Brutal rough, lightning-fast greens and rowdy New Yorkers - US Open will be a stern test
Shinnecock Hills course will be toughest of the year, but real examination comes from the galleries
Kerry ‘off life support now’ says Jack O’Connor after 14-point victory over Kildare
Qatar get their timing just right to secure historic first World Cup point against Switzerland
Steven Sherlock’s long-range precision helps Cork pull off shock win over Donegal
Ciara Mageean: ‘I probably won’t make my 40th birthday. That’s rough’
Meath make air superiority count as they send Derry packing at Celtic Park
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GAELIC GAMES
Kerry ‘off life support now’ says Jack O’Connor after 14-point victory over Kildare
Kingdom score three goals in the final 16 minutes to run out comfortable winners
Monaghan get their radar sorted in second half to roll Roscommon out of championship
Jack McCarron and Conor McCarthy come good in the second half with key scores in Clones
Tailteann Cup round-up: Fermanagh, Down, Offaly and Wicklow book semi-final spots
Favourites Down were convincing in a 2-23 to 0-6 win over Laois; Wicklow pull off comeback win over Antrim in Belfast
Steven Sherlock’s long-range precision helps Cork pull off shock win over Donegal
Chris Dunne hat-trick helps goal-hungry Tipperary down Cork and book spot in minor hurling final
Weekend’s football fixtures, throw-in times and TV details, including Donegal v Cork
The great blue awakening: Heffo, St Vincent’s and the decade of the Dubs
RUGBY
Handré Pollard: ‘Jamison Gibson-Park’s kicking off nine is probably the best in the world’
The Bulls outhalf hopes for a ‘great spectacle’ in the URC Grand Final against Leinster at Croke Park
Aoife Wafer named Six Nations player of the championship for second year running
Ireland backrower sees off England’s Meg Jones, France’s Pauline Bourdon Sansus and Italy’s Francesca Sgorbini
Tommy O’Brien and Maggie Boylan pick up Leinster’s player of the year awards
The winger won three awards on the night at Leinster Rugby Ball
SOCCER
Perfect start for USA as they outplay Paraguay while Trump prepares for UFC extravaganza
Donald Trump stays away from Fifa World Cup game in Inglewood, California, where irresistible hosts show off a free-spirited approach
Cyle Larin rescues point for Canada against Bosnia and Herzegovina
Substitute claws goal back for co-hosts after Jovo Lukic opener
St Pat’s get title tilt back on track with win over Drogheda
Kian Leavy caps special week with opening goal at Richmond
Thomas Partey out of Ghana’s World Cup opener after visa application to Canada refused
France followed to World Cup by home politics after Kylian Mbappé’s swipe at far right
Gavin Cooney: FAI doesn’t want to find out what repercussions of boycotting Israel game would be
‘A distinct absence of joy’: The World Cup’s return to the US has been overshadowed
GOLF
Irish Open organisers plan ‘for all scenarios’ as Donald Trump ponders Doonbeg visit
Contingency measures in place for potential attendance of US president
Rory McIlroy with ‘work to do’ on his driving; Nelly Korda wins US Women’s Open
JT Poston wins Memorial, with McIlroy in tied 12th at Muirfield Village
Shane Lowry’s putting woes on final hole sour his second round at Memorial
Irish golfer three putted from inside three feet on 18 for a disappointing double bogey en route to 73
RACING
Diamond Necklace aiming to keep up Ballydoyle’s Classic spree
French 1,000 Guineas winner odds-on to follow up in Sunday’s €1m Prix de Diane at Chantilly
Stewards decision to declare Benvenuto Cellini a Derby non-runner opens potential can of worms
Christmas Day wins O’Brien a 12th Epsom Derby but aftermath dominated by ‘extraordinary act of self-sabotage’
Christmas Day delivers jockey Ronan Whelan the ultimate Derby present
Aidan O’Brien lands 12th Epsom Derby despite long-time favourite Benvenuto Cellini blowing race at the start
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Women’s T20 World Cup: Ireland go down to opening defeat to Scotland
Bryce sisters put on 106 for the third wicket as Scotland scored 161 in their 20 overs
World Cup 2026, Day 2: The Yanks have entered the chat
Katy Perry, Ted Lasso, Tom Cruise – it wouldn’t be the USA without a galaxy of star power as the hosts open their account in LA
