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Namibia beat Ireland to make history with T20 World Cup second round spot
Ireland had appeared well set at 71-2 at the midway point of their innings but the runs dried up as Namibia’s bowlers turned the screws, restricting their opponents to 125-8.
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Oct 22nd 2021, 2:58 PM
JD Sports forced to remove images of model in Northern Ireland t-shirt with republican tattoo
‘Tiocfaidh ár lá’ is misspelt on the man’s upper arm.
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Jan 24th 2020, 3:00 PM
Neymar makes ill-judged tribute to Stephen Hawking by posting wheelchair photo
World renowned physicist Hawking died at the age of 76 today.
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Mar 14th 2018, 10:33 PM
Mkhitaryan makes Arsenal debut but Gunners handed embarrassing defeat by Swansea
Arsene Wenger watched his side go down 3-1 to the Welsh side at the Liberty Stadium, while West Ham drew 1-1 with Crystal Palace.
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Jan 30th 2018, 10:09 PM
Glaring error in judgement by teen goalkeeper gifts United victory in Lisbon
Marcus Rashford had twice attempted to catch Mile Svilar out from corners, but scored from a 45-yard free-kick.
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Oct 18th 2017, 9:55 PM
Alexis Sanchez won't be at the World Cup after Arsenal team-mate's bizarre blunder
Colombia’s David Ospina parried an indirect set-piece into his own net, which earned a point for Peru.
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Oct 11th 2017, 1:27 PM
China blocks mentions of Winnie the Pooh on social media after memes compare him to President
Comments referencing Pooh’s Chinese name turned up error messages saying the user could not proceed because “this content is illegal”.
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Jul 17th 2017, 11:56 AM
Fan arrested for confronting Irish defender Delaney as Palace concede 4 first half goals
Sunderland handed the Eagles and former manager Sam Allardyce a heavy defeat at Selhurst Park.
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Feb 4th 2017, 5:45 PM
Randolph howler gifts Liverpool equaliser as Reds are held at home
The Ireland goalkeeper was at fault for Divock Origi’s goal but then redeemed himself with an incredible stop to deny Jordan Henderson.
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Dec 11th 2016, 6:27 PM
How did he miss that? This howler from Serbia is as bad as it gets
A calamity of errors ‘finished’ off in style.
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Nov 22nd 2016, 4:18 PM
Watch: Fullback's brain fade hands Montpellier win in bizarre end to Top 14 game
La Rochelle’s Charles Bouldoire won’t be forgetting this rule again any time soon.
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Oct 31st 2016, 3:39 PM
'He has let us down' - organisers react to Armstrong's withdrawal from Dublin conference
The One Zero event at the RDS will be missing its main attraction due to ‘legal reasons’.
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Oct 20th 2016, 7:20 PM
Stung rapid: Wasps destroy Zebre in 82-14 drubbing
It was a day to forget for the Italian side.
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Oct 15th 2016, 2:59 PM
A pensioner filled in a crossword at a museum, only to discover it's art worth €80,000
“Anyone got any idea about 5 Across?”
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Jul 15th 2016, 8:56 PM
Barcelona set up campaign 'in support' of Lionel Messi after prison sentence for tax fraud
‘We want Leo to know that he is not alone’, the Catalan club have said.
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Jul 9th 2016, 5:16 PM
Notorious PSG star arrested for 'hitting a police officer'
Serge Aurier has been in the news for all the wrong reasons this year.
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May 30th 2016, 12:55 PM
Goalkeeping blunder from Drogba's added-time free-kick ends LA Galaxy's unbeaten run
Steven Gerrard’s side were beaten at the death in Quebec.
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May 29th 2016, 2:48 PM
'AC Milan' performing a haka highlights everything that is wrong with modern football
It was all part of an advertising campaign.
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Apr 22nd 2016, 11:10 AM
David Meyler's horrible pass gifted Arsenal the lead in tonight's FA Cup replay
Olivier Giroud capitalised on the loose ball in the fifth round replay at the KC Stadium.
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Mar 8th 2016, 7:54 PM
Toulouse's last-minute conversion was blocked down in front of the posts and it cost them the win
Scrum-half Sebastien Bezy was left red-faced at the final whistle.
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Mar 6th 2016, 7:20 PM
With 10 days left, the latest poll is very bad news for Fine Gael
The party has dropped five points since the election started.
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Feb 16th 2016, 9:00 PM
Oh balls! Tonight's Scottish Cup draw went horribly wrong live on Sky Sports
You had one job!
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Feb 8th 2016, 7:41 PM
A fifth Renua candidate has stepped down after failing to disclose tax issues
Desmond J Hayes was to run for Lucinda Creighton’s party in Limerick City.
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Jan 6th 2016, 5:25 PM
This Northern Irish girl just demonstrated why alcohol and Christmas trees don't mix
Never ever drink and dance with Christmas trees.
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Dec 20th 2015, 3:25 PM
ITV apologises for showing Ainsley Harriott in a report about Lenny Henry
The mix-up occurred during a package about Henry being knighted.
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Dec 4th 2015, 5:35 PM
Fianna Fáil members express no confidence in the party's own candidate
More gender trouble for Fianna Fáil in Longford.
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Nov 20th 2015, 6:04 PM
Coach Kavanagh issues ultimatum to Reebok over 'incredibly insensitive' Ireland t-shirts
The SBG founder threatened to pull out of their sponsorship deal if they weren’t removed today.
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Oct 21st 2015, 3:24 PM
Grim night for Arsenal in Zagreb as Gunners suffer European defeat
Arsene Wenger watched his team go down 2-1 in the Croatian capital.
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Sep 16th 2015, 10:00 PM
Former Irish international has an early contender for miss of the season
How did that stay out?
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Aug 26th 2015, 6:01 PM
Petr Cech's Arsenal career has got off to a disastrous start
Reece Oxford will certainly be relieved that someone has taken the attention away from him.
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Aug 9th 2015, 2:30 PM
One-woman controversy machine Katie Hopkins is "super-keen" on euthanasia vans
“They might even have a nice little tune they’d play.”
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Jul 28th 2015, 3:55 PM
This unfortunate typo has everyone morto for the Boston Globe
Yikes.
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Jul 17th 2015, 9:54 PM
The England Twitter account is getting a lot of heat for describing their footballers as "mothers, partners and daughters"
Probably not the sharpest PR move…
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Jul 6th 2015, 7:33 PM
"Despicable and sexist" - the New York Times is under fire for this headline
Oh very dear.
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Jun 18th 2015, 8:41 PM
People aren't impressed with Davina McCall's comments about 'keeping your husband satisfied'
The presenter says you should always keep your husband satisfied in the bedroom “even if you’re absolutely exhausted”.
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May 31st 2015, 4:00 PM
Liverpool's Belgian striker named in Ligue 1's worst XI of the season
Divock Origi features on the unwanted list after a poor campaign on loan at Lille.
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May 25th 2015, 10:29 AM
Someone tell Eric Abidal he has got his ex-Man United strikers mixed up
Andy Cole won’t be too pleased with this.
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May 5th 2015, 8:58 PM
Downton Abbey will finish up after its next season
The show will come to an end at Christmas 2015.
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Mar 26th 2015, 7:50 PM
One Direction's Zayn Malik is stressed so is leaving the boyband's tour
Oh dear.
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Mar 19th 2015, 5:04 PM
Here's why this newsreader's unfortunate jacket is causing a stir on social media
Giggle.
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Mar 16th 2015, 3:43 PM
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