# Shock

Yesterday

6th June 2023

# Shock

PGA Tour and LIV announce bombshell merger

A shock announcement has announced an abrupt end to a deep feud in professional golf.

14.3k

Updated

11 hours ago

# Shock

Saudi-backed LIV Golf to join with PGA Tour and DP World Tour in bombshell merger

A shock announcement has brought an abrupt end to a deep feud in professional golf.

27.8k

11 hours ago

This year

2023

# Shock

Ronnie O'Sullivan stunned as he's dumped out of World Championships

Belgian Luca Brecel produced a remarkable comeback to win seven successive frames having trailed 10-6.

10.3k

Updated

Apr 26th 2023, 4:50 PM

# Snooker

Ronnie O'Sullivan stunned as he's dumped out of World Snooker Championships

Belgian Luca Brecel produced a remarkable comeback to win seven successive frames having trailed 10-6.

21.4k

Updated

Apr 26th 2023, 4:05 PM

# Shock

Heavyweight contender Joe Joyce suffers crushing defeat to Zhang in London

It was a sensational away win over a fellow Olympic silver medallist for Joyce’s 39-year-old Chinese opponent.

14.0k

Apr 15th 2023, 11:57 PM

# Shock

Aston Villa stunned as they're dumped out by League Two Stevenage

Dean Campbell’s 90th-minute winner came just two minutes after Jamie Reid levelled from the spot.

5.8k

Jan 8th 2023, 7:54 PM

Last year

2022

# Shock

Tunisia stun much-changed France but bow out of World Cup

French-born Wahbi Khazri scored the only goal of the game.

6.2k

Nov 30th 2022, 5:23 PM

# problems

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.

35.3k

Oct 25th 2022, 9:55 PM

# Shock

France star Vakatawa forced to retire from rugby aged 30

The talismanic back has been forbidden from continuing his professional career in France on medical grounds.

38.0k

Sep 5th 2022, 3:11 PM

# Shock

Major upset sees Cork City's 24-game unbeaten run come to an end

Treaty United earned a surprise 2-0 win at Turner’s Cross.

9.0k

Aug 12th 2022, 10:12 PM

# Shock

Austria dump Norway out and book Euros quarter-final clash with Germany

Nicola Billa’s first-half header secured a 1-0 win, the Austrians’ first over the Norwegians.

3.2k

Jul 15th 2022, 10:50 PM

# Shock

Ireland's Sam Bennett misses out on Tour de France spot again

Ryan Mullen has also been left off Bora-Hansgrohe’s eight-man team.

29.1k

Jun 28th 2022, 12:00 PM

# Shock

Nakosi sparks crucial score as Castres upset rivals Toulouse to reach Top 14 final

They will face either Bordeaux-Begles or Montpellier in the final after tonight’s 24-18 victory over the reigning champions.

7.0k

Jun 17th 2022, 11:01 PM

# Shock

Hogg and Russell out of Scotland squad for South America tour

Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend says he hopes Stuart Hogg will continue to captain Scotland upon his international return.

11.2k

Updated

Jun 8th 2022, 3:40 PM

# Shock

13-man Tyrone stunned as Derry outgun reigning Ulster and All-Ireland champions

Healy Park hosted the Ulster SFC quarter-final.

39.9k

Updated

May 1st 2022, 6:41 PM

# poor run

Barca's top-four finish in danger after shock defeat to strugglers Cadiz

The relegation battlers won 1-0 at Camp Nou.

6.0k

Apr 18th 2022, 10:19 PM

# Shock

Frankfurt stun Barcelona to reach Europa League semis

Barca were strong favourites to win at home against a side sitting ninth in the Bundesliga.

8.7k

Apr 14th 2022, 10:30 PM

# Shock

Benfica stun Ajax to reach Champions League quarter-finals

Darwin Nunez headed home in the 77th minute to seal Benfica’s passage to the last eight for the first time since 2016.

4.5k

Mar 15th 2022, 10:21 PM

# Shock

Nantes inflict surprise defeat on Ligue 1 leaders Paris St Germain

It was their first league loss since early October.

3.9k

Feb 19th 2022, 10:53 PM

# Shock

Bundesliga leaders Bayern slump to 4-2 defeat at Bochum

Bayern conceded four goals in the first half for the first time in a Bundesliga match since 1975.

