Manchester United claimed their first win of the pre-season after a 9-8 win on penalties over AC Milan. Alexis Sanchez opened the scoring for Jose Mourinho’s side in the 12th minute before Suso equalised three minutes later for Milan to level the scores at 1-1. The score was locked at 1-1 for the remainder of […]

8 years ago

The FAI unveiled the Republic of Ireland’s new away kit on Wednesday. The white away kit features a green shade on the sleeves and orange lines running down the front of the shoulder stemming from the neck. The new kit also features green shorts, a green collar and a new metallic crest. 🇮🇪 Taking Irish […]

8 years ago

Eamon Dunphy’s broadcasting career with RTE has come to an end after the 72-year-old declined a contract extension with the national broadcaster. Dunphy announced on Wednesday that he has decided to leave the station to run off with a podcast as he looks to concentrate on his show The Stand as well as his column with The Irish […]

8 years ago

Jordan Conroy has been a real revelation for the Irish men’s sevens team this year. After scoring eight tries at his debut tournament in Paris last month, Conroy scored four of Ireland’s 17 tries at the Rugby World Cup Sevens in San Francisco as Anthony Eddy’s side claimed the Challenge Trophy following a 24-14 win over […]

8 years ago

Virgin Media have confirmed that the NatWest 6 Nations Championship will remain on free-to-air television despite the pending introduction of Virgin Media Sport. Virgin announced in June that they had planned to launch a new channel – Virgin Media Sport – that will be available to Virgin Media customers to showcase its range of sports content. TV3 group […]

8 years ago

UFC Welterweight champion Tyron Woodley will defend his title against undefeated Liverpudlian Darren Till in September. Till has won his last four fights following a draw with Nicolas Dalby in his second bout with the UFC and the 25-year-old has leapfrogged interim champion Colby Covington for a shot at Woodley’s crown. Covington won the interim belt […]

8 years ago

When former Wicklow manager Johnny Magee proposed a strike action in the wake of  the “Super 8” proposal being passed last year, former GAA general-director Páraic Duffy dismissed Magee’s proposal and said he could go onto Twitter and see similar remarks if he wanted to feel annoyed. “I could go onto Twitter this evening and get any […]

8 years ago

Defending PRO14 champions Leinster will kick off their title defence next month with a trip to Cardiff to face the Blues at the Cardiff Arms Park. Leinster defeated the Scarlets in both the Champions Cup semi-final, and the PRO 14 final in Dublin, to complete a historic double winning season for the Irish province. Meanwhile […]

8 years ago

Former Spain and Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas is driving support for embattled Liverpool shotstopper Loris Karius. The Liverpool number one has made a string of errors following his nightmare performance in Liverpool’s 3-1 Champions League final loss to Real Madrid in May. The arrival of Brazilian international Alisson Becker from Roma could see Karius […]

8 years ago

Eleven Sports’ recent acquisition of the USPGA Championship, La Liga and Serie A has seen the Andrea Radrizzani owned network emerge as a genuine player in the Irish sports market. Eleven will make its official launch into the Irish market next month and will show all four rounds of the PGA Championship live and free of […]

8 years ago

GAA Hour guest and former Meath intercounty player Cian Ward has said that Galway should rest some of their key players ahead of their All-Ireland quarter-final group stage finale with Monaghan next month. Opening round wins over Kerry and Kildare has guaranteed Galway a place in the semi-final, which will take place just one week […]

8 years ago

The USPGA Championship will not be shown on Irish television this year after Eleven Sports, founded by Leeds United owner Andrea Radrizzani, acquired the broadcasting rights to the final major of the golf calendar year. The centenary edition of the golf major, which runs from 9-12 August at the Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis, Missouri, […]

8 years ago

Pep Guardiola is not adverse to confrontation within his sides.  Zlatan Ibrahimovic said he was “immature” during their time together at Barcelona. Yaya Toure accused the former Barcelona manager of trying to ‘sabotage’ his final season at Manchester City. Brazilian defender Dante said he wasn’t good on a ‘human level’. Guardiola certainly has had his detractors during […]

