Ireland’s first-choice midfielder for the past five years is the type whose attributes are often only appreciated when absent.

The US seizure of Venezuela’s president marks a dangerous shift where intervention is claimed openly, without legal or moral disguise

It is another action packed weekend of sport on TV with the All-Ireland hurling and football intermediate and junior club finals, the return of European rugby and the FA Cup - all you need to know here.

The 41-year-old departs Strasbourg to take up the Stamford Bridge role. 

Former Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes said the club should make a move for England boss Thomas Tuchel

Revealing that Gvardiol sustained a tibial fracture to his right leg, City added: “The defender will have surgery later this week."

Ruben Amorim and Wilfried Nancy were too rigid and too proud. In that way they mirrored the people who appointed them.

Manchester United and their managers are committed to mutually assured destruction

The Man Utd hierarchy are again searching for a new manager. 

Consello strengthens its sports advisory business and high-profile affiliations.

Nuno lets a golden opportunity slip, Viktor Gyökeres does everything but score and Benjamin Sesko struggles again

Calum McFarlane expects to be back in charge of Chelsea's U21s later this week with Liam Rosenior arriving at the club for talks about succeeding Enzo Maresca

The draw leaves Manchester City trailing Premier League leaders Arsenal by six points

The great champion has raced stuffily first time out in recent years and he is likely to improve massively for his Christmas retun

Price tag for winger’s move to Manchester City would make headlines in any other country but not in England.

Former Manchester United and Norwich player Paul McVeigh was the first Premier League footballer to earn a Master’s degree in psychology

Leinster are on a run of seven consecutive wins with La Rochelle visiting Dublin in the Champions Cup this weekend

Egan has played a total of 34 matches for Hull, featuring 11 times last season and helping City keep clean sheets in crucial 1-0 wins at Sunderland and Sheffield Wednesday.

Honohan’s new employers have cited that medical condition as reason to temper immediate expectations.

Here's a dangerous idea, by American standards anyway: what if NFL teams halved their rosters and embraced the crazy notion that players could have more than one job?