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  • Dyche: Footballers should be vaccinated first to re-invest testing money in NHS

    Dyche: Footballers should be vaccinated first to re-invest testing money in NHS

    Time to answer the eternal question: who should get vaccinated first – Chris Wood or your gran? Burnley manager Sean Dyche has suggested that Premier League footballers receive the coronavirus vaccine early, so that money currently being used to carry out mandatory weekly tests can be reinvested in the NHS. The gravel-voiced manager has stated […]

    6 years ago

  • Mick McCarthy sacked by APOEL, just days after Jack Byrne joined the club

    Mick McCarthy sacked by APOEL, just days after Jack Byrne joined the club

    Only two months into the job, Mick McCarthy has been sacked by the notoriously ruthless board at Cyprus club APOEL. Having overseen four straight defeats, the former Republic of Ireland manager was yet to record a win at his new club. The Cypriot kingpins have slipped down to 11th in the table and as a […]

    6 years ago

  • Uruguayan players accuse English FA of “ignorance and disdain” over Cavani ban

    Uruguayan players accuse English FA of “ignorance and disdain” over Cavani ban

    The statement pulls no punches. The Uruguayan Football Players Association has issued a statement in defence of Edinson Cavani, condemning the English FA after it sanctioned the striker for using a term deemed to be racially insensitive in an Instagram post. Cavani was given a three match ban, fined £100,000 and ordered to complete face-to-face […]

    6 years ago

  • Pep Guardiola criticised for backing Benjamin Mendy after New Year Covid rule breach

    Pep Guardiola criticised for backing Benjamin Mendy after New Year Covid rule breach

    Guardiola urged those judging Mendy to look at their own actions Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has been criticised for his quotes regarding Benjamin Mendy’s breach of Covid regulations on New Years Eve. City confirmed over the weekend that Mendy would be the subject of an internal investigation after reports he held a party at […]

    6 years ago

  • Man Utd no longer have a free run at Jadon Sancho transfer

    Man Utd no longer have a free run at Jadon Sancho transfer

    United have competition. It’s only right that today, the final day of 2020, we sign off with one final transfer story involving Jadon Sancho and Manchester United. The highly rated Borussia Dortmund winger seemed destined to move to Old Trafford throughout the summer, only for the relentless stream of articles and tweets promising the transfer […]

    6 years ago

  • Trent Alexander-Arnold on which Liverpool teammate is most impressive in the gym

    Trent Alexander-Arnold on which Liverpool teammate is most impressive in the gym

    “He’s an absolute animal in the gym!” England possess an embarrassment of riches at right-back, but Trent Alexander-Arnold is arguably the cream of the crop. He sat down with our Alex Roberts for a chat about fitness, diets and hitting the gym. The Liverpool academy product enjoys a reputation as one of the most promising full-backs in […]

    6 years ago

  • ‘Stupid’ title challenge talk not on Rashford’s radar

    ‘Stupid’ title challenge talk not on Rashford’s radar

    Don’t mention the Premier League title race to Marcus Rashford. Some Manchester United fans may be getting a tad over-excited and giddy at the prospect of challenging fierce rivals Liverpool for the Premier League title, but their star forward and the unofficial Prime Minister of the country is having none of it. In fact he […]

    6 years ago

  • Paul Merson does it again

    Paul Merson does it again

    “Everybody’s caught on now. They’ve all caught on, every manager. They’ve all caught on!” – Paul Merson on Bielsa’s famous tactics.

    6 years ago

  • Zaha wins the battle, Mings wins the war as Villa laugh loudest

    Zaha wins the battle, Mings wins the war as Villa laugh loudest

    Mings received two yellows in the space of six minutes Tyrone Mings was sent off on the stroke of half-time after picking up two yellow cards in quick succession against Crystal Palace. Aston Villa went into the half-time break a goal up but a man down after Bertrand Traore’s early goal gave the hosts the […]

    6 years ago

  • Arsenal goalkeeper Alex Runarsson deletes Twitter account after fan criticism

    Arsenal goalkeeper Alex Runarsson deletes Twitter account after fan criticism

    Things go from bad to worse at The Emirates. Arsenal goalkeeper Alex Runarsson has deactivated his Twitter account after his error contributed to his side’s quarter-final exit from the Carabao Cup on Tuesday night. With only four Europa League appearances for the club to his name, the Icelandic goalkeeper was surprisingly given the nod to […]

    6 years ago

  • “It’s important to remember our roots, where we all came from.”

