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Jamie Heaslip has spoken about Ireland’s ‘upset’ with the manner of their Rugby World Cup quarter-final defeat to Argentina last month.

The Cork County Board will open Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Wednesday night by giving access to the entire stadium for the first games to be played there.

England believe former Test skipper Martin Corry will be fit and available for their opening World Cup game against the United States in Lens next week.

Profits at the firm at the centre of the summer controversy over the GAA’s malfunctioning score detection system last year more than doubled to over €4.5m.

Irish people will be paying for the mistakes of the financial crash for generations to come, President Michael D Higgins has warned in a speech to London’s business elite.

Ireland’s bid to host the 2023 World Cup has been given a huge boost after IRB chief executive Brett Gosper described the country as “a wonderful candidate”.

The cost of upgrading Irish stadia to the standard required to host the 2023 Rugby World Cup would not be prohibitive, Sports Minister Leo Varadkar insisted last night.

Ireland proved far too strong for Turkey to complete their World League 2 pool games with a huge 13-0 win, with Clare woman Naomi Carroll netting four times at Belfield.

Fans flocking to Paris for the Rugby World Cup helped Channel Tunnel operator Eurotunnel score a 10% hike in revenues, the group revealed today.

Sixteen English fans were held by police after trouble flared in Germany ahead of England’s World Cup game against Sweden today.

Portugal boss Luiz Felipe Scolari admits his appetite for working in the English game remains intact despite the farce surrounding his doomed appointment to the national team job last year.

Italy coach Marcello Lippi named his squad for the 2006 World Cup with Filippo Inzaghi of AC Milan and Udinese’s Vincenzo Iaquinta both getting a late call.

The tradition of national anthems being played before international matches is under threat after FIFA president Sepp Blatter suggested they could be banned to avert crowd trouble.

World Cup winner Lawrence Dallaglio will consider coming out of international retirement to help England defend the trophy.

FIFA are facing allegations of impropriety involving a senior figure for the third time this year after South American federation president Nicolas Leoz was alleged to have received inducements relating to television rights.

Ireland coach Eddie O'Sullivan is bringing Geordan Murphy, Gavin Duffy and Brian Carney with him to the Rugby World Cup, although Tommy Bowe will travel and train with the squad as emergency cover for Shane Horgan.

Sergio Garcia, Europe’s only player in the world’s top 10, is set to turn down his place in the Accenture World Match Play Championship in San Diego in two weeks’ time.