AS BOXING NICKNAMES go, ‘The Real Deal’ naturally carries with it a weight of expectation. Some have worn it well. Evander Holyfield is the only boxer in history to have become a four-time world ...

MERCEDES’ KIMI ANTONELLI won the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday for his second straight victory, as the 19-year-old Italian became the youngest driver in Formula One history to lead the world ...

Meath 1-22 Cork 2-17 MEATH’S POWERFUL LAST quarter display paved the way for them to land the Division 2 football league title at the expense of Cork, rounding off their spring with the prize of ...

Czechia 2 Republic of Ireland 2 Czechia win 4-3 on penalties ANOTHER IRISH PLAY-OFF defeat and one made all the worse by Ireland’s complicity in their own heartbreak. They took a two-goal lead tonight ...

If you haven’t come across these yet, it’s time you were introduced to Graeme and James Finegan and their Saint Troy Parrott candles. The candles were brought from their home in Newry after the pair ...

PORTSMOUTH WINGER MILLENIC Alli has received his first Ireland senior call-up ahead of Tuesday’s international friendly against North Macedonia at Aviva Stadium. The 26-year-old, who is on loan at ...

STUART LANCASTER HAS made six changes to the Connacht team that won in Belfast last weekend for tomorrow’s URC meeting with Ospreys at Dexcom Stadium [KO 2.15pm, TG4/Premier Sports/URC TV]. Ireland ...

SEAMUS COLEMAN WAS not the first of his family to represent his country. He wasn’t even the first of his siblings to score wearing the green jersey. And boy, did he grow up knowing about it. For a ...

IT IS EASY to see last night why this Irish team has captured the general public’s imagination in recent months. Every player ran their heart out amid the demoralising penalty shootout defeat to ...

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A place in the top five will almost certainly guarantee qualification for the Champions League due to the strong performance of English sides in European competition this season. The sides shared a ...