Some difficult calls to make

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What other fans would help a couple change a tyre?

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OK – you’re all caught up with the Euros, for good reasons and bad, but can I just remind you that over the next five days, horses worth tens of millions, from Japan to the Emerald Isle, will be lining up for my favourite racing festival – Royal Ascot. In a sea of Pimms and pageantry, the Queen […]

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It’s like a scene from 28 Days Later

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Trendsetter

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In his second contribution to our Euro 2016 Blog Network, Alastair Gartenberg, Jupiler Pro League analyst for Football Radar, suggests all Belgium’s attacking menace may be undone if Marc Wilmots cannot provide defensive solidity.  One could argue that two wins and a draw from Belgium’s three pre-tournament friendlies was pretty decent preparation, but in fact the games threw up […]

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PSG will be struggling

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Ulster Senior Football Championship quarter-final 
Donegal 2-12 Fermanagh 0-11, Ballybofey Leinster Senior Football Championship quarter-finals Meath 0-20 Louth 1-13, Parnell Park Westmeath 0-13 Offaly 0-12 Cusack Park Munster Senior Football Championship semi-finals Tipperary 3-15 Cork 2-16, Semple Stadium Kerry 2-23 Clare 0-17, Fitzgerald Stadium Connacht Senior Football Championship semi-final Roscommon 4-16 Sligo 2-13, Dr Hyde Park Brought to you by AIB GAA, […]

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It’s the shock of the summer so far by some distance. Tipperary withheld a second-half onslaught from Cork to win by 3-15 to 2-16 and take their place in the Munster Football Championship final against Kerry in Killarney on July 3. That’s right. Football. It was Tipp’s first victory over Cork in football since 1944, […]

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This is insane. Euro 2016 was supposed to have the tightest security ever seen at a major sporting event in Europe. And while the extra precautions were put in place to protect supporters from terrorist threats, rather than from idiots throwing bottles and chairs at one another, it is still worrying to see how little […]

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Just one more sleep… Ireland’s Euro 2016 campaign is nearly here. On Sunday evening the team will train in the Stade de France ahead of Monday’s opener against Sweden. Our team will be in the Stade de France for tonight’s training session and and you can join them at 8pm this evening for a Facebook Live broadcast from Paris (in association […]

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Spanish fans have voiced their disapproval of David de Gea staying in the Spanish Euro 2016 squad. The Spanish goalkeeper was the subject of a report in Spanish outlet El Diario that claimed a court had been told that he, and former U21 teammate Iker Muniain, had been implicated in a case of sexual assault. Rumours circulated that he […]

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Joe Schmidt will be even more in demand after Saturday’s victory over the Springboks. Ireland recorded a historic 26-20 victory over South Africa in Cape Town, the first time they’ve beaten South Africa in their own back yard, despite playing almost an hour with 14 men after CJ Stander saw red. Ireland coach Schmidt has a year […]

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Didn’t go to plan

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SPOILER ALERT – Zlatan starts

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Liam Walsh wanted to pay his respects to the greatest

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In the latest of his Euro 2016 Blog Network instalments, Anton Boström of Eurosport Sweden admits Shane Long is the only Irish player Sweden fear as our first opponents also target Monday’s Group E opener as a “must win” game.   The game against Ireland is the big one. Everyone in Sweden knows it. Lose and the tournament is […]

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Promotion on the cards

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Fail to prepare, prepare to fail. Roy Keane said it and in the Ireland of 2016, that’s gospel. Keane and Martin O’Neill take their Irish team to France for the European Championships and, once we can find a way out of Group E, anything is possible. If you are one of the thousands of Irish […]

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“Gutted”

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No Jorginho, no Bonaventura but the defence looks solid

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If you walk past Diego Maradona minding your own business, you deserve everything you get. 55 years of age and still taking the absolute piss. Maradona is a decent man with a football at his feet but passers-by might not appreciate it as much as one poor woman fell victim to the Argentine’s wizadry in […]

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Glenn Whelan on the bench!? Outrageous! In fairness, it is hard to see how the Republic of Ireland mainstay could break into Murphy’s All-Stars, the Euro 2016 dream team selected by 2012 All-Ireland winning captain Michael Murphy. As you can see, the Donegal powerhouse has selected a ridiculously attack-minded team, which features Premier League Golden Boot winner […]

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With 19 minutes gone Grand Slam champions Wales had a 17-point lead and Nigel Carolan’s Wolfpuppies were on the ropes. There were four uncapped players in the Ireland starting XV for this World U20 Championship opener in Manchester and it seemed like a chastening experience was on the cards for these debutants. Wales lead Ireland […]

