Category: Sports


Qatari bidder ‘very confident’ of winning race to buy M...

Qatar’s Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani is “very confident” his debt-free bid to buy Manchester United will win over the Glazer f...

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Stephen Kenny: Evan Ferguson is ready for the big stage

Stephen Kenny says he has no worries over Evan Ferguson’s age or his ability to cope on the big stage as he prepares to make his f...

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‘He’s a freak’ – Ireland U-21 cap Andrew Moran lauds Br...

Brighton midfielder Andrew Moran admits the rapid rise of club team-mate Evan Ferguson has come as a shock and believes his succes...

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Elevation to captaincy shows how highly Ireland manager...

His international team manager thinks so highly of Matt Doherty that he’s made him captain for tonight’s friendly against Latvia. ...

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Evan Ferguson’s start the main takeaway from Latvian te...

Twelve months ago, a lowly-ranked national team from the Baltic states came to Dublin for a friendly, frustrated the life out of t...

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Niamh Briggs: Ireland won’t call on sevens stars for Si...

Ireland assistant coach Niamh Briggs has acknowledged it’s unlikely that anyone from the Ireland women’s sevens squad will feature...

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Bulls like facing a national side – ‘really fit’ Jacob ...

Ulster’s Jacob Stockdale is relishing the visit of the Bulls to Ravenhill this weekend, with the winger set to face South African ...

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Sexton brothers Johnny and Mark revelling in historic G...

Mark Sexton struggles to put the remarkable achievement into words. A day after he watched his older brother Johnny captain Irelan...

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It’s bonkers that Mayo are being punished for their ear...

Achievement should never be punished. It’s an essential part of why people play sport, generating a special sense of fulfilment.

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Being written off suits Meath, insists Royals captain S...

If Meath and their dramatic rise have been the story of the ladies football championship for the last few years, then they’ll unde...

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Hurler of the Year Diarmaid Byrnes eager to go again af...

Back in the saddle and hungry for more. Diarmaid Byrnes took time away from the Limerick set-up earlier this year, only returning ...

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Séamus Power confident as Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry ...

Séamus Power believes he has the game and the confidence to back up last year’s stunning debut with another big run in the $20 mil...

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Tennis legend Martina Navratilova ‘cancer free’ after f...

Martina Navratilova has revealed she is now “cancer free” after her diagnosis had left her fearing she “may not see next Christmas...

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Mark Selby forced to edge out Zhang Anda at WST Classic...

World number two Mark Selby reached the last 32 of the WST Classic with a narrow 4-3 win over Zhang Anda.

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‘I should have behaved a little better sometimes’ – Pau...

It had taken the best part of a decade to get there, but, finally, I found myself sitting next to the man whom, for more than 30 y...

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