RTÉ rugby commentator Michael Corcoran began his broadcasting career with RTÉ Radio Cork.

Miguel Angel Jimenez admits that staging the Andalucian Open this week will cost him money because of a struggle for sponsorship.

Ireland’s cricketers got their ICC World Twenty20 qualification campaign back on track with an empathic 10-wicket win over Kenya.

Gaizka Mendieta is the man who broke Irish hearts at the the 2002 World Cup, his spot-kick in a penalty shoot-out bringing to an end a marathon battle in Suwon, South Korea.

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard accepts the squad have under-performed in the Premier League this season and knows only a consistent winning run can avoid them “finishing where they don’t want to be”.

The way the Republic of Ireland play under Giovanni Trapattoni is ideally suited to causing problems for Spain at the European Championship finals.

Premier League chairman Dave Richards had a day to forget at a football conference in Qatar yesterday when his remarks causing consternation at the start — and he ended it by falling face first into a fountain pool.

Rob Kearney has more reason than most to get stuck into England at Twickenham on Saturday.

Tom Croft has revealed how a radical shift in the attitude of the England squad since the World Cup debacle has helped take his game to new heights.

Brendan Macken was the star of the show at Anglesea Road yesterday with a hat-trick as Leinster A, on World Cup-winning All Black Brad Thorn’s debut, comfortably dispatched Connacht A.

His name is Ruaidhri Murphy.

Stephen Ferris disputes the “arrogant” tag so often pegged on England but he will be more than happy if they live up to his opinion of them as “bad losers” at Twickenham on Saturday.

Donnacha Ryan had another reason to celebrate last night after signing a new IRFU contract to stay with Munster for two more seasons.

All Black World Cup winner Brad Thorn will make his first appearance in Leinster colours in today’s ‘A’ interprovincial clash with Connacht at Old Belvedere (3pm).

A head injury prematurely terminated his playing career and a serious illness ended Jock Hobbs’ weighty off-field contributions to rugby before ultimately claiming his life.

Forwards coach Graham Rowntree is determined to make life even tougher for England’s new Rugby Football Union chief executive Ian Ritchie as he prepares the Red Rose to face Ireland at Twickenham.

Saturday’s game against England at Twickenham will be Ireland’s 14th test game in eight months and will have a defining influence on how that period is judged.

Ireland cricketers’ hopes of making the ICC World Twenty20 tournament suffered an early blow with defeat to Namibia in Dubai.

A shocking book on extreme cosmetic surgery shows how far some people are willing to go to in order to modify their looks, writes Noelle McCarthy

Rory McIlroy flees from comparisons with Tiger Woods but the world number one isn’t just playing like the old Tiger, he sounds like him too.