Rio Ferdinand avoids awkward reunion with former team-mate thanks to age old excuse

Martin O’Neill has a very clear message to his players ahead of the first play-off clash against Bosnia

Martin O’Neill is deliberating once more over Wes Hoolahan starting against Bosnia

Is Bryan Sheehan the most overworked club player in Ireland? This fixture pile-up suggests he is

7ft tall Kerry teenager signs deal that could set him on the way to being a NBA star

Anthony Cunningham’s Galway fate will be decided on Monday

Sky Sports to revolutionise how Irish fans watch Premier League football on a Saturday

Kerry county football final ends in controversy as Legion and South Kerry finishes with punch-up

Football fans unhappy at ‘disrespect’ shown to women’s teams at the Aviva today

VIDEO: The best scrambled equaliser of all time helped Wexford Youths win FAI Women’s Cup

Tim Sherwood’s gone with the Brendan Rodgers defence for his failure at Aston Villa

VIDEO: Ex-Ireland striker almost starts a brawl after legs swept from under him

Paul Scholes makes fairly outrageous claim about how special Salford’s FA Cup win was

Eight things every GAA club goes through in the provincial championships

Manchester United fans’ favourite linked with shock move to Premier League strugglers

Liverpool fans Sunday has just been ruined by this Pato news

Liverpool face battle from European giants to make Italian midfielder key January signing

Manchester United’s choice as LvG’s successor may not go down well at Old Trafford

VIDEO: Thomas Almeida’s first round knockout was swift and savage

Jurgen Klopp has revealed his biggest struggle at Liverpool so far

PIC: Joe Brolly isn’t impressed by a Dublin footballer meeting one of the biggest music stars on the planet

CJ Stander’s wife wasn’t the only one to almost suffer heart failure in Munster’s narrow win

Ireland hit with major defensive injury blow ahead of Bosnia play-off

PIC: Adama Traore is the owner of the Premier League’s buffest body

PIC: Your Saturday just cannot compete with what Andrea Pirlo is up to today

Some football fans call for Ireland international’s immediate inclusion in England squad

Martin O’Neill faces major selection headache as Rob Elliot produces performance of a lifetime

Rafa Benitez had a very understated reaction to Karim Benezema’s blackmail arrest

VIDEO: 3000 Schalke fans turned their team training into a scene out of Apocalypse Now

VIDEO: Finn Harps teenage hero suffered hilarious knee-slide fail after match winner

Waterford All-Star reveals battle with depression almost cost him his life

Some GAA fans are very upset at one player’s All-Star award in particular

VIDEO: This insane rugby warm-up drill is guaranteed to result in serious knee injury

Dublin’s blue tide sweeps the All-Stars and Player of the Year awards for 2015

Vincent Kompany shows his funny side with kind gesture for Belgium U17 ‘keeper

PIC: Cathal Pendred signs up for boxing lessons with Irish Olympic medalist

PIC: Did you spot Dana White in Dublin last night?

PIC: Tommy Bowe tries to make emoji out of horribly mis-shapen knee after surgery

VIDEO: Gorge your eyeballs on this year’s stunning Puskas Award nominees

Stephen Rochford predicting changes to Mayo squad ahead of taking county job

Javier Zanetti’s dream five-a-side team is a perfect mix of filth and skill

Vicente del Bosque churns out the oldest cliche possible about the England football team

VIDEO: NFL star breaks out the Ronaldo celebration after 92-yard TD drive

Mayo man who stabbed Jonny Cooper begins stiff sentence behind bars

QUIZ: Can you identify the 10 owners of the finest Irish sporting moustaches of all time?

PIC: Kilkenny hurler faces serious competition for best dressed at the All-Stars

VOTE: Which Dubliner will win the 2015 Footballer of the Year?

VIDEO: Andy Murray demands ‘new balls please’ as he’s targeted by wayward throw

Ireland’s quest for a third Six Nations title in a row dealt another huge injury blow

Just four counties pick up hurling All-Star awards as seven first time winners revealed