BT Sport viewers were upset at the broadcaster’s decision to show a Union Jack on screen beside Michael Conlan’s name at his Belfast homecoming on Saturday night. Conlan cruised to victory with a unanimous decision win over Adeilson dos Santos in his Belfast homecoming fight at the SSE Arena to take his professional record to […]

8 years ago

The Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby Festival continues this weekend as we look forward to eight races on the final day from the Curragh. On Saturday we saw Aidan O’Brien’s Battle Of Jericho and Fleet Review take the Tote Rockingham Handicap and the Dubai Duty Free Creekside Dash Stakes but O’Brien then ultimately missed out on the derby with Joseph O’Brien’s Latrobe, ridden […]

8 years ago

Dublin have reclaimed the Leinster Minor Hurling Championship from Kilkenny after a 6-19 to 7-12 win over the Cats in O’Moore Park in Portlaoise on Saturday. Man of the match Luke Swan led the way for Dublin with 3-1 while Liam Dunne scored 2-6 to account for over 59% of Dublin’s scores for the afternoon. […]

8 years ago

Angel Di Maria was just another pawn on Jorge Sampaoli’s ever changing chess board. Sampaoli entered Saturday’s second round tie with France with his 15th different line-up in what was his 15th game, and potentially final match, in charge of the Argentine national team. The Paris Saint-Germain winger did not appear to be central to […]

8 years ago

Paris Saint-Germain forward Kylian Mbappe ran riot against Argentina in the first-half of France’s round of 16 tie on Saturday. The prodigious 19-year-old wreaked havoc down Argentina’s left flank and won his side a penalty in the 12th minute after he picked up the ball deep inside his own half before surging up the pitch […]

8 years ago

He won’t trouble Jean de Villiers or Jacob Stockdale for the title of ‘king of the intercept try’ but this was special from New Zealand and Hurricanes scrum-half TJ Perenara. The All Blacks half-back opened the scoring for the Hurricanes in Saturday’s 24-12 loss to the ACT Brumbies in Canberra with an opportunistic intercept from […]

8 years ago

Former Dublin midfielder Ciaran Whelan has said that the GAA should take a ‘long, hard look at themselves’ after the Kildare fixture debacle this week. Kildare will take on Mayo at St Conleth’s Park in Newbridge on Saturday but the match was originally scheduled for a double header alongside Tyrone and Cavan at Croke Park. […]

8 years ago

Former Arsenal midfielder Paul Merson has said that he would be shocked if England didn’t progress to the semi-finals of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. England finished second in Group G behind Belgium with The Three Lions now set to meet Colombia in the round of 16. England manager Gareth Southgate made eight […]

8 years ago

Four-time NBA MVP LeBron James may be set to leave the Cleveland Cavaliers for the second time in his career after he reportedly declined his $35.6 million option, and thus will become an unrestricted free agent this summer. James, who resigned with the Cavaliers in 2014 after four years with the Miami Heat, has brought […]

8 years ago

“Jesus look at the size of him, what’s he doing in there with those boys?” That’s what my mother asked the first time she saw 5 ft 7 1/2 Peter Stringer sandwiched in between Paul O’Connell and Donncha O’Callaghan during Ireland’s Call. It’s a question that my mother asked as soon as she saw him […]

8 years ago

Former Leinster lock and current Queensland Reds coach Brad Thorn has lamented how modern rugby is being officiated by referees following his side’s 39-16 loss to the Blues on Friday. The Reds lost winger Jordan Petaia and prop Taniela Tupou to back-to-back yellow cards in the first-half for dangerous tackling and Thorn said that the […]

8 years ago

Kilkenny All-Ireland winning captain Darragh Joyce will make his AFL debut this Sunday after he was named in the St Kilda side to face the Melbourne Demons at the MCG. Joyce captained the Cats to an All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship win over Limerick in 2014 but left a promising hurling future behind him to pursue […]

