Romelu Lukaku's Goodison goal glut continued with a double as Everton's 4-2 victory over Leicester ended Foxes boss Craig Shakespeare's six-game winning run.

Events will be held today to mark the 50th anniversary of the funeral of former British Primer Minister Winston Churchill.

“The magician” Brian O’Driscoll is the “final bastion” of creative centre play, according to Ireland boss Joe Schmidt.

Kris Commons believes Celtic paid the price in the Champions League this season for the club’s unwillingness to pay the going rate for a quality striker to replace Gary Hooper.

As Kilkenny piled on the misery against Offaly in the closing stages of their Leinster quarter-final in Nowlan Park a couple of weeks ago, supporters of the Faithful County would have begged for mercy from Brian Cody and the Cats.

Argentina defender Pablo Zabaleta would love nothing more than to win the World Cup in the spiritual home of Brazilian football.

Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers insists his team can still win the Barclays Premier League but captain Steven Gerrard’s costly slip and Chelsea’s “two buses” tactics dealt their prospects a major setback.

A cat in Limerick was reunited with its delighted owners TWO WEEKS after going missing - but how it turned up 20km away is a mystery.

Germany 4 Portugal 0

Racing Santander players refused to play last night’s Copa del Rey clash with Real Sociedad in protest over unpaid wages.

USA 0 Germany 1

A city councillor also claimed last night that a consortium is poised to invest in the development of the ‘rapid-build 5,000-capacity modular facility’ as the second anniversary of the sod turning on the stalled project nears with no sign of construction starting.

Tomorrow is a historic one for Camogie as the country’s top stars fly out early in the morning to the Spanish capital of Madrid to take part in the first Liberty Insurance Camogie All-Stars Tour.

Arsene Wenger faces a "healthy debate" to decide who will form his front-line in Arsenal's Premier League opener against Leicester on Friday, according to Danny Welbeck.

City Hall officials considered injuncting the Cork County GAA Board in a standoff over its mobility plan just hours before the revamped Páirc Uí Chaoimh hosted its first major games.

Lionel Messi has said Bayern were "superior" to Barcelona in last night’s 4-0 thrashing, with the Catalan club’s hopes of reaching the Champions League final all but over.

A major public march and rally is to be held in Belfast the weekend before the G8 meeting of world leaders.

Munster 6 Scarlets 13

Hull 2 Huddersfield 0

The Football Association has branded the incident that left Rio Ferdinand bleeding at Manchester City yesterday as “unacceptable”.