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- Ireland will consider a rest period for Johnny Sexton after the out-half’s latest injury.
- Thurles Sarsfields’ Padraic Maher is the new Tipperary captain.
- Ex-Connacht winger Fionn Carr has been included in Ireland 7s squad for Dubai.
- Irish showjumper Bertram Allen won three cars over the weekend.
- Katie Taylor’s next opponent is a Brazilian fighter with an impressive pro record.
Away
- Tony Pulis has been ordered to pay Crystal Palace £3.7 million after a High Court judgement.
- Barry Bennell, the football coach at the centre of the abuse scandal, has been hospitalised.
- Cork’s Ciaran Sheehan will stay with Carlton for the 2017 season after the AFL rookie draft.
- Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha has switched international allegiance to Ivory Coast, despite earning two England caps.
- There’s no room for Carl Frampton on the BBC Sports Personality of the Year shortlist.
- Jose Mourinho has been charged by the English FA for the third time this season.
- Liverpool have received bad news today, as an ankle injury has ruled Philippe Coutinho out for six weeks.
The Best Thing We Shared
Munster’s defeat of Treviso was among the highlights of the Pro12 weekend.
On The Record
Undermining a structure in public means you are putting yourself before the team… It is very simple. Anarchy does not work in any team and in any company. The other half of me says it was Lewis’s only chance of winning the championship at the stage, and maybe you cannot demand a racing driver that is one of the best, if not the best out there, to comply in a situation where his instincts cannot make him comply.”
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff is considering how best to respond after Lewis Hamilton rejected team orders during the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Where we were today
Sean Farrell was at the Leinster press conference earlier.
The Fixture List
- Two League Cup quarter-finals take place tomorrow — Hull City v Newcastle and Liverpool v Leeds United.
Showbiz, Baby!
Watch as an NFL game turns into a WWE wrestling match.
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