O'Connor to renew Blue Loyd partnership
Cian O'Connor's Olympic bronze medal horse Blue Loyd will return with him to the Irish team for the vital Nations' Cup competition at St Gallen in Switzerland on 31 May.
Cian O'Connor's Olympic bronze medal horse Blue Loyd will return with him to the Irish team for the vital Nations' Cup competition at St Gallen in Switzerland on 31 May.
Eddie Ahern has lodged an appeal against the decision of the British Horseracing Authority to suspend him from riding for 10 years.
London, with little or no momentum behind them, host Sligo in Ruislip hoping to cause an upset.
Leon Osman has signed a contract extension which will keep him at Everton until 2015.
Éamonn Fitzmaurice takes charge of his first Championship match as Kerry host Tipperary in Killarney.
Friday's 19th stage of the Giro d'Italia has been cancelled due to adverse weather conditions, race organisers have announced.
Seven players will be making their championship debuts when Limerick host Cork in the Munster SFC quarter-final at the Gaelic Grounds on Saturday, throw-in 7.00pm.
Stephen O'Neill and Peter Harte return to the Tyrone team for Sunday's eagerly awaited Ulster SFC clash with Donegal in Ballybofey.
Ryan Palmer held a one-shot lead at the end of day one as he and fellow local boy John Rollins looked down at rest of the field from the top of the Crowne Plaza Invitational leaderboard.
South Africa's James Kingston claimed the clubhouse lead in the weather-disrupted BMW PGA Championship as Luke Donald's bid for a third straight victory suffered a potentially fatal blow.
Young defender Fionn Fitzgerald will make his first Championship start for Kerry when his side take on Tipperary in the Munster GAA Football Championship on Sunday.
Silky made the best possible start to her career with victory in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden at Clonmel.
Ralph Beckett has firmed up the riding arrangements for his Investec Oaks contenders, with Jim Crowley sticking with Secret Gesture and Richard Hughes coming in for the mount on Talent.
Sheikh Mohammed has vowed his Godolphin operation will go from "strength to strength" after ordering a decree banning the use of anabolic steroids in Dubai.
The Donegal team to face Tyrone in Sunday's Ulster Football Championship quarter-final is the exact same XV that started last year's All-Ireland final against Mayo.
Jim Bolger is convinced Dawn Approach will go to the Investec Derby an even better horse than he was when winning the Qipco 2000 Guineas.
Home favourite Vincenzo Nibali strengthened his grip on the Giro d'Italia race lead with a commanding victory in the stage 18 mountain time-trial in the Dolomites today.
Ciaran Byrne, who spent time with AFL club Carlton, makes his Championship debut for Louth against Laois in the preliminary round of the Leinster SFC.
Wigan chairman Dave Whelan is increasingly confident FA Cup-winning manager Roberto Martinez will stick with them to lead their bid for promotion back to the Premier League.
Newcastle boss Alan Pardew has been handed the task of dragging the club back into the top half of the Barclays Premier League after holding talks with owner Mike Ashley.