8 years ago

Israel Folau’s wife, Maria Folau, has appealed to World Rugby to have a look at Rob Kearney’s tackle in Australia’s first Test win over Ireland in Brisbane earlier this month. Folau received a one-match suspension from the World Rugby judiciary committee for a mid-air tackle on Ireland captain Peter O’Mahony during the tourists’ 20-16 win […]

8 years ago

Cavan will welcome back suspended duo Dara McVeety and Conor Moynagh after they had their one-match suspensions overturned upon appeal by the Central Hearings Committee (CHC) on Thursday night. Moynagh and McVeety were both suspended for the round three qualifiers after referee Cormac Reilly showed both players, as well as Down’s Anthony Doherty, red cards for […]

8 years ago

For those of us that never made the grade at the top end of elite sport, there’s always that little part of us that looks on and wonders what would I do in ‘that situation’? Would I roll around and take seven tumbles over the sideline if I had been tackled by a lunging Adem […]

8 years ago

Three-time All-Ireland winner Alan Brogan has said that he can’t understand the calls for Dublin to move out of Croke Park ahead of this summer’s inaugural Super 8 series. The four winners from the provincial championships will be joined in the Super series by the four teams that successfully come through Round 4 of the […]

8 years ago

Wicklow GAA have stunned Dublin in the fourth round of the Leinster Minor Football Championship. Wicklow scored 2-6 to 0-08 to upset the defending champions with Dublin winning two of the last four championships. Wicklow have not qualified for a Leinster Minor Football Championship since 1997 and the victory over Dublin marked just their second win […]

8 years ago

Mike Ross played 12 years of professional rugby and amassed 61 caps for Ireland. He’s spent a lot of time in the front-row. The former Leinster tighthead was a technically gifted scrummager and since his retirement he has undertaken a role with the Irish women’s team as their scrum coach. Ross was renowned through his […]

8 years ago

GAA Director of communications Alan Milton has categorically denied that the Association were influenced by financial motivations when scheduling Kildare’s round three qualifier with Mayo at Croke Park. Kildare drew Mayo in the third round of qualifiers for this summer’s All-Ireland Senior Football Championship with the first team drawn, Kildare in this instance, granted home advantage. […]

8 years ago

Former Germany midfielder Didi Hamann has said that Germany did not play one good half of football over three games in the group stages following their elimination from this year’s tournament on Wednesday. Germany lost 2-0 to South Korea on Wednesday which means that Mexico and Sweden will both advance to the knockout stages following […]

8 years ago

Former Wallabies number eight Stephen Hoiles has been criticised for his comments on Israel Folau’s one-game suspension following a mid-air collision with Ireland flanker Peter O’Mahony in Australia’s 20-16 loss to Ireland last weekend. The Wallabies and Waratahs full-back was cited over the incident in the ninth minute, and was later yellow carded for a […]

8 years ago

Southampton have signed Republic of Ireland underage captain Seamus Keogh. Keogh has captained Ireland at both U15 and U16 level and he will join the Premier League club’s famed academy from July 1. Keogh has been playing for Sligo Rovers in the U15 and U17 League of Ireland leagues and he will join fellow Ireland […]

8 years ago

Former World Heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has said that Anthony Joshua and his promoter Eddie Hearn would not take a fight with the undefeated Deontay Wilder no matter how much money they had been offered. Hearn said that he had sent a contract to Wilder and his management team nine days ago but had yet […]

8 years ago

Argentina captain Lionel Messi revealed that he had worn a symbol of good luck around his ankle after his side’s 2-1 win over Nigeria on Tuesday. Rama Pantorotto, an Argentine television host, gave Messi a red thread given to him by his wife after Argentina’s 3-0 loss to Croatia last week. The red string is known as an […]

8 years ago

Ireland’s third Test win over Australia last Saturday was one of the finest performances we’ve seen from Bundee Aki in an Ireland shirt. The Connacht centre was at his physical, abrasive best against the Wallabies in Sydney and he will have given Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt plenty to think about when he considers his […]

