He who is slient, is strongest.

Ireland’s powerlifters enjoyed unprecedented success at the world championships which were recently held in Vienna.

Swim Ireland have announced a 10-strong team for the upcoming European Short Course Championships which will take place in Rijeka in Croatia from the 11-14 December, writes RTÉ Sport's John Kenny.

Roger Federer insists he is fighting fit heading into a deserved close-season break after ending 2008 with a 6-4 6-4 victory against American James Blake in an exhibition match in Macau today.

Caleb Folan has set his sights firmly on the World Cup finals in South Africa after being handed his big chance by Giovanni Trapattoni.

England prop Andrew Sheridan has been ruled out of Saturday's international against South Africa after failing to recover from a neck injury.

South Africa coach Peter de Villiers has made two changes to the team which beat Scotland last weekend for the season-ending Test against England at Twickenham on Saturday.

Brian O'Driscoll has compared Ireland's clash with Argentina at Croke Park on Saturday to a World Cup qualifier.

South Africa are on course for an innings victory over Bangladesh after taking 11 wickets in two sessions on the second day of the first Test in Bloemfontein.

A leading shoulder specialist has warned it may take five months for Theo Walcott to fully recover from his shoulder injury.

The organisers of the Tour de France have announced that the 2010 race will begin from the Dutch city of Rotterdam.

Jason Ryan has been reappointed as Wexford senior football manager.

Geordan Murphy's turbulent Ireland career today produced a fresh twist when the Leicester full-back was recalled for Saturday's crucial showdown with Argentina.

Argentina coach Santiago Phelan has made five changes to his starting XV for Saturday’s Test against Ireland at Croke Park, kick-off 2.45pm.

It was a good day onboard Green Dragon as Ian Walker and his crew stormed over the scoring gate picking up three valuable points along the way.

The GAA has expressed its disappointment at comments made in the Dáil yesterday by the Minister for Arts, Sports and Tourism, Martin Cullen TD.

Ireland coach Declan Kidney has made three changes from the side who were beaten by the All Blacks last weekend, ahead of Saturday's crunch clash with Argentina at Croke Park.

The Hardy Eustace colours were back in the winner's enclosure after Jimmy Ber took the Clonoulty Hurdle at Thurles on Thursday.

Kicking King, winner of the 2005 Cheltenham Gold Cup for Tom Taaffe, has been retired.

The 2008 National Intermediate Championships begin at the National Stadium in Dublin on Friday and will run over the next three weekends before concluding with finals night on Friday, 5 December.

Atletico Madrid will have to play their upcoming Champions League home match against PSV Eindhoven behind closed doors after partially losing their appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.