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England’s footballers will have to wait four and a half years for their next shot at the World Cup trophy, but it looks increasingly plausible their cricketing counterparts will be lifting their version at Lord’s in 12 months’ time. Favourites…
The Premier League returns on August 10 when Manchester United and Leicester City kick off the new season live on Sky Sports. With the familiar array of new signings and new managers there are plenty of reasons to be excited.…
The appointment of Maurizio Sarri could see Chelsea play the football that many at Stamford Bridge are desperate to see, writes Adam Bate. It is difficult to be certain whether social media has exacerbated the appetite for change or merely…
I was first made aware of Beth Stern’s cat-rescue work through a children’s book she wrote, which I gave to my daughter about three years ago. In “Yoda: The Story of a Cat and His Kittens,” the titular feline, a…
Michael Moynihan Nothing beats being there, according to the old advertising slogan, and at Gaelic games, attendance is often its own reward. There were plenty of empty seats at the weekend’s All-Ireland hurling quarter-finals Last Sunday in Thurles, after the…
By James O’Connor A Clare fan said he was “dragged off the field like you’d drag a dog” following the county’s All-Ireland SHC quarter-final win over Wexford at Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Saturday. An unidentified Clare fan is taken from…
