# Shenanigans

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'We used a little trickery' - '98 World Cup fixed to ensure France-Brazil final, admits Platini

The disgraced ex-Uefa boss says the group allocations for seeded teams were done to ensure a ‘dream’ meeting at Stade de France.

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May 18th 2018, 9:32 PM

# Shenanigans

Germany defender Hummels faces warning over daredevil jump video

The player’s post has attracted almost 300,000 views on Instagram and was used in an online article by popular daily Bild.

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Aug 30th 2017, 3:24 PM

# Shenanigans

Students in a Ballina secondary school actually pulled off the mannequin challenge in class

With some help from their sound teachers.

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Nov 16th 2016, 10:08 PM

# every wednesday

11 memories of Antics in Crawdaddy that will bring you right back

The premier Dublin night of the mid to late ’00s.

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May 7th 2016, 8:15 PM

# Shenanigans

Gatland has no qualms with Schmidt over gamesmanship suggestions

“As coaches it’s a case of making sure we stick together and not try and allow anyone to put wedges between us.”

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Feb 11th 2016, 4:58 PM

# work party tales

'There Were Four Fist Fights': Send Us Your Best Work Christmas Party Stories

(And here are some of ours.)

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Dec 14th 2015, 11:17 AM

# Anomalies

After last night's shenanigans, here are 8 more epic penalty shootouts

Following West Ham’s 9-8 win over Everton, we look at similarly high-scoring affairs from down through the years.

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Jan 14th 2015, 7:00 PM

# More sex please

More partners, but less frequent sex: Large-scale study shines a light on Britain's bedrooms

15,000 people took part in the study, which shows that while people generally have more sexual partners than previous generations, the frequency of sexual encounters has declined.

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Nov 26th 2013, 7:30 AM

# Shenanigans

‘Hipsters’ are the target of new Irish tourism campaign

We’re all suitably mortified.

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Sep 5th 2013, 1:52 PM

# common mistake

Playboy or Time? Backbencher gets confused over Enda's cover appearance

“The most sickening thing last week was to see the Taoiseach on the front page of Playboy magazine,” Mattie McGrath told the Dail.

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Oct 10th 2012, 9:21 PM

# Shenanigans

Barton charged with two counts of violent conduct

Queens Park Rangers midfielder Joey Barton faces an FA ban of up to 10 weeks for charges relating to his sending off at the Etihad Stadium.

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May 14th 2012, 6:46 PM

# Shenanigans

Portuguese police investigating Bébé transfer

The circumstances surrounding the winger’s £7 million transfer to Premier League giants Manchester United are the subject of an investigation by Portuguese authorities.

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Apr 14th 2012, 4:31 PM

Evening Wrap

The 5 at 5 5 stories, 5 minutes, 5 o’clock…

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Apr 10th 2012, 4:40 PM

# Shenanigans

Ireland's youngest TD criticises immature behaviour of colleagues

Antics, phony wars and bickering.

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Apr 10th 2012, 12:00 PM

# Shenanigans

Jury finds Stanford guilty of fraud

Texas financier R. Allen Stanford has been found guilty of operating a ponzi scheme that defrauded nearly 30,000 people of investments totaling $7 billion.

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Mar 7th 2012, 11:07 AM

# Shenanigans

Buffon didn't see Muntari ghost goal, apparently

The keeper with the best positional sense in the game didn’t see Sulley Muntari’s header cross the line, honest he didn’t.

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Feb 26th 2012, 12:31 PM

# Shenanigans

Illegal ball exchange sees England coaches banned

Two members of the England coaching staff have been suspended after allowing Jonny Wilkinson to change the match ball for conversion attempts against Romania.

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Sep 29th 2011, 9:02 AM

# Shenanigans

Semi-naked, drunk AFL players terrorize Thai police

Gold Coast Suns teammates Campbell Brown and Maverick Weller were arrested after becoming involved in a brawl on the island of Phangan.

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Sep 15th 2011, 3:10 PM