Former Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has said that the players, organisation and the ambition are the biggest problems facing the club at present. United experienced a horrendous finish to their season with a draw away at relegated Huddersfield before they ended their campaign with a defeat at home to relegated Cardiff last Sund. Mourinho was […]

7 years ago

Manchester City have denied that their players were making reference to Liverpool fan Sean Cox or the Hillsborough victims when singing their own rendition of the Allez Allez Allez. City defeated Brighton 4-1 on Sunday to defend their Premier League title, eclipsing Liverpool by a single point to win the league. Their players were filmed singing […]

7 years ago

Olympic bronze medalist Michael Conlan could fight Vladimir Nikitin again in Belfast later this summer. Nikitin defeated Conlan in the quarter-finals of the 2016 Olympic Games in what was largely viewed as a one-sided beating in Conlan’s favour with Nikitin forced to withdraw from the semi-finals due to injuries sustained in the bout. Conlan snapped after […]

7 years ago

Derby County manager Frank Lampard has said that the Leeds United chant directed at him is only a bit of fun. Leeds fan came up with a brilliant edit of Oasis hit Stop Crying Your Heart Out with the lilywhite fans poking fun at Lampard for complaining about Leeds manager Marcelo Bielsa’s spying earlier this […]

7 years ago

Six Irish players have been named in French rugby paper Midi Olympique’s Champions Cup team of the tournament. Saracens won this year’s competition and their third title in the last four years with an impressive comeback win over Leinster in Newcastle on Saturday. The champions earned four selections with Billy Vunipola, Mako Vunipola, Will Skelton […]

7 years ago

French publication L’Equipe are reporting that former Ireland and Munster fly-half Ronan O’Gara may join Jono Gibbes as an assistant coach next season. O’Gara is currently serving as an assistant with defending Super Rugby champions the Canterbury Crusaders but has been linked with a move back to France where he formerly coached with last year’s […]

7 years ago

Liverpool defender Ki-Jana Hoever scored a fantastic goal for the Holland U17’s during their 3-0 win over Belgium on Sunday. Sontje Hansen and Anass Salah-Eddine opened the scoring for the Dutch and gave the Oranje a 2-0 lead heading into half-time before Hoever scored a third goal to kill the game off and put the […]

7 years ago

Former Manchester United captain Gary Neville has said that Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City side are the greatest team in the history of the Premier League. City became the first Premier League side since Manchester United to successfully defend their title when they defeated Brighton 4-1 on Sunday. City finished the season with 98 points to […]

7 years ago

Kilkenny hurling manager Brian Cody was livid with Dublin selector Greg Kennedy for interfering with a short free. Kennedy ran in front of an unmarked forward to intercept the ball before the referee dismissed him to the sideline where he copped a spray from a very agitated Cody. Loughrea’s Greg Kennedy, who is a Dublin […]

7 years ago

Sport evolves. In the 1980s, the average offensive lineman was the same size as today’s defensive ends, 6-foot-4, 272 pounds. This decade, the average offensive lineman is 6-foot-5, 312 pounds. The position evolved. The players got bigger. Harder to shift and move in a league that increasingly caters for passing and offence where there is a […]

7 years ago

St. Patrick’s Athletic defender Lee Desmond scored a remarkable first goal for the club during the Saints 1-1 draw with Derry City on Friday night. Barry McNamee opened the scoring for Derry after just 10 minutes before Desmond equalised with a superb strike from outside of the box with the draw keeping City inside the […]

7 years ago

Cardiff City manager Neil Warnock has predicted that it could take at least a decade for Manchester United to get back to their former heights. United are on an awful run of form with just one win from their last eight games across all competitions. They will finish their season at home to Cardiff on […]

7 years ago

Republic of Ireland midfielder Conor Hourihane rifled in a stunning equaliser to give Aston Villa an advantage in their first round play-off tie with West Brom. Dwight Gayle gave West Brom an early lead before Hourihane fired the Villains back into the contest with a stunning strike after some tidy work from former Ireland underage international […]

7 years ago

Former Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov has said put his name forward for United’s potential director of football position. United are on the search for a director of football with executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward claiming on his quarterly conference call earlier this year that the club are ‘looking at their structures and looking at how […]

7 years ago

UEFA have defended their decision to award just 45, 226 tickets to fans for the finals of both the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. Arsenal will take on Chelsea in the Europa League final in Baku on the 29th of May while Liverpool will play Tottenham in the Champions League final in Madrid […]

7 years ago

Colin O’Riordan kicked his first goal as a Sydney Swan as the AFL strugglers picked up their second win of the season in a 77-72 win over Essendon. O’Riordan was given his second run with the seniors this season and took the most of his chances, sinking a goal from distance after Essendon conceded a […]

7 years ago

Altitude Films have released a new trailer for this summer’s documentary on Diego Maradona. Asif Kapadia — director of the likes of ‘Senna’, ‘Amy’ and producer on ‘Supersonic’ – brings the feature to life and he said that he was drawn to the project by Maradona’s brilliance but also the drama that surrounded him.  “I’ve […]

