The GAA are used to making high stakes bets. There was the special Dublin committee headed by former GAA President Seán McCague and former chairman of the Dublin GAA County Board John Bailey that allocated the necessary resources to help transform Dublin into the juggernaut they we see today. There was the GAA’s decision in […]

8 years ago

Former Manchester United captain Gary Neville has said that he saw better players dropped during his time with Manchester United than Paul Pogba. Pogba was omitted from the Manchester United squad to take on Huddersfield in the FA Cup last weekend, while he came off the bench for his side’s Champions League trip to Seville […]

8 years ago

The UFC is the obvious answer, but to what and against who is the more layered and complex question. McGregor confirmed on his Instagram account on Thursday that he plans on returning to the Octagon in the near future, saying that he is ‘fighting again. Period’. McGregor’s post also coincided with MMA Fighting’s Dave Meltzer report […]

8 years ago

On the eve of Ireland’s Six Nations visit of Wales, and Joe Schmidt’s seventh encounter against Warren Gatland’s side, it’s interesting to look back at the New Zealander’s record as Ireland head coach thus far. Schmidt’s record reads: played 52, won 37, lost 14 and drawn once. Schmidt has an interesting win-loss record as Ireland […]

8 years ago

When Bohemians midfielder Paddy Kavanagh raced in behind the Shamrock Rovers defence and smashed the ball past Hoops goalkeeper Kevin Horgan and into the roof of the net last Friday night; Dalymount Park erupted. .@paddykavanagh14 scored the pick of the bunch in Bohemians 3-1 win over Shamrock Rovers pic.twitter.com/dorwEg99ST — Soccer Republic (@SoccRepublic) February 16, […]

8 years ago

Meath goalkeeper Paddy O’Rourke retired from intercounty football late last year and he claims that his life has instantly improved. In a recent interview with AIB, which has since been deleted, O’Rourke said that he left the Meath panel in November of last year after it became abundantly clear that the level of commitment required […]

8 years ago

Former Ospreys and Wales winger Shane Williams said that Tommy Bowe was easily the best player at the Ospreys during the Ireland winger’s stint there between 2008 and 2012. Bowe scored 37 tries in 73 games for the Ospreys during his four seasons in south Wales and Williams praised the 33-year-old as one of the […]

8 years ago

Wigan Athletic will launch a full investigation into the pitch invasion following their 1-0 win over Manchester City on Monday night. A second-half goal from Will Grigg lifted the Latics into the FA Cup quarter-finals with fans rushing onto the pitch after the game, with one fan clashing with Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero. The fan […]

8 years ago

Wales will welcome back the British & Irish Lions trio of Dan Biggar, Liam Williams and Leigh Halfpenny for their Six Nations trip to Dublin this weekend. Biggar returns from a shoulder injury after missing the first two rounds while Halfpenny (foot) and Williams (abdominal) will join Steff Evans in the back-three with Hadleigh Parkes […]

8 years ago

There’s no hiding the fact that James Lowe is a New Zealander. Firstly, there’s the accent. Then there’s the colloqiual phrases – “it’s sweet”. There’s his Instagram username ‘jameslowenz’, and finally, there’s his unhidden desire to play for the All Blacks, a true mark of any New Zealand rugby player. After announcing that he was […]

8 years ago

On Monday, Ulster scrum-half John Cooney was called into Ireland camp for this weekend’s Six Nations visit of Wales. Cooney may only be in as cover for Luke McGrath, who injured his knee during Leinster’s win over the Scarlets on Saturday, but in truth, he was unlucky not to be considered among those selected when […]

8 years ago

Munster winger Andrew Conway has seemingly rejoined the Ireland squad despite being left off the original list of names by Irish Rugby earlier this afternoon. An Irish Rugby press release stated that Niall Scannell, Garry Ringrose and John Cooney had all been called into Ireland camp, however, issuing a squad update ahead of ahead of […]

