family may have destroyed vital evidence in the first few hours after her abduction, according to Portuguese police.

The anguished parents of Madeleine McCann are facing a nerve wracking day as police investigate claims their daughter's body is lying hidden only a few miles from where she was abducted.

JK ROWLING is considering putting bookmarks bearing the face of missing Madeleine McCann in copies of her final instalment about the world’s favourite boy wizard.

A businessman has offered a reward of £1m (€1.5m) for information that leads to the return of Madeleine McCann as the search for the three-year-old enters its eighth day.

The policeman leading the hunt for missing youngster Madeleine McCann said Portuguese police are doing all they can to find her but added that he could not be sure she is still alive.