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

Sport

Manchester City celebrate victory over Wolves (Carl Recine/PA)

Man City closing in on a stunning record as their winning run continues against Wolves

Trainer Gordon Elliott (right) celebrates with Envoi Allen

Gallery Trainer Gordon Elliott loses several big-name horses as date announced for hearing

LONDON - JUNE 02: Generic views of Wembley Stadium ahead of the Charity Celebrity Football Match against a team of Nationwide Customers at Wembley Stadium on June 2, 2007 in London, England. (Photo by Matthew Lewis/Getty Images)

English FA have made 'tentative' plans to host Euro 2020 finals this summer

Chelsea's Callum Hudson-Odoi appears to handle the ball in his battle with Mason Greenwood

Opinion Solskjaer should have covered up the reality that United are getting lucky with spot-kicks

Micheal Martin should be only one who talks Covid.

Opinion Why can someone travel 5,000km from Brazil and I can't walk around Templenoe GAA ground?

Erling Haaland. AP Photo/Martin Meissner

Liverpool's interest in Erling Haaland confirmed as race to sign the striker heats up

Gordon Elliot

Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board respond to Gordon Elliott scandal

Soccer

Manchester City celebrate victory over Wolves (Carl Recine/PA)

Man City closing in on a stunning record as their winning run continues against Wolves

Manchester City celebrate victory over Wolves (Carl Recine/PA)

Manchester City close in on all-time winning record with 21st straight victory

Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer wants to take a sensible approach to business this summer (Tim Keeton/PA)

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer promises ‘realistic and responsible’ business in the summer

Aaron Wan-Bissaka has played for England’s Under-21s (Nick Potts/PA)

Roy Hodgson hopes former Eagles star Aaron Wan-Bissaka takes flight with England

Gabriel Jesus struck twice (Carl Recine/PA)

Manchester City leave it late to beat Wolves and make it 21 wins in a row

Wilfried Zaha has missed the last month for Crystal Palace with a hamstring injury (John Walton/PA)

Crystal Palace injuries easing but Wilfried Zaha not ready for Man Utd clash

GAA

Micheal Martin should be only one who talks Covid.

Pat Spillane Opinion Why can someone travel 5,000km from Brazil and I can't walk around Templenoe GAA ground?

Cork GAA secretary Kevin O'Donovan. Photo: Eóin Noonan/Sportsfile

Capital’s commercial clout still casts long shadow over the rest

Dessie Hutchinson of Waterford in action against Limerick players, left to right, Seán Finn, Declan Hannon, Barry Nash, and Darragh O'Donovan during the GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Final match

Sean McGoldrick Opinion One wonders if today's black-card debate in hurling is being influenced by Limerick’s current dominance

Elite inter-county GAA is off limits according to the government

I fear a mental health crisis is hurtling down the tracks - the negative impact of lockdown on kids is frightening

Jack Prendergast of Waterford is tackled by Tim O'Mahony of Cork during the Munster GAA Hurling Senior Championship

Sean McGoldrick Opinion Why money matters as GAA struggle to solve the riddle of how to kick-start the 2021 season

Dublin footballer Brian Fenton, pictured with with his PwC All-Star award at last year's award ceremony, won his fifth All-Star. Photo: Seb Daly/Sportsfile

Gallery Dublin on cloud nine with record-equalling All-Star haul but Mayo lose out once again

Columnists

The image of trainer Gordon Elliott sitting on a dead horse while on the phone

Roy Curtis Opinion If Irish racing does not come down like a bolt of pitiless lightning on Gordon Elliott, then the sport itself lies dead on the gallops

Chelsea's Callum Hudson-Odoi appears to handle the ball in his battle with Mason Greenwood

John Aldridge Opinion Solskjaer should have covered up the reality that United are getting lucky with spot-kicks

Micheal Martin should be only one who talks Covid.

Pat Spillane Opinion Why can someone travel 5,000km from Brazil and I can't walk around Templenoe GAA ground?

