Neither Beirne nor Porter was cited by the Six Nations citing officer but Irish management later revealed both player’s families had been targeted for online abuse in the aftermath of Antoine Dupont's injury

Harlequins head coach Danny Wilson said playing a second string side in the Champions Cup would be "disrespecting what the competition is". 

There are still issues outstanding for Crowley’s contract impasse to be resolved to the satisfaction of all parties. The Munster out-half has made it clear he wants to stay but his presence should not be taken for granted.

Such is the twisted turf war between Infantino's Fifa and Aleksander Čeferin that Ireland were deemed good enough for the World Cup but not the Euros

The prolific Norwegian forward suffered an ankle injury in the second half of City’s FA Cup quarter-final victory at Bournemouth on Sunday

Last week, manager Carla Ward revealed she’d be amenable to discussing a vacancy with Healy on the backroom team if, as expected, Amber Whiteley, is appointed as permanent Liverpool boss.

La Rochelle are amid their worst run in 15 years. They had little choice but to put all their chips on this weekend's Champions Cup clash with Munster.

The series in London is one of a range of seven-a-side ventures challenging the traditional model of the game.

All the stars were colliding in the Munster intermediate women’s championship. Rachel Kingston, who won a European U18 gold medal in 2020, had too much for bowling’s livestreaming celebrity, Michelle Smith, in Dunderrow.

The Norwegian sustained an ankle injury in Man City's FA Cup quarter-final win against Bournemouth. 

The return of a quartet of Ireland internationals and comebacks form injury for a frontline trio have helped Munster get back on the front foot

Even in their glory years Cork had an ambiguous relationship with the league

My dad passed away six years ago, and he was very much my pal. We wanted to make him part of our decision-making for the day

"I was actually just talking to Amber Barrett this morning about it, she was like, ‘finish your degree’. Hopefully I’ll finish that and if there’s opportunities there I’d definitely like to go professional.” 

It's the biggest cash increase in the history of the Professional Darts Corporation.

When he agreed to take over the O'Moore men, mouths fell open. The gifted Kerryman gave the players and people of Laois the days of their lives. 

A prototype “hairy gripper” based on the mouths of ants has already been developed and tested with “excellent results”, according to a team from the University of Edinburgh

A last-gasp 20-18 defeat to Scotland at the same venue in a qualifying tournament for the 2022 Rugby World Cup was put to bed by Sunday's Six Nations win

Following a 27-15 defeat at the hands of France in the opening round of the tournament in Belfast eight days earlier, Ireland were looking to pick up their first points in the 2025 edition of the Women’s Six Nations in Parma. 

While the former PSG, Chelsea and Dortmund boss is undoubtedly one of the top managers in football, his country of origin will absolutely be held against him