The Armagh and Donegal county boards have both been fined 7,500 euro following a brawl at the end of May’s Ulster football final. The sanctions for the provincial finalists were confirmed by the GAA’s Central Hearings Committee (CHC). The punishments had initially been proposed by the Central Competitions Control Committee …
Read More »Champions League quiz: Can you name every winner of the European football tournament?
The Champions League continues on Tuesday with 36 teams battling for the trophy, to be awarded at the final in Budapest, Hungary, on 30 May 2026. This season is the 71st staging of the competition – if you include its previous guise as the European Cup – and for this …
Read More »Hogan-Rochester proud to have 'redefined what rugby means to Canada'
Canada’s Asia Hogan-Rochester is proud of their team’s performance throughout the competition despite losing to England in the final of Women’s Rugby World Cup. BBC News
Read More »World Rowing Championships: Bronze for Ireland’s Philip Doyle and Fintan McCarthy
Olympic medallists Philip Doyle and Fintan McCarthy won bronze in the men’s double sculls final at the World Championships in Shanghai. The Irish combination from Banbridge and Skibbereen, sculling together in competition for the first time, were in the mix for the medals from the start of the race. However, …
Read More »Shewarge Alene: Stockholm marathon winner dies aged 30
Ethiopian runner Shewarge Alene has died aged 30, the organiser of the Stockholm marathon has confirmed. Alene won the race – her most recent competition – in the Swedish capital in May. She competed in 27 marathons as a professional between 2011 and 2025, recording 12 victories. “It is with …
Read More »Ronan Kpakio: Wales right-back signs new Cardiff City contract
Wales right-back Ronan Kpakio has signed a new contract with Cardiff City. The 18-year-old academy graduate has enjoyed a breakthrough season with the Bluebirds, who are fourth in League One having lost only one game so far. Kpakio’s form was rewarded with a first senior Wales cap during the friendly …
Read More »LGPA Tour: Walmart NW Arkansas Championship cancelled due to weather
The LGPA Tour has cancelled the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship after 18 holes due to bad weather. Dangerous conditions at the Pinnacle Country Club in Rogers, Arkansas, saw play suspended on Saturday with full cancellation of the event confirmed on Sunday. “The course received 3.25 [inches] of rain last night …
Read More »Premier League: West Ham 1-2 Crystal Palace Oliver Glasner reaction
Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner says he’s “getting older” and demands his side “finish matches earlier”, despite watching Palace beat West Ham 2-1 to extend their unbeaten run in all competitions to nine matches. MATCH REPORT: Palace beat West Ham to pile pressure on Potter Available to UK users only. …
Read More »Glamorgan: Callum Nicholls and Alex Horton sign contract extensions
Alex Horton and Callum Nicholls have signed contract extensions with Glamorgan. Wicketkeeper-batter Horton has extended his stay at Sophia Gardens by two years after impressing in white ball competitions in 2025. The 21-year-old from Newbridge was a mainstay behind the stumps after securing his spot midway through the Vitality Blast …
Read More »Ireland Hockey: Ireland begin maiden Pro League campaign in Dublin
Ireland Women will begin their maiden FIH Pro League campaign in Dublin in December. Gareth Grundie’s side will take on Belgium and England at the Sport Ireland campus in Blanchardstown in December in the first two of their eight fixtures in the competition. They will then travel to Australia where …
Read More »Ollie Lawrence: England centre returns from injury for Bath in pre-season match
Lawrence, 25, had started all but one of England’s past 17 matches prior to his injury, dating back to the 2024 Six Nations and had also started every one of his 44 games for Bath since he signed in 2022. In his absence, Scotland international Chris Harris was signed on …
Read More »Jack Grealish: Everton winger named Premier League player of the month for first time
After making his Premier League debut for Aston Villa in May 2014, Grealish has now made 193 appearances in the competition and won the title three times with Manchester City. Before joining Everton, he had provided two assists in the same Premier League game only twice before. Grealish is the …
Read More »World Athletics Championships: Is it too hot in Tokyo?
To ensure the safety of participants, World Athletics has a heat rule which can be applied when temperatures get too high. The Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT) scale is used to determine whether the heat rule should be enforced. The WBGT measures heat stress in direct sunlight, which involves observing …
Read More »Spain & Poland to host 2027 men’s and women’s Champions League finals
Uefa took the decisions at a meeting of its executive committee in Tirana in Albania where it also discussed requests from Spain and Italy’s football associations to play domestic league matches abroad but did not come to a decision on the issue. “The committee acknowledged it as an important and …
Read More »British Olympic swimmer Ben Proud joins Enhanced Games
Olympic medallist Ben Proud insists he isn’t undermining clean sport following his decision to join the Enhanced Games – becoming the first British athlete to join the controversial competition. READ MORE: What are the Enhanced Games and why are they controversial? BBC News
Read More »Football quiz: Name every team to have played in Women’s Super League
London City Lionesses made their Women’s Super League debut in their 4-1 loss to Arsenal on Saturday, becoming the 20th side to have played in the competition. Despite their defeat the newly-promoted club have inspired us, so for this week’s big Tuesday quiz we want you to name every team …
Read More »European Para-Dressage Championships: British riders win five bronze medals
Mari Durward-Akhurst landed her second and Great Britain’s fifth bronze medal at the European Para-Dressage Championships. She was third aboard Athene Lindebjerg in the Grade 1 freestyle on Sunday, having also picked up a medal in Friday’s Grade 1 competition. There was double bronze too for Jemima Green and her …
Read More »Para Fencing World Championships: GB’s Dimitri Coutya wins gold in men’s foil category B
British wheelchair fencer Dimitri Coutya beat China’s Yanke Feng to win gold at the Para Fencing World Championships. Coutya battled back from from 9-4 down to win the men’s foil category B 15-11 at the Iksan Stadium in South Korea. The 27-year-old, a double gold medal winner at the 2024 …
Read More »Women’s Rugby World Cup: Wales have not ‘failed’ despite early exit – WRU’s Belinda Moore
Belinda Moore, head of women’s rugby at the Welsh Rugby Union, says Wales have not “failed” in their World Cup campaign. Sean Lynn’s side lost their opening Pool B games against Scotland and Canada, which meant they could not qualify for the quarter-finals regardless of Saturday’s result against Fiji in …
Read More »US Open 2025 results: Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid lose wheelchair doubles final
British pair Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid lost out on a championship tie-break against Gustavo Fernandez and Tokito Oda in the US Open men’s wheelchair doubles final. Argentina’s Fernandez and Oda of Japan won 6-1 2-6 (10-6) to claim their first silverware at the US Open. Hewett and Reid, who …
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