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FAI managerial search 'a bit of a shambles' - James McClean

The recently-retired Irish international has offered his backing to John O’Shea.

2024-04-17T16:01:42Z

Kerry get the better of Cork in likely dress rehearsal for Munster Under-20 football final

MUNSTER UNDER-20 FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP PHASE 2 ROUND 2 Cork 0-11 Kerry 1-12 There might have been the touch of a ‘phoney war’ about this Munster U-20 FC Phase 2 Round 2 clash at Páirc Uí Chaoimh, with the sides almost certain to meet in the provincial final in a fortnight’s time, but Kerry will, nonetheless, be satisfied to have earned the early br...

2024-04-17T21:14:08Z

Sligo Rovers’ Daire Patton scores as Republic of Ireland Schools team beat Wales

Sligo Rovers’ and Summerhill College’s Daire Patton scored as the Republic of Ireland schools team were 3-0 winners over Wales in the SAFIB Centenary Shield Under 18 Boys’ International on Thursday night in Briton Ferry. It was the final game in the ten-match series which saw the Republic of Ireland win one, draw one and lose two. Sligo Rovers’ and...

2024-04-19T12:14:59Z

Penalty joy as Aston Villa progress to semi-finals

The Premier League side beat Lille on spot kicks.

2024-04-18T20:02:15Z

'As far as we know, Antoine will be here next year'

Mike Prendergast is confident Antoine Frisch will remain at Munster next season despite French interest.

2024-04-17T16:00:11Z

West Ham exit Europa League as Bayer Leverkusen strike late to maintain sensational unbeaten record

West Ham bowed out of the Europa League but only after giving new German champions Bayer Leverkusen an almighty fright. Michail Antonio’s early goal had the Hammers, 2-0 down from the first leg, dreaming of inflicting a first defeat of the season on Xabi Alonso’s Leverkusen and of maybe reaching a third European semi-final in three years. But they ...

2024-04-18T21:29:39Z

Horner has learned “not to listen” to Wolff over F1 title claim

Red Bull boss Christian Horner says he has learned “not to listen too much” to Toto Wolff after his rival said this year’s Formula 1 title battle was already over.

2024-04-13T07:56:13Z

Kerry U20 footballer Luke Crowley to start for hurlers against Westmeath in Joe McDonagh Cup

Glenflesk man Luke Crowley, who started and starred for the Kerry Under 20 footballers in their victory over Cork in Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Wednesday evening, has been selected to start his second game of the week, this time for the senior hurlers in their Joe McDonagh Cup opening round tie. Crowley will be making his senior competitive debut for the ...

2024-04-18T20:29:35Z

Aston Martin ‘not convinced’ Alonso would definitely want to stay in F1

Aston Martin has admitted to having some reservations ahead of contract talks with Fernando Alonso that the Spaniard could elect to call time on his Formula 1 career.

2024-04-18T05:32:55Z

WRC Croatia: Neuville sets the pace to lead title rival Evans

World Rally Championship points leader Thierry Neuville made an almost perfect start in Croatia to lead Toyota’s Elfyn Evans after Friday morning’s asphalt stages.

2024-04-19T11:06:34Z

Explained: Why FA Cup replays are being abolished next season

There will be no more FA Cup replays from the first round proper onwards, starting next season.

2024-04-18T20:02:16Z

Jurgen Klopp admits Liverpool bowed out of Europe with a whimper

Anfield boss accepted lack of goal threat failed to pressure Atalanta but insisted Mo Salah form not a concern.

2024-04-19T15:02:40Z

Rory O’Connor to return for Wexford hurlers in crunch tie against Dublin

Rory O’Connor is set to make his first Senior hurling appearance of 2024 in Sunday’s Leinster championship round-robin opener against Dublin in Chadwicks Wexford Park (2 p.m.) after a long injury lay-off. The St. Martin’s ace has been named at left corner-forward, having last featured at this level in the victory over Kilkenny at the same venue las...

2024-04-19T14:00:04Z

GPA want financial support as one element to protect ‘overwhelmed’ student players after latest report

PJ Fanning reckons he’s one of the lucky ones. He has an inter-county manager in Waterford, Davy Fitzgerald, who has a strong affinity, through LIT, with the Fitzgibbon Cup. His manager and coach at Mary Immaculate for this year’s Fitzgibbon Cup success were cousins Jamie Wall and Podge Collins, who put no pressure or expectation on him during the ...

