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2022
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Juventus scandal rumbles on as accounts stay deep in the red
The shareholders of Italy’s biggest football club are set to meet to approve the latest disastrous set of accounts
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Dec 26th 2022, 3:39 PM
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Crisis-hit Juventus suffer humiliating early Champions League elimination
A difficult start to the campaign has resulted in calls for coach Massimiliano Allegri to depart.
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Oct 25th 2022, 9:55 PM
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Rowntree praises effort of his players but laments inaccuracy
Munster lost their third game out of four this season after a nine-point defeat to Connacht in Galway.
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Oct 7th 2022, 10:40 PM
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Rugby World Cup winner Thompson says dementia makes him feel 'phoney'
The ex-hooker, 44, is one of scores of former players who have decided to sue a number of governing bodies for negligence.
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Oct 5th 2022, 5:56 PM
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Bottom-of-the-table West Ham's woeful start continues as Brighton remain unbeaten
The Hammers have now played the Seagulls 11 times in the Premier League and not beaten them once.
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Aug 21st 2022, 4:26 PM
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Aaron Connolly explains why his football career has not 'kicked on'
The Irish striker says off-field issues have impacted him.
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Jul 26th 2022, 11:59 PM
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Ireland's prop crisis deepens as Bealham is ruled out of today's test with COVID
Former Leinster player Michael Bent has answered an SOS call to help the team warm-up after replacement prop Ed Byrne’s flight to New Zealand was delayed.
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Jul 2nd 2022, 6:51 AM
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‘I was literally trying to get through the next hour without having a drink’
Ex-Ireland international Keith Treacy on how various addictions severely impacted his football career and caused him to seek help.
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Jun 11th 2022, 8:00 AM
# Under Pressure
Manchester United need ‘open-heart surgery’, claims Ralf Rangnick
The 63-year-old has not held back about the chasm that exists in comparison to the likes of Liverpool and City.
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Apr 22nd 2022, 11:24 PM
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Swiss prosecutor seeks 28-month prison sentence for PSG president
Fifa’s former number two Jerome Valcke is also in hot water.
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Mar 8th 2022, 10:14 PM
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Unvaccinated Chelsea players could miss Champions League tie
France says professional athletes will not be exempt from tougher vaccination rules.
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Jan 20th 2022, 6:20 PM
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'Tottenham has dropped, and dropped a lot' - Conte
The Italian saw his side well beaten by Chelsea in last night’s Carabao Cup first leg.
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Jan 6th 2022, 12:03 PM
All time
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Defensive injuries mount for Manchester United as derby day looms
Paul Pogba serves the second game of a three-match domestic ban.
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Nov 5th 2021, 3:49 PM
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'Smurf' the latest Colombian football star implicated in cocaine crime
Anthony de Avila represented his country at both the 1994 and 1998 World Cups.
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Oct 6th 2021, 11:38 AM
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Britain could be set to lose Olympics silver medals after CJ Ujah’s B sample tests positive
He was part of a relay team that also included Zharnel Hughes, Richard Kilty and Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake.
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Sep 14th 2021, 6:03 PM
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Icelandic football star suspended by club over alleged sex assault
Kolbeinn Sigthorsson issued a statement saying he had not committed the offences but he ‘regretted his behaviour at that time of his life.’
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Sep 3rd 2021, 11:41 PM
# Underperforming
Dundalk remain 9th as they're left frustrated in Waterford
A late header from Anthony Wordsworth salvaged a point for his side.
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Sep 3rd 2021, 10:15 PM
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Former Liverpool star McDermott reveals dementia diagnosis
The 69-year-old said he was in the early stages of Lewy Body dementia.
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Aug 22nd 2021, 1:28 PM
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Arteta surprised Arsenal forced to play through Covid outbreak
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Alexandre Lacazette, Willian and reserve goalkeeper Alex Runarsson missed the Brentford match.
