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Striker looks set to be added to long list of absentees for decisive matches
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Jack Crowley: ‘I don’t think I was hard done by’
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GAELIC GAMES
Davy Fitzgerald ‘more guarded’ after criticism over Antrim comments
All-Ireland winning player and manager reflects on turbulent debut season with Antrim
‘They’re all in Australia’: Concerns growing as more GAA players head Down Under
Shortage of role models staying in Irish game for young fans is a worry, says GPA head Tom Parsons
There is no stopping the eternal TJ Reid - 19 years a going
Ballyhale guiding light celebrates a 12th county medal
‘They couldn’t believe my tumour hadn’t spread’: Larry Tompkins on tough year of cancer treatment
St Finbarr’s leave it late to secure Cork football title over Nemo Rangers
St Martin’s come from behind to beat Rathnure to Wexford hurling title; Portaferry triumph again in Down
Liam McGrath deals killer blow as Loughmore-Castleiney retain Tipperary hurling title
RUGBY
Australia’s Harry Wilson rejects claims Wallabies use illegal breakdown tactics
Borthwick has highlighted entering rucks from the side
Jack Crowley: ‘I don’t think I was hard done by’
Outhalf’s tackle count in Croke Park victory against Leinster pointed to an added intensity in his game
Andy Farrell makes some telling tweaks on Ireland return as McCloskey and Baird get their chance
Paddy McCarthy is another set to be given a huge opportunity against the All Blacks in Chicago
Why perfecting the counterattack is central to Ireland’s World Cup evolution
View from New Zealand: Huge pay day the main reason All Blacks are facing Ireland in Chicago
New Zealand make three changes as Beauden Barrett and Caleb Clarke return to backline
Ireland team named to play New Zealand: Jack Crowley ‘deserves’ outhalf place, says Farrell
SOCCER
Siptu seeks intervention of WRC after FAI informs staff of 60 redundancies
Union claims FAI management has ‘launched an attack on grassroots football’
Ruben Amorim’s year at Manchester United: Renaissance of hope on a long, difficult journey
United are determined to avoid ‘rinse and repeat’ of past 10 years but was Anfield really the coach’s Mark Robins moment?
‘Tough, really tough’: Ruben Amorim on his first year at Manchester United
‘One of the biggest honours of my life is to be here and I want to continue here for many years’
GOLF
Jack Nicklaus wins $50m verdict in defamation case against his former company
Jury rules golfing great was defamed by former company after false claims tied him to $750m LIV Golf offer
Tommy Fleetwood gets to deliver his son Frankie’s wish as he triumphs in India
English golfer’s son has told him recently he hadn’t got to celebrate a win on the 18th green with this father
Shane Lowry three shots off leader Keita Nakajima at DP World India Championship
Tommy Fleetwood in second position in Delhi but Rory McIlroy seven back ahead of final round
RACING
Ireland’s new champion jockey has three shots at a first Breeders’ Cup victory
Frankie Dettori hoping for perfect Breeders’ Cup swansong at Del Mar after announcing retirement plans
Aidan O’Brien touches down at Del Mar to oversee Breeders’ Cup squad
Trainer happy with Minnie Hauk despite star filly losing weight on flight to California
Jockey Christophe Soumillon aiming to bridge 20-year gap at Breeders’ Cup in Del Mar
Belgian rider faces meagre diet in effort to make weight for Minnie Hauk in $5 million Turf contest
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David Walsh and Miguel Delaney included on shortlist
Sam Bennett joins up with Eddie Dunbar at Q36.5 Pro Cycling for 2026
35-year-old Waterford rider has signed a one-year deal with the Swiss team
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