Conan Doherty
They’ve never seen the like of this. They may never see the like of this again. Maybe none of us will. Leicester City are Premier League champions. It isn’t dream, it isn’t a fairytale, it’s a reality. A beautiful, unimaginable reality. So that actually happened pic.twitter.com/6OuEoTsPLm — SportsJOE (@SportsJOEdotie) May 7, 2016 We’ve been hearing […]
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The king is back. That’s the MLS saying that, not us. What we’ll say is: the king is back. Robbie Keane took 13 minutes to announce his return to a football pitch and do what he does best, hit nothing but net. The Irish skipper has been sidelined since March but he made a goal-scoring […]
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No-one wants to look at Ronaldo’s sculpted body anymore. Right? We’d rather our topless football players be more… Irish. Good news, Newry City are looking after us. The county Down outfit celebrated winning the Mid Ulster Intermediate A in style at the weekend with a Ronaldo changing room celebration to end them all (it won’t […]
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When games get personal. Very personal. The GAA is a beautiful place. Family, community, loyalty lines its very core but, when you’re a club man, your club is your number one priority. Throughout the history of the games, we’ve seen strange little Gaelic quirks that have pitted men’s own blood against one another because of […]
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It’s been a pretty decent season for Connacht, hasn’t it? Well, their unprecedented rise this year has been recognised even more with the 2016 Guinness Pro 12 Awards. Seven of the western province’s players were included on the Dream Team of the league’s best performers throughout this campaign. Three Leinster men also made up the […]
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Should it have been a free the other way?
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“Davy Fitzgerald is calling for time… IT’S ALL OVER!” A moment in time captured forever. Commentators aren’t just tasked with describing action or bringing a game to life. They face a challenge of immortalising iconic moments. Their words, their energy, their timing can sprinkle stardust over magic and ensure that it stands the test of […]
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It’s the easiest thing in the world to sulk. We’ve all been dropped (piss off if you haven’t). We’ve all had bad days and we’ve all thought higher of ourselves than someone else did. You can get a little selfish when that happens. You even start to think it wouldn’t be bad if a player […]
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And then there were two. Only Barcelona and Real Madrid can win La Liga now after Atletico Madrid went down to Levante and now it all rests on Sunday evening’s final round of games. It was a busy penultimate set of fixtures though that changed the state of play yet again. Real Madrid 3-2 Valencia […]
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Bloody hell. Hurling. Don’t ask how but Clare are league champions. From nowhere. From absolutely nowhere. Waterford will be wondering what the hell happened in the Division One replay with the Banner and the only answer they’ll summon is Tony Kelly. The Deise were cruising to glory and looked in control for most of the […]
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Five in a row. Celtic have finally done it. They took their time – relatively – but Ronny Deila’s men have been crowned SPL champions for a fifth successive season after their 3-2 win over Hearts. And it was the man they call the English Messi leading the way again. ✌🏻️✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻#5inarow pic.twitter.com/feVdgQIXoh — Patrick Roberts […]
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Plan your summer holidays right now. There will be 31 live hurling and football championship games on RTÉ this summer. The Irish broadcaster has released its schedule with a full line-up of games that will be aired on RTÉ One from May 21 the whole way through to the third Sunday of September. Dublin and […]
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Fit for European champions. There’s a buzz back in Liverpool. Jurgen Klopp is taking them to Basel to contest the Europa League final on May 18. If they win, they’ll not just have accrued a major trophy and fond memories of having cast United, Dortmund, Villarreal and Sevilla aside, but they’ll also have a Champions […]
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Insatiable. There’s something almost concerning about these Cork ladies. How they can come back year after year, smelling blood, biting their teeth. How they travel the country week after week and still have that teenage zest. How their brilliance, their dominance, hasn’t even come close to being tamed in a decade. In September, the Rebels […]
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Vincent Kompany is out of Euro 2016. The Belgium captain won’t be travelling to France with his country after visiting a Barcelona-based specialist. The Man City defender limped out of his club’s Champions League semi-final second leg in Madrid with a groin injury and is set to miss the rest of the season as well […]
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A classy tribute for a classy man. Glenavon never lost sight of the bigger picture on Saturday. The club claimed a historic Irish Cup title after beating Linfield 2-0 and it was celebration time for Gary Hamilton and his men. WATCH: Eoin Bradley's exquisite assist in the Irish Cup final is out of this world […]
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The man has skills. Eoin Bradley, former inter-county star. Eoin Bradley, Irish Cup champion. As dual players go, the most renowned forward in Derry football isn’t half bad with either size five. He might not be in Damian Barton’s new Oak Leaf squad but he’s still starring. Still tearing it up. Take the ball from […]
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If you’re looking for a Pep Guardiola legacy at Bayern Munich, look no further. Xabi bloody Alonso. A man so gorgeous it hurts. A man so beautiful with a ball at his feet that it’s hard to take. A man who doesn’t sweat – talent just drips off him. Xabi Alonso, a club man. @XabiAlonso […]
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Football is a cruel world. Footballers are crueller. Adnan Januzaj was a walking example of the need for a thick skin in this business as he was snubbed from being brought on as a late substitute at Carrow Road. The Belgian warmed up, he seemed ready, he was sent back to the bench as van […]
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As injuries go, this is as disgusting and as vile as they come. It was a good day for Middlesbrough. Their 1-1 draw with Brighton sees them promoted automatically to the Premier League along with champions Burnley. Gaston Ramirez will be celebrating from the hospital though after suffering a revolting cut on his leg during […]
