Mark Allen and Wu Yize put memories of their 100-minute “embarrassment” to bed as they finished level at 11-11 after a riveting third session of their World Snooker Championship semi-final in Sheffield.
The newest managerial appointment entering the League of Ireland season has become the first casualty after Waterford dismissed Jon Daly following a miserable 13 game tenure.
As Liam Rosenior was shown the door at Chelsea in the most predictable quickfire sacking in football history last Wednesday, a Premier League season dominated by tales of high-profile failure claimed its latest victim.
Stephen Bradley has slammed the “complacency and sloppiness” his Shamrock Rovers side showed in the second half of Friday night’s 1-0 win over Waterford as unacceptable and admits they were very lucky to come away with the three points.
For the first 100 years of football in England, it was a sport that brought working-class communities together to worship at their chosen temple each Saturday.
Joey O’Brien says his Shelbourne players are learning to feed off, and not suffer with, the pressure that’s been on them to deliver for their fans this season.
To get a true handle on Leinster football’s 180-degree transformation, it might help to take a trip down memory lane. And a relatively short one too, rewinding back just seven years.
Former Kildare footballer David Hyland believes his old teammates will have slept a lot sounder this week knowing that Westmeath’s talisman Luke Loughlin is ruled out of tomorrow’s Leinster semi-final.
Leinster captain Caelan Doris has urged his side to harness the “fear” going into today’s Champions Cup semi-final against Toulon at the Aviva Stadium (3.0) to ensure they book their place in the final on May 23.
Sometimes you just get to learn as you go. No bad thing as there is only so much which can be done when training – but for such a pivotal position as out-half, ideally you feel your way in.
After three intense weekends of the Women’s Six Nations, the fallow week of the competition has come at a good time. It offers a chance to reflect and take stock of Ireland’s performances and look ahead to what the rest of the tournament…
The curtain comes down on the Punchestown Festival today, and with that the Irish jumps season, so National Hunt enthusiasts need to make the most of the action at the Kildare track.
Arsenal have commissioned a physiotherapist from outside their medical staff to review a run of injury problems that threaten to derail the club’s Premier League title push.
Michael Carrick can look the most laid-back man to occupy the Manchester United technical area for decades, but there are moments when it is apparent that, beneath the calm veneer, there lies a competitor.