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Football Soccer Formula 1 Rugby Racing Golf Blogs TennisPublished: September 30, 2011
Peamount United will travel to France to take on the financial might of PSG on Monday morning with the winds of hope flying their sails. The Dublin side trail their counterparts 2-0 after losing the first leg in Shamrock Rovers Tallaght Stadium on Wednesday night.The Peas, the first Irish side ever to make the latter stages of a European club competition, provided very good value for their partisan...
Published: March 26, 2011
Giovani Trapattoni's Ireland side take on Macedonia in what is already a hugely important match in Group B. The Irish need to beat their bogey team to move joint top of Group B with Russia who drew 0-0 away to Armenia earlier today. Hi, I'm Willie and I'll be your guide through what should be another important night in the race to Poland and the Ukraine for Euro 2012. As well as providing a live minute-by-minute...
Published: December 3, 2010
The morning after the afternoon before and the dust has finally settled on Russia and Qatar's respective wins for the 2018 and 2022 World Cup finals. England's bid team is waking up from the mother of all hangovers wondering what exactly happened yesterday and now the recriminations can begin. FIFA Russian to Humiliate England Was England's elimination at the first hurdle a slap-down from FIFA?...
Published: November 9, 2010
The biggest match of the season in the Swiss Super League took place at the weekend amidst massive protests by irate fans. With Luzern and Basel battling it on top of the table many felt that this particular match should have taken pride of place and be broadcast live across the country in a prime time slot. However… The match was switched to 12:45 on Sunday morning as Swiss TV decided that...
Published: October 13, 2010
Within the space of three days, Northern Irish football produced three of the best “What Happened Next” moments in the history of football. On Tuesday, Oct. 5, Matty Burrows scored one of the greatest goals ever seen in football. His audacious back-heeled volley from the edge of the box has catapulted the hitherto unknown Glentoran striker into being mentioned in the same breath as the...
Published: September 30, 2010
This weekend, two of the year's greatest sporting fixtures will go head-to-head, as the Ryder Cup begins in earnest at Celtic Manor in Wales while Arsenal travel across London to take on title rivals Chelsea in a match that is already shaping up as a defining moment in this year's Premier League title race. The Ryder Cup is the only real team event in the golf calendar and is watched by an audience...
Published: September 25, 2010
Neymar da Silva Santos Junior is without doubt the most famous 18-year-old footballer on the planet. The prodigious striker has many suitors. However, following a bust-up of biblical proportions with his manager last week, it would appear as if Chelsea dodged a bullet when their £25 million offer was turned down. The famous incident with Dorival Jr. came about after the youngster was taken...
Published: September 17, 2010
The king is dead, long live the king.The World Cup may be long gone, but this season's UEFA Champions League has kicked off in spectacular fashion with some of the most exciting football seen in decades. You could tell straight from the start that almost every team has learned a valuable lesson from this years World Cup; negativity will only get you so far. After the shameful performance of the Dutch...
Published: September 10, 2010
Within the space of 24 hours at the start of the month, both UEFA and FIFA released press releases concerning the future of the game.On September 2, UEFA confirmed that their experimental additional assistant referees behind each goal would continue for the next two years; two days later, FIFA, having taken a solid stance against video technology, released a statement stating that they would not interfere...
Published: August 15, 2010
Fresh from their recent battles with the IFA and the SFA, the Football Association of Ireland are turning their guns towards U.S. Soccer over the services of 18-year-old Conor Doyle. The Texan recently signed for Championship side Derby County after impressing Nigel Clough in a three week trial during the summer. Clough Jr. was so impressed with the physique and technique of the youngster that he awarded...