Ian Harte has scored from the penalty spot after Kevin Kilbane was fouled.

Steve Asmussen is hoping American Horse of the Year Curlin will gain recognition as the best animal on the planet after he tackles the Dubai World Cup on March 29.

Mike Catt has ended speculation about his immediate rugby future by agreeing a new one-year deal with London Irish.

Jennifer Capriati has been dropped from the United States' Federation Cup team on the eve of their 2002 World Group first-round game against Austria.

Three current FIFA executive committee members are under investigation by ethics chief Michael Garcia following his probe into World Cup bidding, it can be revealed.

Ireland’s all-island bid to host the Rugby World Cup in 2023 will be impossible to resist, Taoiseach Enda Kenny has insisted.

Seeded second by virtue of last year's runners-up finish, Ireland Under-21s have been drawn to face France, Samoa and South Africa in the opening stages of June's IRB World Cup in Argentina.

Multiple Group One winner and top-class sire Singspiel has been put down at the age of 18.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter expects England to put forward a “strong” bid to host the 2018 World Cup.

FOOTBALL's world governing body FIFA have given the all-clear to the FAI to continue using temporary seating at Lansdowne Road for the Republic of Ireland's home qualifying ties for the 2006 World Cup.

IRISH sports fans are putting together a new version of the Green Army to bowl over the opposition at the Cricket World Cup in Jamaica this March.

After the most public of auditions, Stuart Lancaster will be interviewed by the RFU today for the full-time position of England head coach.

France playmaker Zinedine Zidane has been handed a three-match ban and a fine for his World Cup final head-butt on Italy defender Marco Materazzi who himself has been suspended for two games and fined for provoking the incident.

An elbow problem has forced Nick Faldo to withdraw from the England team for next week’s WGC – EMC² World Cup at Vista Vallarta, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

FIFA presidential candidate Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein has made a formal rotation of the World Cup between the continents one of the key elements of his manifesto and says he can see a tournament being jointly hosted by several different nations.

Though the world’s eyes are on the World Cup, which is just beginning to gather momentum in Brazil, it is hard not to see the sports events in Limerick this weekend as far more meaningful and — in human terms — far more important.

England lock Danny Grewcock was last night digesting the bitter reality that his hopes of playing at the World Cup were all but wrecked – and his international career could be over.

“They did the country proud!”