Ireland 24-28 New Zealand: All Blacks break Irish hearts and set up Argentina semi-final
Defeat marks a devastating end to Ireland captain Johnny Sexton’s career Ireland: (17) 24 Tries: Aki, Gibson-Park, penalty try Cons: Sexton 2 Pen: Sexton New Zealand: (18) 28 Tries: Fainga’anuku, Savea, Jordan Cons: Mo’unga, J Barrett Pens: Mo’unga, J Barrett 2 Ireland’s World Cup dream was ended by New Zealand for the second tournament in […]
Northern Ireland Open: Brecel, Higgins and Selby among five players set to compete in Macau exhibition event
Belgian Luca Brecel won the World Championship at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield in May Five players, including four members of the world’s top 16, are to miss the Northern Ireland Open to compete in an exhibition event in Macau. Current world champion Luca Brecel and four-time world champions John Higgins and Mark Selby will […]
Japan 27-39 Argentina: Pumas set up Wales quarter-final with thrilling win
Argentina fans were in good voice in the final match of Pool D in Nantes Japan: (14) 27 Tries: Fakatava, Saito, Naikabula Cons: Matsuda 3 Pen: Matsuda Drop-goal: Lemeki Argentina: (15) 39 Tries: Chocobares, Carreras 3, Boffelli Cons: Boffelli 3, Sanchez Pens: Boffelli, Sanchez A hat-trick from Mateo Carreras carried Argentina into a World Cup […]
Bellator 300: Leah McCourt stops Sara McMann to set up Cris Cyborg title fight
Cris Cyborg (left) is widely-regarded as one of the best women’s mixed martial artists of all time Northern Ireland’s Leah McCourt stopped Sara McMann in the first round at Bellator 300 to set up a featherweight title bout against Cris Cyborg. McCourt, 31, reversed a takedown attempt from America’s McMann, 43, before raining down punches […]
Scotland 84-0 Romania: Graham scores four tries as Scots set up Ireland decider
Darcy Graham took his tally of Scotland tries to 24 Scotland (42) 84 Tries: Watson, Price, Graham 3, M Fagerson, Harris, Smith, Healy, Darge Cons: Healy 11, Horne Romanis (0) 0 Rampant Scotland ran in 12 tries to thrash Romania 84-0 and set up a potential Pool B shootout with Ireland at the Rugby World […]
Ben Chilwell: Chelsea defender set for spell on sidelines with ‘bad’ hamstring injury
Ben Chilwell also missed a significant potion of last season through injury, making just 23 league appearances Chelsea defender Ben Chilwell has suffered a “bad” hamstring injury with no timescale yet put on his return, says Blues boss Mauricio Pochettino. Chelsea are already without Reece James until after the international break with a thigh problem. […]
New Zealand v England: Roses lose second Test to set up series decider
The Roses have travelled to New Zealand without any of the players who reached the World Cup final New Zealand thrashed England 57-36 to level the series at 1-1 and take the Taini Jamison Trophy to a decider. The Roses, who narrowly won Sunday’s opening game, trailed by four at half-time before a dominant second-half […]
Northern Ireland v Albania: ‘Special individual’ McFadden set to hit 100 caps
‘I’ve got to hold her back sometimes’ – Oxtoby Venue: Seaview, Belfast Date: Tuesday, 26 September Kick-off: 19:00 BST Coverage: Live stream on the BBC Sport website and BBC iPlayer; text commentary on the BBC Sport website While Tanya Oxtoby gets ready for her first home match as manager on Tuesday, Seaview will get ready […]
NFL week three review & results: Dolphins set records, Taylor Swift cheers on Chiefs & Dallas defeated
Dates: 7 September 2023 – 7 January 2024 BBC coverage: Listen to live commentary on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra and the BBC Sport website every Sunday. The Miami Dolphins scored the second-highest number of points in a game in NFL history as they trounced the Denver Broncos 70-20. Eleswhere, the Kansas City Chiefs thrashed […]
Rugby World Cup: Wales fly-half Dan Biggar set to miss Georgia game with chest injury
Replacement fly-half Gareth Anscombe inspires Wales win Head coach Warren Gatland says fly-half Dan Biggar is looking at two weeks out after pulling a chest muscle in Wales’ convincing win over Australia. Biggar left the field after just 12 minutes and was replaced by Gareth Anscombe who produced a man-of-the match performance in the 40-6 […]