Here we go again. The Allianz National League is officially backed and we have all of the updates, teams, scores and talking points in our liveblog right here: (Liveblog may take a minute to load) The club season is officially over, but there is no time to sit back and reflect, because the county campaign is […]

2 years ago

Jurgen Klopp has moved to cool the brewing club-country tug-of-war over Mo Salah. Egypt boss Rui Vitoria had criticised Klopp and Liverpool for providing full disclosure on Salah’s injury, in the days leading up to their crunch AFCON clash with Cape Verde. Vitoria felt it wasn’t right for Liverpool ‘to speak about this,’ as before […]

2 years ago

Cillian O’Connor has hailed Mayo’s recently retired trio of Jason Doherty, Kevin McLoughlin and Brendan Harrison. All three players retired after Mayo’s defeat to Dublin in last year’s All-Ireland senior football quarter final and O’Connor, their long-time team-mate, has described them as ‘three unbelievable servants to Mayo football.’ O’Connor saved some special praise for Harrison, […]

2 years ago

Who’d be a hurling referee? Certainly not someone who’s looking for a quiet, laid-back life. Sunday’s All-Ireland club hurling final was about as far away from quiet and laid-back as you could possibly imagine. Eanna Burke scored the winning point but, in the aftermath, some people have mentioned that he was lucky to have been […]

2 years ago

Damien Comer is no fan of the advanced mark in Gaelic football which he says leads to ‘soft scores.’ The advanced mark was brought into Gaelic football in 2020 but the Galway full forward doesn’t feel it has worked and reckons Gaelic football would be better off without it. The rule allows attacking players to […]

2 years ago

The inter-county season returns this weekend with the beginning of the Allianz National Football Leagues. With the club season having drawn to an entertaining conclusion at the weekend, the inter-county season now gets our full attention. The Allianz National Football Leagues kick off on Saturday, across all four divisions, with six games to be broadcast, […]

2 years ago

We’ve been blessed with yet another brilliant All-Ireland club football championships. Having come up short in last year’s final, Watty Graham’s Glen bounced back to become ‘kings of Ireland’ this year. Malachy O’Rourke’s side navigated their way through a tricky Ulster campaign before getting the better of Kilmacud Crokes in the semi-final. They under-performed, for […]

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And just like that, the club season is over. St Thomas’ ended their ‘ten years of hurt’ by defeating O’Loughlin Gaels on Sunday, to win their second AIB All-Ireland club title, and their first since 2013. The Galway club have had their fair share of near misses, losing four semi-finals and a final in recent […]

2 years ago

It was either a stunning piece of defending from Fintan Burke, or a terrible stroke of mis-fortune for O’Loughlin Gaels. Chances are it was both, in an All-Ireland club hurling final that escaped the worst of Storm Isha. When O’Loughlin Gaels full forward Luke Hogan turned St Thomas’ full back Fintan Burke in the corner […]

2 years ago

Glen 2-10 St Brigid’s 1-12 Conor Glass was the hero as Watty Graham’s Glen came from behind to win their first ever All-Ireland senior club football title. Having led from the 13th minute all the way up the 57th, the Roscommon club looked the more likely victors for most of the game but a late […]

2 years ago

David Burke was over-joyed as it sank in that St Thomas’ had ended their ‘ten years of hurt.’ After one of the scores of a life-time from Eanna Burke, St Thomas’ defeated O’Loughlin Gaels by 0-18 to 0-17 to win the All-Ireland senior club hurling final. It was a phenomenal way for St Thomas’ to […]

2 years ago

St Thomas 0-18 O’Loughlin Gaels 0-17 The ball is lamped into O’Loughlin Gaels territory. From a St Thomas’ perspective, with the scores level, with time almost up, it’s the safest place it could possibly be. It takes a long time for it to come down but when it finally does, there’s an All-Ireland title on […]

