Celebrations broke out on the Arsenal bench. It was all but over. McCabe urged the defensive line out one last time as goalkeeper Daphne van Domselaar sent the free-kick upfield, and 25 seconds later, ...

Former Pandas manager Casey McQuillan recalls a cheeky and confident youngster, who lit up the Women’s National League from its inaugural season of 2011. Across three campaigns, she scored a shedload ...

THE INDIANA PACERS, fuelled by 31 points from Pascal Siakam and a 21-point double-double from Tyrese Haliburton, beat the New York Knicks 125-108 on Saturday to reach the NBA Finals for the first time ...

The 22-year-old recently won the Irish Cup with Dungannon Swifts, having also enjoyed Tailteann Cup and Ulster U20 titles in Gaelic football.

Karl-Anthony Towns starred for the Knicks with 24 points, 20 of them in an explosive fourth-quarter performance, and 15 rebounds.

TYRESE HALIBURTON DELIVERED his second career playoff triple double to power Indiana over New York 130-121 on Tuesday, lifting the Pacers one win from the NBA Finals.

Nikola Milenković springs to mind for the best. The centre-back has started all but one of Nottingham Forest Premier League games and is a big reason why the club have punched well above their weight.

LEINSTER HAVE ANNOUNCED that Robbie Henshaw’s season with the province is over due to a knee injury. Henshaw will be out of action for up to a month, meaning he won’t play for Leinster in the ...

CARLA WARD INSISTS Ireland are targeting automatic Nations League promotion — but contesting the play-offs wouldn’t be the end of the world. The Ireland head coach stressed tomorrow’s ...

FORMER IRELAND INTERNATIONAL David Meyler has been appointed as Cork City FC men’s first-team assistant manager. Meyler returns to the club, having played at Academy and first-team level before ...

LEINSTER’S JACK BOYLE has been nominated for the URC Next-Gen Player of the Season. The 23-year-old prop is the only Irish player on the 16-strong shortlist, with six apiece from South Africa ...

TWO-TIME FORMER FRENCH Open runner-up Casper Ruud crashed out in the second round on Wednesday after going down in four sets to Portugal’s Nuno Borges. Seventh seed Ruud won the first set ...