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Cahir the URC winner and Prendergast the playmaker
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (864+ words) LEINSTER'S URC CAMPAIGN began in worrying fashion, but it ended in the most impressive style. Their 36-7 victory over the Bulls at Croke Park was even more dominant than last season's hammering of the South African side in the decider. Leinster's…...
'Some of the other lads, they really did feel suffocated' - Lee Keegan interview
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (2019+ words) FOUR YEARS AFTER retiring from Mayo duty, Lee Keegan is still in the public eye and still everything he was as a player: forceful, positive, interesting and smiling. He tells you that there are hundreds more interesting people to talk…...
Who will win this evening's World Cup game - Netherlands or Sweden?
1+ week, 10+ hour ago (144+ words) WE'RE IN THE thick of it now, with the 2026 World Cup in full swing." And there's an eye-catching, all-European game in Group F down for decision this evening." Sweden are in the box seat ahead of the second round of…...
Stick or twist: Clare and Dublin's need to shore up defences
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (1153+ words) IF DEFENCES WIN championships, then in Clare and Dublin, there are two teams needing to find the right combinations and fast. Saturday will be a fair barometer in that regard as Banner versus'Metropolitan clashes tend to bring goals and plenty…...
Almiron becomes first player sent off under 'mouth-covering' rule as Paraguay knock Turkey out
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (179+ words) TURKEY WERE KNOCKED out of the World Cup with a game to spare following a 1-0 defeat to Paraguay in Santa Clara, while Paraguay's Miguel Almiron claimed an unwanted piece of football history after becoming the first player to be sent…...
'We don't ever want to be back there again' - Offaly's hurling rise as Cork showdown awaits
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (646+ words) MARKIEVICZ PARK in Sligo, a perhaps unlikely setting for a hurling origin story. Killian Sampson steps out in Semple Stadium tomorrow playing a main character role, anchoring the Offaly rearguard as they clash with Cork for an All-Ireland semi-final spot....
Late, late show from Pat's yields two goals to break Sligo resolve
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (588+ words) JOE REDMOND AND Chris Forrester scored stoppage time goals as St Patrick's Athletic finally broke Sligo Rovers' dogged resolve at Richmond Park. The win, their seventh on the bounce against the Bit O'Red in Inchicore, keeps Stephen Kenny's Saints on…...
Matheus Cunha gets Brazil Surfin' USA as they begin to embrace generational pressure
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (1035+ words) Matheus Cunha has them Surfin" USA in this World Cup and those early choppy waters have been calmed. Feeling the heat and the pressure after a drab 1-1 draw with Morocco, Carlo Ancelotti"s side responded in emphatic fashion. Haiti, the…...
USA advance to World Cup knockouts with game to spare after overcoming Australia
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (556+ words) THE UNITED STATES advanced to the World Cup knockout rounds with a game to spare following an impressive 2-0 win over Australia on Friday, stoking the hopes of an already hyped host nation. The US join fellow tournament co-hosts Mexico as…...
'We didn't really give ourselves a chance' - another tough night in Croker for the Bulls
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (542+ words) FOR THE SECOND YEAR running, the Bulls left Croke Park with the rotten feeling that on the biggest day, they had failed to give a proper account of themselves. The South Africans were blown away by a brilliant Leinster display…...