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.

David Turnbull had levelled the score in the 75th minute with a superb diving header but the League One side couldn’t hang on to force the game to a penalty shoot-out.

The $60 tickets will be distributed through member associations, and Fifa has requested "that these tickets are specifically allocated to loyal fans who are closely connected to their national teams".

From America's 250th anniversary to Zohran Mamdani — via data centres, Eurovision, and fish kills — Colin Sheridan recites an alphabet of moments we will witness in the coming year

The Golf Channel Games take place at Trump National Golf Club Jupiter in Florida on December 17

The ruling followed months of legal wrangling after the France striker took PSG to court over earnings he said were withheld for April, May and June 2024, shortly before he joined Real Madrid.

George Best i gCorcaigh on TG4 looks back on the troubled player's brief sojourn at Cork Celtic in 1975 

Land of opportunity? Na, a rip-off republic that’s been allowed to seep in unchecked.

Chelsea move on to Wednesday night's semi-final draw and Cardiff back to domestic duties but Brian Barry-Murphy's side, four points clear in the third tier, are probably a better bet for an end of season party.

Footballing legend Nedved, as current football lead for the federation, has conceded defeat in his attempt to install Jindřich Trpišovský due to his club SK Slavia Prague putting the brakes on double-jobbing.