Thierry Henry still feels he has unfinished business at Arsenal and wants to one day help the club win the Champions League.

Real Madrid eased into the final of the Club World Cup after a 4-0 win over Cruz Azul at the Le Grand Stade de Marrakech in Morocco last night.

Isaac Boss and Mils Muliaina go back a long way, 15 years at the very least, so there are few men better qualified than the Leinster scrum-half to judge just what the All Black legend brings to his new home in Connacht.

The difference in the perceived challenges facing Munster and Leinster over the weekend is reflected in the fact that Leinster find themselves roundly criticised despite their win over Harlequins, while Munster have received a very positive response for their achievement in rescuing a bonus point in defeat from a game that could have run away from them at one stage, writes Donal Lenihan.

Wales have confirmed two pre-tournament fixtures against Joe Schmidt’s side in Cardiff and Dublin.

Fota Island Resort is in the market to welcome back the Irish Open to Cork "in the not too distant future", as the city and county prepares to bid for a number of spectacular international sporting events on the back of a successful staging of the European Tour event.

It may have been a bad weekend just gone for the provinces in Europe, but rugby’s growing popularity amongst sports fans in Ireland is clear from the latest Sports Sentiment Index, released yesterday by PSG Sponsorship.

Sam Torrance has criticised Nick Faldo for labelling Sergio Garcia “useless” on the eve of September’s Ryder Cup, branding the Englishman “an arsehole”.

Google has released its 14th annual review of the billions of searches made in Ireland this year and, as always, it’s a unique perspective on modern Irish life.

Willie Mullins has given Un De Sceaux a surprise entry in the Swift First Time Right Novices’ Chase at Haydock on Saturday.

Shane Lowry believes he’s ready to chase the American dream on the PGA Tour and play the kind of global schedule that could make him a Ryder Cup player and an Olympian in 2016.

Kolo Toure thinks speculation over Brendan Rodgers’ future is "crazy" and has backed the Liverpool manager to turn things around at Anfield.

In a new European Cup world where three of five second placed teams advance rather than two from six, a bonus point in Clermont is no small thing.

Manchester City should have nothing to fear from drawing Barcelona in the last 16 of the Champions League, according to director of football Txiki Begiristain.

Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti: The Spanish club are dreaming of a clean sweep.

FOUR months down, eight to go and Jose Maria Olazabal will be delighted how his Ryder Cup team is shaping up so far.

US OPEN champion Rory McIlroy was last night named RTÉ Sports Person of the Year for 2011.

SHOW jumper Dermott Lennon moved to 11th in the World Cup’s Western European League yesterday when third with Hallmark Elite in a hard-fought contest at London’s Olympia.

LEINSTER’S drawing power grows bigger and bigger, as evidenced by a crowd of 46,365 who braved the elements on a freezing Saturday night in Dublin.

THERE’S something a little awkward about the Brazilian reverence for Neymar.