Southampton boss Tonda Eckert has avoided major punishment for his role in 'Spygate' after the Football Association issued a six-week ban suspended until the end of next season #RTESport

Defeat at Fir Park would equal the four-game losing run overseen by Wilfried Nancy last season, which was Celtic’s worst sequence since 1978 #RTESport

Max Verstappen won a rain-hit Bahrain Grand Prix which was farcically delayed by one hour and 33 minutes after multiple cars broke down in the wet conditions before George Russell's outside world championship bid was derailed by a late engine failure #RTESport

Stephanie Meadow shot her second consecutive 71 on a day when Jeeno Thitikul took command of the Lotte Championship #RTESport

'The most turbulent and difficult week for Irish soccer since the Saipan psychodrama, more than two decades ago, will be over and the Republic of Ireland may finally be able to get back to some sense of normality' #RTESport

Seamus Power's low round of the week has him battling for a top 10 spot at the Bank of Utah Championship #RTESport

'It feels like a long time since Parrott was struggling for goals at Millwall and Preston North End

'By the summer and autumn of 2023, he was widely dismissed as yet another forward with a great future behind him', writes @conorneville.bsky.social #RTESport

Max Verstappen claimed his first pole position of the season for Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix – as George Russell’s outside title hopes were dealt a significant blow after he qualified only eighth #RTESport

Half-time: Ireland 22-7 Japan #RTESport

Ireland's clash with Japan is underway in Cork

Follow the action here with @peterbranigan.bsky.social #RTESport

Cutting bait on a first-rounder, especially a quarterback, is rarely a good sign for a head coach. It usually means the wheels have fallen off, their job is under threat and star players may start looking for the exit #RTESport

'Through two games of this five-game international window, we've seen a bit of everything – both good and bad – from Ireland,' writes Neil Treacy #RTESport

After an emotional whirlwind against Austria on Thursday night, Heimir Hallgrimsson feels time will be of the essence for his Ireland squad to be physically and mentally tuned in for the second of the controversial UEFA Nations League fixtures against Israel #RTESport

With the country wrapped up in events surrounding the Republic of Ireland's Nations League games, this crunch LOI game has gone a little under the radar #RTESport

Leinster head coach Leo Cullen has backed Ireland international centre Robbie Henshaw to do a job in the back-row, if he is called upon on Saturday #RTESport

'Over the last number of months and particularly throughout this entire situation surrounding Ireland’s games against Israel I’ve become increasingly concerned by the leadership of FAI president Paul Cooke' #RTESport

If Ian Flanagan accepted "full responsibility" for the situation back in May, one has to wonder why he has waited four months to step down #RTESport

'The combination of these three has worked at least for the last two games. It's just nice to see we are scoring goals

'We are a real threat going forward, so long may that continue' #RTESport

'I don’t know the exact rules, but I believe it should be the strictest punishment in the Premier League regulations regarding this matter' #RTESport

The Republic of Ireland will look to build on Friday's European Under-21 Championship qualifier victory over Slovakia as Kazakhstan travel to Cork this evening #RTESport