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News [1]
Crime [2]
Sport [3]
Showbiz [4]
Lifestyle [5]
Videos [6]
Podcast [7]

Sport

Frank Lampard shows his frustration on the touchline (Rui Vieira/PA)

Speculation swirling over Frank Lampard's future at Chelsea with shock name favourite to replace him

Tiger Woods faces another comeback battle

Tiger Woods undergoes a fifth back operation as he plots another comeback

Niall Quinn

Niall Quinn gives his verdict on whether Roy Keane could return to management

Ireland's Shane Lowry plays a shot during practice ahead of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship at Abu Dhabi Golf Club today. Photo: Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images

'Maybe it's time to keep them further from us' - Lowry reacts to on-course mic controversy

Katie Taylor has won two more awards

Katie Taylor scoops two more awards for 2020

Dean Smith admits Aston Villa were taken aback by the speed of the coronavirus outbreak at the club

Aston Villa boss Dean Smith tells of 'really frightening' Covid outbreak at the club

Michael Darragh Macauley and Cian O’Sullivan. Photo: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Seven of the Boys in Blue are still in the hunt for All-Ireland history

Soccer

Frank Lampard shows his frustration on the touchline (Rui Vieira/PA)

Speculation swirling over Frank Lampard's future at Chelsea with shock name favourite to replace him

Brendan Rodgers, centre, congratulates his players after their win over Chelsea (Tim Keeton/PA)

Brendan Rodgers plays down title talk but relishing challenge

Fulham defender Joe Bryan is preparing for a rare Premier League start (Tess Derry/PA)

Scott Parker backs Joe Bryan to show his Premier League quality

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is bringing the best out of Luke Shaw (Martin Rickett/PA)

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer talks up Luke Shaw’s recent performances

Manchester United's Luke Shaw battles with Liverpool star forward Mo Salah

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer highlights 'immense quality' of rejuvenated Luke Shaw

Dean Smith admits Aston Villa were taken aback by the speed of the coronavirus outbreak at the club

Aston Villa boss Dean Smith tells of 'really frightening' Covid outbreak at the club

GAA

Michael Darragh Macauley and Cian O’Sullivan. Photo: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Seven of the Boys in Blue are still in the hunt for All-Ireland history

Dublin’s Dean Rock (left) and Jonny Cooper celebrate at an empty Croke Park. Photo: Eóin Noonan/Sportsfile

Congress may choose from three football championship formats

Derry manager Rory Gallagher is hoping the Covid crisis abates and that the GAA can eventually return to play games, at both club and county level. Photo: Sportsfile

'If there's a way to play the league and championship, we should' - Derry boss Gallagher optimistic for 2021 season

Mayo goalkeeper David Clarke. Photo: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Pat Spillane Opinion I'm baffled at the praise heaped on retiring GAA players - whether they've been good, bad or indifferent

Familiar story: Many of the problems highlighted by the McNamee Report, commissioned by Croke Park 50 years ago, are still at the forefront of GAA debates today. Photo: Ray McManus/Sportsfile

Colm Keys Opinion The more things change: Dubs, fixtures and amateurism – the problems that won’t go away for the GAA

Limerick's Gearóid Hegarty. Photo: Sportsfile

Hegarty, Bennett and Kelly up for top award as Treaty get 14 nominees

Columnists

Mayo goalkeeper David Clarke. Photo: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Pat Spillane Opinion I'm baffled at the praise heaped on retiring GAA players - whether they've been good, bad or indifferent

Manchester United's Paul Pogba celebrates scoring against Burnley

Paul McGrath Opinion There’s something in my gut telling me the Red Devils have it in them to beat old foes Liverpool

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp and his United counterpart Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

Liverpool are embarking on a near-impossible mission to win the league

If Brian Cody could lead Kilkenny to a 12th Liam MacCarthy Cup next July, it will be his finest victory of them all.

