Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has asked the media to ease off on goalkeeper Loris Karius following his latest howler against Tranmere Rovers. Karius’ bundled a routine save in the second-half of Liverpool’s 3-2 win to allow Jonny Smith the opportunity to pounce and score his first goal on debut for Tranmere. The mishap from Karius […]

8 years ago

RTE soccer pundit Eamon Dunphy admitted that he had to reassess his view of Paul Pogba following France’s 1-0 win over Belgium on Tuesday. Pogba was instrumental in the semi-final win and made some critical interventions and key passes, particularly to Corentin Tolisso and Antoine Griezmann in the second-half. Dunphy said earlier in the tournament […]

8 years ago

Republic of Ireland underage defender Ryan Nolan has been pictured training with the Inter Milan first team during the Nerazzurri’s pre-season.  The 19-year-old centre-back joined Inter Milan on a three-year deal from Torre Pacheco in Spain in 2015. The Clare native moved to Murica from Shannon when he was eight-years-old and played underage football in Spain until […]

8 years ago

Cristiano Ronaldo has joined Juventus after the Italian club agreed to a €100m (£88.3m) fee for the Portuguese forward with Real Madrid. Ronaldo joined Madrid from Manchester United in 2009 for a then world record fee of £80 million (€94 million) and went on to make 438 appearances for the club. During that time he scored 450 goals, an all-time […]

8 years ago

France manager Didier Deschamps has labelled former teammate and current Belgium assistant manager Thierry Henry as the enemy ahead of Tuesday’s World Cup semi-final between the two countries. Henry joined Roberto Martinez’s coaching staff in August 2016 for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign and he’s helped guide the Belgians to their joint best […]

8 years ago

Aston Villa manager Jack Grealish has admitted that the club could be set to lose midfielder Jack Grealish this summer amid financial difficulties. Villa were hit with a £4.2m tax bill by HMRC last month while they also owed around £11million to other clubs for player transfers. Furthermore, the club must raise £40 million to comply […]

8 years ago

Croatian defender Domagoj Vida could face further trouble after FIFA opened a second investigation into a new video from Vida in which he appears to say ‘Belgrade Burn’. The Beşiktaş JK centre-back was warned by FIFA earlier this week for appearing in a video alongside assistant coach Ognjen Vukojevic in which both men dedicated Croatia’s quarter-final victory to Ukraine. […]

8 years ago

Croatia have dismissed their assistant coach Ognjen Vukojevic after the former international published a politically provocative video on social media following his side’s penalty shootout win over Russia on Saturday. Vukojevic recorded a video with defender Domagoj Vida after the game in which both men dedicated Croatia’s victory to Ukraine. Ukraine are engaged in a political conflict […]

8 years ago

Former Croatia manager Slaven Bilic and current Republic of Ireland manager Martin O’Neill got quite animated during ITV’s recent coverage of Croatia’s penalty shootout win over Denmark in the round of 16. Croatia advanced to the quarter-finals to play Russia following the win and Bilic was given a platform by ITV host Mark Pougatch to explain […]

8 years ago

Five-time All-Ireland winner Tomás Ó Sé has called for a complete overhaul of Cork football following their round four qualifier loss to Tyrone on Saturday. The Rebels slumped to a 16-point loss to miss out on the inaugural Super 8s while they have not won a Munster Senior Football Championship since 2012. Ó Sé, who has […]

8 years ago

The inaugural Super 8 series is here and Kerry, Galway, Kildare, Monaghan, Donegal, Dublin, Tyrone and Roscommon will play in the first ever trial of the series. The Super 8 series will see a revamp of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship quarter-final structure where the final eight teams will play three group stage matches with the top two highest ranking […]

8 years ago

Derek McGrath knows what Galway manager Micheál Donoghue is like. McGrath’s Waterford side took on the defending Leinster champions in last year’s All-Ireland final and he watched from the sidelines as Galway ended their drought with a three-point win over the Deise in Croke Park. Donoghue was widely lauded following the win but McGrath has said […]

