Basketball player captained Killester to their first league title in 44 years

Irish side had taken the lead against the team that had beaten them 5-0 earlier in the week

Conor Murray thinks the obituaries for Irish rugby are premature; John O’Sullivan on how Italy might attack Ireland in Six Nations

Austria on a roll after World Cup qualification, and Israel match may be tense after FAI called for Uefa ban

Ireland now have three points from their first six games in their tournament debut

Farrell expected to ring the changes against Italy; Mullins preparing another ‘outstanding festival team’ for Cheltenham

James McCarthy on Dublin’s shaky start to league campaign; High hopes for Brighterdaysahead

Gareth Grundie’s side beaten 5-0 in Hobart

Farrell needs to lift his players for Italy; Patrick Reed the hottest player on the planet

The band needs to stay on the wagon as Ireland experience some turbulence

Sympathy is in short supply for Ronaldo in Saudi Arabia

There were those who pilloried Lindsey Vonn’s decision to give it a go ... folk who, largely, wouldn’t know a piste from a piss-up

Sports Briefing: Andy Farrell concerned by his side’s lack of intent as France shed Irish game plan from the get-go

The TV pundits were struggling to see positives, but everybody can put away those wooden spoons

ITV director claims new ‘picture-in-picture offering’ would help keep live sport on free-to-air television