Katie Taylor is a two-weight world champion after claiming a unanimous-decision win over Christina Linardatou in Manchester on Saturday.

A look back on the eight previous Rugby World Cup finals.

Joe Schmidt has made a lot of changes to his Ireland set up since the 2015 World Cup quarter-final defeat to Argentina.

Even with a 747 at his disposal, Marco Polo would probably have thought twice about rushing to map out Rory Best’s last rugby journey, from Armagh to Yokohama.

At face value, European rugby’s semi-finals bore all the hallmarks of sell-out occasions: The champions of England against the Red Army in one, the holders at home in Dublin against the most famous of French clubs in the other.

Peter Jackson gets over the gain line, behind the headline

Ireland underlined their World Cup credentials with victory against New Zealand on Saturday.

For rugby in Spain, hosting the Champions Cup final will be a welcome diversion from the World Cup qualifier loss to Belgium in March, says Brendan O’Brien.

The team news ahead of Sunday’s Champions Cup semi-final.

The IRFU is set to pocket a very welcome seven-figure sum as a result of Munster’s and Leinster’s Champions Cup quarter-final successes over the weekend with the eventual figure possibly stretching as high as €2m.

This Grand Slam is the start of something very exciting, writes Stephen Ferris.

Conor Murray is a maker of moments.

‘Revenge: The action of inflicting harm on someone for an injury or harm suffered at their hands.”

Don’t expect a thriller

Hundreds of people spent thousands of hours developing and constructing the new Páirc Uí Chaoimh. Here, four of them recount the journey.

Juventus secured their place in the Champions League final after coasting to a 2-1 win over Monaco in Turin last night.

Hear the one about the Kilkenny man who played for Munster? Or even better, about the Kilkenny GAA man who now works with Tipp GAA? Ian Dowling is a walking quiz question, but wherever he turns up, success seems to follow...

Tommy Bowe says he had no option but to smile as he was wheeled off the Principality Stadium pitch last month — having broken his leg 45 seconds after he entered play.

A few rapid-fire questions to start off… who played in last year’s Champions Cup final? What was the score? Where was it played?

Ronan O’Gara says the preparation Ireland is taking for what lies ahead is not to be snubbed.

Gareth Bale is likely to miss Wales’ crucial World Cup qualifier with Ireland at Aviva Stadium next March as his recovery from an ankle injury is now expected to take four months.

It has been quite the year for Irish rugby and no better way to finish it than by making a little more history at the Aviva Stadium this evening with a victory over Australia.

Culture is a word and a concept that gets bandied around with some abandon in modern sport.

Seven moments that shaped Anthony Foley’s illustrious career...

Eight years have elapsed since Munster toppled the mighty Toulouse to be crowned champions of Europe on an emotional evening in Cardiff.

Almost exactly a year ago to the day, John Hartson was in Dublin and gleefully blaring Welsh supremacy over the Irish.

The immediate response on the final whistle at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium was one of acute disappointment given Ireland finished this gruelling series camped on the South African line after a 19-phase onslaught in search of what could have been a winning score and a series clincher. It was that tight.

The Racing 92 physio was in tears in the dressing room in Lyon last Saturday. That was Patrice Boutevin’s third European Cup final loss, and while it’s not nice to see adult men broken up, it’s good he cares so much.

2001

If the opening two contests of this season’s RBS Six Nations disappointed to some degree, yesterday’s amazing clash in Dublin served to restore everyone’s faith in northern hemisphere rugby.