The Belgium playmaker has not featured for the treble winners since undergoing surgery on a hamstring injury in August.

The committee said in the written grounds of its decision: "All incidents assessed collectively, (together with Rubiales' position in relation to them) appear to reveal a sense of complete impunity on the part of the respondent within the football environment.

Peter O’Mahony’s decision to call time on the Munster captaincy leaves some big boots to fill. Graham Rowntree made Diarmuid Barron his first temporary stand-in

The torment from the World Cup began to ease when he made north, picked up a campervan in Antrim and picked off some of the best golf courses known to man.

The news that world no.3 ranked Jon Rahm is mulling over a reported $600 million offer from LIV doesn’t generate the shock that it might once have.

The Top 14 side have the upper hand in terms of recent results — winning the last two finals by the narrowest of margins

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Shamrock Rovers defender Roberto 'Pico' Lopes is heading for the African Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast next month when his Cape Verde side meet Ghana, Mozambique and Egypt.

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Khutha Mchunu says the Bulls are focused on becoming the first non‑European team to win the Champions Cup, before Saracens visit on Saturday

Nienaber will be well ensconced in the Leinster coaching ticket by the time they appear at Thomond on St Stephen’s Day and his return will come just over six years after his last involvement with Munster.

Academy duo Edwin Edogbo and Brian Gleeson, and second-year senior pro Tom Ahern have shone in the Munster pack in recent weeks, enough to allow Prendergast to look forward to another Champions Cup campaign with relative relish.

The 31-year-old has been appointed as an assistant for England's clash against Wales at Twickenham on February 10, World Rugby announced.

23-year-old lock Tom Ahern has started as O’Mahony’s stand-in at blindside flanker in the last two games against Leinster and Glasgow.

Nienaber held his first Leinster press conference on Tuesday eager to look forward with the province rather than reflect on his achievements with South Africa.

Her motorsport career spanned decades and was an inspiration, not just to women, but to everybody involved in rallying and circuit racing

Two rapid braces over a 13-minute blitz either side of half-time sunk Northern Ireland and illustrated the gulf between the teams.

If Vera Pauw was pilloried for being too conservative, being gifted bundles of space in this holding pattern of a campaign was the ideal remedy.