8 years ago

Diego Costa has said that he thinks the match officials ‘hate’ him after Atletico Madrid’s 2-0 win over Atletic Bilbao on Sunday. Costa scored the second goal to keep Atletico within seven points of Barcelona at the top of La Liga, however, he received his third yellow card of the season following a red card […]

8 years ago

A match between Brazilian teams Bahia and Vitoria was abandoned 11 minutes before the end after ten players were sent off in a game in the Bahia state championship. Bahia midfielder Vinícius sparked the brawl when he equalised from the penalty spot after half-time and celebrated with a provocative dance in front of the Vitoria […]

8 years ago

It hasn’t exactly been smooth sailing for Irish Rugby to start 2018. There was the Gerbrandt Grobler media storm in January, the start of the Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding trial in February, as well as the subsequent #notmycaptain hashtag that became one of the biggest subplots surrounding the opening weekend of this year’s Six […]

8 years ago

Even if you have never trained in boxing or mixed martial arts, there’s a small part of all of us that wonders us what it would be like to make the walk to the ring or the cage. You often hear fighters talk about just how real a fight becomes when you step through the […]

8 years ago

Katie Taylor will look to add to her WBA female lightweight championship when she fights Argentina Victoria Bustos on April 28 on the undercard of Danny Jacobs fight with Maciej Sulecki. The Bray native is hell-bent on unifying all the belts in her division and gets a big chance to take another step closer to that […]

8 years ago

Monaghan corner-back Barry Kerr was red carded in his side’s two-point win over Kerry on Sunday after a melee involving teammate Conor Boyle and the Kingdom’s Paul Geaney and Sean O’Shea. Clifford claiming he was hit in the family jewels pic.twitter.com/uPYGpONKB3 — Pat McCarry (@patmccarry) February 18, 2018 A brawl ensued in the 60th minute […]

8 years ago

UFC Lightweight champion Conor McGregor has said that he is glad that Floyd Mayweather Jr. has backed out of fight negotiations as a rematch between both fighters loomed. A MMA rematch between the two had been mooted over the last few weeks with Mayweather positing videos of him walking around in a cage recently, as […]

8 years ago

Kerry midfielder David Clifford claims he was hit in the testicles during the midst of the Kingdom’s two-point loss to Monaghan on Sunday. A second-half brawl between Kerry duo Sean O’Shea and Paul Geaney, and Monaghan pair Conor Boyle and Barry Kerr, erupted with Kerr receiving a red card for an alleged attempted eye gouge […]

8 years ago

Hawk-eye Innovations, the company that provide the Premier League with their VAR technology, have apologised for an incorrect graphic being provided to BT Sport during their coverage of Manchester United’s 2-0 win over Huddersfield Town on Saturday. United midfielder Juan Mata had a goal ruled out just before half-time during the FA Cup fifth round […]

8 years ago

UFC Lightweight champion Conor McGregor has set a new UFC record for the longest amount of time before a maiden title defence. It has now been 463 days since McGregor defeated former champion Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205 on November 12, 2016. McGregor’s 463 days eclipses the previous record held by former Lightweight champion Anthony […]

8 years ago

Blackrock College advanced to the Leinster Schools Rugby Senior Cup semi-final on Sunday with a 19-17 win over St. Gerard’s College. Blackrock came from 12 points down to mount an incredible comeback, but ultimately, St. Gerard’s College inside centre Cormac Foley beautiful chip kick was in vein. Foley gather the ball towards the Blackrock line […]

8 years ago

Roscommon GAA club Strokestown have come up with a novel way to appeal to ‘mass goers’ who may opt for the church over the club’s game with St. Croan’s GAA this morning. With Strokestown scheduled to play St. Croan’s at 11:30am on Sunday morning, the club offered to provide communion to supporters that may have […]

8 years ago

West Bromwich Albion manager Alan Pardew said he wanted to make a statement by stripping Jonny Evans of the club captaincy. Evans was one of four West Brom players, along with Gareth Barry, Jake Livermore and Boaz Myhill, who are alleged to have stolen a taxi during the Baggies training camp in Barcelona earlier this […]

