KILDARE’S DYLAN CONNOLLY came off the bench early in the second half as the amateurs of Auckland City earned the greatest result in the team’s history, holding Boca Juniors to a 1-1 draw at the Club ...

There was no time for metaphorical teacup throwing in the Breffni Park changing rooms. Instead, Pádraic Joyce filled his players with confidence. A stirring comeback brought them to a point where ...

IT WASN’T YET midday, but the three lads from Norfolk were keen to get first-hand experience of Dublin’s famous pubs. They don’t have the fortune to be chasing the Lions in Australia so ...

WHILE IT’S SOMETHING they are all eagerly anticipating, one member of James Ryan’s family has a very special reason to be excited about the British & Irish Lions’ forthcoming Tour of Australia.

CORK’S EDDIE DUNBAR remains sixth overall after finishing comfortably in the main bunch on Thursday’s fifth stage of the Criterium du Dauphine.

How’re we doing, everyone? Welcome to The 42′s live coverage of Leinster’s URC quarter-final with Scarlets at the Aviva Stadium.. Gavan Casey with you here — slightly later ‘hello ...

“I think you’ve seen from game one to game six now the improvement, five wins from six. So we’ve got to believe that we can go and beat anyone.

Defending champions Kerry are pitted against Mayo and Cork in Group 2 after defending their Munster title against Waterford yesterday. Also on Sunday, Galway extended their reign as Connacht ...

DROGHEDA UNITED HAVE confirmed that they will be submitting an appeal to the Court for Arbitration for Sport (CAS) after Uefa notified them that they face expulsion from this season’s Uefa ...

KYLIAN MBAPPE bagged a goal and an assist as France beat Germany 2-0 in the Nations League bronze-medal match in Stuttgart on Sunday. Mbappe wove his magic in a heavily changed France squad.

MARO ITOJE WILL captain a Lions team including three Irish players for Friday’s warm-up game against Argentina at the Aviva Stadium [KO 8pm, TG4/Sky Sports].

THE PHONE CALL confirming Erin Healy’s first Ireland call-up last week was a special one. It brought “every emotion” for her and her family, the US-born attacker qualifying for the Girls In ...