8 years ago

Former Dublin All-Ireland winner Charlie Redmond has said that every county in the GAA will stand to benefit from Dublin playing two games at Croke Park during this summer’s inaugural Super 8 series. The Donegal county board asked for a meeting with the GAA on Tuesday to seek clarification on how any county may use […]

8 years ago

Killiney student Sarah Healy has set a new record for the 1500m at the European U18 Championships with a time of 4:18:71 to win gold in Gyor, Hungary. Healy crushed the competition to win Ireland’s third gold medal of the championships after her win in the 3000m race as well as Rhasidat Adeleke’s win in the […]

8 years ago

Ten-time All-Ireland winner Henry Shefflin has said that Galway forward Jonathan Glynn summarised the Tribesmen’s character in their Leinster Senior Hurling Championship final replay win over Kilkenny on Sunday. Glynn scored Galway’s first and only goal in the 1-28 to 3-15 win at Semple Stadium and Shefflin praised the forward for his work rate and […]

8 years ago

RTE Sunday Game panelist Ger Loughnane has criticised Galway for how they defended Ger Aylward’s goal in the first-half of Kilkenny’s Leinster Senior Hurling Championship replay loss to the defending All-Ireland champions on Sunday. Galway got off to a great start at Semple Stadium with Cathal Mannion, Conor Whelan and Niall Burke all pointing early […]

8 years ago

Undefeated super featherweight Jono Carroll [16-0] has fired back at Conor McGregor after the former UFC Lightweight champion said that Declan Geraghty ‘would have too much for him’ in their Belfast rematch last month. Carroll and Geragthy fought in November 2014 with the former winning on a disqualification call. Carroll has since won the IBF European Super […]

8 years ago

Olympic silver medalist Sonia O’Sullivan was ecstatic with her daughter Sophie’s performance in her European U18 Championships 800m final on Saturday. O’Sullivan finished in second place in the final in Gyor as the 16-year-old enjoyed an incredible start to her first major championship representing Ireland. Born in Australia, Sophie decided to represent the country of […]

8 years ago

Five-time Ballon d’Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo has reportedly agreed to personal terms to join Juventus next season. The Portugal captain looks set to leave Real Madrid after nine years at the Santiago Bernabeu where he won four Champions League titles, two La Liga titles and four Ballon d’Or awards. It is understood that the 33-year-old […]

8 years ago

Uruguay have been dealt a massive blow ahead of Friday’s quarter-final with France at the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium in Nizhny Novgorod. Striker Edinson Cavani has been Uruguay’s top goal scorer at the tournament with three goals in four matches but will miss Friday’s match with a calf injury. The PSG forward will be replaced in the […]

8 years ago

A host of footballers turn to the media once their playing careers have finished and maybe England defender Kieran Trippier is trying to get an early grounding in how media members conduct their work when covering an international team. The Tottenham wing-back sat among reporters for John Stones’ pre-match press conference before he was eventually […]

8 years ago

Dimitri Payet has been linked with a return to West Ham United next season just one year after leaving the club in 2017. Payet joined the Hammers from Marseille in 2015 and spent two seasons at Upton Park before moving back to the club in January 2017. The French international was voted West Ham’s Player of […]

8 years ago

Juventus forward Paulo Dybala has been linked with a move to Champions League finalists Liverpool amid increasing speculation that his club will sign five-time Ballon d’Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo. Ronaldo has been heavily linked with a move to Turin over the last few days which could potentially push Paulo Dybala, Juventus’ top scorer from last […]

8 years ago

New Liverpool signings Naby Keita and Fabinho are in line to make their Liverpool debuts in Saturday’s pre-season friendly with Chester FC. Liverpool will open their pre-season campaign this weekend as manager Jurgen Klopp looks to test out his new midfielders while also welcoming Loris Karius back into the fold following his humiliation in the […]

