Completely fine people not liking my style of presenting but to keep sending rude messages into the station that all my colleagues can see feels utterly unacceptable. Just switch off. That's ok

We regret to announce that @mathieuvdpoel is forced to abandon the @LeTour prematurely. Mathieu had been experiencing symptoms of a common cold over the past few days. Yesterday afternoon, his condition began to worsen significantly. The team doctor monitored him closely

🚨 𝘾𝙧𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙤 𝙎𝙩𝙚𝙫𝙚 𝙏𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙮 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿. The WRU is delighted to announce the appointment of Steve Tandy as the new Head Coach of the men's senior national side. 🤝. #CymruAmByth.

The Queensland Reds and @BenettonRugby have joined forces on a progressive partnership that will see four Reds players join the Italian club on secondment, and includes a match between the two teams in November 2026.

Georgia to host expanded World Rugby U20 Championship in 2026.

@MichaelC_RTE are you doing a live Lions commentary Saturday? We’d chose you over all of the others put together tbh.

Excited to be presenting BBC TV’s coverage of The Open from Portrush. Highlights every night on @BBCTwo and @BBCiPlayer Loved filming our opener at the Giants Causeway! #bbcgolf

Catch Robert Lee, Amy Boulden and Brendon de Jonge on The Open Radio until 5pm BST. Listen on

Seriously, like Wellington or don’t like it. Visit or don’t visit. Every city and region has its flaws, peaks and troughs. I love it here, but I know not everyone does. That’s cool; there are places I don’t love either. We don’t all have to agree.

🚨 Official: Johan Ackermann is the new Head Coach of the Vodacom Bulls! 🐃. A former Vodacom Bulls player, Springbok and 3x SA Coach of the Year 🏆 . 💬 “His blood is blue.”.💬 “A dream come true.”. FULL PRESS RELEASE: #ForeverBlue

A squad update from Brisbane! 🦁⬇️. #Lions2025.

A squad update from Adelaide! ⬇️. #Lions2025.

🇳🇿🇫🇷 La 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘀 𝗕𝗹𝗲𝘂𝘀 pour ce deuxième choc face aux All Blacks ! . Rendez-vous samedi à 9h05 sur @canalplus pour suivre ce match en direct ! 🔥. #XVdeFrance | @AltradR

Statement from Red Bull: Christian Horner has been sacked by Red Bull after 20 years as team principal. Laurent Mekies has been promoted from Racing Bulls to replace him as CEO.

A pleasure as always, mo chara. Enjoy the break. We’ll have sambos and coffee of a Monday again soon. Great to work on a good day finally - it’s way more craic 👌 😂 🏆.

#GAA news: Liam Gordon will referee the All-Ireland SHC Final between @OfficialCorkGAA and @TipperaryGAA at @CrokePark on July 20 ⬇️.

@MichaelC_RTE Give us a bit of inside info - no need to dish the dirt - maybe one or two people who have turned out to be v sound that might surprise us - or who went out of their way to be helpful - players. coaches, staff at a ground or journos even.

Many of the greats of the trade in Sicily in the summer of 1990, keeping Liam Brady, Jim Beglin et al onside during a brief sos from Italia 90 madness. Front row second left is Eddie 'Hagi' O'Hare who retires today after 40-odd years snapping the best and the brightest for