Former Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has said that he told the club to buy Mohamed Salah from FC Basel in 2014 but that it was not his decision to sell the player to Roma. Mourinho brought Salah to Stamford Bridge for a fee reported to be in the region of £11 million in January 2014 but […]

8 years ago

Leinster forwards Dan Leavy and James Ryan were the big winners at the Leinster Awards Ball on Tuesday evening with Leavy claiming the Players’ Player of the Year award while Ryan was named the province’s Young Player of the Year. The awards cap an incredible year for both players who only received their first Six […]

8 years ago

The RTE soccer panel have paid their respects to 53-year-old Irish man Sean Cox who is currently in critical condition following an attack before the Liverpool and Roma match at Anfield on Tuesday. Cox was taken to the Walton Neurological Centre for further treatment after the attack outside outside the Albert pub near the ground […]

8 years ago

Former Munster captain Anthony Foley has been inducted into the Munster Hall of Fame while winger Keith Earls has been voted the province’s player of the year. The Hall of Fame award was accepted by Foley’s wife Olive at the annual Munster Rugby Awards at the Clayton Hotel Silver Springs in Cork. Foley made 201 appearances […]

8 years ago

The Wexford County Board has called off three club football championship games to facilitate the senior intercounty footballers ahead of their Leinster SFC first round tie with Laois next month. The Intermediate Football Championship matches between Adamstown and Ballyhogue, Volunteers and St Patrick’s and the Junior Football Championship clash between Starlights and Rathgarogue-Cushinstown have all been […]

8 years ago

James McClean’s speech at the PFAI awards last November was one of the more sobering stories from Ireland’s FIFA World Cup play-off exit. Martin O’Neill’s substitutions were torn to shreds after the Denmark loss, the diamond formation received a forensic analysis from seemingly anyone that had ever laced up a pair of football boots and […]

8 years ago

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has said that the timing of his decision to leave the club at the end of the season was not really his decision. Wenger said last week that he would be leaving the club after nearly 22 years in charge in North London and that he ‘felt that the end of […]

8 years ago

Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson has paid his respects to a 53-year-old Irish man who was attacked outside Anfield before Liverpool’s 5-2 win over Roma on Tuesday evening. The man, thought to be a Liverpool supporter, was assaulted outside the stadium before the game kicked off on Tuesday evening. He has since been taken to Walton […]

8 years ago

Roma Sporting Director Monchi has said that he was forced to sell forward Mohamed Salah to Liverpool last season due to UEFA constraints. Salah signed for the Reds last summer for an initial fee of €42m that could eventually rise up to €50m with add-ons. The Egyptian has scored 43 goals in 47 games this […]

8 years ago

Roma captain Daniele De Rossi said that his side were unable to cope with Liverpool’s pace during La Magica’s 5-2 Champions League semi-final defeat at Anfield on Tuesday evening. Two goals from Mohamed Salah, a double from Roberto Firmino and a second-half strike from Sadio Mane sealed a comfortable first leg victory for Liverpool. The hosts led […]

8 years ago

On Monday the nominees for the Nevin Spence Young Player of the Year Award were announced. The nominees were James Ryan – the 21-year-old lock who has yet to lose a game of professional rugby – Jacob Stockdale – the winger that became only the second player in the 137 year history of the Four/Five or Six Nations […]

8 years ago

Everton winger Theo Walcott has said that Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger and Everton boss Sam Allardyce are on ‘completely different levels in the way they manage’. Walcott spent 12 years at Arsenal under Wenger before leaving the club for Everton in January. The England international scored the only goal in the Toffees 1-0 win over […]

8 years ago

Republic of Ireland defender Cyrus Christie has revealed some of the racist messages that were directed at him via social media recently. Ireland forward James McClean said at a PFAI Awards show last year that Christie had shown his international teammates some examples of the racist messages that he had received on his phone following […]

8 years ago

The Joey Carbery and Ross Byrne situation at Leinster has created an interesting dynamic within Irish Rugby where a province is reportedly being pressured to release a player to a rival province for the assumed benefit of the national team. Carbery has consistently dismissed links to Ulster as ‘media chat’, while Byrne’s position on a […]

8 years ago

Leinster Rugby have confirmed that Isa Nacewa and Richardt Strauss will both retire from professional rugby at the end of the season. Nacewa will hang up his boots for the second time in his career after his first retirement from the sport lasted just over two years while Strauss will walk away from rugby after […]

8 years ago

Leinster Rugby players Johnny Sexton, Scott Fardy and Tadhg Furlong have all been shortlisted for the EPCR European Player of the Year award. Fardy, Furlong and Sexton are joined on the shortlist by Racing second-row Leone Nakarawa and teammate Maxime Machenaud, who was not included in the original 15-man longlist released by the EPCR in January. The […]

8 years ago

Joey Carbery and Ross Byrne are both poised to stay at Leinster according to a new report in The Times. Last weekend it was reported by Peter O’Reilly in The Sunday Times that IRFU Performance Director David Nucifora and Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt had both visited Leinster earlier this month to discuss with the province the possibility […]

