Former Republic of Ireland captain John O'Shea will retire at the end of the season, his current club Reading have announced on Twitter.

The experience of going to Premier League soccer matches in England in off-the-shelf modern stadiums is often a synthetic one.

“My favourite player when I was growing up was Niall Quinn so me first-born son I decided to call Niall, after Niall Quinn.”

"I don't even know where Jack is, to be honest with you, so no, he won't be involved."

He has been told he can go for free.

Do you remember who said: “That five years as an electrician probably just grounded myself”?

Sunderland expect to appoint Chris Coleman as their new manager within the next 48 hours.

Larry Ryan writes a strongly worded letter to the week’s sport 

European champions Portugal got the victory they required over Switzerland to book their place in next year’s World Cup in Russia.

At the Irish team’s hotel in Castleknock yesterday, a few of the senior players told Martin O’Neill about how much of a challenge they think Saturday’s World Cup qualifier in Tbilisi is going to be — and the manager was delighted to hear of their concern.

Bradley Lowery: Born May 17, 2011, died July 7, 2017.

More than 20 football fans were arrested after trouble broke out ahead of a friendly match between Sunderland and Celtic.

Inevitably, the word ‘addiction’ features early in George Best: All By Himself, the documentary aired on the BBC this week.

Sunderland boss David Moyes has insisted he would never have allowed striker Jermain Defoe to have the clause in his contract which means he can leave for free in the wake of relegation.

Sunderland's 10-year stay in the Premier League was ended as Josh King's late winner for Bournemouth confirmed their relegation.

Luke Shaw believes Manchester United have what it takes to become “unstoppable” in their quest for Europa League glory.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic felt like Benjamin Button, but it was more a case of Groundhog Day as far as Sunderland were concerned. Manchester United retain a two-pronged assault on Champions League qualification, but all the Wearside club has to look forward to are trips to some of football’s less celebrated destinations in the Championship next season.

David Moyes will send Sunderland into Premier League battle at Leicester on Tuesday night insisting he can survive his "slap" remark to a female reporter.

For all the credit Niall Quinn gives Martin O’Neill for defending himself, the former striker wants the Ireland manager and Everton boss Ronald Koeman to call a truce in their war of words.

For someone experiencing their first taste of senior international football yesterday, there was an air of familiarity which made John Egan feel right at home in his new habitat.

Sunderland 0 Manchester City 2: Sunderland were game, but the harsh truth is that they were woefully lacking in just about every department. Try as they might, the most stern test faced by Manchester City arrived in the aftermath of the final whistle.

Sunderland boss David Moyes was left to rue a controversial opening goal after seeing Southampton romp to a 4-0 Premier League victory at the Stadium of Light.

Manchester United are still in the fight for Europe.

Conor Hourihane says he aims to “hit the ground running” after completing a £3m move to Aston Villa yesterday.

Even Joey Barton could not inspire Burnley as they played out an FA Cup third round stalemate at Sunderland.

Watford 1, Crystal Palace 1: One could hardly tell from the thunderous expression on his face at the full-time whistle, as his new charges at Crystal Palace were held by Watford, but big Sam Allardyce said he was “excited” to be back in the big time.

Chelsea strengthened their grip at the top of the Premier League as they claimed a 1-0 win at Crystal Palace.

Antonio Conte will trust the professionalism of his Chelsea players if they decide to organise a Christmas party.

Everton snatched a draw, Leicester lost and Sunderland recorded another win.

Sunderland manager David Moyes felt the scoreline was harsh on his side after today's 4-1 defeat to Arsenal at the Stadium of Light.

Sunderland 0 Everton 3

David Moyes has called for managers to be given time to implement their plans as he plots the way forward at Sunderland.

David Moyes has insisted he is not being defeatist by admitting Sunderland are engaged in yet another Premier League relegation fight just two games into the new season.

David Moyes has confirmed he wants to take his former Manchester United players Marouane Fellaini and Adnan Januzaj to Sunderland.

Even the players Alex Ferguson offloaded from Manchester United retained their loyalty to the legendary Scot as the club’s most famous manager illustrated last night in a story he told about John O’Shea.