Here’s our guide to the six biggest matches to get you through the festive season…

The Ireland Men's Rugby Team are Team of the Year for 2024. 

Kieran Bennett recently arrived home after his year travelling and it’s hoped that the third Ballysaggart brother, Shane, will also return from Australia next month to join Kieran and Stephen in the squad.

The Football Association has now fined City after they admitted their players behaved in an improper way.

An explosion and inferno at Guinea’s main fuel depot in the capital of Conakry has left at least 11 people dead and more than 80 seriously injured, authorities have said.

The club game is reaching new levels of excellence as showcased this weekend.

Graham Rowntree's camp need to seriously look at their lack of control in the final quarter when they were guilty of playing too much rugby from deep. 

Brian Hogan’s side have proven themselves masters of the tight win

Their failure to close out matches is certainly bugging Guardiola. “I would like to know!” he said when asked why it was happening.

The Munster champions trailed by a point heading into the final quarter before two Kyle Wallace scores sandwiched a booming free from goalkeeper Eoin Davis to swing it in their favour.

Toffees boss Sean Dyche piled the pressure on his former club.

The visitors had striker Raul Jimenez sent off before half-time.

Cole Palmer continued his fine start to life in west London and was the difference for Mauricio Pochettino’s side, knocking in the opening goal from Raheem Sterling’s cut-back early in the second half before crossing for Nicolas Jackson to make it two.

The buzz was palpable as more than 20,000 spectators filed in for Spurs’ first game in their main stadium this season. Robert Vilahamn has breathed new life into a team that flirted with relegation at times in 2022-23. Despite coming into this match off the back of two league defeats, confidence has remained.

St Munna’s are only the second Westmeath side to claim All-Ireland club camogie honours, after Raharney made the breakthrough in the junior championship in 2020.

Broadcaster Gary Newbon has interviewed or worked with nearly them all. Clough. Ali. Big Jack. But as the title of his autobiography suggests, many know him best for his sparring with Alex Ferguson. 

Kevin Markham reveals an eclectic mix of great golf gifts for 2023

Substitute Lagerbielke headed home his first Celtic goal in stoppage time on his first appearance since September to earn a 2-1 victory.

To date Wall's haul includes a 2015 All-Ireland intermediate medal with Waterford, two Munster club medals, and an astonishing 17 county medals.

Going from desk to dinner? Try twinning the rhinestone trend with grey and black as seen at Whistles—a conduit from boardroom meetings to greeting old friends long forgot.