Former UFC Middleweight contender Chael Sonnen has said that he was okay with Conor McGregor swinging at Khabib Nurmagomedov’s cousin Abubakar during the post-fight melee at UFC 229 on Saturday. McGregor’s Jiu-Jitsu coach Dillon Danis was at the centre of a heated brawl after Khabib Nurmagomedov’s fourth-round submission win over the Dubliner in Las Vegas […]

8 years ago

UFC Lightweight contender Tony Ferguson said that he saw fear in Conor McGregor’s eyes when the two fighters crossed paths at the UFC 229 pre-fight weigh-in last week. Ferguson and McGregor have circled each other for sometime but have yet to actually fight in the Octagon. A win for McGregor against Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC […]

8 years ago

Former Munster and Ireland full-back Simon Zebo took his try scoring tally to six tries from six games over the weekend with another brilliant score against Lyon on Saturday. Zebo has flourished since moving to Paris over the summer and he has been a huge x-factor for the Champions Cup finalists joining a back three […]

8 years ago

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has said that the Uefa Nations League is ‘the most senseless competition’ in world football. The competition was introduced by Uefa earlier this year as a means to replace international friendly matches currently played on the FIFA International Match Calendar with all 55 of UEFA’s member associations’ national teams divided into a series of groups […]

8 years ago

UFC Featherweight champion Max Holloway has commended both Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor for showing respect to him following his withdrawal from UFC 226 earlier this year. Holloway was rushed to hospital just three days before he was set to defend his Featherweight title against Brian Ortega with a statement from his team revealing that […]

8 years ago

Conor McGregor’s Jiu-Jitsu coach and teammate Dillon Danis has challenged former UFC Lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos to a fight after the Brazilian criticised Danis for hiding behind McGregor. Danis (1-0) was at the centre of a heated brawl after Khabib Nurmagomedov’s fourth-round submission win over McGregor at UFC 229 on Saturday with the Russian […]

8 years ago

An ugly brawl broke out between Ballyholland and Downpatrick in Division 1 of the Down GAA All County Football League on Sunday. Downpatrick won the match 1-11 to 1-8 but the game was marred by scenes of violence that saw players from both sides leave the pitch to fight near the car park with supporters and onlookers also […]

8 years ago

Khabib Nurmagomedov’s manager Ali Abdelaziz has said that the events that transpired after the UFC 229 main event were part of the fight game. Abdelaziz was a constant target for Conor McGregor during the build up to his lightweight title bout with Nurmagomedov on Saturday with the Dubliner repeatedly branding him as a ‘terrorist rat’ and […]

8 years ago

All-Ireland club champions Cuala have been dumped from the Dublin senior hurling championship after they went down 3-13 to 1-17 against Kilmacud Crokes in Parnell Park on Sunday. The defending All-Ireland champions were bidding to win their fourth consecutive Dublin championship but their hopes of achieving such an incredible feat were quickly dashed when Oisin O’Rorke and Ronan Hayes […]

8 years ago

Cargin CLG advanced to the Antrim Senior Football Championship final in the most dramatic of circumstances. With the game on the line and Cargin trailing Naomh Gall by two points in the last minute of additional time, the Toomebridge based club booted their way into the championship final with was seemingly the last kick of the game […]

8 years ago

It might be hard to believe given Manchester United’s start to the season, but manager Jose Mourinho now boasts the highest winning ratio in the club’s history after a 3-2 win over Newcastle United on Saturday. The embattled red devils boss looked set for a fifth consecutive match without a win but a late Alexis […]

8 years ago

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho lives to fight another day. The embattled red devils boss looked set for a fifth consecutive match without a win against Newcastle United on Saturday but a late Alexis Sanchez header saved his blushes and put an end to a miserable couple of weeks for Mourinho and his players. Newcastle […]

