Defender Jake O’Brien wants his Ireland teammates to take the momentum from a positive display away to Portugal into Ireland’s next battle.

An accomplished display. The Brentford ’keeper made superb stops to deny Goncalo Inacio and Ruben Neves but his pivotal stop for Cristiano Ronaldo’s penalty was overshadowed by Neves’ late winner.

Ronnie O’Sullivan has been knocked out of the Xi’an Grand Prix following a 5-2 quarter-final defeat to Gary Wilson.

A 22-year-old man accused of a knife-armed raid on his local shop in Dublin on Friday has been denied bail amid witness intimidation concerns.

Billy Loughnane showed just why so many believe he is a future champion jockey when bringing Beylerbeyi from last to first to win the Club Godolphin Cesarewitch Handicap.

I’m going to give one of you half a crown, and take the other one with me to Anfield, to watch the football.” Terry Moore to sons Peter and Andy, 1959 ...

Curious vibes in Lisbon. The Ireland camp should be gripped by big-match fever, but instead, they appear to be coping still with a bad match hangover.

There was a statistic doing the rounds about Evan Ferguson last week that painted an unflattering picture. An American-based Serie A analyst echoed the positive comments about the Irish striker’s ...

Canadian cyclist Derek Gee says he is facing a damages claim of €30m from his former team Israel-Premier Tech after ending his contract over what he described as "personal beliefs".

Irish-born US musician Danny Hutton is founder of a band that have sold 50 million records, released 21 consecutive Billboard Top 40 hits and helped launch the careers of Elton John, Randy ­Newman and ...

We all go through good and bad spells in this betting game. Unfortunately, I’m in the middle of one of the bad ones, with winners proving hard to come by – none at all from last week’s column.

Joey O’Brien hailed his Shelbourne side for producing a “performance of champions” to secure a crucial win in their European hunt and prevent Shamrock Rovers from being crowned title winners last ...