Liverpool and Roma have both been charged for crowd trouble following crowd disturbances at the Champions League semi-final first leg between both teams at Anfield last month. UEFA said both clubs have been charged under Article 16 (2) of the governing body’s disciplinary regulations which states that ‘all associations and clubs are liable for the […]

8 years ago

Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo has said that he would have preferred to play his former club Manchester United in this weekend’s Champions League final in Kiev. Madrid will face Liverpool in the final on Saturday as Los Blancos look to secure a third consecutive Champions League title, however, Ronaldo said that he would have liked to […]

8 years ago

American heavyweight Eric Molina has been handed a two-year suspension by the UK Anti-Doping agency for testing positive for the prohibited substance dexamethasone after his TKO loss to Anthony Joshua in December 2016. Molina was stopped in the third round by Joshua on December 10 and proceeded to test positive for dexamethasone – a corticosteroid that improves exercise performance by reducing […]

8 years ago

When John Cooney signed for Ulster last year he said he had ambitions to play international rugby and he might fulfill those aspirations on Ireland’s summer tour of Australia next month. Cooney arrived in Belfast last summer as Connacht’s second-choice scrum-half and he finished his first season in the Northern Irish capital on Sunday as the […]

8 years ago

Ulster head coach Jono Gibbes is coy on speculation linking him with a move to La Rochelle as he prepares to return to Waikato after more than 10 years in Irish Rugby. Gibbes announced in March that he would be returning to New Zealand for family reasons, however, the 41-year-old held talks with La Rochelle […]

8 years ago

‘Everything that can go wrong, will go wrong’ should surely be written on the walls somewhere around Ulster’s Kingspan Stadium. The northern province have endured a hellish season that has seen them lose two coaches in Les Kiss and Jono Gibbes, two players in Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding and two Lions this week in […]

8 years ago

Wallabies second-row Rory Arnold will miss the first test of Ireland’s summer tour of Australia after he received a three week suspension by the Super Rugby judiciary for a high tackle on Lions fly-half Elton Jantjies. Arnold pleaded guilty to the charge in the 60th minute of the Brumbies’ 42-24 loss at Ellis Park on Saturday and he had […]

8 years ago

Leinster head coach Leo Cullen said that his side need to be wary of the Scarlets ruck if they are to repeat their dominant Champions Cup semi-final win over the reigning PRO12 champions. Leinster were beaten by the Scarlets in last year’s semi-final at the RDS but made amends earlier this season when they routed […]

8 years ago

Shamrock Rovers forward Graham Burke has been included in the Republic of Ireland squad to take on Celtic in Glasgow on Sunday. Burke played 88 minutes for Shamrock Rovers in the Hoops 0-0 draw with Sligo on Saturday night and he will be in line to make his first appearance for Ireland in Scott Brown’s […]

8 years ago

Fans looking to attend Ulster SFC games this summer will have to prepare for price increases from previous championships. Adult stand tickets will cost supporters €35 (up from €30) with a terrace ticket costing €20 (up from €18). Additionally, juvenile tickets (U16) will now cost €5/£5 with a poll by the County Derry Post showing […]

8 years ago

Dublin GAA fans have been branded as the most disliked supporters in the country according to the results of a survey from Lottoland. The survey shows that 39% of adults think that Dublin has the least likeable fans while Cork are a distant second at 7%. Kerry’s fans rank third in the survey at 6% while […]

8 years ago

Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt has offered to cover the funeral costs of the 10 people (eight students and two teachers) that were killed in a shooting at Santa Fe High School on Friday. A 17-year-old carrying a shotgun and revolver opened fire at the high school which is located about 35 miles from Houston […]

8 years ago

Former Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard has been linked with a move to Ipswich Town to take over the club’s first team following on from Mick McCathy’s departure from the club last month. McCarthy left Ipswich after a 1–0 home win over Barnsley, four games before he was due to leave, and the club are now […]

8 years ago

“You just have to accept people for what they are, and I learned the greatest gift of all. The saddest thing in life is wasted talent, and the choices that you make will shape your life forever. But you can ask anybody from my neighborhood, and they’ll just tell you this is just another Bronx […]

8 years ago

Leinster captain Isa Nacewa will retire at the end of the current campaign and the province will have to appoint his successor as they prepare for their Champions Cup defence next season. Leinster fly-half Johnny Sexton is the third longest serving player at the club behind Rob Kearney and Devin Toner and former teammate Eoin […]

8 years ago

Munster and Ireland winger Keith Earls has been voted the 2018 Players’ Player of the Year at the Zurich Irish Rugby Awards ceremony. Earls enjoyed a fantastic season where he won a Grand Slam with Ireland, for which he was also nominated for the Six Nations player of the tournament. He won the Munster Player Of The […]

8 years ago

Ulster captain Rory Best is in doubt for his side’s Champions Cup play-off with the Ospreys on Sunday while Lions teammate Iain Henderson has been ruled out of the tie with a knee injury. Ulster head coach Jono Gibbes confirmed that Henderson would miss the club’s season finale at the Kingspan while Best is in doubt […]