John Brennan Opinion The famous Kilkenny ‘conveyor belt’ of talent is now rusting, it’s creaking, it’s in need of a service

Kevin De Bruyne has helped to re-ignite Manchester City's title charge

Roy Curtis Opinion With Kevin De Bruyne calling the shots, City have rewound to something approaching their irresistible best

Former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson's demented need to win saw the club lift 38 trophies

Roy Curtis Opinion Man United being steered by compassionate Solskjaer but they need Alex Ferguson's icy impulses

Rugby

Ireland's Paul O'Connell and Ian Henderson training together in 2015

'It's great to have Paulie on board' – Iain Henderson says POC already working on fixing lineout issues

Ireland will kick-start their Six Nations Championship against Wales on February 7

Six Nations men's Championship will proceed as planned but women's and U-20 tournaments postponed

Ireland head coach Andy Farrell. Photo: Sportsfile

Huge doubts over Six Nations after European rugby chiefs suspended Heineken Cup

9 January 2021; Chris Farrell of Munster dives over to score his side's first try during the Guinness PRO14 match between Connacht and Munster at the Sportsground in Galway. Photo by Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

Munster see off late Connacht fightback to claim valuable victory

Jonathan Sexton gestures during Leinster's Guinness PRO14 win over Leinster at the RDS Arena in Dublin. Photo by Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

'I was very proud of how we gathered ourselves' - Sexton hails Leinster revival against Ulster

23 February 2018; Ireland assistant coach Paul O'Connell prior to the U20 Six Nations Rugby Championship match between Ireland and Wales at Donnybrook Stadium in Dublin. Photo by David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

Ruaidhri O'Connor Opinion Masterstroke paves the way for O'Connell to be a driving force in the Irish game for next decade

Boxing

Katie Taylor has won two more awards

Katie Taylor scoops two more awards for 2020

Carl Frampton will bid next month to become Ireland’s first ever three-weight world champion on Feb 27

Carl Frampton will bid to become Ireland’s first ever three-weight world champion on Feb 27

Irish pro boxer Eric Donovan has something to focus on this year with a European belt in his sights. Photo: INPHO

Eric Donovan: I'm getting praised for talking - I want people to turn around and say, 'You're some boxer'

Dean Gardiner has hung up his gloves

Blow for Ireland's Olympics boxers as Dean Gardiner quits four months ahead of qualifiers

Steve Collins (left) lands a left on Chris
Eubank during their first fight, at Millstreet, Co Cork, in March 1995

A look into how Steve Collins followed the path of his idol Marvin Hagler to reach the top

Katie Taylor

Hopes of a Katie Taylor v Amanda Serrano super fight fade

Golf

Tiger Woods faces another comeback battle

Tiger Woods undergoes a fifth back operation as he plots another comeback

Ireland's Shane Lowry plays a shot during practice ahead of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship at Abu Dhabi Golf Club today. Photo: Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images

'Maybe it's time to keep them further from us' - Lowry reacts to on-course mic controversy

US President Donald Trump tees off for a round of golf at Trump International in Doonbeg, Co Clare

Play PGA Tour move their marquee event away from a Trump-branded course in 2022

Tiger Woods of the United States and Charlie Woods react on the third green during the first round of the PNC Championship. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

WATCH: Tiger Woods cheers on his son as he hits a dream shot to the green

BBC Golf commentator Peter Alliss. Photo: David Cannon/Getty Images

Gary Lineker leads the tributes as 'voice of golf' Peter Allis passes away

Rory McIlroy could have easily won the Masters last week only for his first day blues

John Brennan Opinion Hate to say 'I told you' - why I knew Rory McIlroy wouldn't string four good Masters rounds together

Horse Racing

Willie Mullins, picking up the trophy for Grade One Novice Chase winner Monkfish, enjoyed a 55/1 four-timer at yesterday’s concluding day of the Leopardstown Christmas Festival. Photo: PA

With 16 festive winners there is no sign of Willie Mullins slowing down

Jockey Paul Townend. Photo: Seb Daly/Sportsfile

Race-by-race guide and tips for Leopardstown Day Four

Bryony Frost riding Frodon (left) clear the last to win during King George VI Chase Day of the Ladbrokes Christmas Festival at Kempton Park Racecourse. Photo credit: Alan Crowhurst/PA Wire.

Fabulous Frodon sees off all-comers to clinch King George prize

Ruby Walsh has been keeping us up to date with the latest movers and shakers for Cheltenham 2021

John Brennan Opinion Why the spectre of Cheltenham is already looming large over the jumps season

Gina Andrews riding Haafapiece fall at the last fence in The Catesby Handicap Hurdle: Alan Crowhurst/PA Wire

Worrying incident at Cheltenham as jockey Gina Andrews is rushed to hospital

Oisín Murphy after winning the Teentech Noel Murless Stakes on Berkshire Rocco at Ascot

Gallery 'I didn’t knowingly have any cocaine in my system' - Oisin Murphy speaks out

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