Ireland rules out injured Rob Kearney, Keith Earls for opener against Scotland
Injured British and Irish Lions backs Rob Kearney and Keith Earls weren't risked by Ireland and won't play against Scotland in their Rugby World Cup opener on Sunday in Yokohama. Kearney and Earls have calf and knee issues, respectively, and trained this week. Assistant coach ...
Sumo 101: New Otani hotels and sumo
Last Friday, several members of the Ireland rugby team, including Clan Healy and Rory Best, visited Isegahama stable to watch a training session. It's unusual for outsiders to be allowed into a stable during tournaments as the rikishi involved understandably want to avoid distractions, ...
Ireland wary of Brave Blossoms threat, head coach Joe Schmidt says
Ireland wants to take it one match at a time in its Rugby World Cup group stage but has already singled out host Japan as a tough opponent in Pool A, head coach Joe Schmidt said. The current world No. 1 opens its campaign on ...
U.K.'s Johnson denies lying to queen and wins Belfast Brexit court case
The British government insisted Thursday that its forecast of food and medicine shortages, gridlock at ports and riots in the streets after a no-deal Brexit is an avoidable worst-case scenario, as Prime Minister Boris Johnson denied misleading Queen Elizabeth II about his reasons for ...
New IRA planted car bomb in bid to kill Londonderry officers, police say
Dissident republicans planted a car bomb in the Northern Ireland city of Londonderry in a bid to kill law enforcement officers, police said Tuesday. A "command wire initiated improvised explosive device" was discovered in a vehicle in Creggan, a historically nationalist stronghold in the border ...
Trump denies anything improper in officials' and military's use of his hotels
President Donald Trump on Monday denied anything improper in the use by military personnel and Vice President Mike Pence of his luxury golf resorts while on official travel abroad. The Air Force announced a review following an uproar over the revelation that the crew of ...
U.S. Air Force disputes claim Alaska crew favored Trump Scottish hotel for stopover
Military officials are disputing a report that claims a joint Air Force and Alaska Air National Guard unit on a routine mission to Kuwait went miles out of their way to spend the night at a resort in Scotland owned by President Donald Trump. Politico ...
Ireland coach defends inclusion of Jean Kleyn over Devin Toner
Ireland coach Joe Schmidt has slammed Agustin Pichot's criticism of his decision to select Jean Kleyn instead of Devin Toner in his World Cup squad. World Rugby vice chairman Pichot urged Toner to ask the sport's governing body "for answers" following his controversial absence from ...
Mike Pence defends 'logical' stay at Trump property in Ireland amid ethical questions
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday defended his decision to stay at one of President Donald Trump's properties while in Ireland in the face of criticism by Democrats and good government groups that he's enriching Trump at taxpayers' expense. He called the Trump ...
Ireland restored some pride by beating Wales 22-17 in a scrappy Rugby World Cup warmup between second-string sides on Saturday. The Irish were in desperation mode after enduring a 57-15 thrashing from England last weekend at Twickenham and responded by pulling ahead 22-3 in Cardiff ...
Former captain Brian O'Driscoll backs Irish to end slump before Rugby World Cup
Irish rugby legend Brian O'Driscoll believes Japan's players "will be licking their lips" at the prospect of facing an out-of-sorts Ireland at next month's Rugby World Cup, with a first-ever quarterfinal place for the Brave Blossoms the potential reward. "If ever there was a chance ...
Uncapped duo to make Wales debuts in warm-up match against Ireland
Prop Rhys Carre and wing Owen Lane will make their international debut for Wales when it hosts Ireland in its penultimate Rugby World Cup warm-up match in Cardiff on Saturday, head coach Warren Gatland said on Thursday. Gatland made 14 changes to the squad that ...
