After a hugely disappointing opening round defeat to Wales, Declan Kidney must attempt to pick his team up for a daunting trip to face France in Paris in round two of the Six Nations.
Giovanni Trapattoni has included neither James McClean nor Ciaran Clark in his squad for this month’s friendly between the Republic of Ireland and the Czech Republic.
Rory McIlroy and Thomas Bjorn are no strangers to success at the Omega Dubai Desert Classic and they are the men to catch going into the weekend after they both carded 65s on Friday.
Amir Khan has been granted the rematch he wanted with Lamont Peterson and will fight his rival in Las Vegas on May 19.
Ferrari ended the pre-season test at Jerez on a positive note as Fernando Alonso set the fastest time of the day, and the second best by a 2012 car across all four days at the Spanish track.
Former England boss Fabio Capello has revealed that he resigned from his job due to a "misunderstanding" between himself and the FA.
Ulster left it late but they sealed a bonus-point win over a determined and dogged Dragons side following a 30-12 win in the RaboDirect PRO12.
John Dalton's inter-county career with Kilkenny has come to a premature end, with the Carrickshock clubman citing work commitments as his reason behind retiring.
Having been sent to post the predictably unbackable 1-16 favourite, Nicky Henderson's Oscar Whisky eased to success in the Better Prices On Betfair Mobile 'Jumpers Bumper' at Kempton on Friday.