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F1 Chinese GP Sprint race: Start time, how to watch, TV channel

Formula 1 will stage a standalone Sprint on Saturday in Shanghai as part of the Chinese Grand Prix. Here's how you can watch it on TV.

You ain’t seen nothing yet as Liam Turner’s overdrive ramps up in South Africa

There are two sides to every coin, even the most valuable. As Leinster flexed strengthened muscles this week, Ross Molony quietly confirmed his intention to leave. Any designs on an international cap, or persistent provincial recognition, will be cast aside. His is not at all a sad story; even his own deeply held personal and professional regrets, ...

Kelly named on bench for Clare, De Búrca to start for Waterford in Munster SHC openers

Limerick have named 13 of their All-Ireland winning team for the trip to Ennis.

Emi Martinez banned for first leg of Aston Villa’s semi-final against Olympiacos

The Argentina international saved two penalties in the 4-3 quarter-final shootout victory over Lille.

Power's momentum slows as he sits four back alongside McIlroy in South Carolina

Tom Hoge shot a lowest round of 64 to join a four-way share of the lead at Harbour Town.

‘I’m the first person to do a 147, nine-darter and hole-in-one’ – Shaun Murphy living up to his nickname

As a winner of each of snooker’s three Majors, Shaun Murphy is part of the most illustrious 11-man club in his chosen profession. But there is another group of which he claims only a membership of one that just might be the most exclusive in all of sport. A maximum 147 break in snooker. A hole in one in golf. And the precision throwing of a perfect...

All-girl football team of 11 and 12-year-olds destroy male opponents

Queens Park Ladies U12s finished with 18 wins, four draws and no losses in the league of 11 boys' teams and theirs.

National deals, PONIs, and Irish rugby's contracting

The IRFU could make a tweak to the national contracts system as early as next season.

Croke Park an 82,300 sellout! Leinster fans snap up tickets for Champions Cup glamour tie

Leinster’s Champions Cup Croke Park semi-final date with Northampton Saints has sold-out inside a few hours. Over 82,000 tickets have been snapped up since they went on release this morning at 10am as supporters raced to bank the best seats in the house. Leinster’s tie in the 82,300-capacity stadium takes place on Saturday, May 4, with a 5.30 kick-...

The Clare Limerick Munster showdown - has there been a bigger hurling day in Ennis?

All eyes turn to Cusack Park tomorrow at 2pm.

UAE head coach unveiling featuring 'Newcastle legend' goes viral

The unveiling video for the head coach role at a brand new Dubai football club featuring a 'Newcastle legend' has gone viral. Soheil Var, who posts regular updates on TikTok as soheil.var, is starting up a brand new professional football club called Al Qabila in just 365 days. Before that, he documented his journey trying to make it as a profession...

Managerless Dundalk's search for first win continues as they share spoils in Sligo

Jamie Gullan’s penalty earned The Lilywhites a point after Fabrice Hartmann’s opener for Sligo Rovers.

Tipperary U-20s come out top in error-strewn contest against Waterford, with Oisín O’Donoghue hitting the net

Tipperary prevailed in a mistake-ridden encounter to move top of the Munster U-20 hurling round-robin table with a nine-point win over Waterford. The hosts were without senior star Patrick Fitzgerald due to the 60-hour restriction but were still level with the Premier by half-time. Thereafter, Tipp won the second half by 0-14 to 0-5, with Oisín O’D...

'I was bit of a pest... I wanted to be out with the boys and I wanted to play'

Ireland flanker Aoife Wafer reflects on her early days in rugby ahead of this weekend’s clash with England.

Jurgen Klopp admits Liverpool bowed out of Europe with a whimper

Anfield boss accepted lack of goal threat failed to pressure Atalanta but insisted Mo Salah form not a concern.

Paul Townend takes on extra rides in an effort to save jockey crown from Jack Kennedy

You wouldn’t need to use many fingers to count the number of outside rides Paul Townend has had this season, so you know that things must be getting serious when he is looking beyond his boss, Willie Mullins. Townend and Mullins are a lethal combination – they head to Ayr today for the Scottish Grand National meeting trying to sow up the British tr...

