Sam Allardyce may have been busy announcing his first England squad yesterday, but he might have been wishing he was back where his managerial career began at LimericK FC.

After what was the best game of the Championship to date, between

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Britain’s financial watchdogs yesterday unveiled rules to help whistleblowers in the banking and insurance sectors. They also made proposals to tighten up how banks and insurers obtain references on potential hires.

Retailers Argos and Littlewoods were today fined a record £22.6m (€33.6m) by the British Office of Fair Trading (OFT) for fixing the price of toys and games made by Hasbro.

Rugby history was made in at Musgrave Park, Cork last night when Helen O’Reilly became the first female to referee a men’s All-Ireland League game.

Spectators at the Masters did not have to wait that to see for themselves how much tougher Augusta National is now.

Aidan O’Brien’s 2005 St Leger winner Scorpion tops a field of seven for the Blue Square Ormonde Stakes at Chester on Friday.

Paul McCartney’s estranged wife was back at the High Court in England today.

Anderlecht were today fined £12,857 for the improper conduct of their supporters during last week’s UEFA Cup Group G game with Tottenham.

Aston Villa manager David O’Leary has denied a charge of using ‘abusive and/or insulting words’ towards referee Graham Poll following the derby victory over Birmingham.

Waterford manager Justin McCarthy will have to make do without the services of Ken McGrath until the end of March following a hefty suspension for the 2002 and 2004 All-Star.

The top American coach accused of making false statements to federal agents about his athletes using drugs has pleaded not guilty to magistrates in San Francisco.

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UEFA have rejected Lille’s attempts to invalidate Manchester United midfielder Ryan Giggs’ winning goal in their Champions League match.

Ireland duo Brian O’Driscoll and Paul O’Connell are undergoing examination after sustaining injuries in today’s 43-31 RBS 6 Nations Championship defeat by France.

Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech will not face any disciplinary action from the Football Association following his outspoken comments about referee Graham Poll.

Ireland will face world number four China in the bronze-medal match at the KT Cup in South Korea after beating Malaysia 4-0 today.

Office and factory staff are switched on to working harder if they can listen to the radio at the same time, new research showed today.

Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann has been fined £10,000 (€18,000) by the Football Association following an incident with Southampton’s Kevin Phillips in December.