Consider the most notable American players of the past decade and perhaps Alexi Lalas and Cobi Jones come to mind.

Ireland’s win against Wales last weekend proved something very important. The golden generation was not a once off, writes Steve Neville.

America have won this year's Aga Khan Nations Cup at the Dublin Horse Show.

West Ham striker Craig Bellamy will spend next week training with FA Cup finalists Cardiff City in a bid to regain full fitness in time for Wales’ summer internationals.

Captain Paul McGinley believes $11m man Henrik Stenson is already 85% of the way to securing his place in next year’s Ryder Cup — and insists he has no worries about some of Europe’s other “flatlining” stars.

Warren Gatland will remain as Wales coach until after the 2015 World Cup after agreeing a four-year extension to his contract with the Welsh Rugby Union.

One coach ended up in hospital and the other was left with a serious World Cup headache: Ireland’s win against Australia told vastly different stories for two teams trying to prove themselves.

An Irish referee will make history this month as she joins a team of female officials at this month’s UEFA Super Cup clash between Chelsea and Liverpool.

EDDIE O’SULLIVAN may be looking forward to his reunion with the Ireland team this weekend, but you can be sure he won’t be spending too much time looking back on it once his first Test match in charge of the USA is over.

The South African government have approved a €170m guarantee to strengthen the country’s chances of hosting the 2023 Rugby World Cup.

Bookmaker William Hill today said the amount of money left by unsuccessful punters in recent weeks had shown a slight fall on a year ago.

Aaron Lennon signed a new five-and-a-half-year deal to stay at Tottenham and immediately set his sights on improving on his breakthrough season.

Police were hunting thieves today who broke into the home of Wayne Rooney’s parents and stole valuable football memorabilia belonging to the England star.

‘The Shock of Shizuoka’, as it became known around the world, was alluded to by a number of Japanese media outlets in the build up to last Saturday.

FIFA general secretary Jerome Valcke has expressed surprise Manchester United will not be allowed to wear their ’world champions’ badge in Premier League games.

Referee Jaco Peyper was not considered for a World Cup semi-final appointment after an “inappropriate” picture of him with Welsh fans appeared on social media.

SVEN-GORAN Eriksson has launched a pre-emptive strike in a bid to prevent further embarrassing disclosures from the News of the World.

Ante-post favourite Bobs Worth spearheads 11 declarations for the Betfred Cheltenham Gold Cup on Friday.