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10 years ago

Jurgen Klopp has not enjoyed a good day with Liverpool. The German saw his side lose to Manchester City this afternoon in the League Cup final on penalties with Yaya Toure scoring the all important winner. Liverpool fans that saw their side lose out 3-1 on spot-kicks were angry at seeing players such as Lucas […]

10 years ago

Manchester City have a new League Cup hero this evening. The club’s second choice goalkeeper Willy Caballero kept out three Liverpool spot-kicks in a dramatic penalty shoot-out this afternoon at Wembley to help his side to success. Manchester  City took an early lead before Liverpool struck home a late equaliser with the game deadlocked at […]

10 years ago

To beat one Munster kingpin in a season may be considered fortunate. But to rack up back-to-back wins over Kerry and Cork will surely blow Roscommon’s carefully planned cover for the rest of the season. Kevin McStay’s side enjoyed only a single point win over Kerry three weeks ago but today on Leeside they blew […]

10 years ago

Jamie Carragher won three League Cups as a Liverpool player and two of those came in penalty shoot-outs. So the ex-Liverpool defender should know a thing or two about selecting the right men to step up from 12 yards in a pressure situation. But he was not impressed by Liverpool’s four selected takers for tonight’s […]

10 years ago

What’s that old phrase about talent and genius? Well Colm Cooper it seems does what he wants, no matter what time of the season as the Kerry ace pulled off an outrageous piece of skill in Kerry’s league win in Newry this afternoon. The Dr Crokes man last featured for Kerry in the 2015 All-Ireland […]

10 years ago

This time next week we will know if Conor McGregor has made a major leap on the road to being a UFC multi-weight legend. The Dubliner faces off against Nate Diaz in a welterweight fight at UFC 196, following the injury to Rafael dos Anjos that nixed his proposed lightweight title shot. The UFC featherweight […]

10 years ago

It takes something special to beat Dublin in Croke Park. Jim Gavin’s side extended their unbeaten stretch to 16 games tonight across league and championship with a narrow 1-14 to 0-16 win over Monaghan in the National Football league. Bernard Brogan got the all important match winning score, but his point was overshadowed by a […]

10 years ago

Magic sponge time

10 years ago

If Conor McGregor was into politics we reckon he’d be very much anti-austerity. And as votes continue to be counted across the country, it seems that one eager voter was very firm in who he thought should be part of the 32nd Dáil. McGregor may be a few thousand miles away, but even in the […]

10 years ago

It’s all over bar the shouting. And there is going to be plenty of that after the GAA wrapped up the key part of its annual Congress in Carlow on Saturday evening. The weekend will not have done anything to reassure GAA players, both at club and county level, that the men in power in […]

10 years ago

Fingers crossed he will be OK. There was worrying news coming from Ulster GAA on Saturday afternoon about the health of one of the country’s brightest underage talents. Odhran McKenna is understood to be in a serious condition in hospital after suffering injuries in a road crash on Friday night. Odhran McKenna dual star from @naomheoinclg […]

10 years ago

Putting the fear of god into the English. There’s no Paul O’Connell today at Twickenham, but it looks like Donnacha Ryan was taking some inspiration from his old Munster team-mate during Ireland’s Call. Ireland’s players lined up for the anthem before kick-off as usual, and Ryan’s intensity was clear for everybody to see. If Eddie […]

10 years ago

Who left that there? The action on the field on Saturday afternoon in the Premier league was not exactly been thrilling fare. But at least Watford fans watching their side host Bournemouth this afternoon got a bit of a laugh out of Chelsea loanee Nathan Ake dropping down a massive hole beside the pitch. The Dutch defender […]

10 years ago

Do it for me boys. Mike McCarthy isn’t in Twickenham today as a result of horrific head and neck injuries suffered in the narrow loss to France But the Connacht man has passed on a classy message to his Ireland team-mates as they prepare to achieve, hopefully, our first win in this year’s Six Nations. Joe […]

10 years ago

Great minds think alike, but fools seldom differ. The GAA’s biggest problem it has been suggested over the years is the fact that it is too democratic, but as Paul Weller sang, “the public get what the public want.” We’re not sure that the GAA’s playing membership are too happy with the idea that the […]

10 years ago

“You wait your whole career for it”

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Always gonna be a uphill battle

10 years ago

Quote machine

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No shame here

10 years ago

Not sure this is entirely necessary. Conor McGregor took to Twitter this morning to insult Nate Diaz once more. The Dubliner unloaded several insults towards his UFC 196 opponent last night at the press conference to preview the hastily rescheduled fight next week. But clearly the Irishman needed to land the very final blow in his […]

10 years ago

A man in demand

10 years ago

Beep…beep…beep. That’s the sound of the FC Midtjylland team bus reversing into Old Trafford later, as the Danish champions hope to hang onto their slender 2-1 lead over Manchester United. The Danes travel to Manchester for their Europa League last 32 second leg knowing they are just 90 minutes from history. The Superliga side need to keep a clean sheet […]

10 years ago

El Hadji Diouf just does not know how to let a beef go. The former Liverpool striker found himself in a world of trouble last year when he accused Steven Gerrard of racism, and hit back at Jamie Carragher’s criticism of his time at Anfield. The ex-Senegal striker’s nickname was ‘The Serial Killer’, and perhaps […]

10 years ago

There is no way we could have seen this coming a month ago. Gary Neville’s first six weeks in charge of Valencia saw the former Manchester United man do his best drowning man impression. There didn’t seem like there was a lifebuoy big enough to save the former full-back after his side were thumped 7-0 […]

10 years ago

Clare waited 81 years for an All-Ireland title until 1995, and they had to wait another 16 after their 1997 success to reclaim Liam McCarthy in 2013. But if it was not for a man who almost caused multiple heart-attacks in the press area of Croke Park, as well as among the hordes of saffron […]

10 years ago

It’s not as easy as it looks. Cricket may once have been the most popular field sport in Tipperary and Kilkenny, but hurling rules now. And the stark difference between the sports has been highlighted by one of the best hurlers of the modern age in a TV show to be broadcast next month on […]

10 years ago

Radamel Falcao’s time in the Premier League has been a disaster. That’s not us trying to be negative, it’s just a basic fact, as the Columbian striker flopped at Manchester United, and is currently wearing a groove in the bench at Chelsea. The former Monaco frontman looks very much like he is on the scrapheap, […]

10 years ago

You’re having a laugh

10 years ago

This would look good beside the seaside

10 years ago

Big changes

10 years ago

In a world of darkness, there shines a light. And while it may only be a pinprick at this stage, at least Manchester United fans can hope that it will develop into something to illuminate the darkness they have found themselves in recently. That dank period for the club was exacerbated last week when they lost to […]

10 years ago

Silly questions deserve silly answers

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What’s the use in carrying on

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Downbeat

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Self-praise is no praise. But if you are Romario, World Cup winner with Brazil in 1994, and scorer of hundreds, if not thousands of goals, well that’s all bullsh*t. The ex-Barcelona striker was one of the very best forwards of his generation, and befitting his ego, and his enormous sense of self-regard, it should not […]

10 years ago

Get your skates on

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Shameless flirting

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Medics still busy

10 years ago

Anticipation building

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Talking sense

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Just #AskMartin

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A classy moment in a heated derby

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Far from convincing

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“It’s like a different sport”

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Do I look like Ticketmaster?

10 years ago

No sale

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Bad start to married life

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“I made the BBC” style claims from Foxes old boss

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Nut-cracker

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