8 years ago

Leinster winger James Lowe was at his absolute best against Munster on Saturday. The former Chiefs flier has been incredible since moving to Dublin from Waikato last season and has fit in seamlessly into the eastern province both on and off the pitch. Lowe now has 14 tries in 17 games for Leinster and he […]

8 years ago

Joey Carbery has made a sensational start to his Munster career. He’s had three try assists and two tries in his first three starts in red (prior to Saturday’s meeting between Munster and Leinster at the Aviva Stadium) but one of the question marks concerning his game last week against Ulster was his defence. Carbery […]

8 years ago

As Leinster prepare to take on Munster at the Aviva Stadium in the final game of the interprovincial derbies, the European champions have players littered all over the country that are looking to prove a point. Joey Carbery, Andrew Conway and Tadhg Beirne will all be looking to show those within Belfield that they made […]

8 years ago

Ulster head coach Dan McFarland has said that he is going to talk to the referees about their decision to award Tiernan O’Halloran a first-half try during Ulster’s 22-15 loss to Connacht on Friday. The win for Connacht gave Andy Friend’s side their first win in Belfast in 58 years as tries either side of […]

8 years ago

Jacob Stockdale was a player that Ulster could have desperately used during their 64-7 record defeat to Munster last Friday in Limerick. Ulster could have done with Stockdale, Marcell Coetzee, Marty Moore, Rory Best, Stuart McCloskey and a minor miracle at Thomond Park as Munster ran in nine tries to one in a one-sided drubbing. […]

8 years ago

Matthew Rea was one of the few bright spots for Ulster in an otherwise disappointing first-half for the northern province against Connacht at the Kingspan Stadium. The Ballymena flanker carried strongly, tackled hard and won a critical turnover for the hosts when they were on the ropes right in front of their own posts, and […]

8 years ago

Connacht and the IRFU have made a call. On Monday, Sevu Reece was discharged without conviction by the Hamilton District Court on Monday. According to the New Zealand Herald, Reece entered an early guilty plea for a domestic violence incident. Connacht announced the signing of Reece in May with the 21-year-old Fijian winger originally scheduled […]

8 years ago

There’s not much left to the imagination with James Ryan. He’s a PRO14 winner, a Champions Cup winner, a Grand Slam and a Six Nations winner, and while it’s still hard to comprehend at times, a 22-year-old too. Ryan enjoyed a near perfect campaign with Leinster and Ireland last season with the first Test loss […]

8 years ago

Former England defender Rio Ferdinand thinks that manager Jose Mourinho might be trying to get sacked from Manchester United given the nature of some of his comments. United drew 0-0 with Valencia at Old Trafford in the Champions League group stages on Tuesday and the result leaves the club without a win in their last […]

8 years ago

CSKA Moscow goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev received two yellow cards in the space of 10 seconds during Moscow’s 1-0 win over Real Madrid on Tuesday. Akinfeev was sent off in the 96th minute after referee Ovidiu Hategan dismissed the Russian goalkeeper for dissent after he pleaded with Hategan to punish Madrid centre-back Raphael Varane for what he felt […]

8 years ago

Former UFC interim Lightweight champion Tony Ferguson has said that Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov have made an ass out of themselves ahead of their Lightweight title fight at UFC 229 on Saturday. Ferguson will return to the Octagon for the first time in just under a year when he fights former Lightweight champion Anthony […]

8 years ago

Former Chelsea winger Damien Duff has said that he sees no way back for his former manager Jose Mourinho at Manchester United following the club’s goalless draw with Valencia in the Champions League group stages on Tuesday. The draw leaves United without a win in their last four games and without a home win since […]

8 years ago

Former Leinster captain Brian O’Driscoll has said that Dragons number eight Ross Moriarty may be taking a leaf out of Wales coach Warren Gatland’s book after his comments concerning Johnny Sexton and his perceived preferential treatment from referees. Moriarty was sin binned for a late tackle on Sexton during the Dragons 52-10 loss to the PRO14 […]

