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Czech star striker Schick signs off with Bundesliga double in final game before Ireland play-off
Shark tank
Munster nilled as Sharks chew them up and spit them out in Durban embarrassment
The Sharks ran in seven tries, including a late double for Makazole Mapimpi.
Countdown to Prague Enjoy the pick of our build-up coverage ahead of Ireland's World Cup play-off against Czechia
Jake O'Brien Exclusive
'Not everyone wants to be looking at footballers doing all the flashy things. A lot of it is false'
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The Gaffer
'People have to really stick together here': how the spectre of catastrophe shaped Hallgrimsson
bright eyes
Welbeck on the double as Brighton deliver blow to Liverpool's Champions League hopes
A goal in each half from Welbeck gave the home team a fourth win in five Premier League matches.
Athletics
Lauren Roy progresses as Mark English misses out on 800m final at World Indoors
Ciara Neville and Maeve O’Neill also bowed out in Toruń, Poland.
Disappointment
'A bit of luck wouldn't go astray': Injury-hit Ulster fall to first loss in Belfast this season
Reaction
'You're thinking, ‘Are we ever going to break the glass ceiling?': Lancaster delights in Ulster win
Exclusive
'Not everyone wants to be looking at footballers doing all the flashy things. A lot of it is false'
Ahead of his 50th Premier League appearance, Everton’s Jake O’Brien says it’s time Irish football fulfilled its potential by qualifying for the World Cup.
Starman
'When he left Armagh? It was like a death in our family' - Kieran Donaghy's Armagh legacy
Kerry legend spent five seasons coaching the Ulster side, now he returns as Kerry coach.
Boxing
Michael Conlan retires from boxing after split-decision loss to Kevin Walsh in Belfast
The 34-year-old said it’s ‘time to go home’ to his family after a career in which he has prospered financially and ‘reached serious heights’.
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League of Ireland
Dundalk impress with resolve and tenacity to claim 1-1 draw away to Bohemians
Gypsies took the lead through Patrick Hickey before Gbemi Arubi netted deserved equaliser.
Island Living
'People have to really stick together here': how the spectre of catastrophe shaped Hallgrimsson
The Ireland manager’s friends explain how the resourceful, proud people of Heimaey survived a volcanic eruption.
