Shane Lowry will use this fortnight of competition in the States to finally establish himself well inside the top-50 on the world rankings.

My first big defeat was the most traumatic. It was the first round of the South Derry U12 Championship. I was the 10-year-old left corner-back.

At least four UK police forces are investigating sex abuse allegations linked to Edward Heath, it has been revealed.

John Cleary will decide this week if he will allow his name to be considered for the vacant Cork senior football team manager’s post.

The lack of competitive games this weekend ensured they passed without any major controversy, even as we get close to the summit of the football season.

St Finbarr’s 1-17 Bishopstown 0-10: Accuracy and class helped St Finbarr’s to a comprehensive win over Bishopstown in yesterday’s Cork SHC Round 3 clash at Pairc Ui Rinn.

Celtic’s Champions League hopes are in the balance after a narrow 3-2 win over Malmo in the first leg of their play-off which saw former Hoops attacker Jo Inge Berget return to haunt the Parhead club with a double.

They played nice at their respective press evenings but it’s hardly surprising that when two counties who share such a storied, chequered recent history meet, there are going to be unpalatable truths for both.

Shamorck Rovers 3 Cork City 0: Damien Duff finally made his League of Ireland debut last night, coming on in the dying moments in Tallaght immediately after a third Shamrock Rovers goal had ensured the comprehensive victory which boosts the Hoops European dreams while leaving Cork City’s title aspirations hanging by the slenderest of threads.

Liverpool 1 Bournemouth 0: Christian Benteke has a long way to go before he seals his place in the pantheon of Liverpool’s legendary strikers but winning the affection of the Kop may come a little easier.

When all the social media chatter around Rory McIlroy is about the annoying frequency of his TV commercial for a watch company, you know it has not been the most impactful of weeks in America for the Irishman.

It may have been a long time coming but the manner of Jason Day’s PGA Championship victory in Wisconsin suggests that now he has overcome the biggest hurdle the Australian has what it takes to be a major champion for some time to come.

The days of Ireland’s starting 11 being alluded to, or even revealed, by Giovanni Trapattoni 24 hours before games are long gone.

Cork Opera House is celebrating its 160th anniversary tonight. It’s a momentous milestone, says Marjorie Brennan.

A senior counsel-led State inquiry into allegations up to 40 severely disabled children and young adults were physically and sexually abused by a foster family for at least two decades is set to be launched by the Department of Health.

Xavi’s brief consoling of Pirlo at the end of the Champions League final was a much-needed reminder, in the wake of the FIFA scandal, that the game can still be beautiful, writes Ciarán O’Connor.

Down manager Jim McCorry has questioned the level of training given to umpires in the wake of Conall McGovern’s controversial dismissal in Sunday’s Ulster SFC defeat by Derry.

Few managers provide quotes quite like Kieran McGeeney. The Armagh manager rarely has nothing to say.

The second James Owens blew the final whistle on Laois’ stunning nine-point defeat of Offaly in Sunday’s Leinster quarter-final, man of the match Willie Hyland made a beeline towards his manager.