Chelsea head coach Antonio Conte is frustrated by those questioning his honesty over the fitness of David Luiz.

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has won the BBC African Footballer of the Year award.

Willian and David Luiz have been out of Conte's first XI of late and Conte is preparing to rotate his options throughout a busy December and January.

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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp will not listen to any bids for Philippe Coutinho, saying: "We are not a selling club."

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp believes Mohamed Salah will bring the speed he needs to make the squad more effective.

Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin has dismissed the idea of Champions League knockout matches being played on weekends.

And so we arrive at a point of definition in Euro 2016: a knockout game before the knockout stage, a cup final to gain access to another cup final.

For Cristiano Ronaldo, team spirit doesn’t involve sharing tapas with Real Madrid strike partners Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale.

A Roma family whose two- year-old blond son was removed overnight from them by gardaí in what their lawyer alleged was a case of “hysterical” and “overzealous” policing has settled its High Court action for €60,000 damages.

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Some EU funds are being used in ways that violate basic human rights, European Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly found when investigating how €350bn six-year structural funds were used.

Get a taste of some of the interesting and quirky happenings in Europe from our Europe correspondent, Ann Cahill.

Been in a monogamous relationship for decades but boredom has set in? It doesn’t have to be that way, says Margaret Jennings.

Steven Gerrard’s forthcoming move to LA Galaxy means he will fail to join an illustrious band of professional footballers who have spent their entire senior careers at one club.

A Roma community yesterday buried a dead infant in a Paris suburb after questions erupted over where she should be laid to rest, raising national concerns about discrimination.

No matter how exciting their lives overseas, Christmas is a time when most emigrants dream of home. Arlene Harris talks to emigrants in Ireland and overseas

All the team news from around the grounds ahead of Week 16 in the Premier League - more to follow as it comes in.

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Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart is poised to sign a new contract with the Premier League champions.

Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini believes his team may have clicked into gear and wants his team to keep on winning.

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Four Cork-based clowns are to fly out to Kosovo next week to put a smile on the faces of ethnic minorities who are still struggling to adjust to life after recent wars and bombings.

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Joe Hart has admitted he finds it “hard to see the positives” of being rested and said he is relishing the challenge of fighting for his place.

James Rodriguez is determined to make history at Real Madrid rather than crumble under the pressure of becoming the fourth most expensive player of all time.

Spain striker Diego Costa has completed his move to Chelsea from Atletico Madrid, the Blues have announced.

The State is to compensate the parents of a two-year-old Roma boy wrongfully taken from them because of unfounded fears that he may have been abducted.

Racial profiling played a major part in the Garda handling of two cases in which Roma children were wrongly removed from their parents last October because of unfounded fears that they had been abducted.

The Government has apologised to two Roma families who both had a child put into care over unfounded fears the youngsters had been abducted.

When a taxi driver and her female passenger fell victim to a terrifying ordeal, nothing in the way of investigating a crime was undertaken by gardaí, says Special Correspondent Michael Clifford

Roma parents may be more reluctant to have their children vaccinated as a result of the two cases last year in which Roma children were mistakenly removed from their families, according to a report.

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Arsene Wenger last night told his Arsenal side to remember their most famous victories in Europe during his 18-year tenure — and then outdo them by knocking Bayern Munich out of the Champions League tonight.

This has been a very bad week for Taoiseach Enda Kenny, possibly the worst since he assumed that office.

Arsenal switched tack from youth to experience on deadline day, dropping their interest in young German winger Julian Draxler and turning to veteran Swedish midfielder Kim Kallstrom.

The Irish Examiner’s Darren Norris remains in festive mood this new year as he hands out his annual Premier League mid-season awards

Southampton manager Mauricio Pochettino believes officials have treated his side unfairly this season due to their young, friendly image.

Gardaí believed there was a risk the girl at the centre of the Dublin Roma case could have been removed from the country if they did not take her into care while her identity was being confirmed.

Children’s Ombudsman Emily Logan has been given special powers to investigate gardaí involved in the removal of two children from Roma families in recent days.

The Gardaí’s removal of children from Roma families is worryingly medieval.