8 years ago

Eamon Dunphy has said that Republic of Ireland and West Ham United defender Declan Rice should stay off Twitter after the 19-year-old took to the social media platform to apologise for his mistake in the lead up to Aaron Ramsey’s goal in the Hammers 4-1 defeat to Arsenal on Sunday. Rice ducked a second-half cross […]

8 years ago

El Pais journalist Diego Torres has reported that Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp was ‘amazed’ and ‘broke into hilarity’ when he first heard that Barcelona were going to offer €100 million for former midfielder Philippe Coutinho. Torres, who wrote The Special One: The Dark Side of Jose Mourinho, has been covering PSG forward Neymar extensively this season but he […]

8 years ago

Munster winger Keith Earls has said that his club probably would have beaten Racing in their Champions Cup semi-final on Sunday if former teammate Donnacha Ryan had not played for the Parisians. Ryan started in the second-row for Racing alongside Leone Nakarawa and made 18 tackles for the hosts as they held on for a […]

8 years ago

It’s a bit disheartening that one of the biggest talking points from Leinster’s dominant 38-16 win over the Scarlets on Saturday is the future of their second and third choice pivots. Not for the first time this season, Leinster fly-half Joey Carbery has been linked with a move up the M1 to Ulster as the […]

8 years ago

It was 27-3 by the time Simon Zebo replaced Alex Wootton in Munster’s Champions Cup semi-final defeat to Racing on Sunday. Racing got off to a dream start and scored three tries in the opening 22 minutes to build what was ultimately an insurmountable lead as Munster were shredded by France international Teddy Thomas, or […]

8 years ago

Racing centre Virimi Vakatawa collapsed to the Stade Chablan Delmas turf in a heap on Sunday after receiving a light push from Munster scrum-half Conor Murray. Murray tussled with Racing winger Marc Andreu after the France international attempted to take the ball off of him before the Munster half-back lifted Andreu off of his feet and […]

8 years ago

Racing winger Teddy Thomas turned down the chance to seal a first-half hat-trick against Munster by passing the ball to teammate Maxime Machenaud after he had already rounded the visitors defence. The France international opened his account after evading the tackle of Alex Wootton on five minutes before he then snared his second try of […]

8 years ago

Australian international Israel Folau has been linked with a move to the Premiership’s Sale Sharks next season as the Greater Manchester club look to replace the Irish bound duo of Mike Haley and Will Addison. Haley will move to Munster next season to replace the departing Simon Zebo while Addison will move to Ulster to provide […]

8 years ago

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has said that he has dedicated his entire life to making Arsenal a solid club but that he has to now separate the feelings and the emotions from his resignation with his job of winning football matches. Wenger announced on Friday that he would be stepping down from his role as […]

8 years ago

Clann na nGael defender Darra Pettit scored a wonderful solo goal during Clann’s five-point victory over Roscommon Gaels on Saturday. Pettit picked up the ball just outside his own half and took off down the pitch where he powered his way through on goal before blasting the ball into the roof of the net. WATCH: […]

8 years ago

“Tea or coffee?” Craig O’Brien, Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan’s main training partner asks me at the back of a Centra store in Corduff. O’Brien and O’Sullivan have come to meet me below their Celtic Warrior Gym to discuss how a world title fight with middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin fell through for Spike when he was the […]

8 years ago

The IRFU reportedly want Leinster to choose between utility back Joey Carbery and fly-half Ross Byrne next season as Ulster look for a new out-half in the wake of Paddy Jackson’s recent departure from the club. Jackson’s contract was revoked earlier this month following a joint internal review by Ulster and the IRFU with the […]

8 years ago

70 days have passed since Robbie Henshaw was pulled off with a shoulder injury during the second-half of Ireland’s Six Nations win over Italy in February. Henshaw spent 70 days sitting on the sidelines. He watched a Grand Slam come and go. He saw a quarter-final with Saracens pass and it looked as if he was […]

8 years ago

Brian O’Driscoll has praised Leinster centre Robbie Henshaw for his ability to recover in time for the Champions Cup semi-final with the Scarlets on Saturday. Henshaw has not played since Ireland’s Six Nations win over 56-19 win over Italy in February after injuring his shoulder in the lopsided win. The IRFU said after the injury […]

8 years ago

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers has tried to distance himself from speculation linking him to a managerial role with Arsenal next season. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger revealed on Friday that he would be stepping down from his role at the end of the season after 22 years in charge at the club. Luis Enrique, Carlo Ancelotti, […]

8 years ago

Irish Super bantamweight boxer Michael Conlan will fight in Belfast this summer in what will be his first fight on Irish soil as a professional fighter. The Olympic bronze medalist enjoyed a stellar first year in the pros and quickly compiled a record of six wins, five knockouts and no losses. Boxing promoter Frank Warren […]

8 years ago

Former Wallabies centre Rob Horne has been forced to retire from rugby after injuring his arm in Northampton’s win over the Leicester Tigers last weekend. Horne sustained the injury while attempting to tackle Tigers number eight Sione Kalamafoni with the club revealing that leading neurological consultants from The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital determined that he had […]