8 years ago

I remember having my first genuine conversation with Conor Moore at a co-worker’s going away party at Devitts pub on Camden Street Lower in Dublin. I had only been working at Maximum Media for a couple of weeks by that stage but when I saw Conor walk up the stairs to the second floor bar […]

8 years ago

The GAA have confirmed that the availability of Páirc Uí Chaoimh for the playing of games not controlled by the Association can only be reviewed at congress. Rule 5.1 of the GAA guide states that all GAA property shall ‘be used only for the purpose of or in connection with the playing of the games controlled by […]

8 years ago

Liam Miller’s former teammate and Cork City forward Karl Sheppard has hit out at the GAA’s decision not to allow Miller’s memorial match to be played at Páirc Uí Chaoimh. Miller passed away in February after a prolonged battle with oesophogeal cancer. A memorial match between a team of Celtic and Manchester United legends was organised in […]

8 years ago

Former Manchester United captain and Salford City co-owner Gary Neville has defended the club’s acquisition of Republic of Ireland striker Adam Rooney. Rooney joined Salford City on Thursday and signed  a three-year deal believed to be worth about £4,000 per week. The Dubliner is Salford’s sixth signing of the summer following the recent acquisitions of […]

8 years ago

We shouldn’t really be surprised by this but it’s still brilliant to watch. Diarmuid Connolly stepped away from the Dublin senior men’s football panel earlier this year to head to the United States where he has joined Donegal Boston in the Boston Mens Senior Football Championship. Connolly spent the best part of a decade terrorising intercounty […]

8 years ago

New Liverpool signing Fabinho has said that he will try and convince his former Monaco teammate Kylian Mbappé to join the club in the future. Mbappé joined Ligue 1 champions PSG last summer on an initial season long loan deal, with the club to finalise a permanent deal this month, for a fee believed to […]

8 years ago

Rules are rules and they have to be obeyed. Or at least that’s what we’re led to believe. The GAA are a stifler for rules. An association that strictly adheres to the rules and respects them. But before I get to the Liam Miller situation with Páirc Uí Chaoimh do you remember the Newbridge or […]

8 years ago

Southampton have announced the signings of Republic of Ireland underage internationals Kameron Ledwidge and Sean Brennan to professional contracts. The pair enjoyed successful debut seasons for the Saints’ Under-18s side last season and have both signed three-year deals, which will keep them at the club until June 2021. The club also signed forward Enzo Robise to […]

8 years ago

Daily Show host Trevor Noah has responded to a letter from the French ambassador to the United States Gerard Araud over a joke he made on his show following France’s World Cup final win over Croatia on Sunday. Goals from Paul Pogba, Antoine Greizmann and Kylian Mbappe helped set up a 4-2 win for France […]

8 years ago

Former Ireland midfielder Liam Miller’s memorial match has been moved from Páirc Uí Chaoimh to Turner’s Cross due to a conflict with GAA rules. Miller passed away in February after a prolonged battle with oesophogeal cancer. A memorial match was organised in his honour with the proceeds to be donated to his wife Clare and his […]

8 years ago

Two-time British & Irish Lions captain Sam Warburton has announced that he will retire from professional rugby at the age of 29. Warburton captained the Lions to a series draw with New Zealand last summer but missed the entirety of Wales’ Six Nations campaign with a knee injury. He finishes his career with 175 games […]

8 years ago

Former UFC Lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez has lent his support to Tyrone ahead of their All-Ireland Quarter-Final Group Stage match with Dublin this weekend. Alvarez is no stranger to the GAA having met Tyrone native Aaron Elliott last year after the 23-year-old was rushed to hospital to undergo emergency surgery on a severe compound fracture […]

