A panel will meet to examine a 30th-minute incident in the Sharks' 29-26 Aviva Premiership defeat at Harlequins last Saturday.

Colombia got their Copa America campaign up and running with a 1-0 victory over Brazil in Group C last night.

"Irish people are passionate about their sport - it will be a great buzz now on Sunday."

Dublin is no stranger to parties, but the capital exploded in celebration at around 9.40pm tonight.

"A night grandas will bore their grandkids about in 50 years… It was electric in there. It still is."

Zlatan Ibrahimovic's international career is over after Sweden exited Euro 2016 following a 1-0 defeat by Belgium in Nice tonight.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald gave only a qualified expression of support for Garda Commissioner Noirín O'Sullivan, following calls for her to resign in the Dáil tonight.

Liverpool defender Martin Skrtel has denied intentionally stamping on Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea after being landed with a Football Association charge.

The Fenway hurling classic may be under review by the GAA for the “mass brawl” that broke out between the Dublin and Galway hurlers midway through the second quarter, but one thing seems certain: the Americans loved it.

Real Madrid defender Pepe has been handed a two-match ban while coach Jose Mourinho and midfielder Mesut Ozil have each been suspended for one game following Wednesday’s ill-tempered Primera Division match with Villarreal.

Jamie O’Hara’s girlfriend tonight lashed out at fans for their treatment of the Wolves midfielder after today’s defeat to Blackburn.

The Donegal Ladies Gaelic Football Association (DLGFA) have sent a letter of complaint to their Croke Park counterparts, in the wake of a serious injury suffered by teenage forward Geraldine McLaughlin last weekend.

Greek civil servants went on strike again today, paralysing the government and public transport in protest at ever-deeper austerity measures and seemingly ineffectual financial policies.

Blackburn fans calling for the removal of manager Steve Kean have been banned from displaying protest banners before and during Saturday’s home match with Chelsea.

FT: Wales 8 France 9

The hurlers of Kerry, Wicklow, Kildare and Down advanced in the Christy Ring Cup following victories this afternoon.

Brian O'Driscoll has repeated Ireland's mantra that the team is close to producing a special performance.

St Patrick's Athletic 2 UCD 2

A teenager who threw a sawn-off shotgun and a cartridge over a wall into a garden when he saw a member of An Garda Siochana is to be sentenced later at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Saints coach Jim Mallinder is confident Northampton can come away from Munster with the win that would send them through to the Heineken Cup quarter-finals at Thomond Park on Friday night.