Ed Morrison will referee his last major match at Twickenham when he takes charge of the Tetley's Bitter Cup final.

Team Europe have defeated Team World 15-9 to win the inaugural Laver Cup.

Fulham’s dramatic 1-0 Intertoto Cup victory against Sochaux last night was soured by confirmation that their Republic of Ireland World Cup star Steve Finnan is injured and will miss the start of the Premiership season.

Twitter full of tributes for Joe Schmidt and Rory Best as they depart the stage.

Tonight's highly anticipated World Cup semi-final converted even those who wouldn't normally bat an eyelid at the sight of Harry Kane kicking a ball around a field.

Michael Owen has admitted he was “guilty” of going down for both his World Cup penalties against Argentina when he could have stayed on his feet.

BRAZIL’S 2014 World Cup will see potential travel trauma for fans — and the latest kick-off times ever for a finals tournament, with matches starting as late as 10pm, or 2am in Ireland.

WHO is Paddy O’Brien, the man who came in for so much comment in the wake of the Ireland’s win over Wales on Saturday?

FIFA will attempt to crack down on ‘age cheats’ at the U17 World Cup which kicks off in Nigeria this weekend by carrying out random tests.

THE Republic of Ireland will use London as their training base for the June World Cup qualifier in Bulgaria, with a friendly match against Nigeria the centrepiece of their build-up.

THE FAI yesterday rejected reports that the Republic of Ireland’s Euro 2008 and World Cup qualifying games will not be broadcast free to air on RTÉ.

FAI chief executive John Delaney refused to comment on whether talks with Republic of Ireland manager Brian Kerr on a new contract were planned.

THE IRISH Cricket Union are calling for people of all ages to get involved in the sport in light of Ireland’s Cricket World Cup success.

THE West Indies’ poor start to the World Cup Super Eights got worse as they slumped to defeat against New Zealand yesterday.

ITALY defender Marco Materazzi has won damages from the Daily Mail over claims he racially abused Zinedine Zidane in the 2006 World Cup final.

TOM COOPER refers to the non-use of the Tricolour and Amhrán na bhFiann at the Rugby World Cup as a “reprehensible, unpatriotic act” (Letters, October 8). Patriotism is defined as the love of one’s country — but this country was not playing in the World Cup, it was a mixture of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The IRFU represents all 32 counties.

PORTUGAL winger Cristiano Ronaldo has denied asking Argentinian referee Horacio Elizondo to take action against England’s Wayne Rooney during the World Cup quarter-final.