Category Sport

Plus: Man Utd sent scouts to watch Barcelona defender Mikayil Faye score a stunner on his Senegal debut; Barcelona have turned down £172m for La Masia graduate Lamine Yamal; Manchester City are monitoring developments with Everton centre back Jarrad Branthwaite…

Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso handed a 20-second time penalty which relegates him two places in the final Melbourne result to eighth; Stewards ruled that Alonso performed “an unusual manoeuvre” in his approach to Turn Six; George Russell was close behind…

Andy Murray receives treatment on his ankle in the deciding set before falling to a dramatic defeat against Czech Tomas Machac at the Miami Open; you can watch the tournament, plus over 80 tournaments a year, including the US Open,…

Toto Wolff admitted it was a “fair question” whether he remained the right person to lead Mercedes – after Lewis Hamilton’s worst ever start to a season was confirmed at the Australian Grand Prix. Carlos Sainz delivered the best drive…

Since moving back to these shores after a significant stint overseas, Mayo footballer Lisa Cafferky has been playing a major role in the development of young sportspeople across a range of different disciplines at one of Ireland’s leading third-level institutions.…

Sammie Szmodics hopes he has “shut up” the detractors who questioned his hunger to play for the Republic of Ireland after finally making his international debut. The 28-year-old Blackburn striker has twice in the past had to pull out of…

Images and videos of a Rangers crest sticker over the Hearts badge surfaced on social media, sparking a backlash from Hearts fans; Rangers retained the Sky Sports Cup by beating Partick Thistle 4-1 at Tynecastle Image: Rangers lift the Sky…

West Ham were denied an equaliser in their 2-0 loss to WSL leaders Chelsea on Sunday night; Riko Ueki’s goal was disallowed for offside on the West Ham forward, but replays showed she was clearly onside; there is no VAR…

Interim Republic of Ireland boss John O’Shea backed Evan Ferguson to end his goal drought after seeing the Brighton teenager miss a penalty during Saturday’s 0-0 friendly draw with Belgium. The 19-year-old striker had a first-half spot-kick saved by Matz…

Max Verstappen’s bid to win a record-equalling 10 consecutive races went up in smoke as Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz returned from surgery just 16 days ago to win in Australia. Verstappen suffered a brake failure after just four laps of Sunday’s…