2024-04-19T01:44:54Z

Porsche lodges appeal over da Costa's Misano Formula E disqualification

The Porsche Formula E team has formally confirmed that it will lodge an appeal against Antonio Felix da Costa's disqualification from the Misano E-Prix.

2024-04-17T18:35:34Z

Louth star Lucy White has performed a juggling act this season and is eyeing a Leinster title win

Lucy White isn’t exactly a novice where winning Leinster championship medals are concerned – but she goes in search of her first on the football field on Saturday week. The Cooley Kickhams star is renowned for her tremendous pace and powerful running style having been a successful underage athlete with Glenmore AC. But post-Covid, her focus shifted...

2024-04-19T05:14:53Z

Finlay Bealham to make 200th Connacht appearance

Meanwhile, Academy graduate Matthew Devine will make his first start for the club.

2024-04-19T13:46:05Z

Ulster out-half Abby Moyles open to follow in footsteps of uncle Anthony

Ulster out-half Abby Moyles is hoping to follow in the footsteps of her uncle Anthony by forging a successful sporting career for herself. The former Meath football captain won a Leinster title in 2010, and is now a big supporter of his niece Abby, who joined Ulster last summer. “My uncle Anthony Moyles played with Meath for a while and then my Gra...

2024-04-19T09:44:59Z

UAE head coach unveiling featuring 'Newcastle legend' goes viral

The unveiling video for the head coach role at a brand new Dubai football club featuring a 'Newcastle legend' has gone viral. Soheil Var, who posts regular updates on TikTok as soheil.var, is starting up a brand new professional football club called Al Qabila in just 365 days. Before that, he documented his journey trying to make it as a profession...

2024-04-19T08:09:26Z

Mitchell wants England to ‘continue to play on the edge’ despite red cards

England continue their march to a sixth successive title with the visit of Ireland to Twickenham on Saturday.

2024-04-18T16:00:35Z

‘People are looking at the Jordie Barrett signing totally wrong’ – Munster’s John Ryan on Leinster’s big move

John Ryan has experienced both sides of the same coin. This time last year, he was adjusting to life in New Zealand, all the while in the thick of the Super Rugby season, culminating in a memorable run to the final with the Chiefs. As an Ireland international with the club for a short stint on the back of Wasps folding, the Chiefs were keen to pick...

2024-04-18T01:44:20Z

Full-forward, All-Star goalkeeper, and now manager: Raymond Galligan's rise to the Cavan hotseat

The 42 speaks to Cian Mackey about the development of Raymond Galligan in his first year as Cavan manager.

2024-04-17T19:32:58Z

‘It’s pretty exciting, isn’t it?’ – Jamison Gibson-Park looking forward to Leinster’s Kiwi additions

Jamison Gibson-Park laughs as the suggestion is put to him that he is the only Leinster back whose position will be safe upon Jordie Barrett’s arrival in December. Given that Barrett can play anywhere from 10-15, Gibson-Park can sleep a little easier knowing scrum-half is the only position the All Black hasn’t played in his professional career. It ...

2024-04-18T01:44:19Z

‘He is as good as another son to me’ – Derry boss Mickey Harte on his long-standing lieutenant Gavin Devlin

Football championship season number 23 for Mickey Harte and everything seems different. The preparation levels, the body shapes or the schedule, not even the fundamental pillars of the game remain. These days, it is all ball retention and scoring zones, plus ones and even roaming goalkeepers. But ahead of Saturday’s showdown with Donegal, Harte rem...

2024-04-18T01:44:19Z

F1 Chinese GP Sprint race: Start time, how to watch, TV channel

Formula 1 will stage a standalone Sprint on Saturday in Shanghai as part of the Chinese Grand Prix. Here's how you can watch it on TV.

2024-04-19T11:48:12Z

Verstappen 'deserves' fourth in China F1 sprint qualifying with wet struggles

Max Verstappen felt Red Bull "deserve to be where we are" having struggled to get the tyres in the right window in the wet Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix sprint qualifying.

