Liverpool loanee Harry Wilson can certainly strike a dead ball. The 21-year-old has smashed in free-kicks against both Manchester United in the League Cup and the Republic of Ireland in the Uefa Nations League earlier this season and he added another to his collection against Sheffield United on St. Stephen’s Day. Wilson smashed a left […]

7 years ago

Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer received a huge ovation at Old Trafford before the club’s game with Huddersfield on St. Stephen’s Day. Solskjaer replaced former manager Jose Mourinho last week and got off to a flying start as United boss with a 5-1 win over Cardiff City last weekend. Wednesday’s visit of Huddersfield marked […]

7 years ago

Belgium midfielder Radja Nainggolan may be looking for a move back to Roma after a rough start to life with Inter Milan. Nainggolan left the Italian capital during the summer for €24 million plus Davide Santon and Nicolò Zaniolo and signed a four-year contract that would keep him at the San Siro until the summer of 2022. Nainggolan has played […]

7 years ago

St. Stephen’s Day brings us a festive feast of Premier League football with nine matches across the day. Wolves and Fulham kicked off the Wednesday’s games at Craven Cottage with Manchester City, Tottenham, Liverpool and Manchester United all in action from 3pm this afternoon. Here we briefly fire through the team news from this afternoon’s […]

7 years ago

Republic of Ireland and Southampton striker Michael Obafemi became the youngest Irish goalscorer in Premier League history on Saturday when he scored the third goal in the Saints 3-1 win over Huddersfield at John Smith’s Stadium. Obafemi has played four times already this season for the struggling Saints but had yet to score before this […]

7 years ago

Burnley manager Sean Dyche has criticised Arsenal midfielder Granit Xhaka for diving in the Clarets’ 3-1 loss to the Gunners on Saturday. A Pierre Emerick Aubameyang brace and a stoppage time strike from Alex Iwobi put Arsenal on level with Chelsea in fourth place while the loss for Burnley keeps Dyche’s side in the relegation […]

7 years ago

Crystal Palace winger Andros Townsend put the Eagles 2-1 up against Manchester City on Saturday with a stinging 30-yard volley. Ilkay Gundogan gave the Premier League champions the lead just before the half hour mark, however, their advantage was short lived with Jeffrey Schlupp equalising a few minutes later before Townsend gave 15th placed Palace […]

7 years ago

Newcastle United manager Rafa Benitez has revealed that he watched a range of British and Irish sitcoms to help him with his English when he first moved to Liverpool in 2004. Benitez succeeded Gérard Houllier at Anfield after winning two La Liga titles and a UEFA Cup with Valencia. He then won a Champions League […]

7 years ago

Former undisputed heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis has said that he believes that current heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua does not want to fight Tyson Fury or WBC heavyweight world champion Deontay Wilder. A breakdown in negotiations ultimately derailed a potential fight between Wilder and Joshua earlier this year with the former subsequently fighting Tyson Fury as a […]

7 years ago

Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James has said that some NFL owners have a ‘slave’ mentality. Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick and Carolina Panthers safety Eric Reid have both filed grievances against the NFL and its teams’ owners alleging they colluded to keep them out of football due to their stance on social issues. Kaepernick […]

7 years ago

Former Republic of Ireland manager Martin O’Neill has defended the end of his time as Ireland manager and has revealed that he plans to return to club football. O’Neill left his role as Ireland manager last month after five years with the national team that saw the side progress to the last 16 of Euro […]

7 years ago

Gerwyn Price had the Ally Pally crowd going wild after his 124 checkout against Nathan Aspinall on Friday. Price took the first set 3-2 off Aspinall before conceding the first leg in the second set. The Welshman then came roaring back in the second leg of the second set with a brilliant 124 checkout to […]

7 years ago

Robert Baloucoune was very fortunate to stay on the pitch on Friday night against Munster but Ulster will be happy to see the 21-year-old wing bounce back with a spectacular second-half score in the hosts 19-12 win in Belfast. Baloucoune was yellow carded from the kick-off of his very first interprovincial derby for a reckless […]