    “It’s important to remember our roots, where we all came from.”

    By Declan Rooney After the Dublin Ladies footballers claimed a fourth TG4 All-Ireland Senior Championship in a row, they took a moment out of their celebrations to lay a wreath on Hill 16 in memory of those killed on Bloody Sunday 100 years ago. Captain Sinéad Aherne was joined by Muireann Ní Scanaill for the […]

    6 years ago

  • “We didn’t panic. I knew we wouldn’t panic” – Meath leave the heartache behind

    “We didn’t panic. I knew we wouldn’t panic” – Meath leave the heartache behind

    By Declan Rooney Meath 2-17 Westmeath 4-5 Meath manager Eamonn Murray praised his side’s level-headed reaction to the concession of three early goals, as Meath put consecutive TG4 All-Ireland Intermediate Final defeats behind them and overpowered Westmeath in a storming second-half display at Croke Park. Lucy McCartan’s two goals and a third from Anna Jones […]

    6 years ago

  • Wondrous Wall goal puts Meath’s demons to bed on perfect day

    Wondrous Wall goal puts Meath’s demons to bed on perfect day

    By Declan Rooney Meath 2-17 Westmeath 4-5 Meath put two years of Croke Park heartbreak behind them as seven Emma Duggan points helped them to glory against Westmeath in the TG4 All-Ireland Intermediate Final. Westmeath hit three goals in the space of four first-half minutes, and a fourth early in the second half, but goals […]

    6 years ago

  • Goldrick a different class as Dublin make it four-in-a-row

    Goldrick a different class as Dublin make it four-in-a-row

    By Declan Rooney Dublin 1-10 Cork 1-5 Dublin won their fourth TG4 All-Ireland Senior Championship in a row as a powerful second-half display and Carla Rowe’s penalty got them past Cork at Croke Park. A goal from Áine Terry O’Sullivan early on gave Cork a brilliant start, but despite leading by three points at the […]

    6 years ago

  • Dublin and Mayo players clash in tunnel at half time

    Dublin and Mayo players clash in tunnel at half time

    Mayo brought the fire and brimstone and, for the best part of 60 minutes, this was a battle. But Dublin eased their way home in the end and shut down the contest when the end was in sight. At half time though, it was all in the balance. Mayo looked the better team for much […]

    6 years ago

  • 6-in-a-row for Dublin as they beat Mayo again

    6-in-a-row for Dublin as they beat Mayo again

    Dublin are the All-Ireland champions. Mayo are the All-Ireland runners-up. In a year like no other, it’s ended like many others. After just 13 seconds, Dublin set out their statement of intent when James McCarthy burst from the throw-in, kicked to Scully, took the return as he came steaming straight through the middle and popped […]

    6 years ago

  • Paul Mescal narrates spine-tingling Dublin v Mayo promo

    Paul Mescal narrates spine-tingling Dublin v Mayo promo

    “During these dark winter nights, people have gone to extraordinary lengths to make this a championship to remember.” A week to Christmas. A day to the All-Ireland football final. We made it. There’s no need to go back over what a strange and difficult year this has been for everyone and how there will still […]

    6 years ago

  • “I’ll never be the best player in the world but I can beat the best”

    “I’ll never be the best player in the world but I can beat the best”

    Daryl Gurney is feeling good. In 2016 (the 2017 tournament), he backed up the hype that was building around him when he burst the whole way through to the World Championship quarter-final. Only Michael van Gerwen was able to stop him in his tracks but when the Derry man got motoring, you got a visible […]

