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Minister Michael Ring claims he saw fatality coming in Irish MMA after Joao Carvalho’s passing
“I wouldn’t be one of the biggest fans of the sport.” Minister of State for Tourism and Sport Michael Ring has revealed that MMA is not his favourite sport in the world as he addressed his concerns with the regulation of mixed martial arts in Ireland. During an interview on Off The Ball, Minister Ring […]
10 years ago
IAPA set up gofundme page to help cover funeral costs of Joao Carvalho
Please give what you can
10 years ago
Conor McGregor pens touching homage to Joao Carvalho who passed away on Monday night
“Remember Joao as a champion”
10 years ago
“His mother is in bits” – Charlie Ward’s father on how his family is dealing with the loss of Joao Carvalho
“He didn’t go out to kill anyone”
10 years ago
A crowdfunding page has been set up to raise money for Joao Carvalho’s family
We can’t recommend donating enough. The mourning of Joao Carvalho is still in its earliest stages after the tragic passing of the Portuguese welterweight following his TKO defeat in the National Stadium this past weekend. Carvalho lost via TKO in the third round against Charlie Ward at Total Extreme Fighting and sadly passed away on Monday […]
10 years ago
Hall-of-famers Chuck Liddell and Forrest Griffin will coach upcoming season of TUF: Latin America
Return of light heavyweight legends
10 years ago
Alan Judge issues mature and determined update after broken leg sustained on Saturday
“I will be back stronger”
10 years ago
VIDEO: Derrick Lewis dedicates win to late coach after starching Gabriel Gonzaga in first
A class, if scary, act
10 years ago
WATCH: Louis Oosthuizen came up with a hole-in-one you’ll have to rewatch to believe
Genuinely unbelievable
10 years ago
VIDEO: Shane Lowry wallops home hole-in-one at 16 in final round of the Masters
That’s Offaly impressive
10 years ago
Oliver Kahn sounds absolutely fed up of seeing Cristiano Ronaldo’s six pack
What a sound bite
10 years ago
WATCH: Early birds at UFC Zagreb were treated to a brutal TKO finish
What a left hook
10 years ago
WATCH: Simon Mignolet, be warned, Shinji Kagawa has got some magic up his sleeve
Golazo alert
10 years ago
Luke Hyam admits that his “head had gone” as he apologises for breaking Alan Judge’s leg
“I feel distraught over it”
10 years ago
$Ruby Walsh will not be riding in the Grand National after fracturing wrist$
Ruby Walsh will not be riding in the Grand National after fracturing wrist
Nina Carberry rides in his place
10 years ago
Fantasy football cheat sheet: A double gameweek for some arrives in Yannick of time
Excuse the headline, thanks. We’ve turned the corner and the finish line is in sight. Now it’s time for Fantasy Football players to take the chopping and changing of fixtures in recent months into consideration as double gameweeks rear their beautiful heads. Both Everton and Crystal Palace have two games within this FF week and we’ve […]
10 years ago
This is the 4,500-calorie diet that has gotten man mountain Anthony Joshua into fighting shape
That’s a lot of protein
10 years ago
WEEKEND TV GUIDE: Socialising is for losers anyway so park yourself on the couch for a feast of sport
Settle in
10 years ago
Conor McGregor watched submission defeat 20 times before attending post-fight press conference
Obsessed
10 years ago
Shane Lowry was egged on by seemingly everyone in Ireland as he finished Day One in joint second
Hon Shane!
10 years ago
UFC 200 gets its second women’s fight in 24 hours and it’s also in the bantamweight division
UFC 200 is filling out nicely. The biggest card of the year has got a bit of everything about it – a title fight, a grudge match, a rematch for an interim title and a war between fan favourites – we can’t wait. The first undisputed title fight of the July 9 card was announced […]
10 years ago
WATCH: Roman Weidenfeller becomes a yellow wall of his own with reflex saves that beggar belief
Just unbelievable
10 years ago
Khabib Nurmagomedov has a new opponent for next week, you may not have heard of him
Big ask for a newcomer
10 years ago
WATCH: Ernie Els made his start to The Masters look anything but easy with nightmare 10
A putting horrorshow
10 years ago
‘Big’ Ben Rothwell reveals his plans to win the UFC heavyweight title and defend it in Dublin
He loves us
10 years ago
Reports emerge that Manchester United tried to make a final day swoop for Yuto Nagatomo in January