Munster require a statement performance to achieve the result they need against Bulls

The build-up to this round of URC fixtures has been low-key, which does this clash of the league’s third and fourth-placed teams a disservice. Both clubs exited the Champions Cup in successive weeks against the same opposition, but while Munster threw everything they could at Northampton and came up short amidst an unfortunate illness outbreak in t...

Shelbourne fan who threw smoke bomb at assistant referee handed lifetime ban

Shelbourne have handed down a lifetime ban to the supporter who was identified for the smoke bomb-throwing incident which has led to Reds fans being barred from Friday’s league game away to Galway United. As reported by the Irish Independent earlier this week, the FAI’s disciplinary committee had initially decided on a stadium closure for Shels as ...

Alonso hit with penalty for Sainz clash in China F1 sprint

Fernando Alonso has been handed a 10-second penalty and had three penalty points added to his licence for a collision with Carlos Sainz in Formula 1’s China sprint race.

Poll: Who do you think will win the Munster hurling championship?

Limerick are the defending five in-a-row champions.

Akintunde on target as Bohemians continue winning run

The Dublin side recorded a 1-0 win at home to Drogheda United.

Will Man City rue letting go a strong contender for Player of the Season?

Cole Palmer has been in superb form for Chelsea.

Noel King set to make shock return to League of Ireland as manager of Dundalk

Dundalk staff and officials were taken by surprise by reports that Noel King is set to make a stunning return to the League of Ireland as the club’s new manager. It emerged on Friday night that Dundalk owner Brian Ainscough has turned to King, a long term football contact, in an attempt to steer the Lilywhites off the bottom of the table. The forme...

Hansen: Central contracts 'the only way Irish rugby is going to get stronger'

The Connacht winger believes Irish Rugby is ‘set up in a genius way.’

Fears over fielding a team to first Munster win since 2010 - Waterford's fight to survive

Former Waterford manager Benji Whelan says work is ongoing at underage level to preserve football in the county.

WRC Croatia: Neuville sets the pace to lead title rival Evans

World Rally Championship points leader Thierry Neuville made an almost perfect start in Croatia to lead Toyota’s Elfyn Evans after Friday morning’s asphalt stages.

F1 teams and Pirelli had no warning of “painted” Shanghai track surface

Neither teams nor tyre supplier Pirelli were informed about the “painted” surface treatment at the Shanghai circuit before arriving in China for this weekend’s Formula 1 race, it has emerged.

Former All-Black Ngatai makes Leinster return for Lions showdown

Charlie Ngatai was has been sidelined with a calf injury since December.

FAI: No permanent men's manager until September, hope to appoint O'Shea as interim for June games

Canham apologised and acknowledged supporters’ frustration around a process that began in November last year.

Six-point man Niall Duffy the hero for Sligo as his late free earns minor win over Leitrim

A late Niall Duffy free in the third minute of added time ensured Sligo snatched a late, late victory over Leitrim in sunny Markievicz Park. This extremely close encounter saw the game level on eight occasions before Duffy, excellent throughout for the hosts, scored his sixth point and, ultimately, the winner. Jack Kelly was exceptional for Leitrim...

'The Italians looked at Joe and couldn't believe what he was doing'

Pat Jennings recalls his former Spurs teammate, Joe Kinnear, while Kenny Cunningham reflects on his impact as Wimbledon boss.

Cork and Kerry name starting sides ahead of Munster championship games

The Cork hurlers are away in Walsh Park, while the Kerry footballers are at home in Killarney.

‘I don’t know much about snooker… I thought I did’ – Ronnie O’Sullivan gets coaching advice in bid to win record Crucible title

Ronnie O'Sullivan has gone back to basics in his bid to eclipse Stephen Hendry and become the first eight-time world snooker champion in the modern era. At the age of 48 and with a record 41 ranking titles - including 23 triple crowns - behind him, O'Sullivan has discovered that he "doesn't know much about snooker" and has linked back up with a for...

Beijing Half Marathon champion has medal taken away after other runners slowed down to let him win

The winner of Beijing's half marathon He Jie and three African runners have had their results cancelled after an investigation found that the three slowed down near the line allowing the Chinese athlete to finish first, organisers said today. He had won the race held last Sunday in China's capital in a time of 1:03:44, a second ahead of Ethiopian D...

