It is understood that Munster are interested in signing Mathieu Bastareaud for the start of the new season.

It’s impossible to get used to -2 degrees in July. Irrespective of how many years a Paddy spends in Christchurch, heading out with a couple of Crusader coaches to a Japanese restaurant dressed like a lagging jacket always seems odd.

This may not be Pádraig Harrington’s last shot at glory but the triple major champion knows age is catching up with him and his blistering 63 at Lahinch yesterday was a sign he is not inclined to waste a minute of the time he has left in elite golf.

Going up the leafy drive to Elm Bank, you could be forgiven you’d accidentally time-travelled off Cork City’s main Douglas Road, and ended up, on a country boreen, back in some earlier time.

Shane Daly Butz is determined to use the World University Games as a spring board to kick start his football career.

Sweden pulled off a shock 2-1 victory over Germany in Rennes to reach the semi-finals of the Women's World Cup.

The FAI have confirmed that women's national team head coach Colin Bell has left the role.

Marta pulled it off where many in football have tried and failed, talking about herself in the third person with striking dignity.

It’s a big few days for golfer Robbie Cannon, and his life could look much different by next weekend, if results go his way.

The United States are through to the semi-finals of the Women's World Cup.

The Daragh Ó Conchúir Interview He will watch them go to stalls for today’s DDF Irish Derby at the Curragh and, for a moment, wonder.

Some moments give pause for thought. One such moment was captured in the photograph of Óscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez and his 23-month old daughter Valeria.

Martin O'Neill has left his post as manager of Nottingham Forest, the Championship club have announced.

Nathalie O’Brien is praying her name will not be called out. Sat beside her dad, Fergus, and mam, Michelle, in the RTÉ studios in Donnybrook, Nathalie is agonising at the thought of being declared the winner.

Phil Neville's England have won their Women's World Cup quarter-final against Norway to set up a semi-final against either the hosts France or the current world champions USA.

A few weeks ago, Ger Cunningham detailed his own gardening misfortune. Ken Hogan is another inter-county keeper to fall victim to a lawnmower injury.

The first game of the 2019 Rugby World Cup is still 85 days away and yet Ireland are back in camp almost two weeks already. It’s no wonder that Toner opined yesterday that these summer breaks never feel long enough.

Rugby union could look very different after the World Cup. How different will become more apparent this week when World Rugby’s Law Review Group (LRG) meets in London today and tomorrow to decide on which player welfare-based rule amendments to pursue on a trial basis.

Joey Carbery was only turning 12 when Stephen Larkham brought one of the great Australian careers to an end in 2007.

Over the past year or so, the Video Assistant Referee system, known as VAR, has been gradually rolled out to the world of football with the aim of improving the accuracy, and consistency, of refereeing decisions, writes Mike Ryder.