Khabib Nurmagomedov’s manager Ali Abdelaziz has said that he will smack Conor McGregor the next time he sees him. McGregor repeatedly called Abdelaziz a ‘mad terrorist rat’ during the build up to UFC 229 last month where Nurmagomedov submitted McGregor to retain his UFC Lightweight belt. The Dubliner sounded off at Abdelaziz at the pre-fight […]

7 years ago

The Professional Footballers Association of Ireland have called on the English and Scottish FA’s to have a more robust approach in dealing with abuse faced by players like James McClean and managers such as Neil Lennon. McClean has engaged in a back and forth with the FA this week over their failure to adequately deal with […]

7 years ago

Dublin football manager Jim Gavin and Meath counterpart Andy McEntee have both been very receptive to a challenge match between their respective sides in aide of Sean Cox. Dublin will play Meath in a challenge match provisionally set for 1:30pm on December 16 with all proceeds going towards former Dunboyne GAA chairman Sean Cox, who […]

7 years ago

Monaghan goalkeeper Rory Beggan won his first All Star award last week after a fantastic year with the Farney County. Beggan ousted both Dublin goalkeeper Stephen Cluxton and Laois shotstopper Graham Brody to win the award. Cluxton captained Dublin to their fourth consecutive All-Ireland title in September but he has not won an All-Star award […]

7 years ago

Ireland full-back Jordan Larmour was just a few metres short of breaking the all-time record for metres made by a tier 1 player. Opta Sports, an international sports analytics company based in the United Kingdom, claimed that Larmour trailed only New Zealand utility back Israel Dagg for the most metres ever made in a single game […]

7 years ago

Former Ireland international Andrew Trimble has said that there’s no way that Owen Farrell would have intended to tackle Springbok substitute Andre Esterhuizen that high during the final minutes of England’s 12-11 win over South Africa at Twickenham on Saturday. Farrell nailed Esterhuizen with a huge tackle in the final minutes of England’s win with referee […]

7 years ago

Former Ireland international Andrew Trimble has predicted that Rob Kearney will continue to start ahead of Jordan Larmour for this month’s November internationals. Kearney has scored just one try in 79 games since September 2014 and is facing increasing pressure to hold onto his spot at full-back in light of Larmour’s spectacular hat-trick against Italy […]

7 years ago

There were an awful lot of positives to draw from Ireland’s crushing 54-7 win over Italy on Saturday. Jordan Larmour scored a hat-trick, Tadhg Beirne bagged a brace, Rhys Ruddock and Jack Conan impressed in a new-look back-row while Luke McGrath slotted in nicely alongside Munster fly-half Joey Carbery in the halves. McGrath played his […]

7 years ago

“Because we are Irish Catholics they turn a blind eye.” Republic of Ireland and Stoke winger James McClean has responded strongly to the news that the FA will investigate him for his post-match comments after a 0-0 draw with Middlesbrough on Saturday. Due to his decision to not wear a Remembrance Day poppy, the Stoke City […]

7 years ago

Republic of Ireland underage international Caoimhin Kelleher has been called up to the Liverpool squad to travel to Serbia to face Red Star Belgrade on Tuesday. It’s Kelleher’s first call up to the Liverpool senior squad since their 5-0 win over Napoli in the pre-season but will travel with Jurgen Klopp’s side alongside first-choice goalkeeper […]

7 years ago

Leinster full-back Jordan Larmour scored a hat-trick in Ireland’s crushing 54-7 win over Italy at Soldier Field on Saturday. Larmour was sensational for Joe Schmidt’s side in Chicago and repeatedly took advantage of a porous Italian defence as Ireland ran in eight tries to one in a comprehensive victory. The win marked Larmour first start in an […]

7 years ago

There’s only so much you can take from an experimental Ireland side thrashing an Italian side without a host of frontline players in Chicago. Rugby fans can often trumpet the fact that there are no friendlies in international rugby, that each match is a Test match, but this really was the counter-argument to that theory. […]

