Oranmore man MacSweeney only returned home at the weekend on the back of another promising performance at the R&A Home Internationals where Ireland were pipped by England in the final match.

In a cagey contest with few chances for either side, the game suddenly sprung into life in the final stages with three goals in the final 10 minutes of normal time

It will, as ever, be a decision for the market alone. The market is reasonable and good. The market always gets what it wants in the end, whether you like it or not

The younger brother of a Colombia women’s national soccer team player was killed in the early hours of Monday in a nightclub shooting, local police in the city of Cali said.

They come as a pair in the blue of France or red-and-black of Toulouse. But they have an on-pitch relationship that goes beyond most scrum-half/fly-half standards

Last Sunday Mick Bohan and Dublin got the kind of performance that teams and coaches aspire to but rarely experience: on the biggest day of all they had produced their best

Everybody had thought that Kane’s Spursiness would evaporate on contact with 'Bayern-dusel' - Bayern-luck; but what if it’s the other way round?

'You’ve got to learn little strategies to work on that and we’re lucky enough to have a few mental skills coaches both with the Leinster and Ireland teams'

Food and wine, sun and culture – Portugal’s second largest city ticks all the boxes

Thirty years ago, life was good and so was the music so we hit the dancefloors with a vengeance

Dan Lydiate accepts there will be a degree of 'edginess and tension' around the Wales camp this week as World Cup squad selection draws closer

England midfielder Keira Walsh insists they are not thinking about the Australian hearts they would break if they eliminate the World Cup co-hosts in Wednesday's Sydney semi-final

Spain are one win away from the Women’s World Cup final, less than a year after more than a dozen players staged a mutiny and stepped away from the team

The new women's international XV's competition aims to increase the competitiveness, reach and impact of elite women's rugby.

For a time it was thought Fowler might opt for Ireland like her siblings – at one stage she withdrew from a Matildas squad on the eve of what had been expected to be her debut

The justice minister needs to explain how and why supposedly scarce Garda resources were mobilised so quickly to attend ATMs

The 22-year-old was forced off during the 19-17 win against Wales and has been replaced in the 33-man World Cup squad by Alex Mitchell.

Two self-starting women's football reporters covering the World Cup have said the women's game no longer needs to "prove" itself.

Irish athletes have been very successful over the past few weeks in competition, can they carry over that good form into the World Athletics Championships and bring home medals and the FIFA Women's World Cup is nearing an end and this year there will be a new Champion.

The injury comes as a huge blow to France's chances at their home World Cup