Republic of Ireland midfielder James McClean has backed MTK Global’s boycott of Irish media. The boxing management company said that they would boycott the Irish media on Thursday afternoon in their campaign for #fairnews. The company released a written and video statement following reports of ties to Dublin gangland figure Daniel Kinahan, who co-founded the company […]

8 years ago

Mike Tyson has responded to claims from Tyson Fury that he would knock him out in the first round if the two were to face each other in a hypothetical bout in their primes. Fury conducted a Q&A with fans on his Twitter on Monday and said that Tyson would have knocked him out in […]

8 years ago

Alexis Sanchez’s ‘#7’ shirt has smashed Manchester United’s record for jersey sales for a January signing. Sanchez signed for United last month in a swap deal with Henrikh Mkhitaryan which saw the Armenian head to the Emirates with Sanchez coming the other way to Old Trafford. 🎹 Ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats. Introducing #Alexis7…#GGMU […]

8 years ago

The FAI have cleared Bray Wanderers and Waterford of match-fixing allegations from a friendly between the two clubs on Friday, September 8 at the Carlisle Grounds in Bray. Bray lost the game 5-0, and upon receipt of a complaint, the FAI notified An Garda Síochána that it  would launch an investigation into alleged breaches of […]

8 years ago

Leinster full-back Jordan Larmour could make his Ireland debut this weekend after he was named on the bench for Ireland’s first home game of the Six Nations against Italy on Saturday. Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt has made four changes to the side that defeated France last weekend with Jack McGrath coming in for Cian […]

8 years ago

For a team struggling to score tries, it’s interesting that all of Ireland’s changes for this weekend’s match with Italy took place in the forwards. Jack McGrath in for Cian Healy, Devin Toner in for James Ryan, Jack Conan in for CJ Stander and Dan Leavy in for the injured Josh van der Flier at […]

8 years ago

Former Leinster fly-half Ian McKinley will not make his Six Nations debut against Ireland in Dublin this weekend after missing out on the Italian matchday squad. Treviso teammate Tommaso Allan and Zebre fly-half Carlo Canna have both been preferred to the Dubliner who made his debut for the Italians last year after qualifying under the […]

8 years ago

Manchester United midfielders Paul Pogba and Juan Mata took time out of their day on Tuesday to take a picture with Alex Nield, a young Manchester United fan diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy. Alex and his father Jon travel to watch United home and away, both in the UK and abroad, and have managed to grab pictures with […]

8 years ago

Marseille winger Dimitri Payet scored a textbook free-kick in the Les Olympiens 9-0 thrashing of Bourg-en-Bresse Peronnas in the Coupe de France round of 16 on Tuesday. The former West Ham United midfielder converted a free-kick from the edge of the box curling the ball up over the wall and leaving goalkeeper Sébastien Callamand with no chance. Payet […]

8 years ago

Tralee IT manager Liam Brosnan has said that David Clifford’s hamstring injury was inevitable given the fact that he played three games in just seven days. The minor superstar played a full game in Kerry’s opening league win over Donegal on Sunday, January 28, before togging out in IT Tralee’s win over Queen’s University Belfast […]

8 years ago

Is it worth considering? In all likelihood, probably not. Rob Kearney will almost certainly keep his place at full-back against Italy, he’s weathered worse storms before and still come through the other side with a smile and the number 15 jersey intact. Jordan Larmour will probably be lucky to get a spot on the bench […]

8 years ago

If it’s going to happen, it’s probably going to be against Italy. Irish Rugby fans have been clamouring for at least the last month to see electric Leinster utility Jordan Larmour included in an Ireland matchday squad. With a hapless Italy side coming to Dublin on Saturday, a side that have beaten Ireland just once […]

8 years ago

Manchester United forward Jesse Lingard has apologised for a tweet sent from his account during a memorial service for the 60th anniversary of the Munich air disaster. Lingard and his Manchester United teammates were in attendance at the service at Old Trafford on Tuesday where Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho and club captain Michael Carrick […]

8 years ago

Watford striker Ryan Cassidy led an incredible comeback for the Watford U23 side on Tuesday by netting a hat-trick to revive his side against Bristol City U23’s. The Hornets were trailing 4-0 after 23 minutes at Bristol’s Academy training ground before 16-year-old Cassidy sparked the fightback by scoring a scintillating nine-minute hat-trick on his full debut at […]

8 years ago

If you don’t know what you’re doing, at least try and look the part. In the final minutes of PSG’s 4-1 win over Sochaux in the France Cup round of 16 on Tuesday, Paris goalkeeper Kevin Trapp was sent off for taking out forward Yoann Touzghar as the Tunisian bore down on goal. With PSG out […]

8 years ago

Former Manchester United defender Denis Irwin attended the site of the Munich air disaster to pay his respects as supporters laid two commemorative plaques where the runway was once located. Around 3,000 fans visited Trudering, a small suburb of Munich where the Munich-Riem airport once stood where 23 passengers, including eight of the Busby Babes and three […]

