Rory McIlroy has targeted a summer of success after producing a stunning finish to win the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open for the first time at The K Club.

Tottenham winger Gareth Bale will not feature for Wales in Wednesday's friendly against the Republic of Ireland in Cardiff.

British and Irish Lions captain Sam Warburton faces a race against time to be fit for Wales' autumn Test campaign after being ruled out for 12 to 16 weeks with a hamstring tear.

A 5p tax on single-use carrier bags will be introduced in the North next year.

Gavin Henson could be in line for a first RBS 6 Nations appearance since 2009 after being included in head coach Warren Gatland's 35-man training squad.

The International Rugby Board (IRB) have told the Scottish Rugby Union and Welsh Rugby Union that their regulations indicate Steven Shingler “is tied to Wales and ineligible to play for any other union”.

Connections of Sans Frontieres are hoping the son of Galileo will be showing his old sparkle in time for the Princess of Wales’s sportingbet.com Stakes at Newmarket on July 7.

Welsh fly-half Stephen Jones has waded into Ireland's great fly-half debate by stating that Irish tactics for the RBS 6 Nations clash with Wales will be dictated by who is selected at number 10.

Ian McGeechan has announced that former British Lions and Wales fly-half, Neil Jenkins, will join the Lions' tour squad following the conclusion of Wales' North American tour.

Tottenham full-back Gareth Bale has undergone knee surgery and now faces a race to be fit for the start of the next Premier League season.

Former Ryder Cup player Paul Broadhurst moved into position today for a tilt at a third Portuguese Open title in five years.

Wales star Gavin Henson has been dramatically axed from the Ospreys' opening Heineken Cup games against Leicester and Perpignan.

Wales' Richard Johnson has some worldly advice for any young European amateur golfer who aspires to become a successful professional.

Car giant Toyota is to invest £88m (€114m) at one of its factories in the UK to build a new small petrol engine, it was announced today.

Unbeaten as Ryder Cup partners last year and inseparable on tour for years, Lee Westwood and Darren Clarke went their separate ways on the leaderboard in the first round of the Austrian Open today.

British duo Eleanor Pilgrim and Lora Fairclough earned a share of the lead heading into the final round of the Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open at Golf Gerre Losone.

Padraig Harrington will take a three-shot lead into the final round of the Irish Open as he looks to become the first home winner of the event in 25 years.

Padraig Harrington overcame a shaky spell to regain pole position in his bid to become the first home winner of the Irish Open in 25 years.

British monarch Queen Elizabeth II will never watch Oscar nominated movie The Queen because she doesn't want to watch someone else depict her on screen.

Gavin Henson has withdrawn from Wales’ two-Test summer tour to Argentina in order to regain full fitness ahead of next year’s World Cup.

Wales have warned buoyant Scotland to beware "a wounded animal" in Sunday's RBS Six Nations Championship clash at the Millennium Stadium.

WALES star Gavin Henson could miss the entire RBS 6 Nations after being called before a disciplinary hearing for his clash with Alex Moreno during the Ospreys’ 17-15 Heineken Cup defeat by Leicester.

SOUTH KOREAN Jeong Jang was the player to catch at the midway stage of the Weetabix Women’s British Open at Royal Birkdale.

Fifteen years on from his debut and after 10 trips to the qualifying school, Wales' Stephen Dodd may never have a better chance to win a European Tour title.

DARREN CLARKE claims it will take more than a change in captaincy to reverse a trend that has seen Europe win four of the last five Ryder Cups.

EUROPEAN Ryder Cup captain Bernhard Langer is out of not only this week’s Deutsche Bank-SAP Open in Heidelberg, but also next week’s Volvo PGA championship at Wentworth.

RYAN GIGGS has been cleared to play in Wales' Euro 2004 play-off decider tonight after UEFA rejected Russia's bid to have him kicked out of the match.

IRELAND out-half Paul Burke (Harlequins) sustained a hamstring injury in training yesterday and has withdrawn from the 22-man Ireland squad for next Saturday’s permanent tsb international at Lansdowne Road against Wales.

ENGLAND Grand Slam stars Richard Hill and Jonny Wilkinson are among five players nominated for one of British rugby’s most prestigious prizes.

STEVE HANSEN last night apologised to Wales’ suffering supporters as the fall-out continued from an abject RBS 6 Nations Championship display against Italy in Rome.

IAN WOOSNAM, at the centre of drama in the Open championship last year, has now watched somebody else suffer at the hands of the Rules of Golf. Two people, in fact.

Wales will never again be a major force on the international scene unless professionalism both on and off the field is embraced, according to the clubs leading a movement to form a new professional order.

Jamie Robinson could miss out on his Six Nations debut for Wales against Ireland because of injury.

The target of slaughtering infected animals within 24 hours of foot-and-mouth being reported is being achieved in Wales, the Welsh rural affairs minister says.

Des Smyth is celebrating reaching a number of remarkable milestones with his victory in the Madeira Island Open.

Six Nations officials have admitted that this season's championship may not be concluded until the autumn.

Tom Smith admitted that fear was the major factor in turning him into Scotland's unlikely hero at Murrayfield yesterday.

Robin McBryde will emerge from the international wilderness on Saturday determined to remove his tag as Welsh rugby's forgotten man.

Denmark's Thomas Bjorn stormed into contention for his first win of the season in the South African Open at East London.