Goals at the start and end by two Munster men - Barry Cotter and Adam O’Reilly – boosted St Patrick’s Athletic’s European hopes and dented Bohemians’ in this Dublin derby

Blackrock had to dig deep to stay in the championship, only taking the lead for the first time on 59 minutes.

Pablo Fornals delivered the game’s decisive blow at Villa Park, scoring with a deflected shot in the 74th minute as West Ham recorded their first goal, first win and first points of the Premier League campaign to move out of the relegation zone.

Erik Ten Hag has a solid base to work from after wins over Liverpool and Southampton. 

This was the biggest upset in the Co Op Superstores Senior A hurling championship this season as Cloyne produced a Houdini act to demolish Newcestown at Church Road

Thomas Tuchel has backed Raheem Sterling to score plenty more goals after his double helped seal 10-man Chelsea a 2-1 win against Leicester

I’m more confident in my abilities this season. I know exactly what my role is within the gameplan, I know what my strengths are, I know what my limitations are

The longer you can stay on the right track without reaching any destination the better. It’s hope people want, really, not success. But hope has never been a more fragile commodity

The Colombia winger, signed from Feyenoord for a reported £22.5million, scored a brilliant first-half opener and had a hand in Leeds’ two other goals.

If we heard refs' conversations all the time, it would cut off some oxygen for the more unhinged accusations of bias.

To what extent is it reasonable to allow Russians to disport themselves in the sunspots and cultural attractions of Europe while their government has dislocated the lives of seven million Ukrainians, scattering many of them to refuges across the ...

One party member said: "He is definitely being talked about around the country among Fianna Fáil grassroots. He has been on the circuit in a very clever way."

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Liverpool looked a shadow of their usual selves at Old Trafford last night. 

The UK businessman has a track record with Fleetwood Town, who've risen to League One level.

Amanda Budden was red carded in the moments after the defeat to Valur. 

A Tony Brosnan penalty was the key moment. 

Beyond contemporary politics though, it was about honouring a man who did his country a major, selfless service

Two points in arrears at the interval (0-7 to 0-5), having played with the breeze, the visitors appeared to be in a spot of bother but, upping it several gears on the resumption, they quickly gained supremacy and their victory was assured well before the final whistle.

Brendan Rodgers says Wesley Fofana was left out of the squad for Leicester’s defeat to Southampton because the Chelsea target was not in the right frame of mind to play.