8 years ago

Is it too early to get excited by Troy Parrott? If you have to ask the question it most likely means that it probably is, but nevertheless, Parrott already looks like one of Irish football’s most exciting prospects in some time and at what point do we allow ourselves to believe that he can become […]

8 years ago

In an age where Alexis Sanchez plays the piano to announce that he is signing for Manchester United, and where Aston Villa create a fake Whatsapp group to create some buzz around the signing of John Terry, the FA have thought outside the box for their official World Cup squad announcement. The FA released a […]

8 years ago

Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos has thanked nine-year-old Dubliner Cillian Byrne for a drawing he recently sent the Spanish international.  Byrne, from Drimnagh, is a huge Real Madrid fan according to his mother Iseult and Ramos is his favourite player at the club. And it was Iseult who reached out to the Real legend. https://twitter.com/IseultByrne/status/996483618141888519 […]

8 years ago

Ireland will return to Chicago’s Soldier Field in November as part of a triple header featuring the Maori All Blacks and Women’s Rugby World Cup Champions the Black Ferns. Ireland will play Italy at the Chicago Bears home on the 3rd of November, the same day that the USA Men’s and Women’s Eagles teams will take on […]

8 years ago

Russia will join Ireland, Scotland, Japan and the play-off winner in Pool A of the 2019 Rugby World Cup after the independent disputes committee appointed by World Rugby docked Belgium, Romania and Spain points for fielding ineligible players during the controversial Rugby Europe competition. World Rugby received complaints that various countries in the tournament had fielded players who were […]

8 years ago

It’s the fighters curse. Not being able to walk away from a sport that brought you your fame and fortune. The sport that gave you your sense of identity, your sense of purpose, and in many respects, the passion that helped define you as a person during some of the most formative years of your […]

8 years ago

Former Munster centre James Downey has questioned Ulster’s decision to hire head coach Dan McFarland for next season given that the Scotland assistant may not be at the province until January 2019. McFarland signed a three-year contract with Ulster last month, however, Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend told the BBC last week that his assistant will serve a nine-month notice […]

8 years ago

WBO interim featherweight champion Carl Frampton has said that he will potentially look to fight the winner of Lee Selby and Josh Warrington when the two face off at Elland Road in Leeds on Saturday. Frampton won the WBO interim featherweight title last month with a unanimous decision win over Nonito Donaire in Belfast. The Jackal said that he […]

8 years ago

Republic of Ireland U17 captain Nathan Collins has said that he was heartbroken by his side’s penalty shootout defeat to the Netherlands on Monday. Ireland bowed out of the quarter-finals stage of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship after losing 5-4 on penalties following a 1-1 draw at the end of extra-time. Ireland’s exit was marred in controversy […]

8 years ago

TV3 have secured the rights to 327 European matches per season in a new broadcasting deal with UEFA. The broadcaster won exclusive Irish rights to all Wednesday UEFA Champions League matches, all Thursday UEFA Europa League matches and the Finals of both competitions, while they share the rights to 16 Tuesday night Champions League matches […]

8 years ago

Dublin’s senior football team are aiming for a seventh consecutive All-Ireland senior football championship and a fourth straight All-Ireland title. The Dubs will open their Leinster Senior Football Championship defence this year against Wicklow after their neighbours advanced to the quarter-finals after a 1-20 to 1-15 victory over Offaly in O’Moore Park, Portlaoise, last weekend. […]

8 years ago

Leinster will play Munster this weekend in a PRO14 semi-final at the RDS and there’s some selection dilemmas for both sides. Leinster centre Robbie Henshaw has been ruled out of the match with a knee injury while fly-half Johnny Sexton and winger Isa Nacewa have both been listed as major doubts for the match. Meanwhile […]

8 years ago

Ireland are Grand Slam winners, Leinster are European champions and we’ll have at least one Irish province in the PRO14 final. Irish Rugby is in a good space. Leinster will be aiming for a historic double later this month to add to their Champions Cup win while Munster will be desperate to finish their season […]

8 years ago

When is the last time you remember Leinster being outmuscled? The recently crowned Champions Cup champions sealed their fourth European title with a 15-12 win over Racing on Saturday, and while the scoreline reflected a close encounter in Bilbao, Leinster had more possession, territory, runs and metres made than their Parisian opponents on the day. […]

8 years ago

Galway fans have sent Mayo a not-so-subtle reminder of their 67-year drought without an All-Ireland championship win. Mayo have contested four of the last six All-Ireland finals but have been unable to pry the Sam Maguire Cup away from Dublin this decade with the Jacks defeating Stephen Rochford’s side in back-to-back finals in 2016 and […]

8 years ago

When it’s been six years since your last European Cup win, you celebrate accordingly. Whether it was Leinster veterans Johnny Sexton and Isa Nacewa leading choruses of ‘Olé, Olé, Olé’ in the changing rooms or first-year player James Lowe jumping all over his teammates in his suit, Saturday’s Champions Cup win clearly meant a lot to Leinster. […]

8 years ago

Burnley will finish at the top of this season’s ‘value for money’ table which measures average pay per player per point and cross references it with the actual amount of points that that team has received and how much they have spent during the season. Burnley will finish the season in seventh and head into […]

