Earley calls time on Kildare career
Dermot Earley has been forced to retire from inter-county football because of injury.
Dermot Earley has been forced to retire from inter-county football because of injury.
Graeme McDowell has risen one place to seventh in the world rankings after his win at the Volvo World Match Play Championship in Bulgaria.
Celestial Halo turned in a magnificent display to win the Gras Savoye Corporate Life Prix La Barka.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger hailed the "exceptional attitude and determination" of his players after they secured a top-four finish in league at the expense of arch rivals Tottenham with a 1-0 win at Newcastle.
Updates from the second stage of the An Post Rás which runs over 160km from Longford to Nenagh.
David Moyes will today begin work as Alex Ferguson's successor at Manchester United after bidding farewell to Everton with defeat at Chelsea.
Jockey Andrea Atzeni secured an important big-race success when Biz The Nurse struck in the Derby Italiano at Capannelle.
Galway boss felt his side were part architects in their defeat to Mayo in the quarter-final of the Connacht SFC.
Martin Dunne hit 0-09 as Cavan defeated Armagh 1-15 to 1-11 in the Ulster SFC preliminary clash at Kingspan Breffni Park.
Mayo are through to a Connacht SFC semi-final with Roscommon after an easy 4-16 to 0-11 over Galway in Salthill.
Arsenal have qualified for the Champions League after a 1-0 win over Newcastle at St James's Park.
Graeme McDowell beat Thongchai Jaidee 2&1 in the final of the World Match Play Championship at Thracian Cliffs in Kavarna, Bulgaria
Despite a nine-point haul from Martin Dunne, Cavan manager Terry Hyland was eager to praise the rest of the team after their win over Armagh.
South Korean Bae Sang-moon made a fast start, then overcame strong winds and a mid-round wobble to clinch his maiden PGA Tour title by two shots at the Byron Nelson Championship in Irving, Texas on Sunday.
Westmeath set up a Leinster SFC quarter-final date with Dublin after seeing off a lacklustre Carlow side by 3-15 to 1-10 in Mullingar.
The clinical way that Mayo scored goals in their comprehensive Connacht championship win over Galway was an aspect that pleased forward Alan Dillon.
Peamount United retained the Bus Éireann Women's National League Cup this afternoon at the headquarters of the Mayo Football League in Milebush, Castlebar.
Dani Pedrosa heads the MotoGP World Championship standings after a well-judged French Grand Prix win
In the women's final, world number one Serena Williams was an emphatic winner as she dispatched Victoria Azarenka 6-1 6-3 to claim her fourth straight title.
Giovanni Visconti claimed his first-ever stage win on the Giro d'Italia after digging deep to conquer the gruelling conditions that continue to blight this year's race.