7 years ago

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah moved to the top of the Premier League goalscoring charts on Friday night with his 11th goal of the season against Wolves. Salah was tied with Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang heading into the latest round of fixtures with both players locked on 10 goals each but Salah moved one clear of the Gunners […]

7 years ago

Former Ireland head coach Eddie O’Sullivan has said that 21-year-old winger Robert Baloucoune was lucky to avoid a red card for his opening tackle on Munster counterpart Darren Sweetnam on Friday night. Baloucoune took Sweetnam out in the air from the kick-off with referee Sean Gallagher issuing the former sevens flyer a yellow card after consulting […]

7 years ago

Tempers flared after the Dillian Whyte and Dereck Chisora weigh-in on Friday. Both fighters will square off for a second time in London this Saturday after Whyte edged Chisora in their first fight with a split decision win in December 2016. The two fighters will be competing for the WBC Silver and WBO International heavyweight titles this […]

7 years ago

Manchester United forward Alexis Sanchez has rubbished a report suggesting that he won a £20,000 bet with teammate Marcos Rojo over whether manager Jose Mourinho would be sacked. Sanchez has endured a rough time on the pitch since moving to Manchester earlier this year with the Chilean scoring just three goals in 22 league games […]

7 years ago

West Ham United midfielder Declan Rice is expected to declare for the Republic of Ireland after taking some time out of international football to deliberate upon his future. Rice last played for Ireland during the summer friendlies against France and the United States but withdrew from the recent Nations League games citing a desire to […]

7 years ago

Steaua Bucharest owner Gigi Becali has said that women’s football is ‘against nature’ and that it aligns with ‘the ideas of Satan’. Becali has a history of voicing inflammatory remarks towards LGBT groups and previously stated that Steau would never employ a gay footballer. Becali became Steau’s majority shareholder in 2003 and he has said that […]

7 years ago

German darts player Gabriel Clemens nailed a 125 checkout with two bulleyes in the first set of his 2-1 win over Scot John Henderson on Friday. Despite the brilliant checkout, Henderson still took the first set 3-2 before Clemens rallied in the second and third sets to win 3-2, 3-2. Clemens made the semi-finals of the […]

7 years ago

Chelsea will reportedly look to bring in Argentine international Gonzalo Higuain to the club next month. The Blues have struggled up front this season with Alvaro Morata and Olivier Giroud both failing to hold down a spot in the first team. Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri has relied on winger Eden Hazard to lead the line […]

7 years ago

Everton manager Marco Silva has said that he really likes Republic of Ireland midfielder James McCarthy ahead of his scheduled return from a double leg break. McCarthy has not played a competitive football match since fracturing his leg in a horror challenge with former West Bromwich Albion striker Salomon Rondon back in January but is […]

7 years ago

Dutch darts player Jan Dekker briefly kept his PDC World Darts Championship hopes alive with a checkout 100 to steal the third set against Mervyn King on Thursday night. Dekker was trailing two sets to nil and stole the third leg and third set in the 54th match with a checkout 100 to prolong the match. […]

7 years ago

New Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has said that the Manchester club is the biggest in football with the best players. Solskjaer was announced on Wednesday as the club’s caretaker manager until the end of the season after United parted ways with former boss Jose Mourinho on Tuesday. Solskjaer will be supported in his […]

7 years ago

WBA and IBF female lightweight champion Katie Taylor has asked fellow world champions Delfine Persoon and Rose Volante to step up and fight her so that she can unify the lightweight division. Taylor was successful in her fifth title defence against Eva Wahlström last weekend with a unanimous decision win over the Finnish boxer in Madison Square […]