    6 years ago

  • Jack Grealish throws dummy with his car to escape media at court

    Jack Grealish throws dummy with his car to escape media at court

    Aston Villa’s captain arrived at court on Tuesday for sentencing after pleading guilty to two counts of driving without due care and attention. Jack Grealish appeared to use a car as a decoy to escape the attention of the waiting press pack outside Birmingham Magistrates’ Court this morning. Ahead of his arrival, a small crowd […]

    6 years ago

  • Patrice Evra says Thierry Henry turned TV off when Granit Xhaka was Arsenal captain

    Patrice Evra says Thierry Henry turned TV off when Granit Xhaka was Arsenal captain

    A bombshell revelation from the former Manchester United defender Patrice Evra said that Arsenal legend Thierry Henry turns the TV off whenever he sees Granit Xhaka leading the Gunners out as captain. Evra was speaking as a pundit on Sky Sports, in the wake of Arsenal’s embarrassing home defeat to Burnley. Arsenal spurned a number […]

    6 years ago

  • “That heartbreak for the last few years is finally gone. They have their medal”

    “That heartbreak for the last few years is finally gone. They have their medal”

    By Daragh Ó Conchúir Beforehand, talk of the impact of three consecutive Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Senior Final losses, the five reverses in seven seasons, and for many of the players, six in seven appearances on the biggest stage, was batted away.  The past had no impact on the present.  But now, with a 1-14 to […]

    6 years ago

  • “We’re not going for the day out; we’re not going there to enjoy it”

    “We’re not going for the day out; we’re not going there to enjoy it”

    By Declan Rooney Meath forward Vikki Wall says she is fixated on creating some positive Croke Park memories next weekend for herself and her teammates after consecutive TG4 All-Ireland Intermediate Final losses. Wall and Meath have had to endure excruciating defeats to Tyrone and Tipperary in the last two years, but next weekend Eamonn Murray’s […]

    6 years ago

  • Kenny ready to savour the moment after battling back from cruciate nightmare

    Kenny ready to savour the moment after battling back from cruciate nightmare

    By Daragh Ó Conchúir    When Tara Kenny walks out of the dressing room, jogs from the tunnel and sprints out onto the grass of Croke Park tonight, there may just be a temptation to smile and exhale a little sigh of relief, before resuming focus on what unfolds within the white lines and her job […]

    6 years ago

  • Galway and Kilkenny meet again with O’Duffy Cup in their sights

    Galway and Kilkenny meet again with O’Duffy Cup in their sights

    By Sarah Stanley For the second year running Galway and Kilkenny will battle it out to see who is crowned the Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Senior champions in what will be a unique winter All-Ireland Final. Both teams have showcased their experience on their run to the Final with neither team suffering a defeat along their […]

    6 years ago

  • “He isn’t a flat track bully; he’s the reason Mayo hammered them”

    “He isn’t a flat track bully; he’s the reason Mayo hammered them”

    Have you noticed the pattern of players who have flat track bully accusations thrown at them? They’re usually amongst the best. Always amongst the most prolific. When Cillian O’Connor is finished his career – whenever that may be, he’s only 28 – he’ll finish as the All-Ireland football championship’s highest ever scorer and by some, […]

    6 years ago

  • Chris Kamara meets Roy Keane in a lift

    Chris Kamara meets Roy Keane in a lift

    An Irish man and an English man walk into a lift… The Irish man is Roy Keane. The English man is Chris Kamara. The season is 2008/09. Roy Keane is manager of Sunderland where they have begun a second season in the Premier League after he got them back there in 06/07. Things aren’t going […]

    6 years ago

  • “It’s not about last year, it’s not about next year, it’s about 2020 to us.”

    “It’s not about last year, it’s not about next year, it’s about 2020 to us.”

