Just weeks after the folding of the Aqua Blue Sport team, Ireland’s Eddie Dunbar has signed for Team Sky with immediate effect.

It seems like it’s missing a few vowels, but this home has just about everything else, writes Tommy Barker.

Five mountain climbers have died in the Austrian Alps, east of Innsbruck.

Ajax are mourning the abrupt conclusion of Abdelhak Nouri's career after the young Dutchman suffered serious and permanent brain damage when falling ill during a pre-season friendly.

Video replays took centre stage as Spain beat France 2-0 in a friendly at the Stade de France.

One World Trade Center in New York City — rebuilt after the September 11, 2001, terror attacks — is to go green on St Patrick’s Day for the first time.

Stephanie Baker looks at the complicated family behind automaker Volkswagen AG, which has been at the centre of a diesel emissions scandal, and the possibility of future leadership within it

Forget pizzas and piazzas — South Tyrol in the north of Italy is dominated by the Dolomites, says Suzanne Harrington.

Dynamic Coupé on the way: The first versions of the new Mercedes GLE Coupé have begun to be sold Ireland and over the coming weeks between now and September, deliveries will begin to arrive in greater numbers.

US: These wedding dresses have it all — long trains, full, layered skirts, floral appliqués, ruffles, and sparkling bodices. Their detailing is the same as you see on designer gowns made of silk and lace. But these dresses are not designer. They’re made of toilet paper.

The story begins on water and ends on ice. Henley, Oxfordshire, July 1986. Gerry Macken and Pat McDonagh, from Dublin’s Neptune Rowing Club, were training for the town’s prestigious regatta.

It’s not as prestigious as the track-and-field, but since its inception in 1924 there has been plenty of drama on the slopes, says Jonathan de Burca Butler

IMAGINE the temptation of visiting a chocolate factory yet not allowed to taste the product?

Clive Woodward has announced he is to leave the British Olympic Association after six years with the organisation.

Austrian doctors treating the Dutch Prince Johan Friso say he suffered massive brain damage after being buried by an avalanche last week, and he may never regain consciousness.

Dutch prince Johan Friso remains in a stable but life-threatening condition five days after he was buried by an avalanche in the Austrian Alps, it was revealed today.

Dutch Prince Johan Friso was in critical but stable condition in intensive care yesterday after an avalanche buried him while he was skiing off piste in the Austrian alps.

A Dutch prince is in intensive care after being buried in an avalanche when he skied off piste in an Austrian ski resort.

Elia Barceló Translated by David Frye

WHAT, then, should we make of the story that Germany’s elegant and lighter brand of football in the World Cup was attributable to the fact that there is a cadre of homosexual players within the team?

Spain 3 Saudi Arabia 2

Fernando Torres handed Spain a lift on the eve of their departure for a World Cup training camp in Austria by working with the rest of the squad for the first time since knee surgery.

JOHN GALLIGAN Travel has teamed up with British over 50s operator SAGA Holidays to create a 14-night tour of Europe, which will incorporate a visit to the Oberammergau Passion Play in Bavaria.

ANDREI ARSHAVIN returned from suspension to earn Russia a place in the quarter-finals of Euro 2008 with victory over Sweden in Innsbruck.

Russia 2 Sweden 0

Greece 0 Russia 1

Sweden 1 Spain 2

IT might be Lisbon treaty day in Ireland today but yesterday in Geneva, this non-aligned part of Europe was entirely preoccupied with a Lisbon treat. Mind, they were made to wait for it.

Arsenal are hopeful Eduardo da Silva could be involved for some part of pre-season training, according to departing physiotherapist Gary Lewin.

SPAIN coach Luis Aragones felt his side were given a much tougher ride in their Euro 2008 opener against Russia than the final 4-1 scoreline suggested.

Spain 4 Russia 1

More than 280,000 passengers are expected to travel through Dublin Airport over the Easter Bank Holiday weekend, it emerged today.

A back injury has forced former WBC heavyweight boxing champion Vitali Klitschko to postpone his comeback fight against Jameel McCline, which was due to take place on September 22.

Workers remodelling a house in western Austria found the bodies of two infants, and police at the scene discovered a third set of remains after a search, authorities said today.

An Austrian court in Innsbruck today began hearing testimony from a helicopter pilot involved in a cable car accident that killed nine German skiers, including six children.

A school bus crashed outside the alpine city of Innsbruck today, and Austrian police said there were a number of children who were injured, some seriously.

A Ukrainian who lost both hands in a bomb blast received two new hands today after 16 hours of transplantation surgery, Austrian doctors said.

Almost 920,000 people will be passing through Dublin Airport over the Christmas period, making this festive season the busiest on record, a spokeswoman said today.

German prosecutors today said they had opened their own criminal investigation into a cable car accident in the Austrian Alps that killed nine German skiers.

Authorities conducting DNA tests of the victims in a cable car accident at a ski resort in western Austria today said six children between the ages of 11 and 13 were among the nine victims.

A HELICOPTER accidentally dropped part of its load of concrete on a cable car at an Austrian ski resort yesterday, killing nine German tourists, including six children.