2 years ago

Ivan Toney is back, back on the score-sheet and back winning games for Brentford. Having missed the first half of this Premier League season due to a gambling ban, Ivan Toney made his eagerly anticipated Brentford return in their clash with Nottingham Forest on Saturday night. The 27-year-old was given a rapturous welcome to the […]

2 years ago

A picture paints a thousand words Erling Haaland looked less than impressed with Cristiano Ronaldo after the 38-year-old claimed he was the “best goalscorer”. Ronaldo scored more goals (54) than anyone else in the year of 2023 and was presented with the Globe Soccer Maradona Award at the Globe Soccer Awards in Dubai on Friday. […]

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GAA president Larry McCarthy has ruled out the prospect of the association implementing stricter rules when it comes to inter-club transfers. The Shane Walsh-to-Kilmacud saga of 2023 caused controversy at the time, with some commentators insisting that there should be more regulations in place regarding player transfers. After all, here was one of the top […]

2 years ago

Uachtarán Chumann Lúthchleas Gael Larry McCarthy says the GAA should perhaps redress the number of teams in certain county championships. This comes on the back of a motion by the Rathkenny club in Meath, put forward for GAA congress next month, which seeks to remedy Kerry’s domination of the All-Ireland junior and intermediate club championships. […]

2 years ago

With Jordan Henderson on the way out, Al-Ettifaq are once again in the market for a midfielder. And undeterred by what now looks like something of a flop, with Jordan Henderson reportedly set to be on his way to Ajax just six months after joining, the Saudi club may be set to take a chance […]

2 years ago

Given St Thomas’ continued success at club-level, Fintan Burke has become something of a stranger to Galway’s pre-season slog. He says it’s grand and all to miss it, especially when you’re chasing an All-Ireland title with your club, but also has the sense that the Galway management team wouldn’t mind having him in. “It’s probably […]

2 years ago

Mark Bergin has said that, for whichever of the O’Loughlin Gaels players captains Kilkenny in 2024, the role will bring no extra pressure. Having won the Kilkenny SHC with his club in 2016, Bergin captained Kilkenny the following season. As county champions once again, the O’Loughlin Gaels club will put forward one of their county […]

2 years ago

Former Clare hurler Tony Griffin has given an insight into his role as a performance coach for the Kerry senior footballers. The former All-Star describes his task as ‘working with management, working with players and then working in the background.’  He acknowledges however that the role he has held since 2022 is “very, very vague […]

2 years ago

Páirc Uí Chaoimh is set to be re-named as SuperValu Páirc in a deal that is reported to be worth ballpark €1m to Cork GAA. The historic move could be ratified at a meeting of Cork GAA delegates as soon as Tuesday night, with three other brands Boston Scientific, Statkraft and PepsiCo also set to […]

2 years ago

Ronnie O’Sullivan defeated Ali Carter 10-7 to win his eight Masters title at the Alexandra Palace in London. Already the youngest player to have won the tournament, having triumphed as a 19-year-old in 1995, O’Sullivan is now its oldest ever champion at 48. The win marked the Rocket’s 24th triple crown title, and sets him […]

2 years ago

It was the Ciaran Brady final in Croke Park as the Cavan star inspired his club Arva to the All-Ireland intermediate title. The 2020 All-Star nomination spearheaded his club’s revival as, having trailed their opponents Listowel Emmets by four points at half-time, they completed a remarkable turn-around in the second half to win out by […]

2 years ago

Having started Everton’s clash with Aston Villa on Sunday afternoon, Seamus Coleman took ownership of Tim Howard’s long-standing record of having played the most Premier League games for the Toffees. Everton’s meeting with Villa marked Coleman’s 355th top-flight appearance for his club, having began his Goodison Park career under David Moyes back in 2009. Famously, […]

2 years ago

Stephen Donnelly’s incredible goal turned the All-Ireland intermediate final in Thomastown’s favour before they stretched clear of Castlelyons in the wide open expanses of Croke Park. The Kilkenny side were hot favourites coming into the game and they lived up to their billing, producing a clinical display that their Cork opponents were unable to match. […]

