Feed The Sheep and Ba Will Score
In this week’s Down the Line, Conall Devlin profiles a striker whose rise to stardom and humility has made him one of the most likeable footballers in the Premier League, Newcastle United’s prolific talisman Demba Ba. Every so often in sport there are individuals who captivate the hearts and minds of all fans, be it [...]
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Manchester’s ‘noisy neighbours’ have a lot to shout about now Manchester City? Too many egos. They’ll never find the balance. Manager Roberto Mancini is too autocratic, he’ll never succeed. Carlos Tevez and Mario Balotelli? Too divisive. The doubters have well and truly been silenced. The momentum and balance of power has shifted [...]
Crucial Week For Trapattoni
Colman Hanley talks about the three issues which Ireland must make sure does not de-rail their Euro 2012 qualifying campaign. The fighting spirit that Irish supporters like to see from our international soccer team is something which supporters like to talk about with pride as we play across Europe year on year. Regrettably though, at [...]
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Laura Hogan voices her opinion on a big week for London in the Champions League – the home of Europe’s two new Superpowers? Last week saw some fantastic results for English clubs in the Champions League with both Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur winning in their first leg games of the last-sixteen ties. Arsenal overcame Spanish [...]
Down The Line: And Suddenly…Nothing Happened
Well, that was interesting. The weekend produced more superlatives and hyperbole than anything even the executives at Sky Sports could have dreamed of. Shock results, nail-biters, epic comebacks…the weekend’s football had it all. The one thing it lacked, however, was consequence. Manchester United’s much talked about unbeaten run came to a crashing halt at relegation [...]
Aussies to Rule for Much Longer?
With the sport having sparked much debate over the last decade, Liam Lacey reflects on the first game of the 2010 International Rules Series. Saturday night saw the return to our shores of the International Rules Series after a break of four years, with much focus on whether the much maligned series, viewed as controversial [...]
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The opening weekend of European rugby provided mixed fortunes for the four Irish provinces, the obvious highlight being Leinster’s return to form against Racing Metro. It is fair to say that the 2009 Heineken Cup winners finally clicked for the first time this year and delivered their most impressive performance of the season to date. [...]