Colin Montgomerie and Darren Clarke may both decide to play in the £1m Scottish PGA championship next month rather than the £3.5m NEC world championship in Akron.

Tiger Woods has joined the list of top golfers to criticise the decision to stage all the World Golf Championship events in America.

Olympic silver medallist Sonia O'Sullivan qualified for her second World Indoor Championships final as she finished third in her 1500m heat in Lisbon this afternoon.

PIERLUIGI Collina, widely considered the world’s best referee, will not be allowed officiate this season unless he drops his new sponsor.

Argentina and Brazil have returned to the top of the FIFA world rankings after strong starts to their World Cup qualifying campaigns.

South African Charl Schwartzel has pulled out of the 64-man field at the Accenture World Match Play Championship in Tucson, which starts on Wednesday.

Following his death at the age of 86, numerous tributes have been paid to Malcolm Brodie, the veteran Belfast Telegraph football writer who covered every World Cup from 1954 to 2006.

Robbie Deans has been sacked as Australia head coach following the Wallabies’ Test series defeat to the British and Irish Lions, according to reports in the Australian press.

THOMOND PARK is set to stage its second international soccer friendly after it was announced yesterday that the Republic of Ireland will face World Cup hosts South Africa in a friendly on Tuesday, September 8.

Ireland have been challenged to make a statement during their three-Test series in South Africa and lay down a marker for the 2019 World Cup in Japan.

Eddie O’Sullivan insists his side’s two-match tour of Argentina will not be an anti-climax, despite leaving a clutch of first-choice players at home.

Paris St Germain have announced the signing of Monaco striker Kylian Mbappe on a season-long loan with an option to buy next summer.

Republic of Ireland fans face a scramble for tickets for October's qualifier with Wales.

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Charges were withdrawn today in Cape Town, South Africa, against Sunday Mirror journalist Simon Wright, said his lawyer William Booth.

The Ireland squad has trained for a second time under new manager Giovanni Trapattoni in the Malahide area of Dublin this morning.

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REPUBLIC of Ireland boss Giovanni Trapattoni has laughed off claims he will be appointed as Turkey’s new coach later this week.

SCOTLAND have decided against risking the fitness of midfielder Nigel Quashie in Wednesday’s must-win match in Moldova.

ENGLAND fly-half Jonny Wilkinson could make a return from injury later this month.