7 years ago

Ajax CEO Edwin van der Sar has said that centre-back and captain Matthijs de Ligt will most likely be playing in either England or Spain in the near future. The Dutch defender has played an instrumental role in his side’s progression to the Champions League semi-finals where they were eliminated from the tournament by Tottenham […]

7 years ago

Conor McKenna is exceptional. Not so much for anything he does on the pitch, although he is developing a reputation as a very handy Australian Rules Football player, more so he’s an exception to the rule. Of the 65 Irish players that have gone to Australia in the hope of carving out a professional career […]

7 years ago

Tottenham Hotspur forward Lucas Moura began to well up after watching a replay of his match winning goal against Ajax on Wednesday. Moura banged in the second hat-trick of his season in Amsterdam with his third and final goal sending Spurs through to the first Champions League final in the club’s history. A last minute […]

7 years ago

“Oh my goodness! Oh my goodness!” That’s all you could hear from the stands after Lucas Moura’s 95th minute winner for Tottenham against Ajax on Wednesday. The Dutch club were just seconds away from making their way back to their first Champions League final since 1995 when Moura ran onto a Dele Alli pass to […]

7 years ago

Leinster have a chance of achieving greatness. The reigning European champions will pull clear of Toulouse and achieve an unprecedented fifth star if they can beat Saracens in the Heineken Champions Cup final in Newcastle this weekend. They have a chance at doing the double-double and defending both their PRO14 and European crowns and yet […]

7 years ago

Lionel Messi showed many why he’s the greatest football player to ever tie up a pair of boots in Barcelona’s Champions League first leg win over Liverpool. Barcelona’s all-time leading goalscorer scored a two-goal brace that gave the Catalans a commanding lead heading into the second leg at Anfield, and yet, Ernesto Valverde’s side still […]

7 years ago

Divock Origi’s fourth goal for Liverpool fired the Reds back to another Champions League final. It was the most improbable of comebacks. No Mohamed Salah. No Roberto Firmino. Andy Robertson injured at half-time. Gini Wijnaldum, a midfielder who scored two goals in 50 games last season, bagged a second-half brace off the bench. Barcelona squandered […]

7 years ago

Greek substitute Dimitrios Arsenidis snatched a dramatic 95th minute equaliser against the Ireland U17’s at Tallaght Stadium on Friday night. A second-half goal from Matthew Everitt appeared to have set Colin O’Brien’s side up for an opening win against Greece in the Uefa U17 European championships, however, Arsenidis struck late to steal a point in Dublin despite […]

7 years ago

Burnley defender Ben Mee has equaled the Premier League own goal record with four own goals this season. A brilliant move between Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Gylfi Sigurdsson and Richarlison culminated in the latter’s shot bouncing off the defender’s leg and into the bottom right corner past Tom Heaton in goal. https://twitter.com/SkySportsPL/status/1124393892252737536 Everton then extended their lead […]

7 years ago

Former Ireland forward Jon Walters has said that he rates Manchester City centre-back Vincent Kompany ahead of Liverpool’s PFA Player of the Year winner Virgil van Dijk. Van Dijk became just the third defender in the history of the Premier League to win the player of the season award yet Walters, who spent nine seasons […]

7 years ago

Munster Rugby have banned the pitch invader that confronted Billy Vunipola following their Champions Cup semi-final defeat to Saracens last month. The fan came onto the pitch and began to berate Vunipola, who had come under criticism for his defence of Israel Folau’s homophobic comments, and Munster have moved to ban the fan from Thomond […]

7 years ago

Ireland underage international Tega Agberhiere has spoke about a suspected acid attack after he was one of three teenage boys hit with a corrosive substance in Waterford last week. The U17 representative said he feared that he’d never be able to see again after the attack but has now revealed that doctors said he should be […]

7 years ago

It’s a tricky business surviving in the Premier League. Fulham spent €112 million last summer and were relegated to the Championship with five games still remaining in the season. Norwich City secured their promotion to the Premier League for next season with a 2-1 win over Blackburn Rovers last weekend and the club’s sporting director Stuart […]

7 years ago

Kieran Keane’s tenure at Connacht was tense if nothing else. The Kiwi was hard nosed and blunt and it was believed that some players were disillusioned with a lack of clarity in his direction. His replacement Andy Friend hasn’t had such issues. Friend sets out a very clear stall at the start of each week with […]

7 years ago

Former Manchester United manager David Moyes has said that the club have not improved in the time since he left Old Trafford. Moyes succeeded Alex Ferguson as the club’s manager in the summer of 2013 but last less than one season with just 27 wins from 51 games at the helm. He has since been […]

7 years ago

Kick It Out have offered their support to James McClean after an abusive birthday card was sent to Stoke City’s training ground. A week after his 30th birthday, McClean posted a photograph of a card he received on social media which contained a death threat, anti-Irish sentiment and a celebration of Bloody Sunday. Kick It […]

7 years ago

Leinster Rugby second-row James Ryan has said that his side need to play an unpredictable brand of rugby in their Champions Cup final with Saracens. Leinster advanced to their fourth European Cup final this decade with a comprehensive 30-12 win over Saracens in the semi-finals. The province trounced this year’s finalists in last year’s quarter-final […]