8 years ago

Former Ireland internationals Luke Fitzgerald and Alan Quinlan have picked their combined Munster and Leinster team from the professional era. The two provinces will play each other this Saturday at the Aviva Stadium in the second round of the interprovincial derbies with both sides entering the game in good form following respective wins over Connacht […]

8 years ago

Former Liverpool manager Graeme Souness has said that a lot of the pressure on Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has been self-inflicted. United have struggled to start the season following comprehensive losses to Tottenham, West Ham United and Brighton followed by a penalty shootout loss to Derby County in the third round of the League […]

8 years ago

What do you make of it? Ulster Rugby have unveiled a new red European kit ahead of their Champions Cup Pool stage opener with Leicester later this month. The new jersey shirt features a new half stand collar which fits closer to the neck, new side panels and gripper print on the torso and is […]

8 years ago

Former UFC Lightweight champion Conor McGregor has said that his upcoming opponent Khabib Nurmagomedov is a dead man walking ahead of their Lightweight title fight at UFC 229 on Saturday. McGregor will make his long awaited return to the Octagon this weekend as he attempts to win back his lightweight belt following a near two-year […]

8 years ago

Corine Remande has said that she has lost sight in her right eye as a result of a wayward Brooks Koepka tee shot at last weekend’s Ryder Cup. Remande, 49, fractured her right eye-socket and suffered damage directly to her eye which doctors apparently could not repair. Remande is now considering taking legal action against tournament organisers […]

8 years ago

Former England prop Joe Marler has revealed that he would intentionally try to get himself suspended in order to avoid international duty with England. Marler played 58 times for England between 2012 and 2018 but retired from international rugby last month due to a desire to  to spend more time with his family. Marler was named […]

8 years ago

The top two sides in Irish Rugby will meet at the Aviva Stadium this Saturday as defending PRO14 champions Leinster take on Munster in the second round of the interprovincial derbies. Leinster enter the match fresh off a dominant 20-3 win over Connacht at the weekend while Munster will travel to Dublin with renewed confidence […]

8 years ago

Former UFC Lightweight and Featherweight champion Conor McGregor has said that he fell out of love with fighting since his last UFC fight and that he was irritated by the UFC stripping him of his belts over the last two years. McGregor will make his long awaited return to the UFC this weekend when he […]

8 years ago

“Roy is a destructive influence in the camp.” Former Republic of Ireland international Jason McAteer has said that his former teammate Roy Keane may have a ‘destructive’ influence in Ireland camp and that undecided midfielder Declan Rice may have been put off by his presence in the squad. Rice withdrew from Ireland’s latest round of […]

8 years ago

Tommy Fleetwood and Francesco Molinari’s pairing at the 2018 Ryder Cup was one of the most fascinating partnerships of the entire competition. Fleetwood and Molinari were the only pairing to win in the Friday morning fourball session as Team Europe fell behind 3-1 to start their challenge before they went on to defeat Justin Thomas […]

8 years ago

Dragons and Wales number eight Ross Moriarty has said that Leinster captain Johnny Sexton is given preferential treatment by referees following his yellow card tackle on the Ireland fly-half during the Dragons 52-10 loss to the PRO14 champions earlier this month. Moriarty was sin binned for a late tackle on Sexton just before half-time at […]

8 years ago

Ulster head coach Dan McFarland has said that his side can learn from the pain of their record defeat to Munster on Saturday and that he is hopeful that Ireland internationals Rory Best and Jacob Stockdale will both make their return for the province’s game with Connacht this Friday. Ulster conceded nine tries to one in […]

8 years ago

Every fly-half looks great behind a pack going forward, you can only play what’s in front of you, how much can you take from an Ulster side trailing 29-0 at half-time? They’re all valid points when trying to assess a fly-half’s performance in a one-sided mauling. Munster throttled an injury hit Ulster 64-7 on Saturday […]

