Ireland

An agreement has been reached for South African rugby teams the Cheetahs and Southern Kings to enter the Pro12 pan-European competition after losing their Super Rugby status, according to multiple reports.

The Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) has returned better than projected financial results for the 2016-17 season, but has still recorded its first deficit since 2007-08.

Ian Ritchie, chief executive of the Rugby Football Union, the governing body of rugby union in England, has insisted that the future of the British and Irish Lions remains safe but confirmed that future series will be trimmed.

New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) chief executive Steve Tew has expressed his confidence that the British and Irish Lions will continue to tour the southern hemisphere but states the duration of such trips are likely to be shorter in the future.

Afghanistan and Ireland have today (Thursday) become cricket’s 11th and 12th Test-playing nations, while the Board of Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) has come to an agreement to end its financial dispute with the International Cricket Council (ICC).

Ireland has submitted its formal candidature file in a bid to secure the hosting rights for the 2023 Rugby World Cup.

The chairman of Ireland’s bid to stage the 2023 Rugby World Cup has insisted that Britain’s impending exit from the European Union will not have a detrimental impact on the country’s efforts to stage the national team tournament.

Fan engagement consultant Mark Bradley visits Dublin’s Aviva Stadium for the Six Nations rugby union match between Ireland and France.

The Australian Football League (AFL) Aussie rules competition and Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) have announced that their International Rules Series will return next year, with Australia to host Ireland in a two-Test series.

World Rugby has today (Tuesday) confirmed France, Ireland and South Africa as host candidates for its 2023 World Cup, as Argentina firmed up its proposed bid for the 2027 edition of rugby union’s showpiece national team tournament.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has sanctioned three boxers for betting on fights during the 2016 summer Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

European Olympic Committees (EOC) and Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) president Pat Hickey is set to stand trial alongside nine other executives after a Rio de Janeiro court accepted prosecutors’ charges in the case surrounding an alleged illegal ticket ring run during the summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

European Olympic Committees (EOC) and Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) president Pat Hickey has been formally charged alongside nine other executives in the case surrounding an alleged illegal ticket ring run during the summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Patrick Hickey has vowed to clear his name after he was released from a Rio prison but ordered to stay in Brazil pending the outcome of an investigation into allegations that he participated in an illegal ticketing ring during the summer Olympic Games.

The Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) has formed a crisis management subcommittee after a further three senior executives were barred from leaving Brazil amid a police investigation into the alleged illegal sale of tickets for the summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Patrick Hickey has temporarily stepped down as president of the European Olympic Committee and vice-president of the Association of National Olympic Committees after being arrested in Rio in connection with an investigation into ticket scalping at the Games.