Norris had no reason to apologise for China F1 sprint showing, says McLaren

McLaren says Lando Norris had no need to apologise for his Formula 1 sprint race showing in China, after failing to convert his pole position into a podium.

Bonus point win is the order of the day for Connacht as Finlay Bealham earns his 200th cap

After three games on the road, two of which ended in costly defeats to Benetton, a visit by the URC’s basement side to the Sportsground is just what Connacht require to get their end-of-season charge back on track. For all that their Italian counterparts may have dumped Connacht out of the Challenge Cup last weekend, Zebre have again struggled this...

O'Donoghue drives Tipperary U20s to win over Waterford

Tipperary outscored Ken McGrath’s side by 14 points to five in a one-sided second half.

RG Snyman starts as Munster ring changes for Bulls clash

The South African is one of six personnel changes and one positional switch to the side that lost to Northampton.

Centre Charlie Ngatai returns to Leinster team as Lions coach lauds Irish province’s strength in depth

Charlie Ngatai returns to action for the first time this year against the Lions tomorrow proving that even Leinster’s reserve reserves are stronger than most – and even their opponents agree. The Kiwi’s return from a calf injury sustained in December against Sale bolsters their chances of completing an opening week win in South Africa against Lions...

Miguel Delaney: Still much to play for but Jurgen Klopp’s mood music hits downbeat note

For a performance that ended as meekly as this, Jurgen Klopp was in a surprisingly buoyant mood. He was even joking about not complaining about fixtures any more, despite the two-legged defeat to Atalanta denying him that last chance at another European trophy. It was difficult not to feel the German had already been resigned to elimination in some...

Galway United inflict back-to-back defeats on Shelbourne

Ed McCarthy’s first-half goal was enough to earn United a fourth win of the season.

F1 Chinese GP: Verstappen claims Red Bull's 100th pole over Perez

Max Verstappen claimed Red Bull's 100th Formula 1 pole after headlining Chinese Grand Prix qualifying with a 1m33.660s, beating team-mate Sergio Perez by 0.3s.

The Springboks have delivered one of the great rugby documentaries

Chasing the Sun 2 is riveting viewing.

The tragic downfall of Emma Raducanu, winner of the 2021 US Open

James Akintunde proves the difference again as his early goal proves match-winner for Bohemians

They're not quite at the statue-building phase in Phibsboro, but striker James Akintunde really is endearing himself to the Bohemians faithful as, yet again, he was the key figure for Bohs. Former Derry City player Akintunde has scored four goals for the Gypsies this season, but all have been match-winners, and his 15th minute strike was again the ...

Leinster's Aimee Clarke smashed perceptions when she moved to rugby from GAA

Seeing Aimee Clarke play rugby now you'd never realise that she only came to the sport seven years ago and didn't know many of the rules when she first stepped onto the pitch. The Leinster winger honed her skills playing Gaelic Football but made the decision to change to rugby in 2017 - and she's […]

Why Aston Villa’s controversial keeper Emiliano Martinez wasn’t sent off despite second yellow in penalty shootout

Emiliano Martinez was once again at the heart of the action as he upset French opposition with his heroics in a penalty shootout – as well as some controversy as the Aston Villa goalkeeper survived being shown a second yellow card from the referee in the middle of the shootout against Lille. The Argentina goalkeeper was the star of the penalty shoo...

How are Dublin shaping up for their All-Ireland defence?

Mick Bohan’s side face Kildare in their Leinster championship opener tomorrow.

Kerry GAA delegates fully endorse proposal to increase to 10 the clubs in the County SFC and Senior Club Championship

Kerry’s County Senior Football Championship and the County Senior Club Football Championship will both change to incorporate 10 club teams from 2026 and beyond, following unanimous support for that recommendation from a review committee report, which was enthusiastically adopted this week. A full delegate meeting of the Kerry County Committee on Th...

Cooney kicks Ulster to last-gasp win over Cardiff

The province lost James Hume to injury before snatching a dramatic win.