A penalty from Kevin Niblock decided the destiny of yesterday's All-Ireland Football Sevens title at Dublin's Kilmacud Crokes club.

There is another homecoming in Cork tonight as the Rebels camogie team returns to Leeside with the O'Duffy Cup after their four-point win over Tipperary at Croke Park yesterday.

Everton 1 Dinamo Bucharest 0 (Bucharest win 5-2 on aggregate)

Chelsea have been fined £30,000 (€43,759) by the Football Association after failing to control their supporters in a Carling Cup tie against West Ham last season.

FIFA have ordered Turkey to play their next six competitive matches behind closed doors and on neutral ground as punishment for the violence which marred their World Cup play-off against Switzerland.

Police in Belfast were today working to identify football hooligans who surged on to the pitch and rioted at the end of a crunch Irish League match.

Thousands of anti-war protesters from across the country set off in central London today on a march and mass rally.

The Irish Bank Officials Association (IBOA) has called for major reform of the banking sector in the wake of recent scandals at AIB.

Laois and Cork could face the ultimate punishment - ejection from the All-Ireland minor football championship - as punishment for the brawl that broke out in the Gaelic Grounds after their quarter-final draw on Sunday.

England's players have been criticised for unsporting behaviour after refusing to shake hands with their Macedonian opponents.

Irish striker Robbie Keane has criticised the World Cup organisers for the manner in which they conduct random drug tests after matches.

Belgium coach Robert Waseige is stepping down after their exit from the World Cup.

UEFA will not be investigating Ruud van Nistelrooy's claims that he was spat upon during Manchester United's Champions League draw with Nantes.

Six more players have been called up to the All-Stars football tour.

Aodhan MacSuibhne has been drafted in to replace Dickie Murphy as referee of Sunday's All-Ireland SHC semi-final between Kilkenny and Tipperary.

The number of litter wardens on the streets of Dublin is to increase as part of the biggest ever push to clean up the capital.

Druid’s acclaimed collaboration with Tom Murphy gave his work a new lease of life. Now it is reaching new audiences with a national tour, writes Pádraic Killeen

Fit-again Rory McIlroy will not add tournaments to his 2015 schedule in order to make up lost time for his injury-enforced absence this summer.