7 years ago

Jordan Larmour continues to impress after setting up Luke McGrath for Ireland’s second try against Italy on Saturday. The Leinster utility has had to wait patiently for opportunities at international level but he showed exactly why he has a strong case to start in Joe Schmidt’s side with some great footwork to unlock a stingy […]

7 years ago

England head coach Eddie Jones has fired back at the media following England’s 12-11 win over South Africa at Twickenham on Saturday. England entered the game having lost six of their last seven matches, including two defeats on a three Test tour of South Africa in the summer, and the win over the Springboks relieved […]

7 years ago

Former Arsenal defender Martin Keown has said that Liverpool centre-backs Joe Gomez and Virgil van Dijk can form one of the all-time great defensive partnerships. Liverpool have conceded just four goals through 10 games this season with Gomez and van Dijk claiming five clean sheets each. The Reds trail only Manchester City for the best […]

7 years ago

SBG welterweight Dillon Danis and new UFC fighter Ben Askren continued their war of words into the weekend with Danis challenging the former ONE champion to a fight. Danis initially commented under one of Askren’s tweets claiming that it was weird for the UFC’s latest acquisition to call out the promotion for their delay in […]

7 years ago

Cuala manager Mattie Kenny has been appointed as Dublin’s new senior hurling manager. Kenny will take over from former manager Pat Gilroy who resigned from the role in September citing work commitments and overseas travel. Kenny and his backroom team will be ratified by the Dublin county board at their next official meeting. Mattie Kenny […]

7 years ago

Everton defender Seamus Coleman has scored his first goal of the season with a wonderful strike against Brighton & Hove Albion at Goodison Park on Saturday. The match marked Coleman’s seventh game of the league campaign since returning from a foot injury that had sidelined him for over a month in September. The Toffees have […]

7 years ago

Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United and Manchester City are among the clubs who have been in negotiations about a new breakaway competition from the Champions League. The five English clubs are among the 11 so-called “founding members” in a proposal for a European Super League to start in 2021. According to documents released by Der […]

7 years ago

2018 must feel like a bit of a blur for Cian Lynch He helped end Limerick’s 45-year wait for an All-Ireland title and on Friday night at Dublin’s Convention Centre he was awarded the 2018 Hurler of the Year award. It capped off an incredible year for Lynch who thrived in John Kiely’s Limerick midfield […]

7 years ago

Monaghan goalkeeper and 2018 All Star Rory Beggan has hailed Dublin goalkeeper Stephen Cluxton as the benchmark for all other goalkeepers in gaelic football. Beggan won his first All Star award on Thursday after a fantastic season with Monaghan edging out fellow nominees Cluxton and Laois goalkeeper Graham Brody to claim the honour. Cluxton captained […]

7 years ago

The GAA’s finest gathered at the Dublin Convention Centre on Friday to celebrate the PWC All Star awards. Both the football and hurling All Star teams will both be named at the ceremony as well as the major awards including young hurler of the year, young footballer of the year, footballer of the year and […]

7 years ago

The GAA and GPA have announced champion 15 selections for the McDonagh, Ring, Rackard and Meagher Hurling championships. The winners will be celebrated at the PWC All-Stars event in Dublin’s Convention Centre this Friday. There are six counties represented on the McDonagh Cup selection with champions Carlow dominating with six players selected and beaten finalists Westmeath […]

7 years ago

When you think of some of Keith Earls’ standout moments from last season it’s generally the plays of great athleticism that stick out in our minds. The cross kick catch against France prior to Johnny Sexton’s match winning drop goal at the Stade de France, the spectacular cover tackle on Mattia Bellini against Italy at the […]

7 years ago

Tyler Bleyendaal will captain Munster this weekend for their trip to Bloemfontein to play the Cheetahs. Bleyendaal returned from a neck injury to play 30 minutes for the Munster A’s in the Celtic Cup defeat to Leinster earlier this month but he has not featured for the first team since their 21-10 win over Glasgow back […]

