Video: Close down Sweden’s Goal of the Season after this brilliant scorpion kick

Cristiano Ronaldo was ‘99%’ to rejoin Manchester United before Fergie quit, says Patrice Evra

Video: NBA superstar Stephen Curry goes insane – again – in Golden State triumph

Picture: NFL star Jason Pierre-Paul reveals gruesome fireworks damage to mangled hand

Manchester United to battle rivals City for £30million Belgian teenager

Washington’s NFL rookies forced to foot $22,000 bill at team dinner

Video: Six superb scores in the running for World Try of the Year

All Blacks claim edge over Australia in our combined World Cup final team

Daniel Sturridge wait goes on as Liverpool striker is ruled out of Bournemouth cup tie

Iain Henderson injury the latest post-World Cup blow for Ulster

Ireland move another step closer to Test match cricket with thumping victory

Australian media ramp up All Black rivalry with picture of ‘Richetty grub’ McCaw

UFC Dublin main eventer Paddy Holohan took home pitiful sum from Reebok sponsorship deal

Claudio Ranieri forced to put the ‘Not for Sale’ tag on Jamie Vardy after crazy Real Madrid rumour

Video: Crowd assist allows Russian pitch invader escape match stewards

Video: Brighten up your Bank Holiday with this amazing open goal miss!

Report: Ireland’s Alan Judge targeted by trio of Premier League clubs

Uefa’s master of ceremonies Gianni Infantino to stand for Fifa presidency

Video: Swiss league striker uses amazing skill to turn four defenders inside out and score

Major League Soccer’s Seattle Sounders draw more fans than Liverpool or Chelsea

Disgust as schoolboy referee suffers injuries in attack by team manager

Manchester United fans want in-form frontman to sort out the ‘Rooney problem’

Video: Incredible New Zealand club try better than anything you’ll see at the World Cup

Still no Sturridge as Jurgen Klopp names unchanged Liverpool side to face Southampton

Video: College football commentators lose their minds over defence’s last-second touchdown return

Video: MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi punished for kicking rival Marc Marquez off his bike at high speed

Proof that Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea are making a total mess of defending the title

Arsenal ready to hand Arsene Wenger fresh contract until 2019

Dana White calls Dublin the best fight town in the world

Ireland’s men’s hockey team have qualified for their first Olympic Games in a century

Video: Joe Marler uses England’s World Cup exit to seek pity from referee

Darren Clarke will have a US golfer to thank if Ian Poulter leads Europe to Ryder Cup glory

WWE star Sheamus would ‘walk over’ Conor McGregor but the UFC hero is ‘too short to fight’

Conor McGregor apologises for disappointing angry fans who paid to meet him

NFL star demands change after naked players are filmed from post-game locker room

Michael Cheika hits out as World Rugby hangs Craig Joubert out to dry

Oscar Pistorius released after just 11 months of five-year jail term for killing girlfriend

Poll: Who should step into Paul O’Connell’s boots to captain Ireland?

Connacht sign Irish-born World Cup fly-half

Is this the team to deliver Rugby World Cup glory for Ireland in 2019?

Indianapolis Colts trick play might just be the dumbest in NFL history

Here’s how the Ireland players rated across a selection of media outlets here and the UK

Four factors behind Ireland’s stunning World Cup exit

Ireland will face Bosnia-Herzegovina in Euro 2016 play-off

L’Equipe showed absolutely no mercy when rating France’s World Cup flops

Vine: Rory McIlroy came within inches of getting whacked by a thunderous drive

Pics: Hordes of Irish fans make for another crazy morning at Paddington Station

Magic moments: The best tries, tears and triumphs from the past week at Rugby World Cup

Leinster announce arrival of Kiwi second row Hayden Triggs

Injured Peter O’Mahony shows his class by congratulating Rhys Ruddock on Ireland call