This Cork Senior AFC quarter-final wasn’t so much an arm wrestle as a mud fight, one that required penalties to separate the combatants in atrocious conditions

Harry Kane will not have failed to notice that the number 10 shirt he vacated played a significant role in Tottenham sharing the spoils; James Maddison made both Spurs goals

It is a measure of Tottenham's improvement under Ange Postcoglou that he and his players were not happy with a draw at the Emirates Stadium

Bukayo Saka scored twice for Arsenal, one of them thanks to a huge deflection off Cristian Romero, but Heung Min Son equalised quickly on both occasions, and a draw was about right.

In the context of a World Cup, Ireland hasn't experienced a night like this since taking our first big southern hemisphere scalp at a World Cup when beating Australia on a wonderful evening at Ellis Park in Auckland back in 2011.

Some big games struggle to live up to the hype but here was a match as relentlessly tight and tense as any final.

Andy Farrell's side withstand huge South African pressure to down wasteful world champions and chart path towards quarter-final showdown with All Blacks 

Denis Moynihan's men tamed the wretched conditions and produced a clinical display with Shane Ryan at the heart of it all

A strong defensive display from the Students in a scoreless stalemate against Shamrock Rovers wasn’t enough to save them from relegation

Game by game guide to the weekend's GAA action

"...the best approach to a scrappy little shoebox room is to keep it cosy and cheerful, and decor is pared back to a few tasteful prints..."

Inspirational captain forced off amid blizzard of tries in Marseille with World Cup hosts left to wait anxiously on facial injury

A national conversation is needed about how to push back on this group to show we’re serious that hate won’t be tolerated

Will home advantage prove crucial once more?

A slow start is a misstep that Rassie’s ‘Boks will feed off.

The Portugal international completely fluffed his lines with only goalkeeper Nick Pope to beat.

Not since 2017 had the red and whites of Rotterdam been part of a Champions League group game and it was the same on a personal level for Brendan  Rodgers.

You only have to look at those who have come out in Brand’s support to see where he has positioned himself politically

After a tweak to their name and lineup, The Radiators enlisted the help of the legendary Tony Visconti for an album that made little impact on release, but is now recognised as a classic 

The scenes outside Leinster House last Wednesday require a swift and serious response from the criminal justice system. The harassing and attacking of public representatives and others demands no less. This was not an ordinary public order incident.