7 years ago

Liverpool defender Dejan Lovren is targeting an ‘invincible’ season with Liverpool this term. The Reds sit at the top of the Premier League with 14 wins and three draws from 17 league games as Jurgen Klopp’s side hold a one-point lead over Manchester City in second place. The club have suffered losses in both the […]

7 years ago

West Ham United manager Manuel Pellegrini has said that he will make a decision on whether to offer former Manchester City midfielder Samir Nasri a contract within the coming days. Nasri began training with West Ham last month after serving an 18-month ban for violating the World Anti-Doping Code and Uefa’s doping regulations after he received […]

7 years ago

‘I suppose the Olympic tattoo on your ankle might be a good starting point for our interview,’ I said to Kerry O’Flaherty on the upstairs floor of Dublin’s D-Light studios. O’Flaherty had just sat through the last 10 minutes of my previous interview with Mick Clohisey and waited patiently while the Irish national marathon champion […]

7 years ago

Castres’ Rory Kockott and Marc-Antoine Rallier have both been cited for foul play following their 13-12 win over Munster on Saturday. Rallier is alleged to have tackled Munster flanker Peter O’Mahony dangerously in the 69th minute of the match in contravention of Law 9.13 (Dangerous tackling) while Kockott is alleged to have made contact with […]

7 years ago

Former Manchester United captain Gary Neville has said that Paul Pogba can ‘go and do one’ after the midfielder posted a tweet with his face accompanied by the caption ‘Caption This’ just moments after manager Jose Mourinho had left the club. United announced on Tuesday morning that Mourinho had left the club less than a […]

7 years ago

Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba hastily deleted a tweet of a picture of him just moments after manager Jose Mourinho was sacked by the club. United announced on Tuesday morning that Mourinho had left the club less than a year after signing a new contract in January. A quick tweet and delete from Paul Pogba […]

7 years ago

Manchester United will have to reportedly pay outgoing manager Jose Mourinho at least £18 million in compensation. United announced on Tuesday morning that Mourinho had left the club less than a year after signing a new contract with the club in January. “Manchester United announces that manager Jose Mourinho has left the club with immediate […]

7 years ago

Anthony Martial’s agent Philippe Lamboley has revealed that he is very pessimistic about his client’s ongoing contract negotiations going positively with Manchester United. Martial signed for Manchester United from Monaco in 2015 for an initial fee of £36 million with the potential to rise to £57.6 million. United triggered a one-year extension on Martial’s contract on […]

7 years ago

Leinster kept pressure on Toulouse at the top of Pool 1 with a convincing 42-15 win over Bath at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday. Leinster ran in six tries to two as they cleared the 40-point mark for the second time in four European games this season as Leinster’s attack continues to fire on all […]

7 years ago

Ulster and Ireland second-row Iain Henderson could miss Ireland’s Six Nations campaign after undergoing thumb surgery on Monday. The British & Irish Lions lock has been in great form for Ulster lately, scoring two tries in their win over Scarlets on Friday, but now looks set to spend the next 10-12 weeks on the sidelines after […]

7 years ago

New Laois hurling manager Eddie Brennan has said that he cannot understand club players that would refuse the opportunity to hurl for their county. The eight-time All-Ireland winner was confirmed as the new Laois manager in September with both Niall Corcoran of Dublin and Limerick’s Dave Moriarty joining his backroom team. Laois suffered a convincing 2-23 to 1-18 […]

7 years ago

Irish boxer Jono Carroll looks set to be given a shot at Tevin Farmer’s IBF super featherweight title despite his split decision draw with Guillaume Frenois earlier this month. Carroll drew 115-113, 113-115, 114-114 with Frenois at the Sheffield Arena on a disappointing night for the Ashbourne native with a win over the Frenchman all but guaranteeing him […]

7 years ago

Leicester and England prop Ellis Genge has said that rugby must do a better job of opening up pathways to kids from non-fee paying backgrounds if the sport ever wants to progress. Genge, 23, was raised on the Knowle West council estate in Bristol and spent three years with the now Bristol Bears before moving to Leicester in […]

