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After taking Aussie Rules Football by storm, Mayo’s Cora Staunton has announced her retirement from AFLW with the GWS Giants. Having achieved so much playing football with both Mayo and her club Carnacon, Staunton became the first Irish women to…

Replacement Caolin Blade claimed a 66th-minute bonus point as Connacht overcame Benetton 38-19 at the Sportsground. Connacht captain Jack Carty converted tries from Niall Murray and Paul Boyle and added a penalty to establish a 17-7 half-time lead. Marcus Watson…

Coco Gauff relished being the centre of attention in New York as she reached the quarter-finals of the US Open for the first time. The 18-year-old is poised to break into the top 10 for the first time next week…

Watford host fellow strugglers Norwich City on Friday Night Football and Claudio Ranieri wants Vicarage Road to be a fortress between now and the end of the season to aid the club’s Premier League survival hopes. It is three months…

Claressa Shields and Savannah Marshall’s much-anticipated bout on Saturday has been postponed provisionally until October 15, following the death of The Queen. Saturday’s scheduled fight at The O2 in London was an undisputed middleweight championship encounter, but after the passing…

Natasha Jonas has received an offer to fight Claressa Shields in what would be a major clash between the in-form fighters of world boxing. At the recent British Boxing Board of Control Awards Jonas made history when she became the…

Claressa Shields shone in front of a crowd in awe of a boxing superstar in their presence but promised that her championship belts wouldn’t be lost in the UK. The sensational American defends her IBF, WBA and WBC middleweight titles…

Chris Eubank Jr has continued to attack Conor Benn on social media after a failed drugs test by his rival resulted in Saturday’s grudge match being postponed. The 157lbs catchweight fight at the O2 Arena was called off after it…

Isaac Chamberlain believes his time has come against Chris Billam-Smith “Maturity and training. You can never neglect your training,” he continued. “That’s why a loss is always a massive blessing. Everything that I was lacking before I worked on. Now…

Chiedozie Ogbene and Alan Browne are facing a race against time to be fit for the Republic of Ireland’s Euro 2024 qualifiers against Greece and Gibraltar next month. Frontman Ogbene is working his way back from a hamstring injury suffered…