Republic of Ireland boss Giovanni Trapattoni is confident skipper Robbie Keane will be ready to lead his country into Euro 2012 battle after jetting in from America.

Irish rugby fans around Australia will miss out on seeing the crucial Rugby World Cup warm-up clashes against France and England as no rights deal has been sealed for the fixtures.

Ireland’s rugby coach Declan Kidney refused to be cheered by a vastly improved second-half performance in last weekend’s 19-12 defeat by France.

Giovanni Trapattoni is keeping his fingers crossed over skipper Robbie Keane after an injury scare ahead of the Euro 2012 qualifier in Macedonia. The game will be shown live on Setanta Sports from 5:25am AEST on Sunday. England’s tie against Switzerland will also be shown live, from 1:15am. Keane sat out the final stages of [...]

The forthcoming International Rules tests will be seen live around Australia on FoxSports, according to the Australian Football League. The TV rights for the tests – to be held in October – have been sold to FoxSports as part of the AFL’s massive $1.25bn deal.  According to AFL spokesman Patrick Keane, the tests will go [...]

Leinster’s Heineken Cup quarter final against Leicester will be screened live on Setanta. Coverage of the do-or-die clash will kick off from 2.55am AEST on Sunday morning, April 10. The Leinster team to run out at Aviva Stadium has been named and contains few surprises. Shane Jennings has failed to pass fit and so Sean [...]

Ireland’s tie against Uruguay will also be aired live on ESPN2 at 5:30am on tomorrow, with a replay by ESPN at 9am and a second replay by ESPN2 at 8pm. Striker Diego Forlan has promised the Republic of Ireland’s younger players Uruguay will not cut them any slack when the sides meet in Dublin tomorrow [...]

The Republic of Ireland’s Macedonia tie will be shown live at 6:40am on ESPN on Sunday morning and not as delayed coverage, as previously reported. Ireland’s tie against Uruguay will also be aired live on ESPN2 at 5:30am on Wednesday, March 30, with a replay by ESPN at 9am and a second replay by ESPN2 [...]

Irish racing fans in Australia can now watch all the thrills and spills of the Cheltenham National Hunt Festival live. The festival, jumps racing’s Olympics, kicks off tonight (Tuesday) Australian-time with live coverage on Sky World Racing channel. Cheltenham is often pitched as a battle between the best Irish versus the best of British national [...]

The Ireland team to play Wales in the RBS Six Nations Championship game at the Millennium Stadium this Saturday has just been named.

Ireland coach Declan Kidney has named an unchanged starting fifteen and replacements bench for Ireland’s fourth game of the Championship.

Ireland flanker David Wallace will win his 70th cap when he lines out alongside Jamie Heaslip and Sean O’Brien in the back row.

It will also be his 40th appearance in the Championship.