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One person has died, and three others have been hurt after a double-decker bus crashed into pedestrians in Dublin city centre. Ireland’s justice minister confirmed the news to the Irish parliament, adding that those injured are being treated in hospital. It is understood that the incident, in the pedestrianised North …

Former Arsenal and Liverpool midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is close to joining Scottish champions Celtic. The 32-year-old has been a free agent since leaving Turkish side Besiktas in August. He has been training with Arsenal – where he made 198 appearances in a six-year spell – but BBC Sport has been …

Eirik Horneland has emerged as a leading candidate for the manager’s job at Aberdeen. The Norwegian is a free agent after leaving the position of head coach of French Ligue 2 club Saint-Etienne last weekend. Prior to his two years in France, the 50-year-old had three successful years in charge …

The Irish president is on a three-day visit to Northern Ireland. BBC News

The director of one of Gaza’s main hospitals says he is still seeing a pattern of malnourished and traumatised mothers giving birth to underweight or premature babies, more than three months into a fragile ceasefire between Hamas and Israel. Although significantly more aid has been allowed into Gaza since the …

Available for 29 days Steve Crossman is joined by John Murray, former Manchester City midfielder Michael Brown and former Newcastle midfielder Isaac Hayden to react to Wednesday’s League Cup semi-final action as Manchester City beat Newcastle 5-1 on aggregate and will face Arsenal at Wembley on Sunday 22nd March. Hear …

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Testing desks is something of a subjective game. Much like office chairs, the tests are based on comfort, reliability and ease of setup rather than things you can test in electronics such as wattage and battery usage. I still tested each one rigorously and will continue to test them for …

Briton Lone’er Kavanagh has stepped in at less than a month’s notice to fight Brandon Moreno in Mexico on 28 February. Earlier this week Asu Almabayev withdrew from the flyweight contest with Moreno because of injury. Kavanagh, 26, had been booked to fight at UFC London on 20 March and …

World number three Robertson entered the tournament in good form after reaching the semi-finals of the German Masters last week, but failed to carry his momentum into the first-round tie with Jak Jones as he lost 5-1. Robertson started well with a break of 46, but a missed red handed …

World number three Robertson entered the tournament in good form after reaching the semi-finals of the German Masters last week, but failed to carry his momentum into the first-round tie with Jak Jones as he lost 5-1. Robertson started well with a break of 46, but a missed red handed …

The man and two women were convicted of the culpable homicide of 36-year-old Ryan Munro in 2024. BBC News

Three men died when a train derailed near Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire following heavy rain in 2020. BBC News

Genge starts at loose-head prop on Saturday, with Bevan Rodd backing him up on the replacements bench. However, injuries to fellow front-rowers Will Stuart, Asher Opoku-Fordjour and Fin Baxter have ushered some new faces into the wider England squad. Bath’s Vilikesa ‘Billy’ Sela and Northampton’s Emmanuel Iyogun, both uncapped, have …

The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) has submitted a preliminary bid to host the Women’s Champions League final at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin in 2029. Dublin was put forward as a potential host city in an expression of interest by the FAI to Uefa in October. The FAI said …

Great Britain snowboarder Maisie Hill suffered life-threatening injuries after crashing into a wall of ice during a training session in 2023. Nearly three years on, she says she feels “blessed” as she prepares to be a part of Team GB competing at the 2026 Winter Olympics. BBC News

Northants Steelbacks have re-signed Australian batter Chris Lynn for this summer’s T20 Blast as a replacement for Matthew Breetzke. Lynn scored 880 runs in two previous spells at Wantage Road in 2022 and 2023, including three T20 hundreds. He played for Hampshire in last summer’s competition, helping them reach the …

Israel’s military said it happened after “terrorists” opened fire in the north of the Strip, seriously wounding a soldier during an operation near the Yellow Line, which marks territory controlled by Israel under the three-month-old ceasefire agreement with Hamas. BBC News

But for injury, Edogbo could easily have featured in this list for a previous Six Nations. The 23-year-old second row spent nearly two years on the sidelines with Achilles tendon tears, but is now up to speed and could add heft to an Ireland pack that has, on occasions, looked …

Head coach Fabien Galthie has some of the finest rugby players on the planet at his disposal, but much of the spotlight in recent weeks has been fixed on established names who will not be lining out in the French capital on Thursday. Galthie caused a stir last month when …