8 years ago

Republic of Ireland U19 defender Tyreke Wilson has been called into the Manchester City squad for the Blues upcoming pre-season tour of the United States. The Premier League champions will play Borussia Dortmund in Chicago on Friday, July 20, before heading to New York to play Liverpool on Wednesday, July 25, and then finishing their […]

8 years ago

Toulon President Mourad Boudjellal has refused to pay an EPCR fine of €75,000 for the offensive comments he made in light of  Toulon centre Matheiu Bastareaud’s three-week suspension earlier this year for verbally abusing a Benetton Treviso player in last season’s Champions Cup. The outspoken Toulon chief told reporters after Bastareaud was cited by the EPCR that […]

8 years ago

Conor McGregor has been ranked as the 12th highest paid entertainer in the world by Forbes Magazine. McGregor made an estimated $85 million for his professional boxing debut against Floyd Mayweather Jr. last year with his opponent taking the number one spot on the list with an estimated earnings of $275 million. Their fight in Las […]

8 years ago

Trade union officials from SIPTU will meet with the management of both Limerick FC and Bray Wanderers over recent pay disputes. The FAI announced on Monday that they had banned Bray Wanderers FC from participating in the IRN-BRU Scottish Challenge Cup and that ‘the club will not be permitted to register any new players for […]

8 years ago

The World Cup is over and the Premier League is just around the corner. Manchester United and Leicester City will kick-off the new season next month when they meet at Old Trafford on Friday, August 10, as Jose Mourinho’s side look to close the gap on local rivals and Premier League champions Manchester City this […]

8 years ago

14-time major winner Tiger Woods has issued a warning to his fellow pros ahead of this week’s Open Championship. Woods was conducting a master class to media and fans at his recent “TigerJam “charity event in Las Vegas where he was filmed giving a speech to those in attendance about control. “I can’t control you,” […]

8 years ago

N’Golo Kante had a rare off day in Sunday’s World Cup final against Croatia. He was dispossessed twice, he received a yellow card for a clumsy tackle on Ivan Rakitic and he completed just 57% of his passes before he was replaced by Steven N’Zonzi early in the second-half. It was an aberration for Kante […]

8 years ago

Dublin cruised to a five-point win over Donegal in the opening round of the All-Ireland Quarter-Final Group Stage on Saturday evening. Goals either side of half-time from Niall Scully set up a commanding lead to start the second-half for Dublin as they held on to their advantage to maintain their unbeaten run in the championship […]

8 years ago

The opening weekend of the Super 8 series saw an attendance decrease of 43% from the opening weekend of last year’s All-Ireland quarter-finals. 53,501 people attended Saturday’s double header at Croke Park to see Tyrone take on Roscommon and Dublin play Donegal, while just 30,740 people went to see Monaghan defeat Kildare and Galway play […]

8 years ago

Lyon chairman Jean-Michel Aulas has reopened the possibility of attacking midfielder Nabil Fekir joining Liverpool this summer. Fekir was strongly linked with a move to Anfield before the World Cup but Liverpool reportedly pulled out of the deal due to reported complications with his medical after a fee and personal terms had already been agreed. Liverpool […]

8 years ago

RTE, BBC and ITV will all be broadcasting Sunday’s World Cup final between Croatia and France. The French will look to win their first World Cup since 1998 after advancing past Argentina, Uruguay and Belgium in the knockout stages to book a spot in the final in Moscow while Croatia progressed to their first ever […]

8 years ago

Premier League clubs are circling Colombia defender Yerry Mina with the Barcelona centre-back potentially set to leave the Nou Camp this summer. Mina enjoyed a breakout World Cup with Colombia and scored a last-minute equaliser to force extra-time in his side’s round of 16 tie with England where they would ultimately crash out of the […]

8 years ago

Sky News reporter Enda Brady has responded to the online abuse he has received as an Irish journalist covering England World Cup games. Brady has been covering the Three Lions at the 2018 FIFA World Cup for Sky this summer but insists that he is not upset at the abuse he has received during the […]

