Women soccer players were the top scorers at the annual Evening Echo Ladies Sports Star of the Year awards, scooping the supreme and special achievement awards.

Only three Irish players have ever had more experience of days and games like this but by now, Peter Stringer has become reluctantly accustomed to looking in from the outside on them.

When it comes to the RBS 6 Nations, Rob Kearney has seen it, won it and even flirted with a wooden spoon.

Willie Mullins expects Boston Bob to strip a bit fitter for the Hennessy Gold Cup at Leopardstown tomorrow than he did for the Lexus Chase at the same venue over Christmas.

CTRL-V. Will you? Won’t you? It is 11.20pm on a Monday night, writes Larry Ryan.

We all love a cup of tea, but Malaysian artist Red Hong Yi has turned into an art form.

The players have now moved onto a level where they want to do something on the world stage. It’ll be fascinating watching them try, writes Ronan O’Gara.

Equestrian: Horse Sport Ireland chairman Pat Wall yesterday said Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney is applying his own stamp to the sport horse sector strategic plan before its publication.

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Three months on and this column is still wiping egg from its face, writes Brendan O’Brien

RBS Six Nations: Wales v England: Shaun Edwards believes Wales are "in a better place" ahead of this season’s Six Nations Championship than they were 12 months ago.

Ireland U20 preview: Expectations aren’t confined to Joe Schmidt’s Ireland side this next two months.

Ireland have not been the only ones to have changed immeasurably since that March day in Rome two years ago.

Six things to keep an eye on in this year’s Six Nations

Arsenal are aware of photos of Jack Wilshere posted on social media holding a shisha pipe at a nightclub and take a dim view on any players smoking.

Cheltenham Gold Cup hero Lord Windermere and last year’s Aintree winner Pineau De Re star among 98 entries for the Crabbie’s Grand National on April 11.

A very frustrating week on many counts, particularly if you are associated with greyhound sport or horse racing in or around the Clonmel area.

Irish rugby was relatively slow to cotton onto the benefits accrued from assimilating players with southern hemisphere backgrounds into the national team, but that process has belatedly taken hold in recent years.

Cristiano Ronaldo got an early birthday present yesterday as the former Manchester United star was voted the greatest player to have graced the Premier League.

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