8 years ago

It’s no so much a fly-half controversy as much as it is a necessity to get Joey Carbery some gametime. Carbery has played just 22 minutes since Ireland’s November win over Fiji, and given England’s 31-point win over Conor O’Shea’s side last weekend, and Ireland’s 53-point demolition of the Azzurri last year in Rome, there […]

8 years ago

Former Republic of Ireland captain Robbie Keane could be set for his first foray into management after his manager Teddy Sheringham was sacked by the Indian Super League (ISL) side last month. Keane signed for the club in August of last year as their new marquee player but has struggled for fitness with just two goals […]

8 years ago

Last week, accountancy firm Deloitte predicted that Premier League spending would eventually surpass £2 billion in a single season. The accountancy firm’s analysis showed that the 20 top-flight clubs spent £430m last month, almost double the previous record of £225m for a winter window, with the 2017-18 Premier League gross spending totaling £1.86bn, the highest ever amount […]

8 years ago

Go figure. With the deck stacked to set up a classic Tom Brady two-minute drill, Brandon Graham and the Philadelphia Eagles stole the Super Bowl with the play of the game. The Eagles entered Super Bowl LII with just four sacks in the post-season and through four quarters, with the exception of the two minute […]

8 years ago

Antoine Griezmann reportedly got into a public spat with a section of Atletico Madrid fans during the club’s 1-0 win over Valencia on Sunday. https://twitter.com/CatalanEdition/status/960271406348021760 Griezmann appears to have lashed out at the fans in the final minutes of Atletico’s home win. The forward has been strongly linked with a move to Barcelona in the […]

8 years ago

It could be an early contender for best advert of Super Bowl LII, or at least the strangest. Actors Peter Dinklage and Morgan Freeman engage in a lip sync battle with Dinklage mimicking Busta Rhymes’ verse from Chris Brown’s hit “Look at Me Now”, while Freeman tries his hand at Missy Elliott’s “Get Ur Freak On”. […]

8 years ago

New England Patriots wide receiver Brandin Cooks is one of quarterback Tom Brady’s best receivers alongside Tight End Rob Gronkowski. Cooks totaled 1,082 yards from 65 receptions during the regular season, and his blazing speed gives New England the option to take the top of defences, but he will no longer be an option for Brady […]

8 years ago

Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Alshon Jeffrey made a ridiculous catch to give his side an early lead in Super Bowl LII in Minnesota. With the Eagles on the New England Patriots 34-yard line, quarterback Nick Foles spotted Jeffrey with a one-on-one matchup with Patriots defensive back Eric Rowe. That Nick Foles throw though….👍 Alshon Jeffrey […]

8 years ago

What do you do in the final moments before the biggest moment of your singing career? Make sure you’re not chewing gum of course. Pink’s rousing rendition of the American national anthem was predated by the pop princess getting rid of her chewing gum before the start of the Star Spangled banner. The three-time Grammy […]

8 years ago

It doesn’t take much to get Tom Brady fired up. The New England Patriots quarterback can often be seen parading up and down the Patriots sideline trying to motivate those around him, and as he bids to become the first player in NFL history to win six Super Bowl rings, he received a little extra […]

8 years ago

It can be a difficult art form covering professional sport. You enter games with all these pre-conceived notions. What could happen here, or how a player might respond there, or how they might use this skill in this instance. A lot of the build up to Ireland’s Six Nations opener with France on Saturday had […]

8 years ago

Munster have re-signed the promising quartet of Sammy Arnold, Darren O’Shea, Conor Oliver and Dan Goggin to two-year contracts that will see them remain with the province until June 2020. Arnold, who joined the province at the start of the 2016-17 season, endured a number of injury set-backs in his first year but impressed mightily in […]

8 years ago

Dublin GAA have received €15, 427, 560 more than any other county in coaching and games development grants over the last decade. Figures compiled by Sunday World journalist Sean McGoldrick show that from 2007 to 2017, Dublin received €16, 612, 847 in coaching and games development grants while the next highest garnering county, Cork, received just €1, 185, […]

8 years ago

Montpellier and Fiji winger Nemani Nadolo has criticised a racist supporter who called him a ‘monkey’ while he was with his family. Nadolo was out in Montpellier with his family when a drunk supporter came up to him and racially abused him. The giant winger took to his Twitter, which actually says ‘possibly the heaviest […]

8 years ago

American manufacturer Chevrolet, Manchester United’s primary kit sponsor, will reportedly provide some financial support if the club bid for Neymar in the summer. According to Spanish publication Don Balon, Chevrolet want United to recruit Neymar in an effort to bolster their own market reputation in Europe and Asia and they are said to be willing to […]

8 years ago

‘After a while in the academy I told my grandad go to the bookies and put €10 on Peter O’Mahony to captain Ireland’ – Paul Rowley. I was standing on the footpath outside of St. Stephen’s Green in Dublin pondering how we were going to get a taxi from Merrion Row to UCD. Merrion Row […]

8 years ago

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has said that the financial power of some of Europe’s top football clubs has destroyed competition in a number of leagues across the continent. The Premier League’s outlay on players since last summer topped £1.8bn at the close of the January transfer window and financial services firm Deloitte predict that spending by […]

