Another weekend of bumper fare for the Six Nations.

Allianz Hurling League Division 1A: Cork 2-17 Kilkenny 1-22: The names may change, but the work-rate stays the same.

HSBC Holdings Plc chief executive Stuart Gulliver offered “sincerest apologies” following fresh details of how the bank’s Swiss unit helped customers evade taxes.

Reaction from the weekend’s top Premier League action.

It matters not if it is a championship decider or a one-off match, the pressures of professional rugby are such that when the final whistle blows and victory has been secured, joy is quickly followed by relief in the mix of a player’s post-match emotional whirl. 

Two All-Ireland titles and multiple All Star awards have secured Eoin Kelly’s place in Tipperary hurling folklore. Now he is slowly growing accustomed to life as a former inter-county hurler, but the memories of the glory days in blue and gold are as fresh as ever.

AIB All-Ireland Club SFC semi-final

FA Cup Fifth Round

Ireland international striker Kevin Doyle was back at Wolves Compton training ground yesterday after a whistle stop trip to America as he ponders the next move in his career.

Sigerson Cup Quarter-Final: IT Carlow 0-11 UL 0-10: IT Carlow withstood a barrage of injury-time UL attacks and, indeed, a half-hour stoppage in proceedings to secure a first Sigerson Cup semi-final appearance.

Good guy, Donal Lenihan, and a fine analyst both in print and on TV, but don’t ever ask him if you’re looking well — and if you do and he tells you you’re the picture of health, then depart rapidly in several directions, writes Enda McEvoy.

The Stephen Hawking biopic The Theory Of Everything was the big winner at the Bafta awards last night.

Ian Keatley freely admits Ireland are a better team with Johnny Sexton at fly-half but that is a motivation for the Munster No.10 rather than a deterrent to proving he belongs at Test level.

Our manager continued his war with the media this week by doing his best surly teenager impression.

Aston Villa 1 Chelsea 2: This felt like a defining day in the destiny of this season’s Premier League title race.

Everton v Liverpool: Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard will run out at Goodison Park for his final Premier League Merseyside derby with a clear message to his Everton detractors: "Bring it on."

He may have a fair way to go to be in the Willie Mullins league, but Gordon Elliott is getting there - and quickly writes Pat Keane.

Everton boss Roberto Martinez expects Republic of Ireland midfielder James McCarthy to be available for tomorrow’s Merseyside derby — and fully fit for the rest of the season.

Bolton 1 Liverpool 2

All the fuss had surrounded Tottenham’s goal machine and local boy Harry Kane coming into the Capital One Cup final but it was that man Diego Costa who once again stole the headlines for Chelsea as he fired them to their first major trophy of the season.