8 years ago

Northern Ireland manager Michael O’Neill will try and persuade Huddersfield Town midfielder Sean Scannell to switch allegiances from the Republic of Ireland to Northern Ireland. London-born Scannell played underage football for Ireland from U17 through to U21 level but was never capped by the senior international side. The 27-year-old has yet to play for David […]

8 years ago

Luke McGrath’s season could be over. The Leinster and Ireland scrum-half limped off in the second-half of Leinster’s 20-13 win over Scarlets on Saturday. Leinster head coach Leo Cullen said he was unsure about the injury at his post-match press conference, however, the Irish Times Gavin Cummiskey later reported that McGrath had suffered a knee injury […]

8 years ago

There are certain people in life that can walk into a room and instantly make that room better by just being there. James Lowe could be one of those people, at least judging by what his Leinster teammates have to say about him, but he’s also that type of player that benefits any game he […]

8 years ago

When Joe Schmidt named his Ireland Six Nations squad last month it was the omission of Simon Zebo, and not Tadhg Beirne, that raised the most eyebrows. Zebo had been excluded from Ireland’s November international squad but had seemed to irritate Schmidt with an interview he gave to French publication L’Equipe before Munster’s Champions Cup […]

8 years ago

Rory McIlroy has said that former world number one Tiger Woods probably drops two shots per round due to the raucous fans that follow him around the golf course. Woods failed to make the cut at the Genesis Open this weekend after shooting a 76 during Friday’s second round, leaving him on six over through two […]

8 years ago

Chelsea winger Willian admitted to playing mind games with Hull City midfielder David Meyler right before the Ireland international’s penalty miss in Friday night’s FA Cup fifth round tie. Chelsea stormed their way to a 4-0 win over the Tigers at Stamford Bridge with Willian bagging a brace, while Pedro and Olivier Giroud also getting […]

8 years ago

John Kavanagh has said that there is something forming between Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather with regards to a proposed MMA fight between the two. Mayweather fought McGregor last year in the ‘Money fight’ and a recent video posted on Floyd Mayweather’s Twitter account of the retired boxer walking around the Octagon has sparked talk […]

8 years ago

Chelsea manager Antonio Conte was caught off guard by an Italian prankster at his pre-match press conference in Cobham this afternoon. Conte was previewing tomorrow night’s FA Cup fifth round clash with Hull City when he was presented with a signed Jose Mourinho Manchester United jersey with his name emblazoned across the back. Antonio Conte's […]

8 years ago

PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi has called on UEFA to ‘do something’ about their officials following his side’s 3-1 loss to Real Madrid in the first leg of their Champions League round of 16 tie on Wednesday. Late goals from Cristiano Ronaldo, who opened the scoring for Madrid with a penalty, and Marcelo ensured that the […]

8 years ago

Dublin senior football manager Jim Gavin is once again locked in another stand-off with RTÉ. After refusing to give the national broadcaster an interview following last year’s 31-point win over Westmeath in the Leinster semi-final, Gavin seems to be back at it again with RTÉ, but this time it’s not due to a perceived Sunday Game […]

8 years ago

Munster hooker Niall Scannell is the only new face at Irish Rugby training in Athlone on Thursday. Scannell is back playing for his province after recent rib and thumb injuries and may edge out fellow hookers Rob Herring and Sean Cronin for the right to deputise behind captain Rory Best. Ireland are in the midlands […]

8 years ago

Jordan Larmour has wowed the rugby world this season with his ridiculous footwork. There was the jinking try against Ulster in November, which was then somehow topped by his try of the season contender against Munster on St. Stephen’s Day when he beat two defenders before leaving Ian Keatley in the dirt with an outrageous […]

