We’re out of the provinces and on to the serious business. After a busy weekend in Gaelic football, which saw Ulster, Connacht and Leinster champions crowned, the Football Hour is back with a bang. Wooly is joined in studio by Senan Connell and Conan Doherty after a jam-packed weekend of football. Diarmuid Connolly’s temper, Mickey […]

10 years ago

Monday morning’s draw for the final round of qualifiers threw up a couple of tasty ties. In particular, the repeat of the 2012 All-Ireland semi-final between Cork and Donegal looks like being a mouthwatering clash. The last football qualifier draw has been made and the quarter-finals are taking tasty shape https://t.co/TTwvcjAKCw #GAA — SportsJOE (@SportsJOEdotie) […]

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Big changes. The Six Nations could be revamped when tournament organisers meet this summer, according to Gareth Davies, the chairman of the Welsh Rugby Union. The changes could include: The start of the tournament moving from February to April. The introduction of promotion and relegation. Bonus points. According to Davies, the current demands on players […]

10 years ago

A genetic freak

10 years ago

Worrying

10 years ago

Good to be back

10 years ago

The takeover continues

10 years ago

Keith Buckley saw red in the first half

10 years ago

Dodgy colour scheme

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Two heavyweights collide, but only one can come out on top. The football Championship of 2016 has been waiting for a real clash of the titans to kick it into gear and it couldn’t have asked for a better one than what’s coming in Clones on Sunday. With three of the last five provincial titles […]

10 years ago

Obviously

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Sweet wheels

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(Apart from the socks)

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Hurling withdrawal symptoms? We’ve got you covered. There may not be any All-Ireland action this weekend but that has not stopped us putting together a jam-packed show. SportsJOE GAA editor Colm Parkinson and SportsJOE deputy editor Mikey Stafford are joined by resident pundit Conal Keaney, making his GAA Hour bow the former Dublin star gives us the inside […]

10 years ago

A big weekend ahead… SportsJOE GAA Editor Colm Parkinson is joined in studio by Barry Cahill and Conán Doherty to preview what is an absolutely massive weekend with three provincial finals taking place on Sunday and a host of qualifiers on Saturday. Tyrone boss Mickey Harte is on the line ahead of his side’s Ulster […]

10 years ago

Imitation is the highest form of flattery

10 years ago

By Andrew Pierce I’ll be the first to admit that only three weeks ago, I didn’t think Dustin Johnson was capable of winning a major. This wasn’t down to a lack of ability, something which he’s never struggled to show. I honestly believed that although he was possibly the most talented golfer in the world with […]

10 years ago

Easy does it

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It’s fine, I guess

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The show goes on

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Marching to his own tune

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“F**king w**ker”

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This will make you stand out at five-a-side

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SPOLIER ALERT: It ain’t small

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It looks like he’s staying. The player who started his Anfield career in a blaze of glory didn’t so much go up in smoke as he went down with a puff of air by the end of the season. The 32 million man came from Aston Villa having led the line and hit nets for […]

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Gary Lineker’s brilliant take on England losing to Iceland was the most re-tweeted tweet of Euro 2016. The Three Lions lost 2-1 to the tiny island in the last-16 of the tournament, and set social media alight in the process. The nation that invented football were defeated by the smallest country to ever qualify for […]

10 years ago

Welcome to The GAA Hour, our new twice weekly dedicated hurling podcast hosted by Colm Parkinson. There’s plenty to discuss in this opening episode as Wooly is joined in studio by nine-time All Ireland winner JJ Delaney, Damien Hayes is on the line and SportsJOE Deputy Editor Mikey Stafford has just about managed to compose himself […]

10 years ago

Welcome to The GAA Hour, our new twice weekly Gaelic Football podcast hosted by Colm Parkinson. We could tell you all the things we plan to do over the next few months or we could just let you get on with listening to this week’s episode in which Wooly, Conán Doherty and Barry Cahill discuss Mayo’s […]

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How much? You may have noticed but there is a new world order in the Premier League. The new £5 billion TV deal means everyone (probably rightly) assumed that chairman are swanning around their clubs like Scrooge McDuck, landing face first in piles of gold wherever they turn. To emphasise just how batshit crazy things have […]

10 years ago

Welcome home

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A football man

10 years ago

No bad blood

10 years ago

When it comes crashing down and it hurts inside

10 years ago

Saw red, in more ways than one

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Was it a dive?

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Everton fans, what would you think of this? Everton have been linked with moves for the world and his mother since the appointment of Ronald Koeman as manager last month. Everyone from Shane Long to Yannick Bolasie has been rumoured to be on Koeman’s hit list. But now we have confirmation (of sorts) straight from […]

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The big one has arrived

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We go again! After a stellar night of fights on Thursday night, which saw a new lightweight champion crowned in Eddie Alvarez, we have another title fight on the horizon. MMA writers’ 2016 records Darragh The Quizmaster Murphy: 59-31 Bourbon Ben Kiely: 55-35 Joanna Jędrzejczyk (11-0) vs. Claudia Gadelha (13-1) DM: I’ve gone back and forth on this so […]

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Sensational stuff

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Great sportsmanship. Germany dominated France in the first-half of the Euro 2016 semi-final, but went in at the break 1-0 down thanks to Antoine Griezmann’s penalty and Bastian Schweinsteiger’s hand. However, despite that setback, the moment when Jerome Boateng went off injured was arguably the point when it appeared the game was beyond the world […]

10 years ago

Wow. It’s one thing that Paul Pogba looks to be on his way to Manchester United, but now a five-time Ballon d’Or winner is being chased by the Premier League’s finest – or Chelsea and Manchester City, rather. Lionel Messi was convicted of three counts of tax fraud on Wednesday and part of the thinking […]

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Starting off with a bang

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Oscar Pistorius has been sentenced to six years in prison for the murder of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. The minimum sentence for murder in South Africa is 15 years, but when delivering the sentence Judge Thokozile Masipa said there was compelling reasons not to give ‘The Blade Runner’ that long in prison. She said it […]

10 years ago

As you do…

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His five-point haul in a masterful display against Clare last month had the hurling world in awe of Austin Gleeson. The Waterford full-forward/wing-forward/midfielder/wing-back was damn near unplayable in the Munster SHC semi-final win over the Banner men. Gleeson’s athleticism and touch left pundits cooing about his natural ability, as if the Mount Sion clubman does not have […]

10 years ago

Stand up and fight

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Wow

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By Hayley O’Connor of Ladbrokes Ireland It’s not ‘just another manic Monday’ – it is Wimbledon’s Manic Monday, which means 16 fourth round matches will be played. Novak Djokovic’s downfall has left the men’s title open, and Murray’s been promoted to the 10/11 favourite. Surely not! While Andy can be a bit bland as far as […]

10 years ago

Flip sake

10 years ago

Good riddance!

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