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Nice try

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Eva Carneiro has reached a settlement with Chelsea in her constructive dismissal case against the club. Jose Mourinho will not now have to testify at the employment tribunal. While the settlement is confidential, the court heard on Monday that the former team doctor had already rejected a settlement of £1.2million, it is assumed she will receive a sum […]

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It’s finally here… After what seems like an interminable wait Euro 2016 is just days away. Actually it’s just hours away with the tournament starting in Paris on Friday night when hosts France take on Romania. The wait will be a little longer for Ireland’s opener against Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Co next Monday evening at 5pm, […]

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It’s been a rough few days for Ariel Helwani. The MMA journalist and his colleagues, Esther Lin and E. Casey Leydon, were escorted from UFC 199 and was told he is ‘banned for life’ from the organisation’s events. COMMENT: UFC sets dangerous precedent as journalist Ariel Helwani reportedly receives life ban https://t.co/6O2ypLPghj — SportsJOE (@SportsJOEdotie) June 5, […]

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You there. You. No, you. The boy with the bloody hair. It’s been a mad build up to Euro 2016. Belgium are missing their two starting centre halves and, ahead of their second group clash with Ireland on June 18, a number of wobbles in the backline are providing hope for us 150/1 shots. WATCH: […]

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Controversy

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If he’s fat, we’ve no hope

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Back to full fitness

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Shane Long and hurling. They go together like Shane Long and match-winning goals against the world champions. The Irish striker’s GAA background – and his decision to turn to football at a relatively late age – were often been cited as the reason for the rawness he often displayed at Reading in the early part of his […]

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Muhammad Ali has died at the age of 74, his family have confirmed. Ali had been admitted to hospital on Thursday evening with respiratory problems though this was initially described as a precaution. He was placed on life support on and his family confirmed that he died late on Friday evening in hospital in Phoenix, […]

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Rematches, grudge matches and two belts on the line. UFC 199 may just be the best card of the year. MMA writers’ 2016 records Darragh The Quizmaster Murphy: 51-25 Bourbon Ben Kiely: 47-29 Luke Rockhold (15-2) vs. Michael Bisping (28-7) DM: Let’s look at this logically. Luke Rockhold obliterated Bisping in the second round in 2014 when ‘The Count’ […]

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Will he be tempted?

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Bold move

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Ronda Rousey might not feature at all in 2016. The bantamweight legend has not been in the octagon since that historic loss to Holly Holm back in November and there are fears now she won’t be fighting until January. After four first-round finishes in succession, Rousey lost for the first time in her mixed martial […]

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Never go full Ramsey

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Neil Collins and Roscommon face Sligo in a Connacht SFC semi-final in less than a fortnight. An uncertain finish to the Allianz League was followed by an alarming one-point win in New York and a less than convincing derby triumph over Leitrim, which means they’ll face the Yeats County with perhaps less confidence than some […]

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A gamble that doesn’t often pay off

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The Premier League champions will be wearing all red next season. Leicester City have launched their away kit for the 2016/17 season, and they’ve opted for all red, instead of last season’s white and black kits. Leicester City 2016-17 Puma Away Kit Revealed  https://t.co/caYOR2bKGu pic.twitter.com/rDrPQr1wDW — TheKitman.co.uk (@TheKitmanUK) May 30, 2016 Manufactured by Puma, and […]

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Leave Robbie at home? Sacrilege!

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A poor effort

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Fresh off the back of scoring 2-2 in an Ulster SFC quarter-final, we gave Ronan O’Neill a proper challenge. Tyrone found it all too easy against Derry in Celtic Park on Sunday, but the lethal corner-forward had a tougher time of it this week when he met up with SportsJOE. We challenged him to choose […]

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Decisions, decisions. Ask an intercounty footballer to name his dream team and he might struggle. Ask him to name his dream 7s team and watch his head implode. We put it to Colm O’Neill and the Rebel forward had to mull it over for quite some time. In the end he went for a team […]

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“This one broke my heart back in the day”

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Irish Rugby and Vodafone Ireland have just joined forces for the next four years. To mark this announcement they’re unveiling a giant version of the new Ireland kit in the Aviva and you can watch a live stream of it right here. This morning Vodafone will be giving away 50 prizes on Twitter including jerseys, match tickets, Vodafone Smart […]

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Congratulations

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Let the battle of the bantamweight sleepers commence! MMA writers’ 2016 records Darragh The Quizmaster Murphy: 49-21 Bourbon Ben Kiely: 44-26 Thomas Almeida (21-0) vs. Cody Garbrandt (8-0) DM: At 24 years old, both Tommy Almeida and Cody Garbrandt are two of the most dangerous strikers at 135 lbs. There are definitely still some holes in both their games, […]

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