2 years ago

If it’s not broke, don’t fix it. Ever since he was young, Kilkenny’s Walter Walsh has held his hurl in a unique, unorthodox manner, but he sees no point in changing at this stage. The Tullogher Rosbercon man is one of very few hurlers, at inter-county level at least, who catch the sliotar in their […]

2 years ago

Stephen Donnelly doesn’t even have to think when asked which one was the worst one. Thomastown have had some tough ones. But one of them is on the tip of his tongue. Before finally winning the Kilkenny intermediate championship this year, Thomastown had lost three finals, a semi-final and a quarter final in five years. […]

2 years ago

Aidan Nugent is one of his own best customers at the minute. Having opened R8 recovery rooms back in 2020, at the heart of the Covid lock-down, Nugent’s business has expanded to what it is now, with a gym and a cafe to boot. And with just seven days to prepare for Sunday’s AIB All-Ireland […]

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“You’d want to be old to have done all that,” laughs Ciaran Brady. Yet he’s still in his 20s, albeit in the latter stages of them, at 29. Old to have played in all grades, divisions and championships, at club and county level. It’s certainly unique. He’s played minor and under-21 for Cavan, winning Ulster […]

2 years ago

Donegal county board are expected to appeal the eight week side-line ban that has been given to Jim McGuinness by the Ulster council. Having fielded Finbar Roarty, then 17, in Donegal’s McKenna Cup victory against Armagh, McGuinness was in breach of the GAA rule which states that, to play senior inter-county football, players must have […]

2 years ago

Robbie Brennan was graceful in defeat after Kilmacud Crokes’ loss to Glen in the All-Ireland club football semi-final. The Crokes manager had no qualms admitting afterwards that, despite the fog, his side had no excuses, having been beaten ‘by a far better team.’ To Brennan’s point, despite a positive start that saw his side score […]

2 years ago

Clarinbridge hurler TJ Brennan has admitted that his club’s player charter, which hit the headlines last month, was too ‘stern.’ The Galway club were at the centre of something of a storm when their charter did the rounds on social media in early December. Entitled ‘requirements needed from players before we sign up for 2024,’ […]

2 years ago

The Premier League darts line-up for 2024 has been announced. The question on everybody’s lips prior to the announcement was whether 16-year-old sensation Luke Littler would feature, given his breath-taking rise to stardom over the last three weeks, and he has now been confirmed as one of the eight-man line-up. Defending Premier League champion Michael […]

2 years ago

Walking along, singing a song, walking in a Littler wonderland. Leading 4-2 early on in Wednesday night’s World Darts Championship final against Luke Humphries, Luke Litter looked like he may have been on for the fairytale. The teenage dreamer had knocked in a number of tonne-plus finished, he’d shaken off some early nerves to re-summon […]

2 years ago

“I had 99 per cent of the crowd against me and a section of them whistling at my every shot.” – Luke Humphries. When Luke Humphries defeated Ricardo Pietreczko in Round three of the World Darts Championships, he says that he did so in the face of one of the most difficult atmospheres he’s ever […]

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Luke Littler is through to the World Darts Championship final after defeating Rob Cross 6-2. The 16-year-old is remarkably now just one game away from collecting the Sid Waddell trophy, with World Number One Luke Humphries standing in his way in Wednesday night’s final. The teen sensation has taken the tournament by storm since his […]

2 years ago

Graham Rowntree vented his frustration as Munster’s injury concerns mounted during their 22-9 URC loss to Connacht. Having come into the game minus a number of key performers, Munster’s luckless run with injuries continued when two of their players were stretchered off in the first half. Injuries to Edwin Edogbo, Diarmuid Barron, Dave Kilcoyne, Alex […]

