McIlroy insists he is still hungry for more titles.

Ngumoha could step up for Liverpool, injury-hit Newcastle need to bounce back and Parker feels the heat.

Rory McIlroy named BBC Sports Personality of the Year to end golf’s drought. The Masters champion is the first golfer in 36 years to claim award

"It's a ruthless game and some players just need somebody to love them for an hour," says Morgan Biggs, who started Training121 aged 16, with his brother and best friend.

Trump dominated the news last year, and he’s going to do it again next year, writes Fergus Finlay

This Spanish excursion was seen by head coach Ger Burke as a chance for PBC - the only Irish representative - to learn and develop against the world's top schools and elite programmes, including three South African outfits. 

Talent is obvious, fortune can be fickle, but persistence is everything.

Richie Murphy was absolutely respectful of their latest opposition when talking earlier in the week but the very fact that he used the word ‘beatable’ about Leinster speaks for their state of mind.

The Barry Group in Mallow in Co Cork works with 100 Costcutters franchisees across Ireland and 100 Carry-Out off-licences, with around 40 smaller Quik Pick stores

The 36-year-old won the Masters in April, beating Englishman Justin Rose in a play-off to complete the career grand slam of golf’s four major titles.

DR Congo's Noah Sadiki has become a key player for Sunderland since joining the Premier League club from Union SG

A technology kit allows patients to go home, instead of staying in hospital, and healthcare staff can monitor them remotely

Next month – January 1926 – marks the centenary of the establishment of the Irish national radio station 2RN, the forerunner of RTÉ Radio.

It is another action packed weekend of sport on TV with the All-Ireland Club hurling semi-finals, the URC returns after the European break with all four provinces in action and the Premier League heats up - all you need to know here.

The annual Teneo Sport and Sponsorship Index found a surge in positivity towards Heimir Hallgrimsson's national team on the back of World Cup qualification heroics 

It was the Leinster winger who was lumped with the role of panto villain against the Leicester Tigers.

That total – which includes €42.6m for the winner of the five-week extravaganza – represents a doubling of the envelope on the figure available four years ago at Qatar 2022.

The consolation for fans wearying of their team’s latest omnishambles is that it will soon move on to the next hapless outfit.

The FIFA Council approved prize money for the tournament at a meeting in Doha on Wednesday.

Mid-table Division 2 finishes, close shouts with Kerry, and preliminary quarter-final exits have become the county’s predictable lot in recent years.