‘Wow, wow, wow’: Harry Kane beats Kylian Mbappé and Lamine Yamal to win Ballon d’Or
Spanish players and teams dominate rest of categories in football’s gilded annual awards ceremony
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Fifa investigating as Ireland v England Under-15 World Cup game abandoned over alleged racist remark
Ireland were leading 4-1 in match in Azerbaijan when alleged racist remark was uttered
El Clásico: The real José Mourinho hasn’t gone away, you know
Real Madrid travel to Barça on Sunday, so get ready for the Special One’s fireworks, haranguing and computer printouts
How Manchester United became a club too big not to fail
United’s ongoing problem is that everyone always has someone else to blame
Netflix looks to live sports to stanch its streaming wound
Once ‘the envy of Hollywood’, the media giant is finding it hard to retain its audience’s attention
Three sporting events to watch this week: Your handy guide to sport on television
Your guide to sport on television (Monday – Sunday, October 19th – 25th)
‘The gun jammed and they killed him with bricks’: Réalt na Mara football club and the Troubles
A documentary shows how a Belfast youth team brought hope when lives were being ruined by the Troubles, including those of Bobby Sands, Terry Nicholl and Raymond McCord
Poland’s breakthrough generation await Ireland in World Cup playoff
Poles come to Aviva in December with aim of qualifying for Brazil 2027, their first time on football’s biggest stage
Well done to Ireland’s football team
The Republic of Ireland squad gave performances that all sports fans should be proud of
Ireland football team’s behaviour towards Israel players was wrong
International match should not be chance to show hostility to those representing country we disagree with
Still time for FAI to withdraw from Ireland-Israel match
National soccer federations must make a stand after so many deaths in Gaza
Those pushing wunderkind Cavan Sullivan would do well to recall the fate of Freddy Adu
Already pre-signed to Manchester City, the US 16-year-old is an amalgam of talent, self-belief, invention and cockiness
Ken Early: Quite a few big Premier League clubs are looking pretty dumb right now
But expect change at Arsenal as Mikel Arteta will not treat Brighton defeat as just a bad day at work
José Mourinho fumes at referee, but Diego Simeone urges respect after fiery Madrid derby
Atletico should have had two red cards, Real head coach says as he blames official’s ‘lack of experience’
Are Manchester United as poor as the Premier League table suggests?
Michael Carrick’s side are 13th after four games but, City mitigation aside, several areas need attention
Robbie Keane’s relentless ambition continues to be hindered by decision to manage in Israel
The former Maccabi Tel Aviv boss is a new addition to Match of the Day, but this should be a brief diversion from management
Stoppage-time Rubin Colwill free-kick earns Brian Barry-Murphy’s Cardiff draw with Wrexham
First league meeting between Welsh rivals since 2002 after Corkman guided City to promotion
Ireland’s football pitches have turned to ‘barren, dusty ground’ in the summer heat
GAA and soccer grounds have taken ‘real hammering’ over the prolonged hot and dry spell
FAI ‘brave’ for not backing Infantino. What about Israel?
Israel continues to try to annihilate the population of Gaza and the West Bank
Croke Park to host largest ever crowd for a soccer match in Ireland
Friendly between Manchester United and Leeds United will draw 83,000 fans
Who is the Irish man who helped shape Fifa’s deal to ‘sell the World Cup’?
In the News podcast: Dan O’Toole is chief of staff at Fifa but was a largely unknown figure until last week
Omissions, sales and scandals: the chequered tales behind hard-won medals
Sweat and sacrifice shown by winners does not always pay off in the long run when it comes to treasured medals
Kasper Hogh hat-trick helps Celtic rout Kilmarnock with Shaun Maloney in charge
Summer signing impresses in 5-1 win as Martin O’Neill absent after midweek hospital stay
Ajax v Shelbourne: Irish players and clubs have long history of lessons from Dutch masters
Amsterdam club went on to conquer Europe after Ireland gave them their first professional manager in 1910
Gianni Infantino’s remarkable rise from Uefa bureaucrat to ‘king of soccer’
If he is to survive as Fifa president, he must continue to play the rest of the world off against the continent which allowed him to rise to power.
Focus for Shamrock Rovers now on reaching league phase in Europe for third successive year
Goal now about channelling frustration of narrow exit from Champions League qualifiers to Ararat-Armenia
Franco Baresi, former AC Milan and Italy defender, dies aged 66
SOCCER-ITALY/BARESI (PIX):Former AC Milan and Italy defender Baresi dead at 66
FAI joins Uefa nations in World Cup boycott
All 55 Uefa nations have rebelled against Fifa’s plans to sell World Cup stake to private equity
FAI among associations given 53 days by Fifa to sign up to controversial World Cup plans
Uefa has heavily criticised the proposal, saying it ‘crosses a line’
After reading through the World Cup ‘highlights’, it’s time for soccer to clean up its act
Soccer just may be entering a state of worldwide decline, and there are numerous disturbing signs that such is the case
World Cup half-time show in pictures: Shakira, Madonna, BTS, Justin Bieber and more
Madonna kicked off the Super Bowl-style show, one of several American elements added to this year’s tournament
‘Éire abú’: How Ireland could yet again taste football glory on the world stage
Alternative to Fifa runs own global tournament and has accepted Cumann Sacair Gaeilge, an all-island team for Irish speakers
I watched on a plane as Argentina delivered a World Cup high
Sky no limit as we witness Messi deliver from the wing seats
Italia 90 changed Ireland, but the untold story of that year was the women’s game
While the country partied, the Girls in Green overcame neglect and prejudice. Now they could be off to the World Cup
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