2 years ago

Scott Williams had said that he knew from their practice round on Monday night that Michael van Gerwen wasn’t fully at the races for their World quarter final. The non-seeded Englishman defeated Mighty Mike 5-4 to advance to the semi-finals, blowing the competition wide open in the process. The 33-year-old was a rank outsider heading […]

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Teen sensation Luke Littler has maintained his blistering Alexandra Palace form by defeating Fermanagh’s Brendan Dolan 5-1 in the World Darts Championship quarter final. The 16-year-old got off to a slow start, by his standards, in losing the first two legs of the first set but he came from behind to win the set and […]

2 years ago

Rob Cross pulled off a miracle on New Year’s day to defeat Chris Dobey in the World Darts Championship quarter final. The 2018 World Champion had found himself 4-0 down but he came back from the abyss to win what was described by Sky Sports commentator Stuart Pyke as ‘one of the greatest games you […]

2 years ago

Cousins Patrick and Danny Mullins had something of a difference of opinion on the Limerick racecourse on Thursday afternoon. “He hasn’t listened to me,” said Patrick in his post-race interview on Racing TV. This comment came with Patrick having pointed at Danny in a none-too-friendly manner after passing the finishing post in first place aboard […]

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Fermanagh’s Brendan Dolan has qualified for the last sixteen of the World Darts Championship. The Belcoo man pulled off a big shock on Thursday night, when he defeated 2021 Champion Gerwyn Price 4-2 at the Alexandra Palace. Dolan’s victory sees him through to the next round of the competition, where he will take on either […]

2 years ago

Trailblazers of their country. Name the ten men who have been the only manager from their country to manage in the Premier League. Here are some other quizzes that you might be interested in: The 15 best Gaelic Footballers since 2000 that have not won an All-Ireland Quiz: Name these 20 Premier League […]

2 years ago

William Saliba appeared to admit Liverpool should have had a penalty during their 1-1 draw with Arsenal in the Premier League. Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard clearly handled the ball inside the penalty area during the first half of the match, but referee Chris Kavanagh didn’t spot the offence and subsequently, VAR David Coote didn’t intervene. […]

2 years ago

Ricky Evans steam-rolled sixth seed Nathan Aspinall in a stunning performance in Round Two of the World Darts Championships. Evans, ranked 53rd in the PDC Order of Merit, lost the first leg of the game but was irresistible from then on. Evans proceeded to win the match in straight sets, on a scoreline of 3-0, […]

2 years ago

JP McManus and the McManus family made an unprecedented and completely unexpected donation to the GAA on Thursday afternoon of €32 million, to be divided equally among the nation’s 32 counties. In a letter he issued to the various county boards, Limerick’s honorary president and chief sponsor and supporter expressed his intention for the money […]

2 years ago

Paul Scholes reckons Manchester United made two major mistakes in last summer’s transfer window. The former Manchester United midfielder reckons the team would ‘be so much better’ had they signed a certain two players who were available during the summer. United’s interest in Declan Rice and Harry Kane had been well-documented but they were unable […]

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The All-Ireland club semi-finals will take place in county grounds this year, rather than the national stadium. All four club semi-finals were played in Croke Park last season but the general consensus was that they were lost in GAA HQ. The double-bill of hurling semi-finals certainly wasn’t helped by the fact it took place on […]

2 years ago

If this was how disappointed he was at half-time, just imagine how he felt at full-time. Donncha O’Callaghan laid into Connacht at half-time of their Champions Cup pool stage loss to Bordeaux Bègles. Connacht were favourites heading into the game, which took place in the SportsGround in Galway, but they put in a thoroughly under-whelming […]

2 years ago

Damien Cahalane came into his own during Castlehaven’s penalty shoot-out victory over Dingle in the Munster club football final. Having played 80 minutes at centre back, he swapped the number six jersey for the number one as soon as it became clear that the game was going to a shoot-out. Cahalane, the Cork hurling full […]

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