Ireland
STOP DISRUPTING FIVE NATIONS, ENGLAND TOLD
England, already facing sanctions from rugby union's governing body in a club versus country row, have been told to stop disrupting the Five Nations championship.
ENGLAND BACK IN FIVE NATIONS
England has been reinstated to rugby union's Five Nations Championship after being sensationally kicked-out on Monday after a row over the distribution of television revenues.
SPONSOR FUMING OVER FIVE NATIONS FIASCO
Title sponsor of rugby?s Five Nations tournament, Lloyds TSB, says it will `review its position? if England does not compete in this year?s event, which begins next month.
NEW INTERNATIONAL SOCCER STADIUM FOR IRELAND
The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) has announced plans to build a 45,000-seat, #65 million ($96 million) international soccer stadium in southwest Dublin.
THREE SHARE FIFA FAIR PLAY AWARD
Iran, the United States and Northern Ireland have been jointly awarded FIFA's 1998 Fair Play prize.
SWIMMER?S DRUG BAN APPEAL – DATE SET
Triple Olympic champion Michelle Smith-de Bruin will not have her appeal against a four-year ban heard until May 3, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has announced.
GRAND PRIX PLANS FOR DUBLIN
Irish property developer Jim Mansfield said he was considering plans to build a circuit capable of staging a Formula One grand prix in Dublin.
IRISH STADIUM IN IR#11M NAMING RIGHTS TALKS
Ireland's state-owned Telecom Eireann is set to pay IR#11 million for the naming rights to a planned 45,000-seat soccer stadium in southwest Dublin.
JORDAN USES GRAND PRIX LINKS TO BOOST TOURISM
Formula One team chief Eddie Jordan is to join Ireland's overseas tourism promotions team as a Tourism Sporting Ambassador.
EU BLAST UEFA OVER YUGO MATCHES
The European Union has urged European soccer's ruling body UEFA to stick to an EU ban on sports fixtures involving teams from Yugoslavia.
RANGERS VICE-CHAIR RESIGNS OVER SONG SCANDAL
The vice-chairman of Scottish Premier League champions, Glasgow Rangers, has resigned after reports that he sang anti-Catholic songs at a victory celebration following Rangers' defeat of Glasgow Celtic in the Scottish Cup Final.
IRISH CALL FOR EU SUPPORT OVER MATCH ROW
The Irish government has said it hopes to draw European Union support in a push to persuade UEFA to call off Saturday's European championship qualifier between Ireland and Yugoslavia in Dublin.
EIRE FACE KO AFTER YUGO VISA SNUB
The Irish government has said it will not issue visas to the Yugoslav soccer team, who were due to play Ireland in a European championship qualifying game on Saturday, effectively forcing the cancellation of the Lansdowne Road fixture.
IRISH FA SAY YUGOSLAVIA GAME IS OFF DESPITE UEFA
The Football Association of Ireland has said a controversial European championship qualifier between Ireland and Yugoslavia in Dublin would not take place on Saturday.
TICKETMASTER ADDS TO VENUES
Ticketmaster has established itself as the leading supplier of box office systems to indoor arenas in the UK after signing deals with Earls Court and the London Arena.
FAI HIT WITH FINE AFTER YUGOSLAV MATCH SNUB
The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) has been fined 50,000 Swiss francs ($32,000) for not playing their European championship qualifier against Yugoslavia on June 5.
AUSTRALIAN PROMOTER SPICES UP BECKHAM OFFER
An Australian entrepreneur has offered to pay for David Beckham and Posh Spice's honeymoon if the English soccer star agrees to play for Manchester United on their pre-season tour of Australia.
MAN UNITED STORES PLANNED FOR MIDDLE EAST
Manchester United will take another step towards global brand status by opening a chain of retail shops in the Middle East.