2024-04-19T09:51:33Z

Seamus Power storms to a 65 at the Heritage while Rory McIlroy off to solid start

Ireland’s Séamus Power is just two shots off the lead after the first round of the star-studded RBC Heritage at Harbour Town Golf Links in South Carolina. The Waterford golfer got off to a storming start at the $20m event, with birdies on his first three holes and another on the par-five fifth on his way to a first round of six-under par 65 to sit ...

2024-04-19T07:14:53Z

Beloved WWE legend's wrestling future unclear after major surgery

Rey Mysterio opens about his recovery from knee surgery after suffering a devastating injury.

2024-04-19T14:10:22Z

Munster Senior Hurling Championship: County by county guide to hurling’s premier competition

CLARE Munster Hurling Championship Titles: 6 2023 Munster: Finalists (Lost by a point to Limerick) 2023 Championship: All Ireland semi-final (Lost to Kilkenny) Manager: Brian Lohan Key Man: Tony Kelly Rising Star: Mark Rogers Opening fixture: Home to Limerick Prospects: Clare come into Munster this season in great shape after an impressive league t...

2024-04-18T04:59:18Z

Croke Park an 82,300 sellout! Leinster fans snap up tickets for Champions Cup glamour tie

Leinster’s Champions Cup Croke Park semi-final date with Northampton Saints has sold-out inside a few hours. Over 82,000 tickets have been snapped up since they went on release this morning at 10am as supporters raced to bank the best seats in the house. Leinster’s tie in the 82,300-capacity stadium takes place on Saturday, May 4, with a 5.30 kick-...

2024-04-19T10:14:56Z

RG Snyman starts as Munster ring changes for Bulls clash

The South African is one of six personnel changes and one positional switch to the side that lost to Northampton.

2024-04-19T13:46:06Z

Leclerc: Sainz simply doing a better job in recent F1 races

Charles Leclerc reckons his performance shortfall to Ferrari Formula 1 team-mate Carlos Sainz in recent races is simply down to the Spaniard's greater execution of weekends.

2024-04-18T06:35:48Z

Ireland players ready to put themselves in a ‘dark place’ for England showdown – Declan Danaher

Ireland defence coach Declan Danaher says players are ready to put themselves in “a dark place” tomorrow when they come up against world No 1 England in the Women’s Six Nations at Twickenham. Co-captain Sam Monaghan has been ruled out in one of two changes to the side that started the 36-5 win over Wales. Hannah O’Connor replaces Monaghan in the se...

2024-04-19T01:44:53Z

From TG4’s Underdogs to Dalymount: Ciara Smith relishing second coming in the Premier Division

The majority of Women’s Premier Division players arrive into the league from other clubs or after graduating from their academy, but Ciara Smith has taken a road less travelled. Fresh from helping Terenure Rangers to the FAI Amateur Cup and a league title last summer, the Dubliner signed up to take part in TG4’s Underdogs last year. The programme w...

2024-04-19T01:44:51Z

Beijing Half Marathon champion has medal taken away after other runners slowed down to let him win

The winner of Beijing's half marathon He Jie and three African runners have had their results cancelled after an investigation found that the three slowed down near the line allowing the Chinese athlete to finish first, organisers said today. He had won the race held last Sunday in China's capital in a time of 1:03:44, a second ahead of Ethiopian D...

2024-04-19T11:45:02Z

FAI: No permanent men's manager until September, hope to appoint O'Shea as interim for June games

Canham apologised and acknowledged supporters’ frustration around a process that began in November last year.

2024-04-19T15:02:40Z

Hamilton needs talk with Wolff to prepare Ferrari F1 move

Lewis Hamilton says he will need to discuss some finer details of his Formula 1 move to Ferrari with Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff.

2024-04-17T10:35:25Z

2024 MotoGP world championship standings after the Americas GP

Jorge Martin has taken an early lead of the 2024 MotoGP world riders’ standings after three rounds of the season.

2024-04-17T16:50:36Z

Cork need more than a moral victory when they travel to Killarney to face Kerry

An overstatement perhaps to call Saturday’s game in Killarney a ‘Waterloo’ event for Cork’s senior footballers after an Allianz League season that failed to deliver in the first three games yet provided plenty of optimism from the last four games. Cork’s failings in trying to get off and running early enough in Division 2 to mount a credible promot...