Tiger Woods of the United States and son Charlie Woods fist bump in Orlando, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

Roy Curtis Opinion Tiger Woods' redemptive Augusta glory and his son's loving embrace makes future minus golf less raw

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp will need to lift his players out of their current slump in form

John Aldridge Opinion Failure to secure a top-four finish will end Klopp’s hopes of signing new players this summer

Ireland's Johnny Sexton and Billy Burns celebrate victory over Italy

Mick Galwey Opinion Never mind win over Italy, what we do against Scotland will tell us exactly where Ireland stand

Rugby

Ireland's Johnny Sexton and Billy Burns celebrate victory over Italy

Mick Galwey Opinion Never mind win over Italy, what we do against Scotland will tell us exactly where Ireland stand

Johnny Sexton and Billy Burns of Ireland celebrate victory after the Guinness Six Nations match between Italy and Ireland at Stadio Olimpico (Photo by Paolo Bruno/Getty Images)

'We got the victory we were desperate for' - Johnny Sexton on Ireland's win in Italy

Peter Clohessy has been given six months to leave his family home

Former rugby international Peter Clohessy and family given six months to vacate home

Blues connection: Leinster's Garry Ringrose is tackled by Gaël Fickou during the Six Nations match between Ireland and France at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. Photo: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

Farrell hoping for bounce from Leinster connection

France captain Charles Ollivon (left) is among five new Covid-19 cases in Les Bleus squad (Brian Lawless/PA)

Covid crisis deepens for France as Six Nations could face fresh turmoil

Ireland's Cian Healy (left) and France's Paul Willemse in action during the Six Nations match at the Aviva Stadium, Dublin.

Play Five things we learned from Ireland’s latest Six Nations defeat

Boxing

Anthony Joshua and (inset) Tyson Fury

Tyson Fury reveals Anthony Joshua fight is not close to being agreed despite earlier claim

Conor McGregor

George Foreman says Conor McGregor should quit MMA and take up boxing

Irish Olympic boxing hopeful Kellie Harrington

Road to Tokyo made steeper for Irish boxers after changes to qualification process

Boxer Katelynn Phelan

Boxer Katelynn Phelan opens up about impact of being bullied at school

Eddie Hearn

Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn lashes out after Daniel Kinahan Panorama exposé

Daniel Kinahan

TD calls on Sky Ireland not to broadcast any boxing matches arranged by Daniel Kinahan

Golf

Tiger Woods of the United States and son Charlie Woods fist bump in Orlando, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

Roy Curtis Opinion Tiger Woods' redemptive Augusta glory and his son's loving embrace makes future minus golf less raw

Rory McIlroy plays a shot from a bunker on the second hole during the final round of World Golf Championships at The Concession: Mike Watters-USA TODAY Sports

Rory McIlroy wears red in tribute to Tiger Woods but his Sunday blues strike again

Rory McIlroy plays his shot from the 12th tee during the first round of World Golf Championships-Workday Championship at The Concession. Photo: Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images

Rory McIlroy off to solid start in Florida as he eyes World Championship title

Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy walk to the 9th tee during the final round of The Northern Trust golf tournament at TPC of Boston. Photo: Mark Konezny-USA TODAY Sports

Play Rory McIlroy sends words of support to Tiger Woods as he assesses his legacy

Tiger Woods’s car after the crash (KABC-TV/AP)

LA sheriff says Tiger Woods 'was not drunk' and crash was ‘purely an accident’

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputies inspect the vehicle of golfer Tiger Woods, who was rushed to hospital after suffering multiple injuries, after it was involved in a single-vehicle accident in Los Angeles, California, U.S. February 23, 2021. REUTERS/Gene Blevins TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

'Long road ahead' if Tiger Woods looks to return to golf says surgeon behind Michael Schumacher’s 1999 comeback

Horse Racing

Trainer Gordon Elliott (right) celebrates with Envoi Allen

Gallery Trainer Gordon Elliott loses several big-name horses as date announced for hearing

The image of trainer Gordon Elliott sitting on a dead horse while on the phone

Roy Curtis Opinion If Irish racing does not come down like a bolt of pitiless lightning on Gordon Elliott, then the sport itself lies dead on the gallops

Gordon Elliot

Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board respond to Gordon Elliott scandal

Trainer Gordon Elliott is at the centre of a horse welfare scandal. Photo by David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

WATCH: Emotional Mick Fitzgerald breaks down as Gordon Elliott is banned from racing

Trainer Gordon Elliott. Photo by Harry Murphy/Sportsfile...ABT

Gordon Elliott apologises for controversial social media photo amid horse welfare outcry

Oisín Murphy is crowned champion jockey

Champion jockey Oisin Murphy reveals he almost quit racing after three-month drugs ban

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