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Saturday 31 October 2020
The Dubliner, who late last year became Ireland’s first ever fighter to qualify for the Olympics in the sport, even overcame three illegal groin kicks in his first bout against Russian opponent Danila Volvos.
Portugal international Joao Felix has been recognised for his meteoric rise to prominence over the past year.
The likes of Joao Felix, Ansu Fati, Jadon Sancho and Kai Havertz will be looking to win the prize that Matthijs de Ligt claimed last year.
He scored 34 goals in 68 games for Barcelona, finishing as the top goalscorer in Europe last season.
Walker did enough for a 3-2 split decision against England’s Peter McGrail.
The Mexican’s deal is worth a reported $365m across five years and 10 fights.
Aaron McKenna wasn’t hanging around on his return to the ring.
The WBC and WBA believe Canelo Alvarez is a victim of meat contamination in his homeland.
Teen gunslinger Aaron McKenna is Ireland’s youngest professional boxer, and debuted in Vegas last month.
The 18-year-old from Monaghan fights Travis Conley in Las Vegas’ Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino.
Aaron McKenna will make his paid bow on a future Hall of Famer’s undercard in two weeks’ time.
Reece Oxford’s loan move to Borussia Monchengladbach has not gone as planned.
The 25 players in line to win this year’s Golden Boy award have been announced.
Donegal middleweight Jason Quigley explains why he’s chasing loneliness in Los Angeles.
David Alaba will be hoping to inspire his side against Ireland, having made the difference in previous games.
The Wallabies boss suggests that the talented back should put rugby aside to sort his personal issues out.
He fights for his first professional title against Glen Tapia.
The Manchester United manager has been delighted with his player’s performances.
“It was under the furniture, under piles of linen, in the bathroom… everywhere.”
“Nobody could have predicted that explosion,” said Warriors coach Steve Kerr.
Quigley meets James de la Rosa on the Canelo-Khan undercard.
The 34-year-old has won all 35 of his fights and has his sights set on WBC champion Saul Alvarez who takes on Amir Khan next month.
Steph was ballin’ against the Utah Jazz last night.
Steph Curry grabbed 26 points and embarrassed Kevin Durant a few times too.
St Mary’s clubman previously captained Kingdom to the 2010 Munster title.
The 33-year-old out-half ends his New Zealand career after tomorrow’s World Cup final.
The 22-year-old defeated Azerbaijani Xaybula Musalov in the middleweight final.
After disappointment at Cheltenham, the Gordon Elliott trained horse bounced back today.
The Donegal middlweight defeated American Howard Reece with a first round stoppage last night.
Boxing star Jason Quigley talks to TheScore.ie about his decision to turn professional with Golden Boy Promotions and plans for his American debut.
The Donegal boxer surrendered his national title in February, sparking speculation he was to leave the amateur ranks.
Barry McGuigan expects Santa Cruz showdown to be “the best fight in the Super-Bantamweight division.”
The Kiwi was pleased with the Kerry native’s contributions to the 22-16 win over Connacht last night.
The 23-year-old will give Brian Smith plenty of back-line options between now and May.
London Irish are being linked with the young back who lost out on a central contract in Australia last month.
The Olympic silver-medalist was down in the fourth, but edged out the Mexican by a unanimous decision.
The Jamaican superstar found himself some fellow athletes to hang out with in the Olympic Village.
The Olympic champion is “obviously disappointed” after Team GB bosses put forward Jason Kenny in the individual sprint contest.
The last man to win boxing gold for Ireland believes the latest qualifiers can surpass the triple medal achievements of Beijing.
Ahead of Saturday’s game, it seems that everybody has an opinion on the Wallabies’ talented 10. What’s yours?
WELL, IT’S HALLOWEEN, the spookiest day of the year.
Among many traditions for Oíche Shamhna is the barmbrack.
There was a bit of chatter on social media yesterday about how the loaves should be cut after a woman posted a photo of a “crime scene” in which her husband had cut the barmbrack into triangular slices, as you would with a birthday cake.
So, today we want to know… What’s the correct way to slice a barmbrack?
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Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
Tracy Ward explains how burnout affects us – and what to do if we’re feeling it.
Windy; rain and drizzle this morning
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