Jordan Henderson may be 35 but his Brentford arrival from Ajax already hints at being one of the signings of the summer.

Elsewhere in Tokyo Sunday, Nicola Tuthill reached the final of the women’s hammer, Andrew Coscoran advanced to the 1500m semi-finals and Sarah Lavin survived an early scare to power into the semi-finals of the 100m hurdles.

European Ryder Cup team member Tyrrell Hatton was their closest challenger two strokes further back.

Alysha Corrigan’s double helped to dump the Wallaroos out of the World Cup, as Canada made the last four.

The Players Football Association of Ireland (PFAI) and The Irish Supporters Partnership (IFSP), have called on the FAI to act.

Ange began his reign in charge of Nottingham Forest with a 3-0 loss to Arsenal.

She will box for gold in Sunday’s Afternoon Session against Turkey’s Busra Isildar - a World and European medalist.

Six second-half tries saw the Black Ferns see off a spirited South Africa to reach the semi-finals of the World Cup.

Portugal star will hand Gianni Infantino the perfect publicity coup if he does play in America for the first time in more than 10 years, having already begun cosying up to Donald Trump

It was a win made all the sweeter by the challenges thrown at the visitors, who lost lock Lood de Jager, flyhalf Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu and fullback Aphelele Fassi in the first half to injuries

Aoife O'Rourke and Patsy Joyce will vie to up-grade their medals, with their semi-finals taking place on Saturday.

Ruben Amorim inherited a mess but his position being under threat so early is simply life in football’s hottest seat

Defeat by Ireland to Armenia in Tuesday’s second qualifier vastly reduces the prospects of reaching next year’s World Cup, thereby increasing financial pressure on an organisation scrambling to service its debt pile of €40m.

David Courell said he does not believe Keane's criticism of the FAI is an indictment of his leadership. 

Given admitted a positive result will be required from this encounter to reignite their qualification hopes.

“I always try to adapt to the quality of the players,” said Guardiola at a press conference to preview Sunday’s derby clash against Manchester United.

The sides face off on Sunday with a place in the last-four on the line. 

I was buzzing around the gym like a 23-year old this week. That's good. My comeback fight, my first as a 41-year-old, is next month.

For now, Clayton McMillan is observing, but he's ready to shake things up a little at Munster.

Viktor Hovland, who eagled the 18th for the second day running in addition to four birdies, was the clubhouse leader on 11 under.