7 years ago

Former Manchester United midfielder Daley Blind scored three goals in Ajax’s 8-0 thrashing of De Graafschap on Sunday. The Dutch international tagged on the fifth, seventh and eighth goals as Ajax cut PSV Eindhoven’s lead at the top of the Eredivisie table to just two points. Blind moved to United from Ajax in 2014 and […]

7 years ago

Cardiff City manager Neil Warnock has questioned why referee Andy Madley was allowed to take charge of Cardiff’s 3-2 loss to Watford on Saturday. Watford were 3-0 up after 80 minutes before Junior Hoilett and Bobby Reid pulled two goals back for the visitors as they went in search of a valuable point away from […]

7 years ago

The end of the rugby year usually means it’s the business end of the Champions Cup pool stages but it’s also a time for reflection. Ireland enjoyed a tremendous season winning Six Nations and Grand Slam titles, as well as toppling the All Blacks in Dublin, but the team of the year roundups weren’t as […]

7 years ago

Not only was it enough for Tadhg Furlong to torment and torture Bath loosehead prop Jacques van Rooyen at scrum time on Saturday, but the Ireland tighthead also had to showcase that he had the ball handling skills of a player that we’d typically associate with a much higher jersey number than three on his […]

7 years ago

Former Ireland striker Niall Quinn has said that the decision to appoint Mick McCarthy and then Stephen Kenny as Republic of Ireland manager was a bit ‘peculiar’. The FAI announced McCarthy as Martin O’Neill’s replacement last month but also revealed that former Dundalk manager Stephen Kenny would take over the U21 side and then succeed […]

7 years ago

Mullinalaghta won their maiden Leinster Senior Club Championship title last weekend with a two-point win over Kilmacud Crokes at Bord na Móna O’Connor Park in Offaly. Mullinalaghta became the first Longford club to win the championship and the celebrations were extensive with the team returning to the other half of their parish in Gowna, holding the cup […]

7 years ago

Jacob Stockdale’s try in Ulster’s 25-24 win over the Scarlets last Friday night was undoubtedly one of the highlights from a very tight game in Llanelli. Stockdale took off down the left wing in the first-half and beat two defenders to score one of the finest tries he’s notched in his burgeoning Ulster career. The […]

7 years ago

Former Republic of Ireland captain Richard Dunne has revealed that he was subjected to anti-Irish abuse at Stamford Bridge during his professional football career. Dunne played for Everton, Manchester City, Aston Villa and Queens Park Rangers during a distinguished playing career and the former defender revealed in his Herald column that he was called an ‘Irish c***t’ […]

7 years ago

The UFC have announced that former Featherweight champion Jose Aldo will fight Renato Moicano in the co-main event at UFC Fortaleza in Brazil next year. Aldo, who bounced back from consecutive losses to Max Holloway with a first round stoppage of Jeremy Stephens in July, will fight Moican on February 2 at UFC Fight Night 144. […]

7 years ago

Kevin Burness dispatched of an animated Paul Nicholson with a 3-0 win over the Newcastle native in the first round of the PDC World Championship on Friday. Burness won nine legs of 14 with two ton-plus finishes in a convincing win over Nicholson who certainly made his presence felt at the Ally Pally when he […]

7 years ago

Former Ireland fly-half and Crusaders assistant coach Ronan O’Gara feels that Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt will ultimately return to coach in New Zealand some day. Schmidt looks set to walk away from coaching at the end of the 2019 Rugby World Cup after recently announcing his decision to step down from his role as […]

7 years ago

Former Bohemians winger Ayman Ben Mohamed has said that he would like to draw Real Madrid in this month’s Fifa Club World Cup. Ben Mohamed won the African Champions League with Tunisian side Esperance last month after a 3-0 win over Al-Ahly in the final. Ben Mohamed moved to the Tunis based club in 2016 following three […]

7 years ago