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Friday,31 March 2017 :   Everton defender Coleman needed surgery on a broken tibia and fibula after being injured in the 69th minute of Friday’s World Cup qualifying match at the Aviva Stadium, which finished in a goalless draw. Coleman faces months on the sidelines and Taylor, who will definitely …

Thursday, 23 March 2017 :  The Rugby Football Union (RFU) was understood to be interested in a fixture between the world’s top two sides before the end of the year. However, England and New Zealand will not now meet until autumn 2018. The Baa-Baas match against New Zealand replaces one …

Friday, 17 March 2017 :   Scrum-half Conor Murray, who sustained a shoulder injury in the 22-9 defeat by Wales, is replaced by Kieran Marmion. With Rob Kearney ruled out by a knee injury, Ulster’s Payne will start at full-back in Dublin on Saturday. Payne’s Ulster team-mate Henderson replaces Devin Toner …

Friday, 10 March 2017 :  Joe Schmidt’s men sit second in the table, three points behind unbeaten England, having beaten Italy and France after an opening defeat in Edinburgh. Fourth-placed Wales are out of title contention after back-to-back defeats by England and Scotland. Both sides have named unchanged starting XVs …

Tuesday , 7 March 2017 :  Defence coach Shaun Edwards highlighted the right wing, where North played in the defeat by Scotland, as an area of recent defensive weakness for Wales. After successive losses to Scotland and England, Wales name their team to face Ireland on Wednesday. “If he is …

Friday, 24 February 2017 :  The Leinster fly-half, who has overcome a calf strain, is preferred to Paddy Jackson, who started the defeat by Scotland and the victory over Italy. Captain Rory Best returns at hooker after missing the game in Rome through illness, while Jack McGrath comes in for …

Wednesday, 22 Feb 2017 :  Johnny Sexton and Rob Kearney are set to play in Ireland’s Six Nations game against France on Saturday after taking a full part in training on Tuesday. Sexton, 31, missed the games against Scotland and Italy with a calf strain but is now available for …

Wednesday, 15 Feb 2017 :  It took 82 minutes for Ireland to secure a try scoring bonus point against Italy, but the 27-3 win means they sit top of the 6 Nations table after two rounds.  Sara Barattin continued to be Italy’s best player from scrum-half as she so often …

  Monday, 23 January 2017 :Malaysia lost their spark, going down to Ireland in the final of the Women’s Hockey World League Second Round. Malaysia, who played superbly well to stun world No. 15 Italy in the semi-finals on Saturday, also squandered a penalty stroke in the 3-0 loss at …

Canada v New Zealand will be one of the mouth-watering matches in the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2017 pool stages next August and the Black Ferns edged an end-to-end physical battle on Wednesday to emerge 20-10 winners. Both sides came into the match in Dublin on the back of victories …