8 years ago

The oldest player in World Cup history, Essam El Hadary, made a superb save in the first-half of Egypt’s final group game with Saudi Arabia on Monday. Egypt have never won a game at the World Cup but they could still be in line for a maiden victory at the Volgograd Arena in Volgograd if they can defeat […]

8 years ago

Luis Suarez fired Uruguay into an early lead against Russia with a rasping free-kick at the Samara Arena in Samara. Russia conceded a free-kick on the edge of the box and Suarez stepped up and fired the ball along the ground and into the back of the net. Russian goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev initially takes a […]

8 years ago

It’s been a very long season for the Irish Rugby team. There was the clean sweep of the November internationals, the Six Nations and subsequent Grand Slam titles and to cap it all off a summer series win in Australia. Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt had named a 36-man squad for the Six Nations and […]

8 years ago

Ireland finished their finest ever season with a 20-16 win over the Wallabies in Sydney last weekend to wrap up a first Irish series win in the southern hemisphere in 39 years. James Ryan, Andrew Porter, Jacob Stockdale and Dan Leavy all emerged as breakout stars for Ireland over the course of the last campaign […]

8 years ago

Ireland number eight CJ Stander has accepted some of the responsibility for Peter O’Mahony’s dangerous fall in Ireland’s third Test win over the Wallabies on Saturday. O’Mahony was taken out in the air by Australian full-back Israel Folau who was cited for placing his “his left hand on O’Mahony’s chest” after contesting for the ball […]

8 years ago

GAA President John Horan has said that he will examine the possibility of a Tier 2 championship following one-sided thrashings in both of the Leinster and Munster Senior Football championship finals. Dublin cruised to a record eighth consecutive Leinster final win on Sunday with a 1-25 to 0-10 win over Laois at Croke Park while […]

8 years ago

Phil Neville has become a consistent presence at this World Cup but often for reasons that do not concern football or football analysis. There was his tetchy exchange with former Newcastle United midfielder Jermaine Jenas on the BBC’s coverage of Egypt’s opener with Uruguay, there was Neville claiming that Uruguay fans would be happy to […]

8 years ago

All-Ireland finalists Mayo have drawn Kildare in the third round of qualifiers for this summer’s All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. After dispatching Tipperary in the second round with a convincing 1-19 to 1-11 win over Tipperary in Thurles, Mayo will play Kildare on the 30th of June or the 1st of July. Elsewhere Armagh will play […]

8 years ago

Dublin cruised to a record eighth consecutive Leinster final win on Sunday with a 1-25 to 0-10 win over Laois at Croke Park. The defending All-Ireland champions won their 57th provincial championship and their 13th title from the last 14 finals but the victory came in front of just 41,728 people, making the 2018 final […]

8 years ago

Ireland won their summer Test series against Australia on Saturday with a 20-16 win in the third and final Test in Sydney. A second-half try from CJ Stander a 15-point personal haul from Ireland fly-half Johnny Sexton was enough to steer the tourists home but a late push from Australia saw the game remain in […]

8 years ago

Republic of Ireland manager Martin O’Neill has ribbed his assistant Roy Keane for his famed fiery temper during ITV’s post-match analysis of Brazil’s 2-0 win over Costa Rica on Friday. Second-half goals from Philippe Coutinho and Neymar gave Brazil their first win of the group stage after an opening round draw with Switzerland, however, the […]

8 years ago

Republic of Ireland manager Martin O’Neill has said that match referee Bjorn Kuipers would have been delighted to have told Brazilian forward Neymar that he had not been awarded a penalty in Brazil’s 2-0 win over Costa Rica on Friday. Second-half goals from Philippe Coutinho and Neymar gave Brazil their first win of the group […]

8 years ago

Former England striker Gary Lineker has hailed the VAR for failing to award Neymar a penalty in Brazil’s 2-0 win over Costa Rica on Friday. Second-half goals from Philippe Coutinho and Neymar gave Brazil their first win of the group stage after an opening round draw with Switzerland. However, before Coutinho broke the deadlock in […]

