Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is confident he has the "many solutions" in attack needed to secure a successful end to the season, but warned against expecting too much too soon from Theo Walcott.

Italian football has its share of unusual characters, none more so than Renzo Ulivieri.

William Porterfield, one of five in the squad set to take part in a third World Cup for Ireland, will lead the same group of players named last month for the training camp and tri-series in Dubai against fellow qualifiers Scotland and Afghanistan.

Arsenal 2 Hull City 0

Rugby: Bath boss Mike Ford has refused to be drawn on speculation that Wales international fly-half Rhys Priestland is to join the Aviva Premiership title contenders.

It is fair to say that the local reaction to Fernando Torres rejoining Atletico Madrid this week will have surprised many outside Spain.

Clinton Morrison has backed the Republic of Ireland to book a ticket to Euro 2016 in France.

Chelsea 3 Watford 0

Preview: Wimbledon v Liverpool

Emer Sexton delivers a late Christmas present and suggests that cutting back on the cleaning is not only good for the soul, it's good for the body.   

Field sizes for a number of key events at the Cheltenham Festival this year are to be reduced following a review with the British Horseracing Authority’s senior inspector.

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard will leave his boyhood club this summer with a heavy heart but he plans to return in a different role in the future.

Cummins or Nash? Bugler or Brendan Maher? Reid or Dowling? Picking the best hurling team of the last five years is no easy task

A passion for the game, a natural talent with a football and a determination as a young girl to succeed in a boys’ world all helped lead up to the moment of magic which has seen Stephanie Roche nominated for Fifa’s 2014 Goal Of The Year.

Unlike her rivals for the Fifa Puskás Award, James Rodriguez and Robin van Persie, Ireland’s Stephanie Roche will be taking the rocky road to Zurich for the prize-giving ceremony on Monday week.

Can Ireland grab a ticket for Euro 2016 in France?

ARSENAL: New year brings back our old failings

Equestrian: Thomas Ryan endured what would typically be a frustrating four faults in the World Cup class at Mechelen on Tuesday.

Aston Villa 0 Crystal Palace 0

When Thierry Henry retired, in Ireland it brought back memories of the furore over his infamous handball in 2009. It reminded me how different a sports person’s mentality is to the average Joe.