Late movers
10 years ago
WATCH: Darren Randolph’s insane save in training will ease Irish fans’ worries about lack of game time
Sit down, Payet
10 years ago
Conor McGregor’s manager explains how the UFC 200 main event ended up at 170 lbs
There were a few confusing days there after the rematch between Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz had been officially announced. Dana White claimed that McGregor had insisted that the main event of UFC 200 be contested at welterweight. McGregor’s head coach John Kavanagh, however, suggested that it was the promotion who had pushed for another […]
10 years ago
SBG featherweight prospect James Gallagher is snatched up by Bellator
Huge opportunity
10 years ago
Nine years ago, a superstar’s stepping stone rocked the world in the greatest MMA upset of all time
“And new!!”
10 years ago
Corey Anderson deserves endless applause for paying it forward to help out TUF hopeful
What a class act
10 years ago
WATCH: Fabian Delph insists ghosts are real and claims to have personally witnessed four
As you do
10 years ago
Surprise, surprise! Donald Cerrone wants to fight Khabib Nurmagomedov AND Patrick Côté
‘Cowboy’ gonna ‘Cowboy’
10 years ago
With Tony Ferguson out, Khabib Nurmagomedov was offered a title fight with RDA at UFC 200
Unfinished business
10 years ago
One of the most anticipated non-title fights of the year is no more as Tony Ferguson pulls out
Damn it anyway
10 years ago
British featherweight Mike Wilkinson cut by UFC just days before airing of MUTV documentary
Talk about timing
10 years ago
Wanderlei Silva has received a tag team partner for unique grappling match at Rizin FF
Bizarre
10 years ago
Raul’s dream team is so stacked that he couldn’t even find a place for himself
Giggs on the left
10 years ago
PICS: PSV’s final kit with iconic Philips sponsor could genuinely be the nicest you’ll see all year
Changing of the guard
10 years ago
Mohamed Salah turned down the chance to join Liverpool under Brendan Rodgers
Blue beat red
10 years ago
Conor McGregor’s days at featherweight are already over in Max Holloway’s opinion
With the added muscle mass, a weight cut back to 145 lbs would be significantly more difficult for Conor McGregor. Could he do it? Almost certainly. Will he do it? That’s up for debate. McGregor fights at welterweight for the second consecutive time when he meets Nate Diaz at UFC 200, a rematch of the […]
10 years ago
Hilarious story shows how unafraid Zlatan Ibrahimovic was of hard-man Gennaro Gattuso
Only Zlatan
10 years ago
Frankie Edgar is confident he’ll do to Jose Aldo what only Conor McGregor has been able to do
Where would Jose Aldo stand in the featherweight division if he goes 0-2 with both losses coming by way of knockout? The previously long-time UFC 145 lb champion was once thought to be as unbeatable as any fighter could be in the world’s most respected mixed martial arts promotion. But that myth was debunked with […]
10 years ago
UFC 197 has a brand new main event as Jon Jones now fights for interim light heavyweight title
Late replacement
10 years ago
WATCH: Jon Jones turns over a new leaf as he agrees to take on a short notice replacement
Light heavyweight or heavyweight
10 years ago
Johnny Sexton on winning side of out-half battle at the Aviva as Leinster take top spot
Leinster v Munster essentially boiled down to a meeting of two Jonathans, with a bevy of teammates wrestling for position around them. Johnny Sexton ended up on the winning side but 24-year-old Munster out-half Johnny Holland earned plenty of fans with a stellar display at 10 which has left many supporters believing that he deserves to start […]
10 years ago
Jon Jones oozes class as he puts rivalry to one side in response to Daniel Cormier’s injury
Respect
10 years ago
Max Holloway wants to be treated exactly the same way as Conor McGregor when he’s champion
As Conor McGregor’s featherweight rivals line up to take a shot at the welterweight adventures of ‘The Notorious,’ Max Holloway has taken a much more considered approach. Jose Aldo doesn’t see any logic in Diaz vs. McGregor II and Frankie Edgar is nonplussed by the whole thing. But Holloway, the only man to take McGregor […]
10 years ago
REPORT: Phil Neville gets humiliating demotion at Valencia as he doesn’t travel with squad
Fall from grace
10 years ago
Jose Aldo: “It was a lucky shot that connected and I’m still the champ”
Really?
10 years ago

