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Ireland prop Andrew Porter says defeat by France in the Six Nations last weekend has given the Irish added incentive to perform as they know they can in their concluding Six Nations game against Italy. The championship is now out of Ireland’s hands as they must beat Italy in Rome and hope that the results of the games which follow …

Liverpool head coach Arne Slot says it’s a “shock” his side are out of the Champions League following their defeat against PSG which he describes as the “best game” he’s ever been involved in.

England’s last meeting with Australia was at the World Cup in Sydney eight years ago – where they were beaten 38-0. Barrow and his players knew it was always going to be asking a lot to beat a side packed with NRL Women’s Premiership talent, but the margin of the defeat came as a huge shock. Roche was in tears …

Great Britain’s Jodie Burrage suffered defeat to Ajla Tomljanovic as she was knocked out of the ATX Open in Austin, Texas at the last-16 stage. The British player, who had beaten Petra Kvitova in the previous round, started strongly before losing 4-6 6-3 6-0 to the Australian. Burrage, ranked 189, broke Tomljanovic, who is 111 in the world, in the …

There was ill-fortune, too, as Jack Grealish went off injured after 30 minutes, having played in the manner of a man with a point to prove to his manager. Real could scent the nerves and anxiety on the pitch and off. Jude Bellingham’s injury-time winner almost had a sense of inevitability as City’s scrambled minds led to mistakes. The punishment …

Having had time to analyse replays of the goal, VAR would most likely have overturned the on-pitch decision. However, the Football Association announced in mid-December, external that the technology would not be used in the FA Cup until the fifth round. “VAR has only been used in the FA Cup previously for matches at Wembley Stadium and at Premier League …

A former Provost Marshal of the Nigerian Army, Maj-Gen Pat Akem-Vingir (retd), has stated that the military requires at least 500,000 personnel to effectively combat terror groups such as Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP).   “Our army is small. We need to have an army of at least 500,000 personnel,” the retired general said during …

Devin Booker became the Phoenix Suns’ all-time leading points scorer against the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday – but it was not enough to earn victory. Booker topped the game’s scoring charts with 34 points to surpass Suns legend Walter Davis’ total of 15,666. However, he missed a free throw at the end of overtime that would have levelled the …

England slumped to an embarrassing defeat by an innings and 122 runs in the one-off Test in Melbourne, handing Australia a 16-0 clean sweep in the Women’s Ashes. Australia were bowled out for 440 in their first innings after England impressed to take the last five wickets for nine runs in the first session, but still faced a deficit of …

England’s misery against Australia continue as they were bowled out for 90 in a shambolic 72-run defeat in the third Women’s Ashes T20 in Adelaide.