    By Daragh Ó Conchúir   Having three young children at home under the age of two ensures that Anne Dalton has had plenty to occupy her in the build-up to Saturday’s Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final. Now 32, the Freshford star has her place in the annals of her sport long sealed, enjoying the […]

    6 years ago

  • PSG and Istanbul Basaksehir walk off after alleged racial abuse of coach

    PSG and Istanbul Basaksehir walk off after alleged racial abuse of coach

    The Champions League tie between PSG and Istanbul Basaksehir was temporarily suspended following an alleged instance of racist abuse The players of both PSG and Istanbul Basaksehir left the field after the Istanbul assistant manager Pierre Webó was reportedly racially abused by a UEFA official. The game is set to restart without the fourth official. […]

    6 years ago

  • You may write the weekend off with no fewer than 11 GAA games LIVE on TV

    You may write the weekend off with no fewer than 11 GAA games LIVE on TV

    Sit back and enjoy the show. Never before has live GAA been so plentiful in the month of December, with a proverbial feast for Gaels to gorge over this weekend TG4 are stocking us up with the U20 Hurling Championship and the Provincial Minor Football and Hurling Championships this whole month, while RTÉ will also […]

    6 years ago

  • Gifted Mallon delivers the goods for Down once again

    Gifted Mallon delivers the goods for Down once again

    By Daragh Ó Conchúir   Focusing on the short-term proved the key as Down put a number of recent disappointments behind them to end a six-year wait for Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Camogie Championship silverware by winning the Intermediate title at Kingspan Breffni on Saturday. So says Player of the Match Niamh Mallon, who was a star […]

    6 years ago

  • Good start half the battle as Cork capitalise on Galway’s understandably sluggish start

    Good start half the battle as Cork capitalise on Galway’s understandably sluggish start

    By Anthony Newman Cork 2-17 Galway 0-13 Melissa Duggan and Ciara O’Sullivan scored first-half goals as Cork qualified for a TG4 All-Ireland Senior Final against champions Dublin following this comprehensive performance against Galway. With the game switched from Parnell Park to Croke Park at short notice due to an unplayable pitch at the Donnycarney venue, […]

    6 years ago

  • Antrim camogie on its way back as new faces give a ‘new lease of life’

    Antrim camogie on its way back as new faces give a ‘new lease of life’

    By Daragh Ó Conchúir    Maeve Connolly has had a taste of winning an All-Ireland at adult level with Antrim, as a panellist when the Jane Adams-inspired squad, in which the young Loughgiel Shamrocks defender was a member of, defeated Waterford in a replay to claim the Premier Junior title. A decade later, only Connolly and […]

    6 years ago

  • Galway and Cork to play All-Ireland semi-final in Dublin

    Galway and Cork to play All-Ireland semi-final in Dublin

    Galway and Cork will play their All-Ireland senior ladies football semi-final in Parnell Park, Dublin. The game was originally scheduled for Limerick’s Gaelic Grounds, but with the Treaty hurlers reaching the All-Ireland final, Limerick made their ground unavailable for the game. In the Irish Examiner, Cork manager Ephie Fitzgerald blasted the decision to bring Cork […]

    6 years ago

  • Free-scoring Mackin lights up the ladies championship for Armagh

    Free-scoring Mackin lights up the ladies championship for Armagh

    By Declan Rooney For a player who tore her cruciate only last season, Aimee Mackin has had a remarkable year. For the third game in a row, Armagh’s performance was enhanced by the brilliance of Aimee Mackin. She was fouled for the first-half penalty that she scored herself, and after the break she scored a […]

    6 years ago

  • “We know how good Kilkenny are and it’s going to take a massive performance to beat them in the Final.” 

    “We know how good Kilkenny are and it’s going to take a massive performance to beat them in the Final.” 

    Daragh Ó Conchúir Galway deservedly retained their grip on the O’Duffy Cup but though vanquished, Tipperary’s improvement continues.  There were some frustrations for defeated manager Bill Mullaney but he knows positive strides have been taken.  The victor, Cathal Murray was pleased to have seen off a dogged opponent to return to the Liberty Insurance All-Ireland […]

    6 years ago

  • “To sacrifice their own game…I thought they were absolutely immense”

    “To sacrifice their own game…I thought they were absolutely immense”

    By Daragh Ó Conchúir. The Kilkenny camogie team aren’t going away any time soon. Winners write history and Kilkenny manager Brian Dowling was able to laud his players for staying with their game plan, even when it looked fit for the shredder in the opening quarter, while his Cork counterpart Paudie Murray had to reject […]

    6 years ago

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