Ireland

CSS Stellar, the largest British owned event marketing group, have acquired the rights of the first ATP Tour Seniors event to be staged in Ireland.

A revolution in British gambling is causing the biggest shake-up of the UK's six-billion-pound betting industry since legions of backstreet bookmakers were put out of business when betting shops were legalised in 1961.

South Korea's influential FIFA vice-president Dr Chung Mong-joon added his weight on Wednesday to the campaign to have UEFA President Lennart Johansson elected as the new president of FIFA.

FIFA are about to tell seven leading English premier league clubs, including Manchester United and Liverpool, whether they will lose their Republic of Ireland stars this weekend.

The Football Association of Ireland has said a controversial European championship qualifier between Ireland and Yugoslavia in Dublin would not take place on Saturday.

Wimbledon chairman Charles Koppel said on Thursday that the English first division soccer club's proposed move to Milton Keynes was essential for survival.

Sydney-based clothing manufacturer Classic Sportswear has signed a major kit deal with Great Britain?s Rugby Football League.

A new Celtic League involving teams from Scotland, Ireland and Wales will start in August, rugby union officials have said.

The European Triathlon Union (ETU) says it is prepared to take legal action to recover the debts owed by the eight national triathlon federations, which last week announced the unsanctioned formation of the breakaway Triathlon Council for Europe.

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson has welcomed a move by the French soccer club Strasbourg to take legal action against some supporters for incitement to racial hatred.

The BBC has secured the UK television rights for the European Cup and the European Shield in a four-year deal worth #24m ($45m).

South Africa's black-led National Sports Council (NSC) has rescinded its call for an international boycott of the the nation's rugby union team following the resignation of white rugby leader Louis Luyt.

South Africa's rugby boss Silas Nkanunu has said the Springboks' World Cup squad should be more racially representative and team selection needed to take into account the injustices of apartheid.

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.

The UK?s betting operators are joining forces to launch a #2m ($2.9m/?3.3m) press and PR campaign and `Axe the Tax? poster in time for the scrapping of the nine percent betting duty on October 6.
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English Premiership clubs have condemned plans for the postponed Six Nations match between Ireland and England to be played the weekend of May 5-6 because it will clash with the league's play-offs.