Stuart Lancaster has urged Twickenham to will England to victory tomorrow evening as he prepares to order his RBS 6 Nations title hopefuls to carry the game to France.

Joe McNamee talks to Arun Kapil the founder of Green Saffron and an evangelist for spices, about his latest book.

Despite controversy regarding the voting process involved in the awarding of the 2022 World up finals to Qatar, FIFA has announced the first ever festive World Cup Final.

Today will be a test of Simon Zebo’s strength of character. As a travelling member of the Irish party heading to Scotland, he must accept the fact his weekend will be spent in a suit, writes Ronan O’Gara.

Jamie Heaslip has always stood as the most useful, and accurate, of barometers on those all-too-frequent occasions in the past when Luke Fitzgerald’s staccato Ireland career has been a topic of interest.

Ireland coach Phil Simmons is poised to become the new boss of the West Indies.

Sepp Blatter has rejected an invitation to take part in a live television debate involving all four candidates for the Fifa presidency.

Manuel Pellegrini may well insist he isn’t under pressure but, as Manchester City’s squad, which cost €1.4bn to assemble, was out-classed in the Nou Camp, you could almost hear the sharpening of knives in Abu Dhabi.

Knowing when to call time on your career is one of the hardest decisions for a professional sportsman or woman to make.

The former World Cup final whistler has been handed a new role as performance director for England’s professional referees.

But eat your hearts out Jackie Tyrrell and Aaron Kernan, versatile ROG has taken up two new sports.

Ireland proved far too strong for Turkey to complete their World League 2 pool games with a huge 13-0 win, with Clare woman Naomi Carroll netting four times at Belfield.

The UN human rights investigator for North Korea said he would probe allegations of an estimated 20,000 North Koreans working in slave-like conditions abroad, mainly in China, Russia, and the Middle East.

With a few days to reflect on events at the Millennium Stadium, I am even stronger in the belief that Ireland’s defeat in Cardiff will serve more purpose in the long run.

Scotland skipper Greig Laidlaw admits the Dark Blues will be left red-faced if they do not end this year’s RBS 6 Nations with a victory on Saturday.

World Rugby boss Brett Gosper has claimed his tweet was "over-interpreted" into partisanship when posting that hosts England failing to reach the World Cup quarter-finals would be "not the words we want to hear".

Catherine Shanahan talks to Tim O’Mara a veteran soap opera director who has worked on popular staples such as Emmerdale and Coronation Street, and who is currently driving the storyline of our very own.

My sister developed white patches on her skin recently and has been diagnosed with vitiligo. I have never heard of this, could you explain what it is?

Former New Zealand lock Brad Thorn is retiring at the end of the season following a glittering 21-year career in which won the biggest prizes in rugby league and union.

Munster forward Billy Holland is refusing to get his hopes up for a World Cup spot later this year, but after a ‘short and sweet’ introduction to the Ireland squad, he admits he’d jump at the chance to represent his country.