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Aug 20th 2021, 1:43 PM
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Showjumper booted from Olympics after positive cocaine test
Jamie Kermond was kicked off the Australian Olympic team on Wednesday
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Jul 21st 2021, 11:29 AM
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Meath legend Seán Boylan says U20 row is 'a sad situation' and 'an awful shame'
Bernard Flynn and his management team resigned last month due to the unavailability of senior players.
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Jul 2nd 2021, 6:15 AM
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'Division, in-fighting, backstabbing - soccer in Ireland is absolutely plagued by that'
St Kevin’s Boys Director of Football Ken Donohoe on the obstacles hindering Irish football.
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Jun 27th 2021, 10:00 AM
# Solutions
The government could help solve the housing crisis if it borrowed several billion euro, says ESRI
Ireland faces another decade of rising prices and rents unless the government spends money building homes, the ESRI says.
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Jun 3rd 2021, 8:00 AM
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Two more France players join Dupont with positive Covid tests
Prop Mohamed Haouas and winger Gabin Villiere are the latest squad members to contract coronavirus.
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Feb 20th 2021, 10:48 PM
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Olympic medallist charged with running drug ring in Australia
Scott Miller, 45, and an accomplice were arrested in police raids.
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Feb 16th 2021, 9:31 PM
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What is going on with Gareth Bale at Tottenham?
The Wales star looks a shadow of his former self at present.
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Feb 12th 2021, 5:17 PM
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Celtic striker could be punished for diving
Albian Ajeti faces a potential two-match ban after being charged with simulation.
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Feb 4th 2021, 6:50 PM
# Dilemma
'I thought: if I speak about my heart problems, no manager will want to sign me'
Mark O’Brien on the issues that marred his football career and the power of speaking out.
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Dec 26th 2020, 8:00 AM
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Farrell's lifeless Ireland worryingly poor in Autumn Nations Cup win over Georgia
The home side only managed to score three points in a dire second-half showing.
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Nov 29th 2020, 3:58 PM
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Cristiano Ronaldo Covid-free after 19 days, but virus hits other Serie A teams
Juventus next play at promoted Spezia on Sunday, with all matches now behind closed doors.
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Oct 31st 2020, 9:58 AM
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Galway hurler hit with proposed 48-week suspension over alleged Covid-19 issue
John Moylan, who has commuted from Boston over the past few years to play for his native Beagh, has requested a hearing.
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Oct 29th 2020, 6:04 PM
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Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn tests positive for Covid-19
The news comes ahead of Joshua Buatsi’s bout with Marko Kalic on Sunday.
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Oct 1st 2020, 11:02 PM
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Cricket great Andrew Flintoff mulls over seeking help for ongoing bulimia battle
The 42-year-old former all-rounder first revealed he was suffering from the eating disorder in 2014.
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Sep 28th 2020, 7:27 PM
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Top Georgia rugby official arrested for shooting player
The bizarre incident comes less than two months before the Lelos, 12th in the world rankings, start their Autumn Nations Cup campaign.
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Sep 17th 2020, 7:24 PM
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Ronaldinho released from Paraguay detention after five months
Judge Gustavo Amarilla also released the star’s brother Roberto de Assis Moreira
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Aug 24th 2020, 10:14 PM
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NFL cornerback to face armed robbery charges
DeAndre Baker previously denied wrongdoing during an initial court appearance on 19 May.
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Aug 8th 2020, 5:49 PM
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Germany captain filmed singing song by controversial Croatian nationalist
Manuel Neuer sang a song by Marko Perkovic.
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Jul 13th 2020, 11:14 PM
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Former Man City defender feels unsafe in United States
Nedum Onuoha says he has a ‘fear and distrust’ of police.
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Jun 3rd 2020, 4:31 PM
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Georgian tennis star charged with assaulting ex-wife
Nikoloz Basilashvili, ranked 27th in the world, faces up to three years behind bars if found guilty.
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May 24th 2020, 5:50 PM
# book
'In truth, he was an extremely high-functioning alcoholic'
An extract from the award-winning book, ‘The Lost Soul of Eamonn Magee’.
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May 21st 2020, 7:00 AM
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