RUGBY
Johnny Sexton, Sean O'Brien, Jamie Heaslip and Cian Healy could all be included in the Irish starting XV named today to face France on Saturday.
The four missed out on last week's win in Italy due to injury.
It remains unclear if Rory Best has made a sufficient recovery from the concussion he picked up last week.
SOCCER
In the Premier League, Chelsea maintained their seven-point gap at the top last night.
Brazilian playmaker Willian struck a minute from time as the Blues beat Everton 1-0.
Manuel Pellegrini has played down injury concerns surrounding Sergio Aguero after the Argentine striker came off after converting a penalty in Manchester City's 4-1 win at Stoke.
A surprising brace from Chris Smalling sees Manchester United third in the table, as they beat Burnley 3-1.
Southampton drop to fourth following their goal-less draw at home with 10-man West Ham.
West Brom eased their relegation worries with a 2-0 win at home to Swansea, while Alan Pardew's Crystal Palace drew 1-1 with his former side, Newcastle.
Aston Villa are the latest Premier League side who will go into the weekend manageress. Last night saw the club sack Paul Lambert, less than 24 hours after their defeat at Hull saw them plunge into the relegation zone.
In Scotland, both of Celtic's deadline-day signings scored in last night's 3-0 Premiership win at Partick.
Gary Mackay-Steven netted less than 40 seconds into his debut, while Stuart Armstrong also got a goal.
GOLF
Michael Hoey leads by two shots on day one of the Thailand classic. The Ulsterman is 8-under following a round of 64.
Damien McGrane is tied for 90th on 1-over after 6.
The 64 from @MikeHoeyNI is a new course record at Black Mountain GC, due to recent course changes. #ThailandClassic pic.twitter.com/DKGvxr3tew
— The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) February 12, 2015
Tiger Woods says he'll take an indefinite break to work on form and fitness - but the 14-time Major winner then contradicted that by stating he hopes to play at a PGA Tour event in Florida in two weeks time.
Woods says his current performances are "not acceptable for tournament golf" and won't return until he's ready.
GAELIC GAMES
After DCU's progression yesterday, there are two more Sigerson Cup quarter-finals to be contested today.
UL host IT Carlow, and last year's beaten semi-finalists UCD take on GMIT at Belfield.
Both of those games throw-in at 3pm.
RACING
There's action at Thurles this afternoon, where the first of a seven-race card is off at 2.05pm.
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