Don't expect wholesale squad rotation for Italian job
Ireland are back in action in the Six Nations this weekend, travelling to Rome to take on the dangerously attacking Italians.
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Carbery gets Ireland recall as Sexton cover for Italy
Joey Carbery has been recalled to the Ireland rugby squad for Saturday's Guinness Six Nations match against Italy as cover for out-half Johnny Sexton.
Roma boost top-four hopes with 1-0 win against Verona
ROME : AS Roma continued the push for a top-four finish with a 1-0 home win over Hellas Verona in Serie A on Sunday, lifting spirits ahead of their Europa League tie with RB Salzburg next week.
Confusion, concern and defiance on the streets that have been transformed... but are now engulfed in a crisis
'We've been to Rotterdam, Monaco, Napoli and Rome, but we'll be playing Rotherham at home, Rotherham at home...' Manchester City fans have responded with customary black humour to the crisis facing their club.
Dominant Swiatek wins second straight Doha title
DOHA : World number one Iga Swiatek defeated American Jessica Pegula 6-3 6-0 in just over an hour to defend her Qatar Open title on Saturday.
Tunisian footballer reaches Italy on migrant boat: club
TUNIS: A goalkeeper at a top-flight Tunisian football club has reached Italy as a clandestine migrant, his club said Friday, as the dire economy pushes thousands into making similar journeys. “Due to the financial crisis facing the club, and difficult living conditions (in Tunisia), the goalkeeper of Avenir Sportif de Rejiche, Khalil Zaouli, immigrated illegally to Italy,” the club said on its Facebook page.
Dublin destiny date thoughts for Six Nations title 'far beneath the surface'
Ireland will focus entirely on beating Italy but Jack Conan admits that the tantilising prospect of Ireland winning a Guinness Six Nations title in Dublin bubbles beneath the surface.
Olympian footballer Tulsidas Balaram dies after prolonged illness
Balaram was 87 and a widower living in a flat on the banks of Hooghly river in Uttarpara.The 1962 Asiad champion was hospitalised on December 26 last year and was being treated for urinary infection and abdominal distension."His condition did not improve and he breathed his last around 2pm today," a source close to the family told PTI.