Minister Michael Ring claims he saw fatality coming in Irish MMA after Joao Carvalho’s passing

IAPA set up gofundme page to help cover funeral costs of Joao Carvalho

Conor McGregor pens touching homage to Joao Carvalho who passed away on Monday night

“His mother is in bits” – Charlie Ward’s father on how his family is dealing with the loss of Joao Carvalho

A crowdfunding page has been set up to raise money for Joao Carvalho’s family

Hall-of-famers Chuck Liddell and Forrest Griffin will coach upcoming season of TUF: Latin America

Alan Judge issues mature and determined update after broken leg sustained on Saturday

VIDEO: Derrick Lewis dedicates win to late coach after starching Gabriel Gonzaga in first

WATCH: Louis Oosthuizen came up with a hole-in-one you’ll have to rewatch to believe

VIDEO: Shane Lowry wallops home hole-in-one at 16 in final round of the Masters

Oliver Kahn sounds absolutely fed up of seeing Cristiano Ronaldo’s six pack

WATCH: Early birds at UFC Zagreb were treated to a brutal TKO finish

WATCH: Simon Mignolet, be warned, Shinji Kagawa has got some magic up his sleeve

Luke Hyam admits that his “head had gone” as he apologises for breaking Alan Judge’s leg

Ruby Walsh will not be riding in the Grand National after fracturing wrist

Fantasy football cheat sheet: A double gameweek for some arrives in Yannick of time

This is the 4,500-calorie diet that has gotten man mountain Anthony Joshua into fighting shape

WEEKEND TV GUIDE: Socialising is for losers anyway so park yourself on the couch for a feast of sport

Conor McGregor watched submission defeat 20 times before attending post-fight press conference

Shane Lowry was egged on by seemingly everyone in Ireland as he finished Day One in joint second

UFC 200 gets its second women’s fight in 24 hours and it’s also in the bantamweight division

WATCH: Roman Weidenfeller becomes a yellow wall of his own with reflex saves that beggar belief

Khabib Nurmagomedov has a new opponent for next week, you may not have heard of him

WATCH: Ernie Els made his start to The Masters look anything but easy with nightmare 10

‘Big’ Ben Rothwell reveals his plans to win the UFC heavyweight title and defend it in Dublin

Reports emerge that Manchester United tried to make a final day swoop for Yuto Nagatomo in January

WATCH: Darren Randolph’s insane save in training will ease Irish fans’ worries about lack of game time

Conor McGregor’s manager explains how the UFC 200 main event ended up at 170 lbs

SBG featherweight prospect James Gallagher is snatched up by Bellator

Nine years ago, a superstar’s stepping stone rocked the world in the greatest MMA upset of all time

Corey Anderson deserves endless applause for paying it forward to help out TUF hopeful

WATCH: Fabian Delph insists ghosts are real and claims to have personally witnessed four

Surprise, surprise! Donald Cerrone wants to fight Khabib Nurmagomedov AND Patrick Côté

With Tony Ferguson out, Khabib Nurmagomedov was offered a title fight with RDA at UFC 200

One of the most anticipated non-title fights of the year is no more as Tony Ferguson pulls out

British featherweight Mike Wilkinson cut by UFC just days before airing of MUTV documentary

Wanderlei Silva has received a tag team partner for unique grappling match at Rizin FF

Raul’s dream team is so stacked that he couldn’t even find a place for himself

PICS: PSV’s final kit with iconic Philips sponsor could genuinely be the nicest you’ll see all year

Mohamed Salah turned down the chance to join Liverpool under Brendan Rodgers

Conor McGregor’s days at featherweight are already over in Max Holloway’s opinion

Hilarious story shows how unafraid Zlatan Ibrahimovic was of hard-man Gennaro Gattuso

Frankie Edgar is confident he’ll do to Jose Aldo what only Conor McGregor has been able to do

UFC 197 has a brand new main event as Jon Jones now fights for interim light heavyweight title

WATCH: Jon Jones turns over a new leaf as he agrees to take on a short notice replacement

Johnny Sexton on winning side of out-half battle at the Aviva as Leinster take top spot

Jon Jones oozes class as he puts rivalry to one side in response to Daniel Cormier’s injury

Max Holloway wants to be treated exactly the same way as Conor McGregor when he’s champion

REPORT: Phil Neville gets humiliating demotion at Valencia as he doesn’t travel with squad

Jose Aldo: “It was a lucky shot that connected and I’m still the champ”