Great reply from Mesut Ozil when asked for his take on the Messi v Ronaldo debate
He took a different route
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He took a different route
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Bad day at the office
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“You cannot create more hate”
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Making money whilst being patriotic
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He almost explodes with joy
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What a moment. It was one of many iconic images that came out of Ireland’s stunning victory over Italy in Lille, a win which, in case you somehow missed it, secured a last-16 tie against hosts France in Lyon on Sunday. Roy Keane and Martin O’Neill, the two men who have guided Ireland firstly through […]
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Who’s next? Graeme McDowell has followed Rory McIlroy in making himself unavailable for selection for Ireland’s team for the Olympic Games on Rio. Like McIlroy, McDowell has cited fears over the Zika virus as his reasoning for opting out. “I woke yesterday morning to the news that Rory McIlroy had withdrawn from the Irish Olympic […]
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Robbie Brady. If you had to pick a player who summed up everything that’s good about Irish football you would pick Robbie Brady. Skill, courage, passing, technique, heart. He has them all. And now is name is there alongside Houghton, Whelan, McGrath and Keane as a legend of Irish football. Brady’s 85th minute header secured […]
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The greatest thing you’ll ever hear. That’s not even that big an overstatement. Four minutes into stoppage time Iceland secured their first ever victory in a major tournament and set up a last-16 clash against England next Monday. That’s Iceland, a country with a popular of 323,000 people, in the last-16 of the European Championships. […]
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Clearing things up
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It’s here. There’s nowhere left to turn now. The next couple of hours will decide Ireland’s Euro 2016 fate. It’s a black and white situation. Win and we’ll go through. Lose or draw and we go out. Martin O’Neill has made four changes to the Ireland team that lost so badly against Belgium as he […]
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The only person hoping for a draw
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It’s harder to work out how this tournament works than it is to get knocked out of it. The expansion of Euro 2016 to 24 teams from 16 has taken a simple tournament formula and turned into a minefield. For example here is the explanation from Wikipedia of how it is decided who the four-best third-placed […]
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It’s crunch time. To have any chance of progressing to the last-16 Ireland must do something they have done only three times in history – win a game at a major tournament. Can Italy in Lille take its place in Irish football folklore alongside England in Stuttgart, Italy in Giants Stadium and Saudi Arabia in Yokohama? […]
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He’s on fire, you know
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The big man is certainly banging on the door. Shane Lowry was a 100/1 shot to win the US Open but went into the final round on Sunday evening with a four-shot lead. Unfortunately he couldn’t quite do the business and Dustin Johnson instead claimed his first major in dramatic circumstances. Rory McIlroy leads criticism […]
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Bit harsh
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Tres rapide
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Vital skill for a centre-half
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Some tasty clashes
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Not too shabby
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A farce. Whatever your allegiances lie – and most people reading this are probably firmly in the Shane Lowry camp – you have to give everyone a fair chance. Spare a thought then for Dustin Johnson. Leading the US Open on the final round, having closed the gap on Lowry, Johnson is in hot pursuit […]
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Unlike Euro 2012, when Kevin Doyle started two of Ireland’s group games, the striker has been reduced to a spectator’s role for Euro 2016. Doyle didn’t make Martin O’Neill’s final 23-man squad for this summer’s tournament in France and he’s watching Ireland’s attempts to make it out of Group E from his home in Colorado. […]
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Allegiances switched
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Seven inches of Uefa breaches
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Limerick lips would have been licked when John ‘Bubbles’ O’Dwyer saw red in the 14th minute for striking Richie English. But the Shannonsiders couldn’t avail of their numerical advantage for the subsequent hour of action as Tipperary’s 3-12 to 1-16 win, and place in the Munster final against Waterford, was confirmed. Michael Breen scored a brace for Tipp before O’Dwyer was given […]
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We believe
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Icelandic eyes are smiling
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It’s a tough job trying to maintain law and order. We all know the Irish fans have been impeccably behaved over in France. While there has been trouble elsewhere, from Paris to Bordeaux wherever the Irish fans have gathered there has simply been drinking and singing, singing and drinking. And a bit more singing and […]
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Who do you want to see come in?
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The Return of the (Red) King
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It’s my final day at Ascot and a horse I’ve been looking forward to running all week is Jet Setting. Purchased for a cool £12,000, this lady was sold for £1.3 million on Monday evening after a super season where she has won the Irish 1000 Guineas. Crucially, she is proven on the softer ground […]
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England fans want him out
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Billions on the table
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The messer
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By Andrew Pierse It’s that time of the year again. Golf’s biggest test is back as the 116th US Open returns to the Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania. There’s been a lot of talk over the last few weeks about how the course has been set-up as the most difficult in major history and all […]
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The third day in and we get off to a blink and you miss it start where the fastest two-year-old thoroughbreds in the world blister up the five furlong straight. Wesley Ward’s Red Lodge, the only filly in the field, who broke the track record back in Belmont in America has to be respected after what […]
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Is this XV good enough to make it two out of two?
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Ah, Roy. Never a dull moment. With 48 hours to go until Ireland’s second Euro 2016 clash against Belgium thing are heating up nicely. Ireland’s performance in the 1-1 draw with Sweden on Monday, coupled with Belgium’s turgid display in their 2-0 defeat by Italy, has caused optimism to rise among Irish fans ahead of […]
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Hurling’s world domination continues
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It’s a shame this will only be worn for one season
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Beautiful
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Hard-fought, but deserved win
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No need to collect bottle tops or go door-to-door selling tickets. Your club can win €10,000 and all you have to do is buy fuel. Anyone who spends any amount of time in their local sporting club will know that fundraising takes up a hell of a lot of your days. Talking about fundraising, organising […]
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Ryan will miss clash with Georgia
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The Beast from the East
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Lee McLaughlin had been missing since Tuesday morning
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