Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt hopes Johnny Sexton comes through Racing Metro’s Top 14 tussle with Toulouse unscathed, after confirming Keith Earls is a serious RBS 6 Nations doubt.

JERRY FLANNERY and Ronan O’Gara will be cheering on their biggest rivals in the Heineken Cup final, claiming that a Leinster victory would put the seal on a season when Irish rugby ranked alongside the best in the world.

A commuter train struck and killed two football fans, including a 10-year-old boy, as they walked along the tracks after a match at Paris’ Stade de France, French officials said today.

Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher will test his skill against the leading lights from other forms of motorsport after agreeing to compete in the end-of-season Race of Champions.