Xabi Alonso’s team needed to beat top-four rivals Freiburg on Sunday to retain faint hopes of retaining their crown.

Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca said Cole Palmer can do “what no one expects” after his penalty ended a 16-week scoring drought to help beat Premier League champions Liverpool 3-1 at Stamford Bridge.

A protest move by Kilkenny and Dublin senior camogie teams at the Leinster senior semi-final almost saw the game called off. The 30 players wore shorts instead of skorts, which the inter-county ...

Galway just about confirmed their red-hot favourites tag by landing their fourth consecutive Connacht Senior Football Championship title, making it back-to-back wins over Mayo in the final with a 1-17 ...

High pressure will remain nearby with the generally dry and sunny conditions continuing. Cool at first but temperatures will gradually increase as the week progresses. Dry with long clear spells ...

Sympathy is extended to the bereaved on their loss. May their gentle souls rest in peace. The following are the latest death and funeral notices from the county. Ann Flynn (née McCormack), Stillorgan, ...

Liverpool suffered defeat in their first game since being crowned Premier League champions as Cole Palmer ended his Chelsea scoring drought to round off a 3-1 win at Stamford Bridge and boost the ...

Lady Gaga has said she is “grateful” for her Brazilian fans after 2.5 million watched her free concert at Rio De Janeiro’s Copacabana Beach – and police in the country claimed to have foiled a plot to ...

Ruben Amorim said Manchester United “need to change” after their 4-3 defeat at Brentford. Kevin Schade scored twice at Gtech Community Stadium as United’s miserable Premier League campaign took ...

The All-Ireland finalists had to dig deep in the final moments to hold on, as Mayo could not overturn a strong first-half performance from Galway.

Jarrod Bowen rescued a point for West Ham as they laboured to a 1-1 draw at home to a second-string Tottenham. Bowen scored his 10th Premier League goal for the season to cancel out Wilson Odobert’s ...

Crucible qualifier Zhao Xintong dominated Mark Williams in the opening session of the World Snooker Championship final, running up a 7-1 lead. The Chinese, who thrashed Ronnie O’Sullivan in the ...