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Captain Fantastic returns – hope this second marriage lasts longer than Burton and Taylor

Eir Sport secures rights to Rugby World Cup 2019

Eir launches its rebranded Setanta channels as it announces six-channel sports pack

Another job bites the dust: Where does Roy Keane go now?

At one stage the odds-on favourite to succeed O’Neill, Cork man’s stock has now taken a hit

I’m a Celebrity 2018: Noel Edmonds vs the hunks, honeys and diamond geezers

The Deal or No Deal presenter promises pure TV gold in the jungle

TV View: Sky Sports exposed by Leicester helicopter crash

The channel queasily struck names from the list of possible casualties, as if playing bingo

Stocktake: Paddy Power eyes US sports betting market

Soros and those Tesla bonds; cryptocurrency scammers still profiting from the gullible

Mauricio Pochettino winning battle to end the curse of Spursiness

Whichever club wins or loses it, this season’s FA Cup will be forgotten by the end of August

Gianluca Vialli and Harry Redknapp set for GAA clash

Managers will take over at clubs in West Cork and Dublin for new AIB programme

Mark Hughes frontrunner to replace Pellegrino at Southampton

Hughes sacked by Stoke in January but comes with extensive Premier League experience

I am a dreamer, says Pochettino as Spurs prepare for Juventus

Spurs have grown season on season, and now sense opportunity

Wenger a very special manager and an innovator, says Pochettino

Pochettino and Wenger go head-to head at the Emirates, with Spurs three places ahead

Joanne O’Riordan: David Moyes the Shakespearean tragedy

West Ham fans, if you think it’s all doom and gloom – well, it very likely is going to be

Stocktake: Are markets too dependent on technology stocks?

Momentum may be about to accelerate as stocks enter seasonally strongest part of year

Leicester announce Claude Puel as their latest manager

Puel is one of only seven French managers to have ever worked in the Premier League

Ken Early: Klopp and Mourinho display mastery of the blame game

The managers showed how to avoid blaming the players while blaming the players

Birmingham sack Harry Redknapp after Preston defeat

Redknapp loses job after 3-1 home defeat on Saturday

Irish in action: David Meyler rescues a late point for Hull

Shane Long handed a rare start, as Brady and Ward play in Burnley’s Anfield draw

Jon Walters set to join Burnley from Stoke City

Forward will add to strong Irish contingent at TurfMoor in a deal with €3.5 million

John Terry signs one-year deal with Aston Villa

Former Chelsea captain to earn €68,000 a week as Steve Bruce plots top flight return

Blackburn relegated to League One despite Brentford win

Newcastle United finish top of the Championship, Hoolahan scores twice for Norwich

What’s on, where to watch, where to go – your guide to the weekend’s sport

Champions Cup semi-finals, El Clasico, Old Firm derby, hurling final and much more

Harry Redknapp appointed Birmingham manager

The 70-year-old will face a big derby against Aston Villa for his first game in charge

State of Play: Controlling dressing room key to management success

Getting best out of the worst is greatest attribute of a successful football manager

Arsène Wenger ‘scared’ by the prospect of retirement

Arsenal manager: ‘It’s been my life and, honestly, I’m quite scared of the day’

England gambled on Eddie Jones - FA need to do likewise

Fifteen years, seven FA chiefs and four England managers later - what’s changed?

In almost every way, Jurgen Klinsmann is not England’s man

US happy to offload German like an eBay seller passing off faulty goods as nearly new

Gareth Bale has never lifted a weight but mentally stronger than ever

Welsh attacker hoping to lift the Champions League with Real Madrid again on Saturday

Martin O’Neill hails Leicester City’s ‘extraordinary’ title win

Former Foxes manager salutes success of Claudio Ranieri’s 5000-1 outsiders

Australia put five past Harry Redknapp’s Jordan

Tim Cahill scores twice as Redknapp’s two-game tenure ends in heavy defeat

Danny Rose remaining cautious over Tottenham title charge

Fullback says Erik Lamela was ‘disgusted’ at suggestion Spurs could miss out on top four

Tottenham Hotspur see off Watford to move up to second

Kieran Tripper’s first Spurs goal ensures the title remains realistic for Pochettino’s side

Michael Walker: FA Cup provides shelter from stormy league campaigns

Perception that tournament has been devalued does not apply to all ahead of fourth round

NK Olimpija Ljubljana want Harry Redknapp as next manager

Slovenian league leaders are owned by former Portsmouth owner Milan Mandaric

Louis van Gaal: ‘We are now in a very difficult position’

Bournemouth add to Manchester United’s growing problems at Dean Court

Harry Arter produces performance of ‘real dignity’ following death of his child

Ireland international played after losing his daughter in midweek

Aston Villa’s lament familiar as money calls tune

Level of investment by owners has become key to fortune of clubs and their managers

Ballydoyle lands Debutante Stakes at the Curragh

Galileo filly starts as 11-8 favourite and pulls clear to win from stablemate Most Beautiful

Rio Ferdinand announces retirement from football

36-year-old won six Premier League titles, the FA Cup and European Cup with Man Utd

Thierry Henry lacking on-screen Va Va Voom

Arsenal legend has failed to live up to high expectations since joining Sky Sports

Aidan ‘Jacko’ Smith enjoying life as West Bromwich Albion kitman

Insights into daily life in the Premier League a treat for the football-mad Dublin native

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