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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 Irish duo, whose original bout ended in controversy, are next in line with current beltholder ‘Boots’ Ennis set to move up in weight.

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

RUBEN NEVES SCORED the decisive spot kick after Alvaro Morata missed as Portugal beat Spain 5-3 on penalties following a 2-2 draw in Munich on Sunday to claim their second Nations League title.

“We got back into it, picked off a few scorers, and just settled back into the game. “We probably made a few changes at that time as well, and it just looked like we kind of lost our shape for ...

Leinster 37 Glasgow Warriors 19. LEINSTER REDISCOVERED ALL the qualities they had been missing over the last few weeks as the province put Glasgow to the sword and booked their place in next ...

RORY MCILROY PLANS to spend the weekend testing new drivers after missing the cut at the Canadian Open with a disastrous second round of eight-over par 78.

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.

“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.