Paul Stirling struck a century as Ireland beat Afghanistan by five wickets to claim a 2-1 one-day international series victory.

Despite strong league starts, it would be understandable if Manchester City and Liverpool both presented for this lunchtime’s glamour clash a touch unsettled by events at the latter end of the transfer window.

Guy Garvey was proud of the way his home city of Manchester came together after the terrorist attack, writes Ed Power.

Jonny Bairstow's irresistible late hitting gave England a telling advantage as they wrapped up a 2-0 Royal London Series success with an 85-run win over Ireland at Lord's.

A rebounding European beer market is buoying Anheuser-Busch InBev and Carlsberg, lifting demand for mainstream brands such as Stella Artois and Tuborg.

Asahi will buy a group of eastern European beer brands from Anheuser-Busch InBev for €7.3bn, boosting its presence in the region in the largest overseas beer deal by a Japanese brewer.

A Manchester United fan who travelled from Sierra Leone to watch the game against Bournemouth only for the match to be abandoned has landed a ticket to this weekend’s FA cup final.

Ireland ended a disappointing ICC World Twenty20 campaign with a 12-run defeat to Holland in a match reduced to six overs due to rain in Dharamsala.

Are you a man of a certain age? Meet Stirling Gravitas. Part Old Spice Guy, part Most Interesting Man in the World, Stirling has his life Under Control.

India's imperious start to the World Cup continued with a comfortable eight-wicket win over Ireland in their Pool B encounter at Seddon Park in Hamilton.

Some Ireland cricketers love the attention that playing in a World Cup brings. 

Captain William Porterfield said victory over the West Indies puts Ireland in “a great position” in the World Cup.

Ireland have won their opening World Cup match, defeating the West Indies by four wickets in their Pool B match in Nelson.

“Suarez has gone down like he’s been crucified.”

Ireland survived broken bats, bruised elbows, busted floodlights and a burst of evening rain to beat United Arab Emirates in their second match of the World Twenty20 in Bangladesh.

Ireland took a huge leap forwards in their efforts to qualify for the main draw of the ICC World Twenty20 with a 21-run win under the Duckworth-Lewis method over the United Arab Emirates in Sylhet.

Ireland are in pole position to qualify for the Super 10 stage of the ICC World Twenty20 after a three-wicket win over Zimbabwe in their St Patrick’s Day tournament opener in Bangladesh.

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.

Ireland’s long-term ambition to become a Test-playing nation was handed further weight after they narrowly fell short of an RSA Insurance ODI series wins in Dublin.

Ireland fell agonisingly short of a first series win against a full-member nation following a two-wicket defeat to Pakistan in the second RSA Insurance one-day international in Dublin.

Ed Joyce’s maiden Ireland century steered his side to a defendable target in the second RSA Insurance one-day international against Pakistan in Dublin.

Kevin O’Brien hit a magnificent 84 from 47 balls, but Ireland were denied a first win on home soil against one of the elite cricket nations as they tied with Pakistan at Clontarf yesterday.

Ireland fell agonisingly short of a first-ever win over a Test-playing national in Dublin as the opening RSA Insurance one-day international against Pakistan ended in a tie.

Ireland warmed up for their T20 World Cup battle with Australia in fine fettle after they beat Bangladesh in a thrilling tie by five runs at the Moors Cricket Ground in Colombo, Sri Lanka yesterday.

Ireland completed their World Twenty20 preparations with a tight five-run win over Bangladesh in Colombo.

The weather may be in danger of ruining Ireland’s RSA Challenge match against Australia but wicketkeeper Gary Wilson believes if the match does go ahead, adverse conditions could favour the hosts.

Paul Stirling's innings of 79 led Ireland to a five-wicket win over Afghanistan with seven balls to spare in the final of the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier in Dubai today.

Ireland crushed Canada by 10 wickets in Dubai to keep alive their hopes of qualifying for the World Twenty20 tournament.

Ireland scraped past Italy to make it two wins from three in the ICC World Twenty20 qualifier in Dubai.

Ireland cricketers’ hopes of making the ICC World Twenty20 tournament suffered an early blow with defeat to Namibia in Dubai.

Ireland suffered a shock defeat to Namibia today as they started their World Twenty20 qualifying campaign with a six-run loss in Dubai.

Ireland have lost the first of two ICC World Cricket League matches against Kenya by seven wickets after a match-winning innings by Tanmay Mishra in Mombasa.

An England fan who killed a Wales supporter outside Wembley Stadium in a “heartbreaking” attack was jailed for three years at the Old Bailey today.

IRELAND’S cricketers suffered an 11-run defeat to England in yesterday’s RSA Challenge one-day-international in Dublin.

England’s new-look one-day international side survived a nervy batting display and a dangerous cameo from their Bangalore conqueror Kevin O’Brien to beat Ireland by 11 runs in the RSA Challenge at Clontarf this afternoon.

OPENER Paul Stirling’s century was not enough as Pakistan did just enough to beat Ireland by five wickets and claim a 2-0 one-day international series win in Belfast.

Opener Paul Stirling’s century was not enough as Pakistan did just enough to beat Ireland by five wickets and claim a 2-0 one-day international series win in Belfast.

Opener Paul Stirling hit a century to lead a vastly-improved Ireland batting display in the second one-day international against Pakistan in Belfast.

Junaid Khan claimed the best figures of his young career as Pakistan’s seamers made full use of conducive conditions to bowl Ireland out for 96 in a rain-affected first one-day international at Belfast.

RED BULL design guru Adrian Newey has vowed to crack the issues that led to a “stressful” Australian Grand Prix weekend, despite Sebastian Vettel’s stunning start to the new Formula One season.

Paul Stirling's scintillating century inspired Ireland to a morale-boosting end to their World Cup campaign with a six-wicket win against The Netherlands in Kolkata today.

Ireland's exit from the World Cup was confirmed today after a below-par batting display saw them go down by 131 runs to South Africa in Kolkata.