8 years ago

Former West Ham United forward Diafra Sakho claims that the club ‘do not want to sign any black players’ in light of the investigation into head of recruitment Tony Henry. On Thursday, West Ham confirmed that Henry had been suspended pending a full and thorough investigation after a report emerged claiming that he had said […]

8 years ago

Ireland rugby captain Rory Best refused to comment on his attendance at Belfast Crown Court on Thursday for the second day of the trial of his Ulster teammates Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding. Best chose not to explain his decision to attend the trial after he was photographed alongside teammates Iain Henderson and Craig Gilroy on […]

8 years ago

Everton winger Theo Walcott has said that right-back Seamus Coleman is playing like ‘a completely new animal’. Coleman made his return to the Premier League on Wednesday in Everton’s 2-1 win over Leicester City following 313 days out following a double leg break last year. The 29-year-old played 45 minutes for the Everton U23’s last […]

8 years ago

Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt is hoping France will not target Johnny Sexton in their Six Nations opener on Saturday. Sexton has been targeted by French opposition in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 but Schmidt is hoping that his star fly-half will not be singled out by France under new coach Jacques Brunel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlnPgf5fu3Q “I […]

8 years ago

Ireland have named their team to play France in the opening round of the Six Nations on Saturday with James Ryan set to start his first game in the championship. As part of this year’s tournament, every week we will analyse Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt’s selections and consider his alternatives in each position. Ireland […]

8 years ago

West Ham United have confirmed that Director of Player Recruitment Tony Henry has been suspended pending a full and thorough investigation after a report emerged claiming that he had said that the club would not sign any more African players. The Daily Mail reported that Henry said that African players “cause mayhem” when they are not in […]

8 years ago

Seamus Coleman made his return to the Premier League on Wednesday evening playing the full 90 minutes in Everton’s 2-1 win over Leicester City at Goodison Park. The Republic of Ireland captain made his first league appearance for Everton since the club’s 4-0 win over Hull City in March 2017 after spending the last 313 […]

8 years ago

France have named 19-year-old wunderkind Matthieu Jalibert in their team to face Ireland on Saturday in the opening round of the Six Nations. The 19-year-old fly-half will partner Maxime Machenaud in the halves after a blistering start to the Top 14 with two tries in six games. Jalibert only made his first start at fly-half away […]

8 years ago

Dodô take a bow…. or at least take a proper run up. The Brazilian midfielder had one of the worst penalty misses you will have ever seen in Giresunspor’s 2-1 loss at home to Fenerbahce in the quarter final of the Turkish Cup. Dodô with your new favourite penalty miss for Giresunspor v Fenerbahce https://t.co/F4O6fUfIRN — […]

8 years ago

When All Blacks captain Richie McCaw announced that he would be retiring after the 2015 Rugby World Cup, New Zealand Rugby had a problem. The All Blacks were about to lose their best player, their unquestioned leader, one of their most marketable assets, and quite possibly the best player to ever lace up a pair […]

8 years ago

It can be a bit jarring to hear that a man who is among the most accomplished players in Irish Rugby history is not motivated by winning. After all, when you have won so much, at such a high level, for such a long time, does winning not become the only thing that motivates the […]

8 years ago

Ulster Director of Rugby Les Kiss has left the province with immediate effect. A statement on the club’s website claimed that Kiss would be leaving his post as Director of Rugby and that he has left the club by mutual consent. “Ulster Rugby can confirm that Les Kiss will be leaving his post as Director […]

8 years ago

Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson made his first start of 2018 on Tuesday in the Reds 3-0 win over Huddersfield at the John Smith’s Stadium. Henderson returned to the Liverpool midfield after spending the last month sidelined with a hamstring injury. The club captain received 25 minutes in Liverpool’s FA Cup loss to West Brom last weekend and […]

8 years ago

What a day for Arsenal. The club signed Borussia Dortmund’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang for a club record £55m, plus add-ons, in the morning, before the BBC reported on Wednesday afternoon that the Gunners had also signed midfielder Mesut Ozil to a new three-and-a-half-year contract. David Ornstein of the BBC reported that the German international will become the […]

8 years ago

Does experimentation in international rugby lead to success at a Rugby World Cup? Can a country benefit from trialing as many players as possible in a World Cup cycle to get a better sense of their own strengths and weaknesses? Or is a country better served building continuity within their squad and strengthening chemistry through […]

8 years ago

Ireland sevens winger Amee Leigh Murphy Crowe’s 75 metre try against Fiji on Friday looked like it had all the hallmarks of a fairly standard Sevens try. Crowe picked up the ball just outside her 22 and froze her defender with a quick stutter step before getting on the outside and sprinting her way towards […]

8 years ago

Tomás Ó Sé has said that Kerry manager Eamonn Fitzmaurice and underage star David Clifford will have to show patience this season ahead of the Kingdom’s Allianz National League opener against Donegal this weekend. Clifford has been hailed as one of the most impressive minor players to ever play Gaelic Football, and after turning down […]

8 years ago