8 years ago

Fermanagh native Kieran McKenna is reportedly in the frame to take over from Jose Mourinho’s longtime assistant Rui Faria at Manchester United next season. Faria will be leaving Old Trafford at the end of the current campaign after 17 years working alongside Mourinho in Leiria, Porto, London, Milan, Madrid and Manchester. The 42-year-old has been linked […]

8 years ago

Leinster number eight Jack Conan said that he desperately tried to charge down Remi Tales’ last second drop goal miss in Saturday’s Champions Cup final but that he was happy to see the ball sail wide as his side won their fourth European Cup. A 79th minute penalty from Isa Nacewa had given Leinster a […]

8 years ago

Vasyl Lomachenko claimed the WBA [Super] Lightweight title on Saturday with a brutal 10th round stoppage of Jorge Linares at Madison Square Garden in New York. The WBA [Super] Lightweight belt is Lomachenko’s third world title which means the Ukranian has now become the fastest man in boxing to win belts in three different divisions with his […]

8 years ago

Racing second-row Donnacha Ryan has said that his side can have no excuses for their heartbreaking Champions Cup final loss to Leinster on Saturday. Racing replacement Remi Tales missed the chance to slot an equalising drop goal with the last kick of the game as Leinster won their fourth European title with a 15-12 win […]

8 years ago

Leinster will provide free tickets to the squad’s Champions Cup winning homecoming at Energia Park, Donnybrook, tomorrow afternoon. Leo Cullen’s squad will return to Dublin on Sunday following their fourth European Cup win. A late Isa Nacewa penalty and a miss from replacement inside back Remi Tales helped Leinster secure their first European win since 2012 […]

8 years ago

Isa Nacewa has said that it was only fitting that Leinster let outgoing number eight Jordi Murphy lift the Champions Cup trophy. Murphy will be leaving Leinster next season after seven years with the province’s senior squad. He will move north to join Ulster after signing a two-year deal with the province last December. Nacewa […]

8 years ago

It’s become somewhat of a customary sight to see Dan Leavy leave a game after 80 minutes with a blood stained bandage strapped around his forehead. The Leinster flanker is quickly rivaling former England defender Terry Butcher for his claret stained performances but he’s also now rivaling the very best flankers in the world for […]

8 years ago

Racing second-row Leone Nakarawa was lucky to escape a yellow card for a deliberate knock-on in Saturday’s Champions Cup final with Leinster. The Fijian lock deliberately batted away a Luke McGrath pass with referee Wayne Barnes awarding Leinster just the penalty. Barnes said that the Racing defence was set and that he didn’t think that […]

8 years ago

Three-time World Rugby Player of the Year Dan Carter will play no part in Saturday’s Champions Cup final with Leinster. Carter was named on the bench for Racing with Springbok Pat Lambie set to start alongside Teddy Iribaren in the halves for the Parisians. However, the former All Black has now been removed from the tie […]

8 years ago

It’s hard to gauge at times what can be more impressive – an irrepressible rise or sustained excellence? A 20-year-old making his international debut (before his first provincial start) and then winning 19 consecutive games is probably a bit more eye catching than a 34-year-old winding down his club career in Paris, but while James […]

8 years ago

Stoke City midfielder Charlie Adam has joined goalkeeper Jack Butland’s criticism of the playing squad after the club were relegated from the Premier League last weekend. A late Patrick van Aanholt goal sealed a 2-1 win for Crystal Palace which sent Stoke down to the championship for the first time since the club were promoted […]

8 years ago

Dublin GAA extended their sponsorship deal with AIG by another five years on Tuesday to bring their current deal with the American insurance firm through to 2023. The new deal is believed to be in the region of €4 million over five years which mirrors similar figures to Dublin’s initial deal with the company in […]

8 years ago

Dundee United manager Csaba László has defender his captain Willo Flood for his push on Livingston’s Shaun Byrne during United’s 3-2 loss in their Scottish Championship play-off first leg. Dundee were leading 2-1 before Joshua Mullin and Scott Pittman scored twice in three minutes to give Livingston a vital away win. Flood exploded after he was fouled […]

8 years ago

Hull City midfielder David Meyler has bid farewell to the club with his contract set to expire at the end of the season. Meyler moved to Hull on loan from Sunderland in November 2012 before sealing a permanent move to the Tigers in January 2013. The 28-year-old played 191 games in six seasons at the KCOM […]

8 years ago

It was December 2015 and I remember sitting in the stands of the Aviva Stadium and looking down at Leinster’s right-wing and thinking ‘this is it. This is it for Isa Nacewa’. Nacewa had taken two seasons out of professional rugby to try his hand at coaching before then coming out of retirement in 2015 […]

8 years ago

Football pundit Eamon Dunphy has said that maybe professional football needs more poverty and military dictatorships if the sport is to address what he perceives as a shortage in great players. The former Ireland midfielder said that Real Madrid and Barcelona were not the sides that they used to be following Sunday night’s El Clásico […]

8 years ago