Kevin McGillicuddy
Dublin, Ireland.
By the end of this day they will be saying Austin Gleeson was inside his own 14-yard-line. But we’ll take a stab at saying the Waterford hurler was well inside his own 65 metre line for a match winning free this afternoon against Tipperary. Gleeson struck late to hand the Deise a crucial win over […]
10 years ago
Wagons circled
10 years ago
Just for one day, could they not leave him alone. If it’s your birthday you think you should be cut some slack. At least a cake, maybe a half day at work, even no homework should all be expected on your birthday. But if you are Liverpool fans, abusing a player takes no breaks for […]
10 years ago
After all the controversy, a little piece history took place in a little green corner of London on Saturday afternoon. For the first time in GAA history, in the year that Ireland is remembering the 1916 Rising, a team made up of British Army servicemen played a competitive game in a London competition. The game came […]
10 years ago
Necessity is the mother of invention. Like many Irish MMA fans, we face a dilemma later. Stay up late to watch Conor McGregor face Nate Diaz after 5am, or go to sleep early, get a few hours rest and hope to wake up in time for the action in Las Vegas at stupid o’clock. Well […]
10 years ago
Jamie Carragher played with some brilliant players in his time at Anfield. He also played with some terrible rubbish. But mostly he worked with players who had bags of potential, but didn’t always produce on the biggest stage, until a famous night in Istanbul in 2005. A team that Rafa Benitez cobbled together in his […]
10 years ago
Fifa may finally have made itself relevant again. The governing body for world football is still in its honeymoon period with new boss Gianni Infantino at the helm, and he has made already made a significant impact judging by reports today. According to various sources this afternoon, Fifa will begin a two year trial of […]
10 years ago
Everybody has it in for poor old Arsene Wenger. The Arsenal manager has seen his side slip off the pace in the Premier League title race, and they face north London rivals Tottenham today with their league ambitions on life support. Spurs have a chance to turn the machine off if they win at White […]
10 years ago
Tomas O Sé does not want his final game of Gaelic football to be on a mucky field in November. But the Kerry legend, and now Nemo Rangers clubman, believes that he is left with no option to quit football forever after last week’s GAA Congress. The GAA’s annual talking shop rejected most proposals to […]
10 years ago
Wow. There is nothing like a child battling a bigger nemesis than any UFC opponent ever to make you appreciate what you’ve got. Conor McGregor says he does things for the fans, and has promised tonight to put on a show for his supporters as he fights Nate Diaz at UFC 196. But the Dubliner […]
10 years ago
On the move
10 years ago
Could he keep them up?
10 years ago
Where else would you get it.
10 years ago
Positive news
10 years ago
Beacon of hope
10 years ago
“We should not be surprised by what the FAI has done”
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May 2014. Before last night, that was the last time Jon Flanagan had started a game for Liverpool in the Premier League. The full-back has been absent due to a succession of injuries, but made an impressive comeback at Anfield in a 3-0 win over Manchester City. Playing at right-back, the man known as the ‘Scouse […]
10 years ago
We always said there was money in farming
10 years ago
To lose one All Star is manageable, but to lose two could be seen as devastating. Jim Gavin is already planning for 2016 without Rory O’Carroll who is heading to New Zealand shortly. And this morning, it’s being reported that Jack McCaffrey may also be absent for a number of months this summer. The 2015 […]
10 years ago
Edwin van der Sar played with, and against, some of the best players of all time. From his time with Ajax in the mid 1990s, to Manchester United at the end of his career, he really was blessed. Even a legend like the Dutchman got the chance to play with Danny Murphy at Fulham, but […]
10 years ago
The latest FIFA world rankings make for good reading for all teams in Group E at the European Championships. Ireland have finally broken into the top 20, and we now occupy 29th position, one better than our last ranking in 30th spot. Northern Ireland is one ahead of us still in 28th, which should give […]
10 years ago