2024-04-19T10:00:01Z

F1 teams and Pirelli had no warning of “painted” Shanghai track surface

Neither teams nor tyre supplier Pirelli were informed about the “painted” surface treatment at the Shanghai circuit before arriving in China for this weekend’s Formula 1 race, it has emerged.

2024-04-19T11:36:34Z

Monaghan pull away from Armagh to advance to Ulster U-20 final

Monaghan carved out a path into the Ulster semi-final with a show of finesse and accurate score-taking to overcome a more physical and imposing Armagh at the Box-It Athletic grounds. Both sides exchanged scores in the opening 10 minutes with Stephen Mooney deadly accurate as he finished with ten points, nine of those from placed balls. The home sid...

2024-04-17T21:29:07Z

‘I’ve loved it since I got here’ – Brandon Kavanagh admits he couldn’t turn down St Patrick's Athletic move

After being starved of starts at Derry City last season, Brandon Kavanagh admits a new challenge with St Patrick’s Athletic was an opportunity he couldn’t turn down. Having arrived at the Brandywell for the 2022 campaign from Shamrock Rovers, the 23-year-old started the vast majority of games for Ruaidhrí Higgins that season and also helped them to...

2024-04-19T01:44:48Z

Why Norris' China F1 sprint pole lap was deleted and reinstated

McLaren's Lando Norris pole lap for Formula 1's sprint at the Chinese Grand Prix was deleted and then reinstated, as race control manually overruled its scoring system.

2024-04-19T09:36:32Z

Carlow ‘certainly won’t be a pushover’, says Louth manager Paul Hanlon ahead of Leinster JFC meeting

Paul Hanlon knows Carlow will be “no pushover” for Louth as they seek to start their Leinster junior championship campaign with a victory on Sunday afternoon. The Reds travel to Barrowside buoyed by their win over Sligo in March, a triumph which secured the county’s status in Division 3 for a fourth successive season, while history is on their side...

2024-04-18T01:14:11Z

Fantasy Football, week 34: Why you have to have Cole Palmer in your team

Here are our Premier League fantasy football picks for who you need, a dark horse and an Irish pick to help your side up the leaderboards. Gameweek 34 deadline: Saturday April 20, 1.30pm Who do I need this week? Cole Palmer (Chelsea) £6.2m The form of Chelsea’s summer signing has been nothing short of stunning in the last few weeks, with a remarkab...

2024-04-19T06:59:53Z

Mikel Arteta reflects on 'disappointing' result against Bayern

Mikel Arteta reflects on his side's 'disappointing' Champions League quarter-final loss to Bayern Munich, and what Arsenal need to learn from the first European campaign in 7 years

2024-04-17T23:58:45Z

Jordan Adeyemo leveller sickens Wexford FC as Longford Town leave it late

Wexford FC 2 Longford Town 2 Kaylem Harnett’s first-ever senior goal should have been the catalyst for Wexford FC to record a third successive win in Ferrycarrig Park on Tuesday, especially when fellow local lad Mikie Rowe doubled the hosts’ lead ten minutes later. It looked like James Keddy’s side were on course to complete a first clean sheet of ...

2024-04-19T15:30:08Z

‘Davy Fitzgerald will be rubbing his hands’ - Belief grows that chip on Waterford’s shoulder can yield victory over Rebels

Despite a league campaign where they managed just one win in five games, there is a growing optimism in Waterford that this weekend’s Munster Championship opener can bring out the best in the Déise. And former Waterford hurler John Mullane is confident that as Cork arrive in Walsh Park on Sunday to open their championship campaign, a mixture of out...

2024-04-19T07:44:53Z

Leinster's Aimee Clarke smashed perceptions when she moved to rugby from GAA

Seeing Aimee Clarke play rugby now you'd never realise that she only came to the sport seven years ago and didn't know many of the rules when she first stepped onto the pitch. The Leinster winger honed her skills playing Gaelic Football but made the decision to change to rugby in 2017 - and she's […]

2024-04-19T15:06:07Z

Wexford trio make switch to Norwegian football league

There’s a big opportunity on the horizon for three Wexford lads over the course of the next six months as they head to Norway to link up with Bergsoy. The former Shamrock Rovers trio of Dapo Abidoye, Shadrach Onwubiko and Ben Rossiter will join the Norwegian third tier side in the hope of getting some minutes under their belts in a competitive envi...

2024-04-19T15:00:10Z

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