7 years ago

Want to meet Irish Rugby legend Tommy Bowe and head to the Rugby Rising Festival, a three-day school rugby festival pitting some of the biggest rugby schools in the country against each other? Just answer this question here and have a chance for you and four friends to head along to Rugby Rising, a three-day extravaganza […]

7 years ago

Former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has said that he will not return to football until the new year despite Real Madrid parting ways with Julen Lopetegui. The former Spain boss joined Madrid during the summer but was dismissed on Monday following the club’s humiliating 5-1 Clasico defeat to Barcelona. Tottenham’s Mauricio Pochettino, former Chelsea manager Antonio Conte […]

7 years ago

‘If you’re doing 6000 kilometres a year, you’re going to find it very hard to win a world championship’ Gary and Paul O’Donovan claimed the finest performance of their rowing careers last month with a gold medal win at the World Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria as the brothers from Skibbereen continue to go from strength to […]

7 years ago

Former Ireland winger Andrew Trimble has backed Ulster scrum-half John Cooney and Munster fly-half Joey Carbery to start against Italy in Chicago on Saturday. Joe Schmidt will take a 26-man squad to the Windy city as Ireland return to Soldier Field where they sealed their maiden win over New Zealand in 2016 with Johnny Sexton, Peter […]

7 years ago

Stoke City fanzine The Oatcake have offered their support to Republic of Ireland winger James McClean over his refusal to wear the poppy. McClean will not wear the remembrance poppy for Stoke City next month due to his belief that the symbol commemorates British military personnel who have died in war and not just soldiers who lost their […]

7 years ago

Munster and Ireland number eight CJ Stander has been nominated for the International Rugby Players Try of the Year award alongside Scotland winger Sean Maitland and New Zealand second-row Brodie Retallick. Stander scored the second of Ireland’s three tries against England at Twickenham on St. Patrick’s Day as Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt won his first […]

7 years ago

Ireland will kick off their Autumn International series with a trip to Chicago to play Italy on Saturday, 3rd November with coverage of the fixture getting underway at 7.30pm on eir sport 2 as well as on the eir sport YouTube channel for those in the Republic of Ireland. Joe Schmidt will take a 26-man squad […]

7 years ago

UFC President Dana White has said that retired boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. must come to the UFC if he wishes to fight Lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. Mayweather called for a fight with the undefeated Nurmagomedov following his fourth-round submission victory over Conor McGregor earlier this month and said that he can make the fight happen. […]

7 years ago

A late Dan Evans try sealed a dramatic win for the Ospreys in Bridgend as Connacht fell to a 22-17 loss at Brewery Field. The hosts raced out to a 10-0 lead thanks to a quickfire double from winger Keelan Giles before Jack Carty cut the gap to seven with a drop goal three minutes […]

7 years ago

Ulster centre Will Addison was one of three uncapped players selected in Joe Schmidt’s 42-man Autumn international squad on Wednesday. Addison joined Leinster’s Ross Byrne and Munster’s Sam Arnold as the only new members to join the national squad with the former Sale captain qualifying for Ireland through his Fermanagh born mother. The 26-year-old has […]

7 years ago

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has said that he is not confident that goalkeeper David de Gea will exercise a one-year option in his contract to stay at Old Trafford beyond this season. De Gea’s contract expires next summer but does have a one-year option in the agreement to extend his stay in Manchester until the […]

7 years ago

SBG Featherweight Artem Lobov will give Michael Johnson his purse back after the American missed weight at the UFC Fight Night 138 weigh-ins in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada on Friday. Johnson took the fight on less than two weeks notice after Lobov’s scheduled opponent Zubaira Tukhugov was removed from the fight for his involvement in […]