It’s March 3rd, not April 1st. But that hasn’t stopped various newspaper reporting a rumour so bizarre, you know it just be might true after various antics in Spain over the weekend. Ronaldo threw a massive strop after Real Madrid’s La Liga loss to Atletico Madrid on Saturday. Diego Simeone’s side are a very good […]
10 years ago
We don’t envy the job facing Carlo Ancelotti. The Italian is joining Bayern Munich this summer, as Pep Guardiola’s replacement, and he will be expected to improve on a team that achieved near perfection. The former Chelsea boss is likely to target European glory over routine domestic success, but his plans to inject new blood […]
10 years ago
Electrifying
10 years ago
Hey UFC, make it happen. This Saturday’s octagon showdown may not have been the fight Conor McGregor has been preparing for since mid-January. But by taking on Nate Diaz at 170, it may be just the perfect preparation to ensure ‘The Notorious’ does get the very fight he wants most of all. Frankie Edgar may […]
10 years ago
Patience is a virtue. But it’s not one that you normally associate with Conor McGregor, as the Dubliner appears to be in a hurry to get to the very top of the ‘fight game’ as he calls it in MMA. The 27-year is just over 72 hours out from his showdown with Nate Diaz at […]
10 years ago
Rebels are always ready for the fight. It’s in their blood, it’s in their attitude, and for most Cork people, it’s part of their DNA. But sometimes the battle is not external. The hardest enemy can often be the face staring back in the mirror. Milford camogie club are less than 20 years in existence, but […]
10 years ago
Forever young
10 years ago
The Joe Show
10 years ago
Clue: It’s not the League of Ireland
10 years ago
Dublin’s Ryan O’Dwyer is well accustomed to a few bangs and bruises. It is rare that the former Tipperary hurler ever comes off in a game without blood streaming from some open wound. But the half-forward is lucky to be back hurling at all after suffering a serious brain injury in an unprovoked assault. While following […]
10 years ago
Rugby is facing a crisis. The issue of concussion just won’t go away. The long-term effects of repeated knocks to the head are becoming clear and a group of medics in England feel a solution may be found at underage level. Health experts have written to MPs to discuss the possibility of having tackling in […]
10 years ago
Where will the madness end?
10 years ago
Nate Diaz isn’t buying Ido Portal’s impact on Conor McGregor. The movement coach worked with the Dubliner for UFC 194 ahead of the featherweight title showdown with Jose Aldo. However Diaz feels that McGregor is actually late to the party when it comes to incorporating movement into his training for this week’s fight at UFC […]
10 years ago
Crisis? What crisis?
10 years ago
What will they think of this down in Templenoe? The Dublin Under-21 football team have a name more associated with the golden era of Kerry football playing at half-back tomorrow night, as they face Meath in the Leinster championship. The team has been announced today, and manning the left half-back position will be a man by […]
10 years ago
The Kerry hurlers were once often mentioned in the same breath as football in Kilkenny. A pastime. Little more than a mere distraction to the real business of what the county’s GAA teams are all about. But those days are long gone for the men in the south-west who have made huge strides over the […]
10 years ago
Gunni will need some Dutch courage
10 years ago
Hope springs eternal on the 1st of March. Liverpool under Jurgen Klopp have been linked with, by our estimation, at least 175 players since last October, give or take a few. Rumours from various social media accounts, and so called insiders, have suggested the club have been tracking any footballer who is able to kick […]
10 years ago
For any hurler heading out to play in the biggest game of their lives, nerves are to be expected. However for Cushendall’s Shane McNaughton, he feels nothing can compare to the butterflies felt backstage before a curtain call. The 28-year-old Ulster club winner is a keen actor, and has already landed a role in a […]
10 years ago
Do as I say style advice
10 years ago
Not feeling the Love
10 years ago
Two’s company
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Quick KO
10 years ago
Manchester City and Chelsea watch out. Roberto Martinez is set for a new chequebook, and it is full of zeroes. The club are set for a major cash injection in the coming months, after Iranian businessman Farhad Moshiri, announced he was taking over the club. According to various reports, he is set to plough at […]
10 years ago
