World Cup 2026, Day 8: Joy for Mexico and Canada despite horrific injury
Co-hosts beat South Korea and Qatar but Canadian midfielder Ismael Kone suffers broken leg after late challenge
Lipstick on a pig fails to conceal sheer grubbiness surrounding World Cup so far
Moments of joy from Curaçao and Qatar combine to make one almost forget the insufferable bits around this tournament
Fifa ‘shoutout’ gimmick open to all manner of infantile manipulation
World Cup has also been used by Argentina as an opportunity to stop bad parents having fun
World Cup 2026, Day 3: Scotland go through the wringer to get first win in 36 years
Brazil survive shaky start to draw with Morocco while Qatar somehow grab a point from Swiss
Siobhán Rutledge named sportswoman of the month for May
Loss of Meath jockey’s dad at an early age made her all the more determined to put racing at the centre of her life
World Cup 2026, Day 1: I stayed up all night so you didn’t have to
Opening ceremony was actually quite enjoyable, though Gianni Infantino might not have liked the boos
Platitudes, gratitudes, filibustering: Infantino in action
Ken Early describes Mexico City from the ground; Ciarán Murphy savours the jeopardy of the football championship
Ireland unable to book direct ticket to Brazil
GAA’s complicated relationship with World Cup; James Lowe confirms he is leaving Leinster
No end of heart as brave Ireland fall short against France
Carla Ward is a woman so bullishly buoyant she could persuade you that you were a cert to win the Lotto
Ireland find themselves with ‘nothing to lose and everything to gain’
Carla Ward’s side take on France with a World Cup place at stake; Owen Doyle on the need to zip-it on the backchat
Limerick and Cork represent ‘the best of sport’
Ken Early turns his eye on Gianni Infantino’s reign as Fifa president
Infantino would revise his 2026 best sports event forecast if he was in Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Sunday
Cork’s Páirc Uí Chaoimh was the scene of no little ecstasy for boys and girls in green the past few days
RTÉ’s familiar faces stuck on the sidelines again for World Cup’s footballing feast
RTÉ’s familiar faces stuck on the sidelines again for World Cup’s footballing feast
FAI find themselves caught in centre of Israel game debate
Ireland hoping to spring a surprise on the Netherlands in Cork; Joe Canning on why the Leinster final carries more weight than Munster this year
Katie McCabe’s move to Chelsea is a bitter pill for Arsenal’s faithful
‘It’s not an easy thing to see, a player who has spent so long at a club going to a rival,’ says Irish star