French coach Roger Lemerre has said that he might call Nicolas Anelka into his World Cup squad if Thierry Henry is forced to withdraw because of his knee injury.

Snooker world champion Ronnie O’Sullivan has recorded his fifth competitive maximum break at the LG Cup in Preston.

England assistant coach Tord Grip “hopes and thinks” Michael Owen will be fit for the World Cup and claims “it is not a big worry” if the striker only plays one more game for Newcastle this season.

Leo Cullen is eager for Ireland to crank up preparations for the World Cup when they face France in Bordeaux tonight.

Declan Kidney's injury woes increased today with news that Gordon D'Arcy's departure to New Zealand with the Ireland Rugby World Cup squad has been delayed by 48 hours.

Back in training for only two weeks, Paul O'Connell bounced back to competitive action this afternoon when he helped Young Munster to a 12-10 AIB League Division Two win over Buccaneers at Tom Clifford Park.

The 2006 HSBC World Match Play championship will be staged the week before the Ryder Cup – despite objections from leading players.

England assistant manager Steve McClaren has echoed Sven Goran Eriksson’s prediction that Wayne Rooney can one day captain the national team.

Fabien Barthez has retired from football, it was announced tonight.

Sven-Goran Eriksson wanted West Ham’s Anton Ferdinand to join England’s World Cup stand-by list as a replacement for the injured Luke Young.

Gabriel Batistuta has been left out of the Argentina squad for their World Cup warm-up game with Cameroon on March 27.

There was less than a minute gone at the UCD Bowl when England centre Megan Jones shrugged off a poor excuse of a tackle and crossed the Spanish line for the first score of the 2017 Women’s Rugby World Cup.

Cian Healy has signed a new three-year contract with the IRFU which will see him remain in Ireland and playing with Leinster up until the end of the Rugby World Cup in 2019.

This weekend the quarter finals kick off with four mouth watering matches to look forward to.

The world’s biggest brewer AB InBev today said its newly-launched Stella Artois Cidre had helped offset a 16% decline in beer volumes in the UK.

Donal Lenihan picks his best XV of the Rugby World Cup pool stage ahead of this weekend's quarter-finals

Germany boss Joachim Loew is in the frame to be Arsenal’s next manager, with Arsene Wenger’s current deal expiring next summer, according to reports.

A leading Tipperary GAA official dismissed speculation that Semple Stadium, Thurles, could be one of the Irish venues if the Rugby World Cup comes to this country.