7 years ago

Connacht fly-half Jack Carty has said that the use of a ‘focus coach’ has helped improve his goalkicking this season. Carty became Connacht’s all-time leading points scorer this season and he leads the PRO14 this year in points scored with 149 in just 22 games. Furthermore, he is also fourth in try assists with 10, […]

7 years ago

PSG manager Thomas Tuchel has said that Neymar should not be getting into fights with fans after the Brazilian clashed with a spectator following PSG’s French Cup final loss to Rennes on Saturday. PSG lost to Rennes on penalties after a 2-2 draw and when the side were going to collect their runners-up medals, Neymar […]

7 years ago

Munster have said that scrum-half Conor Murray has made a return to training ahead of Saturday’s Guinness PRO14 quarter-final against Benetton Rugby in Thomond Park. Murray withdrew before Munster’s win over Connacht last weekend with a minor injury but returned to training on Monday as he looks to make a full recovery before this weekend. […]

7 years ago

Former Munster centre Barry Murphy has said that referee George Clancy should have sent off Fergus McFadden for his headbutt on Ulster number eight Sean Reidy on Saturday. McFadden launched a headbutt at Reidy during Ulster’s 14-13 win with Clancy checking multiple angles on replay before determining that the Leinster winger made contact in an aggressive […]

7 years ago

Former Manchester City defender Nedum Onuoha got into it with Zlatan Ibrahimovic after the Los Angeles Galaxy’s 2-1 win over Real Salt Lake on Sunday. Goals either side of half-time from Uriel Antuna and Ibrahimovic were enough to seal the Galaxy the win as they keep pace with league leaders LAFC but controversy arose after […]

7 years ago

Inter Milan midfielder Radja Nainggolan gave his side an early lead in Saturday’s match with Juventus after firing in a thunderous volley to open the scoring. After Juventus failed to deal with an Inter corner, winger Matteo Politano kept the ball alive and soon lofted a pass over to Nainggolan who cracked a first time […]

7 years ago

Andrew Conway is enjoying a fine season for Munster with eight tries in 17 games. The former Leinster winger has scored 38 tries in 119 games for Munster during his stay in Limerick so it feels a bit out of place to give him tips on finishing but the cardinal rule in rugby is generally […]

7 years ago

Ulster Rugby scrum-half David Shanahan finished off a fantastic team try for the province during Saturday’s PRO14 visit of Leinster. Jimmy O’Brien broke the deadlock for the defending champions when he crossed in the corner for the opening score of the game after 29 minutes before Ulster hit back through Shanahan after some great  passage […]

7 years ago

Shane Long’s incredible run of form continues with the Republic of Ireland international scoring his fourth goal in his last five matches. Long has been on a brilliant run of form lately after a disastrous 2017/18 season where he scored just two goals in 30 games for Southampton. Long gave the Saints the lead after […]

7 years ago

Celtic fans offered a raucous round of applause for former captain Billy McNeil, who passed away earlier this week at the age of 79. McNeil holds the club’s record for most appearances, a total of 822 games over 18 seasons, and he played for the Hoops when they won nine consecutive Scottish league championships. He captained the club […]

7 years ago

WBO light-middleweight title contender Dennis Hogan and his team have asked for a rematch with Jaime Munguia following his majority decision loss earlier this month. Munguia won the fight 114-114, 115-113, 116-112 on the night in what was described as a ‘robbery’ with the WBO rescoring the fight a draw with the WBO using five (5) independent Judges’ […]

7 years ago

Manchester United captain Ashley Young has defended his side amidst their worst run of form in decades. Wednesday’s 2-0 loss to Manchester City at Old Trafford represented the Red Devils’ seventh loss from their last nine matches with many questioning the side’s ability as well as their leadership. Young said a lot of people like […]

7 years ago

Aghyaran GAA goalkeeper Benny Gallen completed an absolute rarity in the world of GAA: A goalkeeper scoring a goal. Rory Beggan and Niall Morgan have made it more popular for goalkeepers to stray away from their nets and finish off some attacks but Gallen took their attack to another level when he finished off a […]

7 years ago

Eric O’Sullivan was playing for Trinity College rugby and preparing for his exams when the head of Ulster’s academy Kieran Campbell made a phone call to him one day. Ulster were short on props due to injury at the time and Campbell reached out to O’Sullivan to see if he’d be interested in heading up […]

7 years ago

Moments after Leinster’s 21-18 win over Ulster in the Heineken Champions Cup quarter-finals, Jack Conan told the television broadcast: ‘That was probably the toughest game I’ve played all year’. Conan, a regular fixture for Ireland this season, was still panting when he said it and he also added that Ulster ‘came down here and threw the […]

7 years ago

When Jordi Murphy played his last match for Leinster against the Scarlets, he left the province as a European and PRO14 double winner. Murphy was one of Leinster’s best players down the stretch, in one of the club’s best seasons, but he was ultimately gifted a run in the starting team through injury to Jack […]

7 years ago