7 years ago

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has made a €5000 donation to a GoFundMe page set up for Dunboyne based Reds fan Sean Cox. Cox is still recovering from the injuries he suffered when he was attacked by a group of Roma fans near Anfield ahead of Liverpool’s Champions League clash with the Italian club back in […]

7 years ago

Former world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury claims that Anthony Joshua was offered $80 million for two fights with undefeated heavyweight Deontay Wilder. Fury will fight Wilder in Los Angeles in December as he continues his comeback from an extended lay-off while Wilder will be looking for the 41st win of his career in what should be […]

7 years ago

Rugby referee Nigel Owens has defended his decision to have a word with Simon Zebo after his pre-try fingerpoint towards Ulster full-back Michael Lowry in Racing’s 44-12 win over the northern province last weekend. Zebo ran in the fifth try of a 32-point victory in Paris but angered some of the Ulster players when he […]

7 years ago

Fly-half Johnny Sexton has said that Ireland will take great confidence from beating the All Blacks in Chicago in 2016 and also on the British & Irish Lions tour of New Zealand last year. Ireland recorded their first ever win over New Zealand with a 40-29 win over Steve Hansen’s side in Chicago two years […]

7 years ago

Johnny Sexton has said that Dragons number eight Ross Moriarty’s comments may have been ‘misguided’ when the Wales back-row implied that the Ireland fly-half was given special treatment by referees after their match at the RDS last month. Moriarty was yellow carded in the first-half of the Dragons 52-10 loss to Leinster last month for […]

7 years ago

Ireland fly-half Johnny Sexton has said that he would have liked to have followed the lead of  former teammate Jamie Heaslip and kept his medical data private in the past. Heaslip withheld information about his back injury last year and was later forced to retire while Conor Murray, Munster head coach Johann van Graan and […]

7 years ago

Celtic fans were in a very festive mood before their Europa League trip to Leipzig on Thursday with many Hoops fans taking over the streets of the German city. Celtic currently sit third in Group B with one win from their opening two matches but they could leapfrog RB Leipzig if they win against the […]

7 years ago

20×20, a new initiative for women in Irish sport, was launched in Dublin earlier this month to get behind female sport in a concerted effort to increase media coverage, boost attendances and ultimately, grow involvement in female sport and physical activity by 20% by the end of 2020. The initiative was very well received and CEO […]

7 years ago

Former Republic of Ireland manager Brian Kerr has said that new Liverpool signing Fabinho will have to reproduce the type of performance he offered against Red Star Belgrade on Wednesday if he is to have any chance of becoming a permanent fixture in the Reds midfield. Liverpool bought Fabinho for £40 million during the summer […]

7 years ago

Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) chairman Anthony Marnell has said that he would have withheld Conor McGregor’s $3 million purse if he had seen the video footage that emerged after the UFC 229 melee earlier this month. Nurmagomedov and McGregor both clashed with each other’s teams after the Lightweight champion’s fourth-round stoppage of the Dubliner […]

7 years ago

Who is Will Addison? The 26-year-old was called up to Joe Schmidt’s 42-man Ireland squad on Wednesday ahead of the upcoming November internationals as one of three uncapped players. Addison joins Munster centre Sam Arnold and Leinster fly-half Ross Byrne as the only uncapped players in the Ireland squad. Three uncapped players included in the […]

7 years ago

Italy have named their team to play Ireland in Chicago next month with former Leinster fly-half Ian McKinley set to start from the bench. Ireland will play the Azzurri at Soldier Field in Chicago before returning to Dublin to play Argentina, New Zealand and the United States. Italy head coach Conor O’Shea has named his […]

7 years ago

Just two days after an ugly pitchside brawl marred Dingle’s 4-13 to 0-12 win over East Kerry in the Kerry Senior Football Championship on Sunday, new footage has emerged of another fight in the Minor Premier 2 Football Championship Final at Pairc Ui Rinn between Kilshannig and St. Finbarr’s. Kilshannig won the game 2-15 to 1-11 but once […]

7 years ago