Four years ago, John Mooney flicked James Anderson to midwicket to complete Ireland’s stupendous run chase against England.

Mary McKenna, Ireland’s most successful female amateur golfer, has been appointed captain of the teams that will represent Great Britain and Ireland in the 2007 Vagliano Trophy and the 2008 Curtis Cup.

Alex Ferguson has virtually abandoned hope of Gary Neville and Louis Saha featuring for Manchester United in next weekend’s FA Cup final.

Tottenham’s attempts to block leading scoring Frederic Kanoute playing for Mali in the African Nations Cup later this month have been dashed by FIFA.

American sports executive Charlie Stillitano believes only a "crazy action" by Donald Trump could prevent the United States from winning the right to stage the 2026 World Cup.

Vladimir Weiss is set to miss Rangers’ title run-in after discovering he has a broken foot.

Michael Essien will return to the international fold for Ghana’s next competitive international against DR Congo in March next year, the country’s football association has confirmed.

Pedro Mendes was on the brink of returning to Portugal this afternoon after Rangers agreed a fee with Sporting Lisbon for the midfielder.

Didier Deschamps has described the prospect of succeeding Sam Allardyce in the Newcastle hotseat as “an exciting challenge”.

MASTER OF HOUNDS will go for either the Qipco 2000 Guineas or the Kentucky Derby following his gallant effort in the UAE Derby in Dubai.

NEW ZEALAND lock Ali Williams has vowed to play again, despite suffering a second achilles tendon rupture.

NICKY BUTT has accepted the chance of a season’s loan at Birmingham to avoid the prospect of spending the months before the 2006 World Cup on the Newcastle bench.

Matt Dawson is still hopeful he will play in England’s RBS 6 Nations Championship opener against Italy despite suffering a shoulder injury in a reserve game.

Kieren Fallon is set to become the retained jockey for owner Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum in Dubai this winter.

Wembley is set to be finally confirmed as the site for the new English ational stadium.

All tickets for England's Lloyds TSB Six Nations clash with Italy on Saturday week have been sold out.

Jason McAteer has been passed fit to play for the Republic of Ireland in their opening World Cup Group E clash with Cameroon on Saturday.

The 2018 World Cup is barely up and running but already we know that the 2026 edition will be jointly hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico, writes Liam Mackey

NEIL BACK begins his 13th season at Leicester this week with a confession about the notorious piece of gamesmanship which denied Munster’s European Cup final dream last May.