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A 20-year-old goes out to play a game of football and he’s labelled as the worst ever. A 20-year-old makes a mistake and he’s accused of conspiring against his own county. A 20-year-old has his heart broken, his dreams shattered, and he’s left to fend off relentless, unfiltered abuse directed straight at him. Unfortunately, that’s […]
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The wonderful mind of Kolo Toure. Mamadou Sakho’s absence wasn’t even felt. When it’s Kolo time, it’s YOLO time (Jesus, feel free to leave right now). Anyway, the big Ivorian centre half had us laughing and intrigued in equal measures yet again during Liverpool’s victory over Villarreal to book their spot in the Europa League […]
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Never forgotten. Liverpool: The greatest football family. So read the stunning mosaic that encircled Anfield on Thursday night before the Villarreal game. The club paid a beautiful tribute to the victims of the Hillsborough disaster after justice was finally achieved 27 years too late. Anfield forms a special mosaic in memory of the 96 victims […]
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Holy shit. Liverpool fans don’t do things by half measures and Anfield Road is certainly no ordinary place. Ahead of their Europa League second leg clash with Villarreal on Thursday night, Red fans had the earth shaking with their support for Jurgen Klopp’s team. They filled every inch of the streets, climbed on scaffolding when […]
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There’s a surprise too
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“There is no point handing players up soft or not ready for battle.” Liam Cahill has taken a lot of hassle in Tipperary. The minor hurling manager came under serious scrutiny after the Premier county’s loss to Waterford last month but he left it until Wednesday’s win over Clare to hit back. And, my, did […]
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Robert Huth banned too
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The poor b*st*rd
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Jamie Heaslip, take a bow. Ireland team, take a bow. It wasn’t a great Six Nations campaign but it brought with it the best of tries. During the dismantling of Italy, Ireland cut through the opposition like a scolding knife through melting butter to produce the greatest try of the Joe Schmidt era. Nine passes, […]
10 years ago
Everything you need to know about GAA interviews in four brilliant minutes. Snapchat’s face swap filter has been threatening to take over the world – the Snapchat world at least. And, ever since the app allowed you to upload saved photos to mould into your face, you can’t open it anymore without the same old […]
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“1,456 days to change the course of your life.” Four years in the making, a lifetime in the making. The countdown to the Rio Olympics is on and the Irish hopefuls representing the country in Brazil are dreaming big. RTÉ’s new documentary, Road to Rio, airs on Wednesday 11 May and tracks the journey of […]
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Niall Burke > Gianfranco Zola. Whatever they’re feeding them in Swords, we hope there’s enough to go around. An under-16 match produced pure magic when a young man’s audacious effort scaled over 30 yards and picked out the top corner in truly spectacular fashion. Niall Burke of Coláiste Choilm hit a stunning free kick for […]
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Before they grow up
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Shit just got interesting
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“I’ve kept really quiet but I’ll tell you something, he went down in my estimation when he said that.” Sometimes things happen in this beautiful game and you know there and then that they are going to be remembered forever. April 29 1996. Newcastle United could have had their title race ended that Monday night in Leeds […]
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This was bad
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The Liverpool ‘keeper broke the internet
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Jose Aldo is supposed to be better than this. The legend of Jose Aldo is supposed to be better than this. The decade unbeaten Jose Aldo is supposed to be better than this. The inspiration, the trailblazer, the immortal Jose Aldo is better than this. Somewhere along the way, he lost himself. Somewhere in those generation-defining 13 […]
10 years ago
Tommy Walsh has left the Kerry football panel, according to reports. The frightening forward is said to have quit Éamonn Fitzmaurice’s county squad due to a lack of game time. Walsh rejoined the set-up last season after five years in Australia playing AFL but has found minutes on the field hard to come by – […]
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What a painting, what a tribute, what a man. As Euro 2016 inches ever closer, there’s something just not right about Bill O’Herlihy being missing from the nation’s living rooms. The legendary broadcaster who sadly passed away last May became synonymous with the Republic of Ireland and all the good and bad memories the football […]
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Éamonn Fitzmaurice wasn’t happy with some Dublin players. Some Dublin players weren’t happy with Éamonn Fitzmaurice. Kieran Donaghy took an awful lot of treatment at Croke Park on Sunday. He was being booed by the crowd, he was being ignored by the referee, and he certainly wasn’t being let off the leash by the the […]
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Michael Conlan loves the Irish language and he respects the legacy of Cormac McAnallen. The Tyrone hero tragically passed away of a rare heart disease in 2004 after helping to bring Sam to the Red Hand county for the first time ever the September previous. It rocked Mickey Harte and his squad, it rocked the […]
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Sign him up. The summer is in sight and the transfer rumours are swirling again. And they’re setting off in a blaze with Robert Lewandowski’s comments about the possibility of playing in England. The 27-year-old is one of the hottest pieces of property in the world and he was bound to have been linked with […]
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He has some stories to tell
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“It’s a f**king disgrace”
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DC says what every other fighter is thinking about McGregor
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They say you should never meet your heroes – unless your hero is Robbie Keane. It was a dream come true for Brazil man Pelé on Monday who finally got to embrace his Irish idol. Pelé, a former footballer from the south-west of Brazil, came face-to-face with Robbie Keane for the first time and he almost […]
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We’ve all made a ridiculous bet. Bravado really. It doesn’t all come back to bite us in the half nude arse on live TV. YES! If Leicester win the @premierleague I'll do the first MOTD of next season in just my undies. — Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) December 14, 2015 Gary Lineker couldn’t have known. None […]
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