My only reservation, apart from the fact that he’s never operated as head coach before, is that this doesn’t amount to an appointment of convenience as the only member of the existing coaching set up still in situ.

Casemiro has told Real Madrid fans jeering Gareth Bale that they are “whistling at the history of this club”.

The Shannonsiders will now host Cork in the Munster semi-final next Monday night

Two great sides heaving and puffing for all their worth could not be separated.

There was little controversy and VAR made just one critical intervention 

A five-point deficit Munster will take back to Limerick this Saturday will not unduly concern them  

Lowry was within four of the lead after birdies on the second and sixth, but bogeyed the ninth and dropped another shot on the 13th after being furious with caddie Bo Martin for what he felt was an error in judgement

Scottie Scheffler remained in control of the 86th Masters as a putter as cold as the weather ended the faint hopes of Tiger Woods playing his way into contention.

History was firmly on Scottie Scheffler’s side as he attempted to cement his position as world number one with a first major title in the 86th Masters.

Neil Warnock has announced his retirement from management, drawing a line under a 42-year career in which he won a record number of Football League promotions and managed an unprecedented 1,603 matches.

Which of the self-imposed rules I applied to a fledgling coaching career have I broken this week?

Orla Neligan has rounded up the top day trips, from egg hunts in Dublin and dinosaur rollercoasters in Meath, to wildlife in Cork and a lighthouse in Wexford

It's a quarter of a century since the All-Ireland Hurling Championship underwent a seismic innovation. Enda McEvoy recalls a new kind of summer

World number one Scheffler has played just nine majors in his career and only twice at Augusta National, although he finished 19th on his debut in 2020 and 18th last year

Pep Guardiola's men will take slender lead to Spain for the quarter-final second leg

When Countess Beatriz de Bobadilla and Columbus met, he would have been a man of 46, strong, healthy and not long a widower. She was a Contessa, far above him in status, but woman of her times and not one to languish in mourning for long

Kerry’s first national final victory in five years and first win in Croke Park since 2019

A superb peformance by Liam Cahill's side secured a six-point league final win

An incredible afternoon at Stamford Bridge started with Chelsea fans protesting against prospective new owners

Five weeks away from Cork, Kerry were always going to be able to attack this game easier than Mayo whose championship opener against Galway falls two weeks earlier.