Annie Power, ridden by Ruby Walsh, on her way to winning at Punchestown today. James Crombie / INPHO
James Crombie / INPHO / INPHO
Faugheen, Willie Mullins’s 2015 Champion Hurdle winner, will miss this year’s Cheltenham Festival through injury. Annie Power (above) is the new favourite for the 2016 Champion Hurdle.
Leinster prop Cian Healy has agreed a new central contract with the IRFU that will keep him in Ireland until after the 2019 World Cup.
Waterford star Austin Gleeson was sent off for Limerick IT but they still claimed an eight-point win against Waterford IT to book their spot in the semi-finals of the Fitzgibbon Cup.
Munster have received a timely boost with news that Ireland squad members Tommy O’Donnell, James Cronin and Donnacha Ryan are free to play in their Pro12 clash against Glasgow Warriors on Friday.
A 12-player Ireland women’s sevens squad has been named for this weekend’s Brazilian leg of the World Sevens Series.
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Wayne Rooney suffered a knee injury against Sunderland last weekend. AP / Press Association Images
AP / Press Association Images / Press Association Images
Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney is facing up to six weeks on the sidelines after he picked up a knee injury against Sunderland last weekend.
Lionel Messi has become the first man to score 300 goals in La Liga after he found the net against Sporting Gijon tonight.
Hebei China Fortune have secured the signature of PSG star Ezequiel Lavezzi in a deal believed to be worth €500,000 per week to the player.
Guy Noves has called fly-half Francois Trinh-Duc into his squad for France’s Six Nations clash against Wales next week.
Lokomotiv midfielder Dmitry Tarasov stoked tensions after a Europa League clash between the Moscow club and Turkish giants Fenerbahce by revealing a T-shirt praising President Vladimir Putin underneath his club strip.
The best thing we shared
Pulau Pinang striker Faiz Subri channelled his inner Roberto Carlos to score a pretty remarkable free-kick in the Malaysian Super League. This is one for the scrapbook.
Ryan Bailey was at the launch of the 2016 An Post Rás in Dublin this afternoon.
Eddie Dunbar, Martyn Irvine and Bryan McCrystal at the launch of the 2016 An Post Rás. Billy Stickland / INPHO
Billy Stickland / INPHO / INPHO
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My first one [concussion] was playing for Ireland ‘A’ around 11 years ago and that was my first proper concussion and the worst one I’ve had since was against France in Croke Park. I stumbled around for 60 seconds, I continued to play on, took a break for a couple of minutes and finished off the game. — Ireland fullback Rob Kearney on concussion in rugby.
Fixture list
There are two more last-16 ties in the Champions League tonight. Real Madrid travel to Roma and Gent host Wolfsburg. Both games kick off at 7.45pm.
The Europa League is back tomorrow with Manchester United, Liverpool and Spurs in action. United are in Denmark for a 6pm kick-off against FC Midtjylland. Tottenham take on Fiorentina in Florence at the same time while Liverpool’s clash at FC Augsburg kicks off at 8.05pm.
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A second UFC belt isn’t going to satisfy Conor McGregor’s cravings for success, it seems. In an extended preview for UFC 196, the Dubliner insists he will “start campaigning for something else” once that box is ticked (see 2.40 in clip). A move up to 170lbs perhaps?
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Pulau Pinang striker Faiz Subri channelled his inner Roberto Carlos to score a pretty remarkable free-kick in the Malaysian Super League. This is one for the scrapbook.
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Ryan Bailey was at the launch of the 2016 An Post Rás in Dublin this afternoon.
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Showbiz, baby!
A second UFC belt isn’t going to satisfy Conor McGregor’s cravings for success, it seems. In an extended preview for UFC 196, the Dubliner insists he will “start campaigning for something else” once that box is ticked (see 2.40 in clip). A move up to 170lbs perhaps?
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