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BBC Sport NI looks at some of the talking points from Ireland interim head coach Simon Easterby’s Six Nations squad.

Welsh football bosses offer Merthyr Town a deal worth up to £6m to join Wales’ top domestic league.

Sale Sharks prop Asher Opoku-Fordjour signs a new three-year deal.

New England captain wants to ‘create loads of memories’ Coach says demoting Marlie Packer ‘a difficult decision’ Zoe ­Aldcroft, the new England captain, says the Red Roses want to be “unstoppable” and have “massive room for improvement” despite being on a 20-game winning run. England are in formidable form, having last lost a game in

Leicester City sign French full-back Woyo Coulibaly from Parma for a reported fee of £3m.

Former Premier League star Wilfried Zaha is in talks to join MLS franchise Charlotte FC, sources have confirmed to ESPN.

Sevens star is gaining 15s experience in England She hopes to be play in Rugby World Cup this year Ilona Maher says the measure of success with Bristol for her would be if she has “caught up” with the USA 15s team to aid her bid to be part of this year’s Rugby World Cup.

Bristol Bears and USA women’s rugby star Ilona Maher says the men’s game needs more “personality” to promote the sport.

Updates from the north London derby; kick-off 8pm GMT Wednesday scoreboard | PL top scorers | Email Scott Neither of these teams covered themselves in glory in the third round of the Cup. Both could do with a big bounce-back result in the Premier League, with the title race, robustness of peg for Ange’s coat,

United States private equity firm Presidio Investors has completed a deal to buy struggling Italian club Hellas Verona from Italian entrepreneur Maurizio Setti, the Serie A side said on in a statement on its website on Wednesday.