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Friday 23 October 2020
The 22-year-old lost the opening set to Victoria Azarenka 6-1 but fought back to claim the silverware in New York.
Many of Noel McNamara’s young squad are already making progress with their provinces.
Let’s find out what you know here.
The competition was scheduled to take place in Northern Italy this summer.
Despite being on course to win another grand slam, Johnny Sexton is preaching caution ahead of the trip to Twickenham.
The former Irish captain outlined in an exclusive podcast with The Times of London how he was riddled with self-doubt in the run-in to that season.
She stunned two-time Major champion Garbine Muguruza.
Noel McNamara’s youngsters kick their campaign off against Scotland in Cork tonight.
Federer has only won the French Open once.
The former world number one is working his was back from hip surgery and has been confirmed for the Australian Open.
Bianca Andreescu won by default after just four games.
The 31-year-old tweeted that she is training for her emergency medicine qualification in Wales.
Graeme McDowell, meanwhile, returns to the scene of his 2010 major success when he touches down at Pebble Beach.
The two-time Grand Slam winner fought back from the brink again, this time against the experienced Victoria Azarenka.
The 2009 champions will now meet German Oscar Otte for a place in the third round.
Paul McGinley says the four-time major winner has the code to crack The Masters puzzle next week in Augusta.
The Ireland boss only replaced his starting halfbacks in the closing 10 minutes in Cardiff.
A bruising encounter in the rain awaits at Principality Stadium.
The 18-year-old France number eight was clearly targeted by Noel McNamara’s charges.
He also denied that he had threatened the Australian Davis Cup captain’s family.
The former world number one was dumped from the season-opening Grand Slam in a gut-wrenching loss.
The first Grand Slam event of the year begin on 14 January when the Australian Open commences.
Robert Whittaker will put his belt on the line at the home of the Australian Open next February.
The Ireland international is one of three in the running to win Breakthrough Player of the Year.
The fallout continues from the controversial US Open final but WIlliams is trying to move on.
“It’s their choice,” she said. “I think that’s one great thing God gave us, is the freedom of choice.”
The second set was a master class from 20-time Grand Slam winner.
The 29-year-old played a part in the Grand Slam success and now starts against the Wallabies.
The back row is having to busy himself with rehab and racing before approaching a comeback in the new season.
The 22-year-old talks us through each of his tries during Ireland’s Grand Slam run.
Rory McIlroy has reflected on his 2011 Masters collapse as he looks forward to this year’s event.
Simon Raiwalui helped Stade Francais claim their Bouclier in 2015 and is currently working with Biarritz.
The Ireland out-half believes the IRFU’s central contracting system is a key strength.
Ulster head coach Jono Gibbes believes the All Blacks will be looking anxiously over their shoulders.
Let us know what you made of the Irish team’s performance over the course of the five games.
Joe Schmidt was in reflective form after he added to his exceptional list of honours.
The 32-year-old out-half found the pre-match days nerve-wracking.
20-year-old Grand Slam winner Jordan Larmour has far exceeded his hopes for the season.
The Ireland wing recovered brilliantly to take down Elliot Daly early in the second half.
He won a handy €500 from a bet he put on for yesterday’s Grand Slam.
US PRESIDENT DONALD Trump and former vice president Joe Biden took part in another debate last night, the final head-to-head before voting on 3 November.
The previous debate was fractious and almost unwatchable as the pair shouted over each other, but last night was more measured by comparison.
Trump denied being racist, saying no US president since Abraham Lincoln has “done what I’ve done for the black community”. Biden then said Trump “pours fuel on every single racist fire” and claimed he “has a dog whistle about as big as a fog horn”.
You can catch up on the main points here.
Did you stay up to watch the debate, or catch highlights this morning?
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