8 years ago

Five seasons ago, Jack Wilshere stood in front of thousands of Arsenal fans and asked the throngs of Gunners supporters in attendance what they thought of Tottenham. The answer thrown back at him wasn’t very flattering to Spurs but it served as an almost eternal reminder that the club were the little brother among North […]

8 years ago

Derry City Football Club chairman Phil O’Doherty has said that he would support a campaign to rename the club’s stadium in honour of late captain Ryan McBride. McBride resided in the shadow of Brandywell Stadium before his untimely death in March of last year when he was found dead in his bedroom having led the […]

8 years ago

Invasive diseases, fungi, and parasites in Australia affect many native plants and animals, and as a result, management and the prevention of the introduction of new invasive species are key environmental and agricultural policy issues for the Australian federal and state governments. Robbie Henshaw is not an invasive disease, or fungi much less, but his loss […]

8 years ago

Former Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp has labeled the club’s 2-2 Champions League draw with Juventus as ‘one of the greatest’ performances in the club’s history. Mauricio Pochettino’s side came from two goals down against the Italian champions to head back to London for the round of 16 second leg with an away goal advantage. Two […]

8 years ago

Tottenham Hotspur fans have paid tribute to midfielder Ryan Mason this evening following his medical retirement from football. Mason retired from professional football on Tuesday after he fractured his skull following a clash with Chelsea’s Gary Cahill in January 2017. The one-time England international was playing for Hull City during the match after moving to […]

8 years ago

The Premier League have agreed a new £4.464 billion (€5.010 billion) television deal with two live packages still to be sold with interest from multiple bidders. BT and Sky have once again been awarded live broadcasting rights with the two broadcasters splitting five packages between them from the 2019/20 season through to the end of the 2021/22 […]

8 years ago

Tyrrelstown GAA Club are trying to prevent NAMA from proceeding with their planned sale of the land used for the club’s only pitch. Tyrrelstown GAA is one of six Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) clubs based in Dublin 15, and the youngest of the six after it was founded in 2008. According to a petition established to […]

8 years ago

When Jacob Stockdale rounded Jayden Hayward in the 69th minute of Saturday’s 56-19 mauling of Italy at the Aviva Stadium, it was the exclamation point of a dominant Irish win. Ireland entered the second round of the Six Nations last weekend having scored 18 tries in their previous two contests against Italy, and although the […]

8 years ago

Argentine football federation president Claudio Tapia has asked Barcelona forward Lionel Messi to play less at his club ahead of this summer’s 2018 FIFA World Cup. Messi was instrumental in guiding La Albiceleste to the 2014 FIFA World Cup final where the 30-year-old led Argentina in scoring with four goals, second to only Thomas Muller and Golden […]

8 years ago

After weathering one of the most intensive media storms in Irish Rugby history last month, Munster Rugby and Gerbrandt Grobler came out the other side of the grilling with their heads not exactly held high, but at least, still on their shoulders. Neither Grobler or Munster had suffered full decapitation but it felt like they […]

8 years ago

‘On Saturday February 3, a boxing event run by SK Promotions, which was due to feature five MTK Global signed boxers, was cancelled when the Citywest Hotel pulled out of hosting the event following widespread media propaganda’ – read a MTK Global statement on Thursday. The statement released by the boxing management company was issued in […]

8 years ago

Northern Ireland manager Michael O’Neill has reportedly signed a four-year extension with the IFA that will contract him to Northern Ireland until 2024, according to multiple reports. Michael O’Neill signs contract until 2024 with @NorthernIreland. Exclusive interview coming up on @SkySportsNews shortly #gawa — Paul Gilmour (@skysportspaulg) February 9, 2018 O’Neill guided Northern Ireland to […]

8 years ago

Philippe Coutinho has finally got on the scoresheet for Barcelona following his £142 million move from Liverpool. The Brazilian international made his Barcelona debut against Espanyol last month in a 2-0 win at Camp Nou. The 25-year-old made further appearances against Deportivo Alaves, Valencia and Espanyol again, before finally opening his account for the Catalan giants in […]

8 years ago