8 years ago

Ethiopian runners Yomif Kejelcha and Selemon Barega were jostling for the lead of a 5000m race at an IAAF Diamond League event in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Thursday when Kejelcha attempted to pull down his compatriots’ shorts near the bend. The pair had ran towards the final turn when Kejelcha inexplicably tried to pull Barega down after he […]

8 years ago

Cristiano Ronaldo and Ante Rebic have been the fastest players at this summer’s FIFA World Cup in Russia according to new statistics from football’s governing body. Ronaldo clocked the joint fastest run of the tournament thus when he cleared the 34 km/h mark, presumably against Spain in the group stages, while Rebic also clocked up […]

8 years ago

It’s a big weekend of sport ahead with the quarter-finals of the World Cup set to commence on Friday, the final round of the All-Ireland football qualifiers kicking off on Saturday and the Leinster final replay between Galway and Kilkenny set for Sunday. There are several clashes over the weekend with Roscommon’s qualifier with Armagh […]

8 years ago

Conor McGregor’s head coach John Kavanagh has said that it’s hard to appreciate what his fighter’s life is like since his professional boxing debut with Floyd Mayweather Jr. last year. McGregor was paid a reported $85 million for the fight but has yet to return to mixed martial arts as he waits to discover his […]

8 years ago

Donegal’s Super 8s opener with Dublin next Saturday evening will remain at Croke Park following a meeting with the GAA on Thursday. Donegal asked for a meeting with the GAA on Tuesday to seek clarification on how any county may use a ground as both a ‘neutral’ and ‘home’ venue with the first round of […]

8 years ago

The Hollywood hills seems about as good as a location as any to escape international humiliation. Liverpool goalkeeper Loris Karius was publicly embarrassed back in May when he conceded two all-time howlers in the Reds Champions League final loss to Real Madrid in Kiev. Karius was later diagnosed with concussion by Dr. Ross Zafonte and Dr. […]

8 years ago

Eamon Dunphy is making a late run into GAA punditry as he prepares to host a GAA road show in Tralee next Thursday. Dunphy will be taking his The Stand podcast to The Rose Hotel on July 12 for a live show with Tomas O Se, Niall Cahalane, Larry Tompkins and Eoin Liston. Dunphy has once again provided […]

8 years ago

Galway full-forward Sean Bleahene struck an injury time winner to seal Galway a maiden Leinster Under-21 Hurling Championship on Wednesday. Wexford forward Rory O’Connor had given the Yellowbellies a two-point lead in the dying minutes with a fantastic point on the turn before Galway came right back down the other end with Bleahene catching a long ball forward […]

8 years ago

I remember walking into the spare room in my grandparent’s house moments after Ireland had just exited the 2007 Rugby World Cup. I had bought the official jersey, the t-shirt, the tournament pullout and for the first time into an Irish team’s chances at a major sporting tournament. I held a genuine belief that Ireland […]

8 years ago

Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins has called on FIFA to widen the goals as a solution to ‘soccer’s notorious inability to deliver scoring opportunities’. This summer’s World Cup has seen 146 goals across 56 matches through the second round of the tournament to yield an average of 2.61 goals per match, the second highest average goals […]

8 years ago

So you have this competition where just four counties have contested the last seven finals. One of those counties has won the competition three consecutive times and has received €15,427,560 more than any other county in coaching and games development grants over the last decade and they also have the biggest sponsorship deal in the […]

8 years ago

England won their first ever penalty shootout at the World Cup on Tuesday with a 4-3 win over Colombia in Moscow. Harry Kane opened the scoring from the penalty spot in the second-half before Colombia centre-back Yerry Mina equalised in stoppage time to send the game into extra-time. Both teams were tied level at the […]

8 years ago

A fan has been detained by Russian police after vandalising a statue of former Spartak Moscow midfielder Fyodor Cherenkov. Cherenkov, a two-time Soviet footballer of the year winner, has a statue erected in his honour outside the Spartak stadium where England defeated Colombia on penalties to advance to the World Cup quarter-finals. The word “England” was […]