8 years ago

Former Arsenal captain Patrick Vieira has said that he is ‘flattered’ by reports linking him to a managerial role with the Gunners next season but added that his playing career at the club does not necessarily mean that he will be suited to be the club’s next manager. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger announced on Friday […]

8 years ago

The more you win the easier it becomes but the longer a team goes without victory the more difficult it seemingly becomes for them to get back to the place that once brought them so much success. Cian Healy and Johnny Sexton are the only Leinster players in today’s team to face the Scarlets that […]

8 years ago

Millwall midfielder Tim Cahill managed to avoid a red card for elbowing Fulham right-back Ryan Fredericks’ face during the club’s 3-0 loss to the Cottagers on Friday night. Cahill caught Fredericks with his right elbow and quickly sent the defender to the ground in an action that went unnoticed by referee Andre Mariner and his linesmen. […]

8 years ago

Chelsea striker Alvaro Morata has apologised for his reaction after he was substituted in the second-half of the club’s 2-1 win over Burnley on Thursday. Morata was replaced by Eden Hazard in the 71st minute after another frustrating night up front as he continues to endure a difficult 2018 after making a strong start to […]

8 years ago

The Premier League has posted a collective pre-tax profit of £0.5billion (€0.57billion), almost three times the previous record of £0.2billion (€0.23billion) in 2013/14. The stark increase in profits can be attributed to strong broadcast revenues and Financial Fair Play rules, according to financial services firm Deloitte. Combined revenues of Premier League clubs increased to a record £4.5billion (€5.13billion) […]

8 years ago

Munster winger Andrew Conway has said that it was difficult to miss out on a Grand Slam winning campaign with Ireland in this year’s Six Nations but that he is determined to finish his season on a high with his province in the Champions Cup. Conway missed Ireland’s entire Six Nations campaign with a knee […]

8 years ago

Munster scrum-half Conor Murray is enjoying the best campaign of his professional career this season. Since the 2015 Rugby World Cup Murray has defeated New Zealand twice, started in all three Tests for the British & Irish Lions against the All Blacks last summer and last month he added a third Six Nations title and […]

8 years ago

Former Republic of Ireland captain Robbie Keane has said that he will take a couple of weeks off to assess his future before making a decision on his next move in football. Keane moved to Indian Super League side ATK at the start of this season but suffered an achilles injury during a pre-season training camp […]

8 years ago

Leinster senior coach Stuart Lancaster has rated flanker Sean O’Brien’s chances of playing in this Saturday’s Champions Cup semi-final with the Scarlets as ’50/50′. O’Brien returned from a shoulder injury against Treviso last weekend for what was just his second game of 2018 (after missing the entire Six Nations campaign with hip issues), however, the […]

8 years ago

Former Ireland international and Ulster fly-half Paddy Wallace has called on Ulster Rugby to offer a better explanation for revoking the contracts of Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding following their acquittal of rape charges last month. Jackson and Olding were both found not guilty by a Belfast court of raping the same woman at a party in Jackson’s […]

8 years ago

Reading midfielder Liam Kelly has revealed that he turned down a Republic of Ireland call up last month for ‘personal reasons’. The Basingstoke born midfielder said that his decision to remove himself from consideration for last month’s friendly with Turkey had noting to do with choosing allegiances between Ireland and his native England. Kelly has previously […]

8 years ago

Republic of Ireland international James McClean has backed new West Bromwich Albion caretaker manager Darren Moore following the Baggies 1-0 win over Manchester United on Sunday. Moore replaced former manager Alan Pardew earlier this month and has made an immediate impact on the club after gaining four points (one win and one draw) from his […]

8 years ago

Premiership Rugby leaders Exeter Chiefs have dismissed reports linking the club to former Ulster centre Stuart Olding. The Ireland international and teammate Paddy Jackson had their Ulster Rugby and IRFU contracts revoked on Saturday after the union’s internal review following the duo’s acquittal of raping the same woman in a nine-week trial at Belfast Crown Court. […]

8 years ago

Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany and teammates John Stones, Bernardo Silva, Fabian Delph and Kyle Walker celebrated their Premier League title win on Sunday with fans at Hale Wine Bar in Manchester. Rivals Manchester United’s 1-0 defeat to bottom placed West Bromwich Albion handed the title to City with five games to spare as Pep Guardiola’s side […]

8 years ago

Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba received a yellow card for a Diego Maradona-esque hand ball during the first-half of United’s Premier League visit of West Bromwich Albion on Sunday. Referee Paul Tierney issued the French international a yellow card when he jumped over Baggies defender Kieran Gibbs to slap down a cross with his right […]

8 years ago

“Why the sad faces” – Justin Gaethje said to reporters in the UFC Glendale mixed zone after his TKO loss to Dustin Poirier on Saturday night. Gaethje’s loss to Poirer was named fight of the night, the second consecutive card the 29-year-old has received the honour, and the Arizona native speaks with a level of […]

8 years ago