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Crossmolina Deel Rovers of Mayo beat Ballinderry of Derry to become All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football champions in the most dramatic of circumstances. The Derry men were leading by a point with the game deep into injury time before conceding a…

Chelsea’s Guro Reiten scored an 83rd-minute penalty as her side beat Arsenal 1-0 in front of a crowd of 34,302 at Stamford Bridge on Sunday to remain top of the Women’s Super League (WSL), with Gunners defender Katie McCabe sent…

Jannik Sinner cemented his status as the hard-court king of men’s tennis with his second-consecutive Australian Open title. The world number one defeated Alexander Zverev 6-3 7-6 (4) 6-3 on Rod Laver Arena, making him the first Italian man or…

Chelsea have confirmed the signing of United States defender Naomi Girma for a reported world-record fee. The 24-year-old was unveiled on the pitch by the Women’s Super League champions ahead of Sunday’s game against Arsenal at Stamford Bridge. She arrives…

Manuel Akanji rallied round team-mate Abdukodir Khusanov after a torrid start to his Manchester City career. Khusanov, the 20-year-old centre-back signed last week from Lens, was plunged straight in at the deep end as Pep Guardiola named him in the…

Virgil van Dijk has played a significant role in the vast majority of his 300 Liverpool appearances but conceded there were two other influential Dutchmen who were helping their current challenge for the Premier League and Champions League. The Netherlands…

Manchester United has welcomed the announcement of UK Government support for the project to regenerate the area around Old Trafford, with chief executive Omar Berrada describing it as a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity”. A UK Treasury statement on Saturday evening said Chancellor…

Bjorn Fratangelo praised the perseverance of wife Madison Keys after she finally achieved her dream of winning a grand-slam title. The 29-year-old defeated two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka in a thrilling contest at the Australian Open to fulfil the predictions…

Andy Murray is determined to improve as a coach after his first grand slam experience with Novak Djokovic. Whether the pair will continue to work together remains to be seen but the experience appears to have whetted the Scot’s appetite.…

Liverpool maintained their stranglehold at the top of the Premier League with a 4-1 thrashing of struggling Ipswich at Anfield. Arsenal recovered from the controversial sending off of Myles Lewis-Skelly to grind out a 1-0 win over Wolves, who also…