Carl Frampton will face Mexico's Horacio Garcia in Belfast next month in his first bout since splitting with manager and mentor Barry McGuigan and his Clones Cyclone stable.
Annalise Murphy says her temporary switch from dinghy sailing to the Volvo Ocean Race is "like Usain Bolt stepping up to ultra-marathons" - but she insists that spending 12 months away from her specialist discipline won't harm her push for Olympic gold at Tokyo 2020.
Australian seamer James Pattinson is struggling to be fit for the first Ashes Test against England in Brisbane next month, as he continues to suffer with a back issue.
A rematch between Gennady Golovkin and Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez has moved a significant step closer after the World Boxing Council (WBC) ordered a second clash between the two middleweights.
Seán Kelly is in a race against time to keep his cycling team on the road for 2018. The Carrick-on-Suir man has 10 days to secure a main sponsor for his An Post-Chain Reaction team in order to keep them afloat for next year.
Ireland's top woman sculler Sanita Puspure moved right back into the premier division at the World Championships in Florida yesterday, but was cruelly denied a medal by just 0.35 of a second.
Sitting in Mercedes' motor home in the sweltering Sepang paddock a couple of hours after the denouement to yesterday's last ever Malaysian Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton was clearly struggling to process his emotions from what had been a topsy turvy weekend.
People are very unfair to Donald Trump. He's constantly criticised for being a divisive figure, yet this day last week he managed to unite the National Football League against him. Black and white, players and owners, joined together in protest against the President's description of players who protest during the US national anthem as "sons of bitches" and his call for them to be fired.
He secured a top 10 finish himself with a solid four days' golf, but you couldn't wipe the smile off Shane Lowry's face as Paul Dunne chipped in on the 18th green to win the British Masters.
Last week Tiger Woods openly accepted the possibility that he might never play another round of competitive golf. But it wasn't this admission that made the 41-year-old sound like yesterday's man.
Three Miami Dolphins players defied US president Donald Trump's fresh assertion that NFL players should stand for the American anthem by kneeling at Wembley on Sunday.
Ireland's Paul Dunne produced a stunning final round to hold off a thrilling challenge from Rory McIlroy and claim his first European Tour title in the British Masters.
Red Bull's Max Verstappen sealed victory at the Malaysian Grand Prix as Lewis Hamilton finished second to extend his lead in the championship standings.
Kildare native Dennis Hogan will be defending his WBO Super Welterweight championship at the 3 Arena. The date has not been booked yet and the opponent has yet to be confirmed, but at least that's what the dream looks like.
Ireland's first Test match opponents are almost certain to be Pakistan, with the historic fixture set for Malahide next May. Cricket Ireland officials fly to New Zealand this week for an ICC board meeting where they will lobby for international fixtures for the next two years.