Wexford rounded off a remarkable three-year run at Croke Park yesterday, leaving us in no doubt that they are the greatest team of the modern era.

Win, lose or draw in Sunday’s Connacht SFC final, Mayo’s Cillian O’Connor and Sligo’s Pat Hughes intend to seek each other out after the final whistle, shake hands, and maybe swap their jerseys.

ARSENE WENGER refused to consider stepping down after watching his side suffer their most humiliating defeat in 115 years and cited ‘special circumstances’ for the way his side were demolished by champions Manchester United at Old Trafford.

ARSENAL cult hero John Jensen returns to his former club today looking to upset the very fans who took him to their hearts two decades ago.

DAVID MURPHY and his Wexford comrades are entitled to ponder on how this football weekend may have been shaped for them.

THE nation’s supply of asterisks has been seriously depleted in the last 48 hours as reports have differed about the precise content of the inflammatory remark made by France’s Lassana Diarra to Ireland’s Keith Andrews after the final whistle blew in Croke Park on Saturday night.

SUPERQUINN chief executive designate Simon Burke has completed his whistle-stop tour of the group’s retail outlets, which were barely profitable last year.

CHAMPIONSHIP strugglers Norwich have sacked manager Nigel Worthington following their humiliating 4-1 defeat at home to Burnley.

WE saw Paul ‘Pillar’ Caffrey for the first time when he emerged from the Dublin dressing room shortly after yesterday’s game in Croke Park.

ARMAGH were praised yesterday for accepting their defeat in Sunday's All-Ireland final with dignity.

West Ham eased the pressure on manager Slaven Bilic by fighting back from two goals down to beat Tottenham 3-2 in the Carabao Cup fourth round.

Munster took this game by the scruff of the neck from the first whistle of a ferocious encounter, the home side getting their reward with an early penalty from Ian Keatley and hammering home their dominance with first-half tries for Rhys Marshall and Simon Zebo that put the Reds firmly in control.

A social worker has told the Charleton tribunal that “human error” and “an oversight” led to her failing to notice that two different alleged abuse victims were named in a report she had been working on in the one file.

A man has been given a two-and-half-year suspended sentence for kicking his opponent in the face and breaking his jaw after a hurling match.

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has called his side "phenomenal" after their 1-1 draw with Arsenal at Old Trafford.

Louis van Gaal insists he still has the backing of the Manchester United squad as he prepares for what could turn out to be his final game in charge.

The second round of the weather-affected US PGA Championship resumed at Whistling Straits on Saturday, with Justin Rose in position to chase a second major title.

Clarke believes Rory McIlroy can contend for a fifth major title this week, despite his long injury lay-off.

Darren Clarke, happy again and engaged to be married, continued the remarkable Irish golfing story of recent years with a second successive 68 in The Open at Sandwich today.