1.8k

Feb 12th 2022, 5:45 PM

# Shock

Msakni strikes as Tunisia upset Nigeria in Africa Cup of Nations

Tunisia squeezed into the knockout phase among the four best third-placed teams

3.0k

Jan 23rd 2022, 9:22 PM

# Shock

Lewis Grabban’s late strike sees Nottingham Forest dump Arsenal out of FA Cup

Arsenal, 14-time winners, produced a disjointed performance which got what it deserved.

20.3k

Jan 9th 2022, 7:25 PM

All time

# Shock

'I saw 89 missed calls...You’ll be named today as failing a drugs test'

Read an extract from Unbroken’ by Aidan O’Mahony.

133k

Dec 24th 2021, 9:30 PM

# Shock

Amanda Nunes defeated in one of the biggest upsets in UFC history

Julianna Pena stunned the two-division champion in Las Vegas.

8.2k

Dec 12th 2021, 10:27 AM

# Royal Rumble

Ireland goalkeeper stars as Reading enjoy first WSL win over Chelsea

Grace Moloney kept a clean sheet against the champions, who had scored in 59 consecutive league games before today.

2.3k

Dec 11th 2021, 1:58 PM

# Shock

Pep Guardiola’s landmark ruined as Crystal Palace punish 10-man Manchester City

Wilfried Zaha and Conor Gallagher made Guardiola’s 200th Premier League match one to forget for the Spaniard.

5.1k

Oct 30th 2021, 5:22 PM

# Ace

Emma Raducanu reaches US Open final with straight sets defeat of Maria Sakkari

The Kent teenager is the first qualifier – male or female – to reach the final of a grand slam tournament.

7.3k

Sep 10th 2021, 7:43 AM

# Shock

'She's done rowing in Ireland proud and she can hold her head high knowing what she's done'

Rowing team chief Fearghal O’Callaghan reflected on a ‘bittersweet’ day.

14.0k

Jul 29th 2021, 9:06 AM

# Shock

'I still don't have my head around it' - Murray honoured to be Lions captain

The 32-year-old said Alun Wyn Jones offered him a few words of advice last night.

29.7k

Updated

Jun 27th 2021, 12:00 PM

Atlanta Hawks stun Philadelphia 76ers to advance to Eastern Conference finals

The Hawks face the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday.

2.7k

Jun 21st 2021, 7:55 AM

# Shock

Here's the goal that left Ireland stunned tonight

Gerson Rodrigues’ fine finish earned Luxembourg a famous win.

6.4k

Mar 27th 2021, 11:13 PM

# Shock

Thiem shocked as Osaka, Williams survive at Australian Open

Thiem fell to Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrovin in straight sets.

7.2k

Feb 14th 2021, 9:49 AM

# Shock

Real Madrid's title challenge in crisis after defeat to Levante

Atletico can go 10 points clear at the top of La Liga tomorrow.

4.5k

Jan 30th 2021, 5:37 PM

# Shock

'So, says Jim, you’re travelling on Saturday. I nearly fall off the chair. ‘What?!’'

Bernard Brogan describes the run-up to last year’s All-Ireland final.

60.6k

Updated

Dec 21st 2020, 8:05 PM

# belief

'We’ve beaten Dublin before and have no fear of them' - Orchard eye another Gaelic games upset

Armagh face the three-in-a-row All-Ireland champions in today’s semi-final – and the underdog tag suits them just fine.

4.2k

Nov 28th 2020, 8:15 AM

# Shock

Underdogs Cavan stun Donegal to end 23 years of hurt in Ulster

Mickey Graham’s side won by four points in the Athletic Grounds.

51.6k

Nov 22nd 2020, 5:44 PM

# Shock

Argentina produce massive upset result with first-ever win over the All Blacks

Nicolas Sanchez scored all of the Pumas’ points in a 25-15 win in Sydney.

49.8k

Nov 14th 2020, 9:30 AM

# Shock

Lucan Sarsfields stun Kilmacud Crokes in Dublin hurling quarter-final

They’ll play Cuala in the Dublin SHC semi-final.

11.1k

Aug 23rd 2020, 5:57 PM

# Shock

'I don't understand how New England let him get away' - NFL icon Joe Montana on Brady exit

The legendary quarterback has signed for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

5.4k

Mar 27th 2020, 7:47 AM

# Shock

2019 European medallist Regan Buckley retires from boxing aged 22

The Bray man cited financial reasons, and his not being selected for March’s Tokyo 2020 qualifiers, as cause to hang up his gloves.

7.4k

Feb 21st 2020, 9:46 AM