“It’s a real chance for lads to put their hands up,” said Casey after his captain’s run at the Estadio Nacional where Celtic won their European Cup in 1967.

"I just kind of stuck to my guns and kept it real simple and luckily it kind of went off," he told Cricket Ireland.

The England international is expected to sign two-year deal.

The Wallabies have lost first-choice number 10 Noah Lolesio to a neck injury

Wherever and whenever it’s been doable this past week or so, I’ve squeezed in chats with interesting rugby folk while south of the equator.

A one-sided semi-final in New York on Wednesday was effectively settled inside the opening 24 minutes.

Fulton will suit up for the Minnesota Timberwolves in Las Vegas on Thursday. Tip-off is at 8:30pm, live on ESPN2 and the NBA App.

Elsewhere Arsenal have opened talks with Chelsea over signing Noni Madueke.

"We need to be constantly pushing on and ensuring we are building sustainable structures, in addition to getting good people involved,” he said.

What alchemy transformed Keane from the most combustible footballer of his generation to the man who did three interviews Live at the Marquee this week, asks Colin Sheridan

Rodgers explained his reasons behind leaving former College Corinthians forward Idah out of his squad entirely.

New signing scores twice against boyhood club.

There will be reasons for Idah's exclusion, likely based on a patient approach being adopted to finetuning his fitness across the upcoming schedule.

Since Cork last won the men’s All-Ireland hurling crown in September 2005, Cork City’s footballers lifted the both national trophies, league and Cup, twice apiece.

On the evidence presented to date, there’s plenty of fine-tuning required in both camps before either side can approach the key opening test with a real degree of confidence. 

The Liverpool footballer and father-of-three was killed alongside his brother after the Lamborghini they were travelling in burst into flames following a suspected tyre blowout last Thursday night in Zamora, Spain.

In other transfer news, Newly promoted Leeds United have acquired the services of Lille left-back Gabriel Gudmundsson on a four-year deal for £10m

His posting before joining Connacht was as Australia’s men’s sevens head coach and when he is asked what his sense of where Irish rugby is right now, his bewilderment at the IRFU’s decision to shelve its men’s sevens programme is evident.

My three-year-old daughter is very attached to me. She's an only child, and we do almost everything together. She got distressed when I attempted to leave her at playschool in June, so I stayed with her. What would you advise?

When a toenail in touch by a defending team means a try chalked off for the attackers, the rulebook is idiotic.