8 years ago

It’s all on the line in Sydney. Ireland levelled their three-Test series with Australia after an excellent victory in Melbourne last weekend. The action moves to Sydney and both sides will fancy their chances of taking the spoils. David Pocock, Kurtley Beale and Israel Folau were superb in the Wallabies’ First Test triumph but Ireland […]

8 years ago

Former Donegal forward Brendan Devenney said that he should have taken the red card off of referee Joe McQuillan after he received two yellow cards against Fermanagh in a 2004 All-Ireland qualifier. Devenney received a second yellow card after a hard foul and was subsequently dismissed by McQuillan but not before he pushed the referee […]

8 years ago

Argentine World Cup winner Ossie Ardiles has said that Jorge Sampaoli’s 2018 team are the worst team in the history of Argentina football. Argentina were convincingly beaten by Croatia in their second game in Group D and now must win their final group game against Nigeria and rely on other results in the Iceland-Croatia and […]

8 years ago

Tyrone will welcome back All Star defenders Cathal McCarron and Peter Harte for the Red Hand’s round two qualifying trip to Dr. Cullen Park to face Carlow on Saturday. After scraping by Meath in controversial circumstances in the opening round of the qualifiers earlier this month, Tyrone manager Mickey Harte will strengthen his defence with […]

8 years ago

If the football hasn’t always entertained at this World Cup, the punditry has consistently delivered. We’ve had Roy Keane throw salty looks at Slaven Bilic on ITV, we’ve had Eamon Dunphy proclaim that Croatian striker Mario Mandžukić should be a real handful for Croatian defender Dejan Lovren on RTE and we’ve had Phil Neville….. well […]

8 years ago

Leinster have unveiled a first look at their new Adidas kit for next season after the German apparel company signed a five year sponsorship deal with the province last month. The sponsorship agreement will see Leinster Rugby senior coaches and players begin their 2018/19 pre-season training in June wearing their new adidas kit. The deal includes […]

8 years ago

There’s nothing wrong with Bundee Aki. There’s nothing wrong with him at all. In fact, there’s an awful lot to admire about his game and how he plays his rugby. He’s direct, he’s overtly physical, he runs intelligent lines, he can offload the ball and he often makes the right play at the right time. […]

8 years ago

DW Espanol’s Colombian correspondent Julieth Gonzalez Theran was groped on live television while providing a live news report from the FIFA World Cup in Russia. Theran was kissed and had her breast grabbed by a man at the start of her news report and continued reporting throughout the broadcast until her segment had finished. However, both […]

8 years ago

The Russian arm of Burger King has aplogised and withdrawn a campaign which would have rewarded women 3m roubles (€40,980) and free Whopper burgers for life if they got pregnant with a World Cup player’s baby. The promotion was quickly shelved by Burger King who released a statement to apologise for the insensitive campaign. […]

8 years ago

Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt is being touted as a possible Wallabies coach by Australian sports writer Wayne Smith. Smith, a rugby writer with broadsheet newspaper The Australian, suggests there’s strong odds that Wallabies head coach Michael Cheika will stand down after the conclusion of next year’s Rugby World Cup and that Schmidt should not be allowed to […]

8 years ago

Former Manchester United midfielder Roy Keane has said that he would have scored a goal and taken three Iranian players with the ball if he had played in Spain’s 1-0 win over Iran on Wednesday. A second-half goal from Diego Costa was ultimately the difference between the two sides in Tatarstan but Spain could have […]

8 years ago

Former Ireland midfielder Roy Keane looked suitably unimpressed when ex-West Ham manager Slaven Bilic said that he had sympathy for Spain following their 1-0 win over Iran on Wednesday. A second-half strike from Diego Costa was the difference between the two sides in Tatarstan with Spain going to top of Group B in a tie with […]

8 years ago