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Following an extensive two-year consultation process the Irish FA, on 4 April 2014, launched its Girls’ & Women’s Football Plan.The plan…

Lesotho and Tunisia have taken commanding leads into the second leg of the 19th African Youth Championship Senegal 2015 first…

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard scored two penalties as his side returned to the top of the Premier League table with a 2-1 win away to West Ham. Victory, in a match where Gerrard struck from the spot either side of Guy Demel’s equaliser, left Liverpool…

Norwich City sacked manager Chris Hughton in a bid to retain their Premier League status, the club announced on Sunday. A club statement said: “Norwich City can confirm Chris Hughton, Colin Calderwood and Paul Trollope have parted company with the club…

Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini said his side were in charge of their own destiny after a 4-1 win at home to Southampton on Saturday kept them on course for the Premier League title. Yaya Toure’s third-minute penalty gave City the lead at…

David Moyes feels Manchester United are making the most of playing without the extra pressure Old Trafford brings after sealing a 10th Premier League away win of the season. The reigning English champions climbed to sixth by maintaining their impressive…

Inter Milan defender Juan Jesus will be ruled out for the rest of the season after the Serie A giants confirmed the Brazilian has suffered a ruptured knee ligament. Juan was forced off halfway through the first half of Inter’s 2-2 draw at home with…

Lewis Hamilton won the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday ahead of Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg after a thrilling wheel-to-wheel duel, taking him level with Juan Manuel Fangio on 24 career victories. Hamilton, who also won last weekend in Malaysia, finished…

Liverpool moved a step closer to the Premier League title in controversial fashion as Steven Gerrard’s penalty sealed a 2-1 victory at West Ham and capped a miserable afternoon for referee Anthony Taylor on Sunday. Gerrard fired Liverpool back to the…

Everton struck a huge blow in the battle to qualify for the Champions League with an emphatic 3-0 victory over Arsenal at Goodison Park on Sunday. Strikers Steven Naismith and Romelu Lukaku both scored for Everton in the first half, while Arsenal midfielder…

Brendan Rodgers admits he fears a fired-up Andy Carroll could wreck Liverpool’s title challenge when the West Ham striker faces his former club on Sunday. Rodgers quickly decided Carroll wasn’t part of his plans when he took over at Anfield in 2012…

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho turned his ire on Premier Leaque officials by slamming a “fake” table after his side returned to the summit with a 3-0 win at home to Stoke on Saturday. Victory, secured by goals from Mohamed Salah, Frank Lampard and Willian…

Arsene Wenger admits Arsenal will have only themselves to blame if they fail to qualify for next season’s Champions League. Wenger’s side face Everton on Sunday in a crucial clash in the race to book a place in Europe’s elite club competition. The Gunners…

Rwanda commemorates 20 years of the genocide on 6 April, 2014. Since the atrocities of 1994 during which nearly one…

Gareth Bale deputised ably for the injured Cristiano Ronaldo with a wonder strike from 35 yards as Real Madrid kept up the pressure on Atletico Madrid and Barcelona with a 4-0 win away to Real Sociedad on Saturday. Atletico stay top, three points clear…

Germany’s Andrea Petkovic rallied for a 1-6, 6-3, 7-5 upset of sixth-seeded Eugenie Bouchard on Saturday to reach the final of the WTA Family Circle Cup. Petkovic, seeded 14th and ranked 40th in the world, withstood the big baseline game of the rising…

Munster outplayed four-time champions Toulouse to reach the European Cup semi-finals Saturday but Ulster slumped to a controversial defeat to Saracens after being reduced to 14 men inside four minutes. Munster, themselves former two-time title holders…

Runaway Ligue 1 leaders Paris Saint-Germain tuned up for their Champions League quarter-final second leg against Chelsea on Tuesday with a morale-boosting 3-0 home win over Reims on Saturday. Laurent Blanc’s in form side carry a 3-1 advantage to Stamford…

Matt Kuchar fired a four-under par 68 on Saturday to take a four-shot lead into the final round of the US PGA Tour Houston Open, last warm-up for the Masters. Kuchar’s effort included six birdies and two bogeys, and gave him a 15-under total of 201.…

Crystal Palace followed up last weekend’s defeat of title-chasing Chelsea with a 3-0 win at Cardiff that compounded the struggling Welsh club’s relegation woes. While Palace pulled seven points clear of the drop zone, this loss in front of their home…