Ireland

ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – Ireland Men brought an end to their One Day International (ODI) series against South Africa Men in style on Monday, registering a 69-run win in Abu Dhabi with 23 balls to spare. Earlier Ireland had tied the T20I series which came before the ODI series that South Africa won after taking the first two matches. They made sure of a winning end to the series clinically whacking the South Africans. Captain Paul Stirling top scored with 88

In Dublin, Ireland celebrated a wonderful five-wicket victory over England to square the two-match T20 series 1-1. While chasing a target of 123 runs, Ireland’s Laura Delany and Oola Prendergast were quite calm even in the most sniffing final over. The hit of Delany’s last ball, off which he connected for a boundary, gave Ireland its first traction over England in T20 thus heralding a new dawn in women's cricket in Ireland. This victory was historic in that it involved the first ever

Ireland's 133-run loss to Sri Lanka at the World Cup qualifying event in Zimbabwe has ended their hopes of making the showpiece 50-over tournament in India later this year. Ireland were dismissed for 192 in response to Sri Lanka's 325, condemning the men in green to a third successive loss in the qualifying event group stage. It is the second successive 50-over World Cup Ireland have failed to qualify for, after also missing out on the 2019 tournament in England and Wales when

Cristiano Ronaldo broke the world record for goals scored in men's international football as he hit his 110th and 111th goals for Portugal in their dramatic 2-1 World Cup qualifying win over the Republic of Ireland. The 36-year-old scored two late headers - to break and extend the record - after he had a penalty saved by Gavin Bazunu. Ali Daei, who scored 109 goals for Iran between 1993 and 2006, held the record which Ronaldo equalled with a double against France at

DEBRECEN, Hungary - World Cup hosts Qatar continued their impressive run as they drew 1-1 with struggling Ireland in Debrecen on Tuesday. Ireland were hoping to bounce back from their humiliating defeat by Luxembourg in their Group A World Cup qualifier at the weekend and took the lead in the first half through James McClean’s deflected strike. But Mohammed Muntari levelled for a lively Qatar side with a fine finish early in the second half. The non-competitive Group A game was originally scheduled