8 years ago

They built them up as champions-elect and they, once again, came up painfully short when it mattered most. After Kieran Trippier gave England the lead in spectacular fashion against Croatia the Three Lions proceeded to implode in their World Cup semi-final in a way that really only England can. Captain Harry Kane finished runners-up to Mohamed […]

8 years ago

Bray Wanderers players have moved to strike after the club have failed to pay their players for the last seven weeks of football. The Seagulls are currently languishing at the bottom of the Premier Division table with just four wins from 25 games this season as they edge ever closer to relegation. The players were […]

8 years ago

Rugby fans have reacted angrily to Sunwolves flanker Ed Quirk’s red card in the first-half of his side’s trip to Brisbane to face the Queensland Reds. The former Reds backrower was sent off minutes before half-time by referee Ben O’Keeffe for what appears to be a phantom punch on Queensland fly-half Hamish Stewart. Quirk’s red card. […]

8 years ago

Irish and UK viewers looking to watch Serie A and La Liga football next season will be able to do so from the one channel after Eleven Sports, owned by the Leeds United chairman Andrea Radrizzani, secured an exclusive three-year deal to broadcast live games of Italian football’s premier division. The new deal ends BT Sport’s […]

8 years ago

FIFA have opened disciplinary proceedings into “possible discriminatory” chants by England fans during their World Cup semi-final loss to Croatia on Wednesday. Mario Mandzukic’s extra-time goal fired the Croats into their first ever World Cup final but the FA could now face charges for discriminatory chants with ‘No surrender to the IRA’ believed to be […]

8 years ago

Manchester United are reportedly preparing to launch a sizable bid for England defender Harry Maguire. The Leicester City centre-back enjoyed a breakout tournament for the Three Lions at the 2018 FIFA World Cup and is understood to have attracted significant interest from United manager Jose Mourinho. According to Charlie Sale of The Daily Mail, United would have […]

8 years ago

Former Everton forward Wayne Rooney has said that he was effectively forced to leave the Toffees this summer after the club made it clear to him that he was no longer needed at Goodison Park. Rooney returned to his boyhood club last season after 13 years at Manchester United where he won five Premier League […]

8 years ago

Former Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp has likened England centre-back Harry Maguire to former Republic of Ireland captain Richard Dunne. Redknapp managed Dunne for two seasons while the pair were together at Queens Park Rangers and Redknapp said that Maguire’s deceptive pace was very similar to Dunne’s at QPR. “Not saying it now, it’s easy to […]

8 years ago

Birmingham City manager Harry Redknapp has said that he’d try and sign Harry Maguire if he was a GAA coach. Redknapp recently took charge of Castlehaven in West Cork as part of AIB’s Toughest Rivalry series which will chronicle both Redknapp and Gianluca Vialli’s journeys as they take charge of two rival GAA clubs. The former Spurs […]

8 years ago

The GAA have confirmed the dates and times for all three phases of the All-Ireland football Super 8 series as well as the All-Ireland semi-finals in hurling. The GAA confirmed on Tuesday that Roscommon will face Tyrone at 5pm in Croke Park on Saturday while Dublin will play Donegal in the evening game at 7pm. Then on Sunday Kildare will play Monaghan […]

8 years ago

Birmingham City manager Harry Redknapp has said that England midfielders Dele Alli and Jesse Lingard need to concentrate on helping Jordan Henderson trying to contain Croatia midfielders Luka Modric and Ivan Rakitic. Redknapp coached Modric for four years at Tottenham and said that Modric and Rakitic will most likely dictate play in Wednesday’s semi-final in […]

8 years ago

Five-time All-Ireland winner Tomás Ó Sé has said that the uncertainty and confusion over the dates of the Super 8 fixtures is ‘insane and unfair’. The opening round of the inaugural Super 8 series will see four matches set for Croke Park this weekend but the next two rounds are still yet to be scheduled […]

8 years ago