8 years ago

Liverpool left-back Andrew Robertson has been a revelation at Anfield since joining the club last summer. The Scotland international moved to Liverpool for £8 million from Hull City last year and enjoyed an incredible debut season where he played 30 games for his new club, including a start in the Champions League final against Real […]

8 years ago

Former Manchester United players Paul Scholes and Rio Ferdinand have said that the Paul Pogba and Jose Mourinho situation should have been handled differently by both the player and the United manager. Mourinho was filmed during a training session earlier this week telling off Pogba for releasing a video on his Instagram account during Manchester […]

8 years ago

Caiseal Gaels Hurling and Ballyvary hurling have both said that they have been excluded from the J.P. McManus funding by the Mayo county board. McManus donated €100,000 to every Gaelic Games county board in Ireland earlier this week with the funding to be divided equally among local clubs. The €3.2m donation follows Limerick’s recent All-Ireland Hurling Championship […]

8 years ago

Team Europe’s Justin Rose has said that a conversation with Rory McIlroy before Friday afternoon’s foursome whitewash of the USA encouraged him ahead of his matchup with Tony Finau and Brooks Koepka. McIlroy struggled mightily in the fourball first round on Friday and was the only competing player not to birdie a hole. It was […]

8 years ago

Callum Smith has won the WBA (Super), WBC Diamond and vacant The Ring super-middleweight titles with a seventh round knockout of George Groves in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Friday. Smith stopped Groves just after the halfway point of the fight with a devastating series of punches after backing the former super middleweight champion into the corner and dropping him […]

8 years ago

Cristiano Ronaldo’s legal team is planning to sue German publication Der Spiegel after the magazine published allegations by an American woman who has accused the Juventus forward of raping her in 2009. The magazine said that the alleged rape took place in a Palms Place hotel room in Las Vegas in June 2009 with alleged victim […]

8 years ago

Former UFC Middleweight champion Luke Rockhold has said that Conor McGregor is on ‘the brink of insanity’ ahead of his upcoming fight with the undefeated Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 229 next weekend. McGregor will make his highly anticipated return to the Octagon when he fights the Dagestani Lightweight in Las Vegas on October 6th in […]

8 years ago

One of the big question marks for Connacht following Robbie Henshaw’s defection to Leinster in 2016 was how would the western province replace him? Henshaw was one of the key figures in Connacht’s march to the 2016 PRO12 title and he was forming a very formidable partnership with Bundee Aki in Pat Lam’s midfield. But […]

8 years ago

The LGFA have reduced the eight suspensions issued to Carnacon players earlier this month after they were found guilty of bringing the game into disrepute following their walkout from the Mayo panel during the ladies senior football championship. Cora Staunton, Fiona McHale, Martha Carter, Marie Corbett, Amy Dowling, Doireann Hughes, Sadhbh Larkin and Saoirse Walsh were all handed […]

8 years ago

Five-time Kerry All-Ireland winner Tomás Ó Sé has said that former Kingdom forward Maurice Fitzgerald is apparently the lead contender to succeed Éamonn Fitzmaurice as manager of the Kerry senior football team. Fitzmaurice stepped down as Kerry manager in August after six seasons with the intercounty side where he won one All-Ireland title and six Munster championships. Peter Keane […]

8 years ago

The first round of the interprovincial derbies will take place this weekend with Ulster set to travel down to Limerick to play Munster in Thomond Park while Leinster will head to Galway where they will take on Connacht. Undefeated Ulster will look to maintain their unbeaten start after opening round wins over the Scarlets, Edinburgh […]

8 years ago

Former UFC Lightweight and Featherweight champion Conor McGregor has made an anonymous €10,000 donation to help five-year-old Drogheda boy Bryan Buckley in his battle with sepsis. Buckley’s mother Grainne McCullough set up a GoFundMe page in July to try and raise €10,000 for her son so that he could receive private care to treat his […]

8 years ago