8 years ago

Ostracised former Wallabies fly-half Quade Cooper dominated in his return to rugby in the Queensland Premier Rugby competition last weekend as he continues to look for an avenue back into professional rugby. The 30-year-old was told he was surplus to requirements by new Queensland Reds coach Brad Thorn earlier this season which has subsequently relegated […]

8 years ago

Donegal GAA have asked for a meeting with the GAA to seek clarification on how any county may use a ground as both a ‘neutral’ and ‘home’ venue. This summer will see the introduction of the Super 8 series where the four provincial champions and the four winning teams from round four of the All-Ireland […]

8 years ago

A Colombia assistant has been spotted dropping a shoulder into England forward Raheem Sterling as he entered the half-time tunnel during the round of 16 tie between the two nations in Moscow. Sterling started up front alongside captain Harry Kane and performed admirably as he held up the ball well in a fiery and incident […]

8 years ago

England midfielder Jordan Henderson has been compared to Brazil forward Neymar for his reaction to an altercation with Colombia midfielder Wilmar Barrios in the first-half of England’s round of 16 tie in Moscow. Henderson and Barrios were jostling for position before an England free-kick when the Liverpool midfielder nudged Barrios with a gentle elbow before […]

8 years ago

Argentine World Cup winner has criticised Neymar for what he described as ‘clowning’ during Brazil’s 2-0 win over Mexico on Monday. Neymar opened the scoring for the five-time world champions before Roberto Firmino sealed the win by tapping home a shot from inside the six-yard box but it was the post-foul antics of the Paris […]

8 years ago

Colombian ambassador Néstor Osorio Londono has said that the Sun’s reference to Colombia’s dark history with the drug trade was sad. The British tabloid newspaper put a picture of England captain Harry Kane on their front page ahead of Tuesday’s round of 16 tie with Colombia and accompanied the image with the tag “As 3 Lions […]

8 years ago

International Rugby Players, the global representative body on issues of importance to professional Rugby players and the game of Rugby Union, have said that they will take up the issue of the Zimbabwe team sleeping on the streets of Tunis before their World Cup qualifier with Tunisia on Saturday. Zimbabwe are in Tunisia for a Gold […]

8 years ago

The Danish Football Association have contacted the police over death threats received by striker Nicolai Jørgensen. Jørgensen missed the fifth and final penalty for Denmark after previous shootout misses from Christian Eriksen and Lasse Schone. Ivan Rakitic sealed a 3-2 penalty win for Croatia following Jørgensen’s miss and was abused and received death threats following the loss. […]

8 years ago

“What an effort! I’ve never seen that before,” former Wallaby full-back Greg Martin said after Tadhg Furlong left the second Test in Melbourne with the most run metres of any Irish player. Furlong walked off the AAMI Park pitch after 72 minutes with 43 metres from 13 carries and further solidified his reputation as one […]

8 years ago

Kildare advanced to the final round of the All-Ireland qualifiers with a two-point win over Mayo in Newbridge on Saturday. The match attracted significant attention in the build up for the GAA’s decision to originally schedule the game as part of a double header with Tyrone and Cavan at Croke Park, before insisting that the […]

8 years ago

Former Liverpool midfielder Jamie Redknapp has hailed England captain Harry Kane as the Three Lions answer to five-time Ballon d’Or winners Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. Ronaldo and Messi both exited this summer’s World Cup on Saturday after Argentina and Portugal suffered respective losses to France and Uruguay in the round of 16 with both […]

8 years ago

Argentine World Cup winner Diego Maradona has said that going to watch Argentina’s round of 16 World Cup loss to France on Saturday was like going to see ‘the chronicle of an announced death’. 2014 World Cup finalists Argentina crashed out of this year’s finals after suffering a 4-3 defeat to France in Kazan. Argentina took […]

8 years ago

Kildare advanced to the final round of All-Ireland qualifiers on Saturday with an upset win over last year’s finalists Mayo in Newbridge. The match attracted significant attention in the build up for the GAA’s decision to originally schedule the game as part of a double header with Tyrone and Cavan at Croke Park, before insisting […]

8 years ago