Rookie number 10 Prendergast, who was making his first Test start for Irelan, was sent to the sin bin in the eighth minute.

Hopes of a deal on a giant funding package for poor nations to curb and adapt to climate change have emerged as United Nations climate talks continued in Azerbaijan. A financial package — a compromise ...

Aston Villa boss Unai Emery admits his side are “making mistakes” following the 2-2 draw with Crystal Palace at Villa Park. The result left Villa without a win from their last six matches in all ...

Tens of thousands of people have staged a protest in Barcelona over the rocketing cost of renting an apartment in the popular tourist destination. People held up homemade signs reading “Fewer ...

Brentford head coach Thomas Frank intends to appeal against Christian Norgaard’s red card after claiming referee Chris Kavanagh was not brave enough to ignore the advice of VAR to dismiss the defender ...

Clean-up operations are under way after Storm Bert swept across the island of Ireland, causing flooding and thousands of power outages. Power cuts affected 60,000 customers at the height of the outage ...

Fabian Hurzeler is happy for Brighton fans to continue to sing about Europe after they moved up to fifth in the Premier League with a 2-1 win at Bournemouth. The Seagulls were in cruise control after ...

Gary O’Neil believes Matheus Cunha’s potential is “limitless” after his stunning performance helped Wolves to their first Premier League away win of the season in a 4-1 comeback victory over Fulham at ...

Eight-time and defending champion Ronnie O’Sullivan crashed out on the opening day of the UK Championship after a 6-4 defeat to Barry Hawkins in York. Hawkins reeled off four frames in a row to haul ...

A cat who was wedged inside a drainpipe has been rescued by fire crews. The female black feline, named John, became stuck inside a pipe connected to a garage – prompting Avon Fire and Rescue Service ...

Jamie George has braced England to face the unexpected when Eddie Jones returns to Twickenham in Sunday’s climax to the Autumn Nations Series. For the first time since he was sacked in 2022, Jones ...

Watkins got the hosts back on level terms and they missed a glorious chance to take the lead as Dean Henderson stopped Youri Tielemans’ spot-kick before Justin Devenny dealt Villa with a sucker punch ...