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# spat - Thursday 30 July, 2020
'Intellectual level of zero' - Nick Kyrgios fires back at Borna Coric
Kyrgios has been waging a social media battle with those who played on the Adria Tour.
# spat - Friday 27 September, 2019
Lawyers for Neymar, Barca lock horns in multi-million contract spat
The hearing opened in the early afternoon, but the star striker was not present.
# spat - Saturday 11 August, 2018
Cam Newton had a tense pre-match reunion with former team-mate who criticised him
This is about as much bad blood as you’ll see in pre-season.
# spat - Wednesday 4 July, 2018
'They started complaining as soon as they arrived': Tunisia Rugby hit back after Zimbabwe's 'disgusting hotel' claims
Tunisia say they made every effort to accommodate Zimbabwe after they complained about ‘the state of the bathroom in one of the rooms, the lack of a swimming pool and the low internet speed’.
# spat - Tuesday 12 June, 2018
'Instead of slating his ex-manager, he should be thanking him' - Mugsy on Harte-Cavanagh war of words
Owen Mulligan has criticised both Sean Cavanagh and Tyrone coach Gavin Devlin for airing their dirty laundry in public.
# spat - Friday 15 December, 2017
Bradley Wiggins' wife apologises for calling Chris Froome a 'slithering reptile'
Catherine Wiggins made the comment on Facebook.
# spat - Wednesday 7 June, 2017
Sport Ireland issue Irish boxing with funding cut threat
“Significant issues of concern” remain at the IABA.
# spat - Wednesday 15 March, 2017
Irish TV show among Twitter accounts hacked with Nazi slogans
The hackers were supporters of the Turkish president in an ongoing row with the Netherlands and Germany.
# spat - Friday 10 June, 2016
'I'm flattered by Joe Brolly's obsession with me' - Kieran McGeeney
‘Let him batter away,’ says the Armagh boss.
# spat - Sunday 15 May, 2016
Barry McGuigan tells Tyson Fury to 'grow up' after 'traitor' jibe
A YouTube broadcast by the WBA and WBO heavyweight champion has led to accusations of homophobia, sexism and anti-Semitism.
# spat - Sunday 14 February, 2016
Pulis to speak to McClean following heated exchange with Everton supporters
The Irish winger was involved in a touchline spat after being substituted at Goodison Park.
# spat - Tuesday 23 June, 2015
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin and Rónán Mullen are having a bit of a row on Twitter
The Equality Minister’s tweet about “extremist right-wingers” got this one going…
# spat - Wednesday 17 December, 2014
Ronald Koeman slams the behaviour of Sheffield United's coaching staff
Southampton suffered League Cup elimination last night after a 0-1 loss to the Blades.
# spat - Wednesday 11 June, 2014
Kodaline think that Kellogg's new ad sounds VERY familiar
Kellogg’s are now ‘looking into the facts’.
# spat - Monday 5 May, 2014
Brian Cody plays down spat with Tipperary bench
The Kilkenny boss made light of the incident.
# spat - Sunday 9 February, 2014
Wales scrum-half Mike Phillips gets into Twitter scrap with One Direction’s Niall Horan
Rob Kearney hates when someone slags off Mullingar’s finest.
# spat - Friday 15 November, 2013
Paolo Di Canio hits back at Ireland boss Martin O'Neill, insisting 'he is not very big'
The Ireland boss labelled his Sunderland successor ‘a charlatan’ in Dublin this week.
# spat - Monday 30 September, 2013
Meow: Munich hit back at 'aggrieved prima donna' Ibrahimovic
The war of words over Zlatan’s new book continues.
# spat - Tuesday 14 May, 2013
A golf official says Tiger Woods lied about distracting Sergio Garcia during a shot
Tiger’s story has some holes in it.
# spat - Sunday 5 May, 2013
Historian Niall Ferguson apologises for 'stupid' remarks about Keynes
Harvard historian Niall Ferguson had suggested that Keynes didn’t think enough about what happens to future generations because he had no children and was gay.
# spat - Wednesday 3 April, 2013
Joey Barton under fire for homophobic remarks
The controversial Scouser described Thiago Silva as an ‘overweight ladyboy’ amongst other things .
# spat - Sunday 6 January, 2013
Out of favour: Mourinho drops Casillas yet again
The Real Madrid captain has been benched for the second time for today’s La Liga fixture with Real Sociedad.
# spat - Friday 28 December, 2012
# spat - Tuesday 7 August, 2012
Elton John really, really doesn't like Madonna
He called her a ‘fairground stripper’. And some other things.
# spat - Tuesday 10 January, 2012
Burying hatchets: Barry Hearn and Mark Allen resolve differences
Snooker’s big cheese has suggested the Northern Irishman now sees sense after their falling out.
# spat - Friday 16 December, 2011
Twitter wars, part 8625: Wayne Rooney vs X Factor's Frankie Cocozza
There was only ever going to be one winner here, wasn’t there?
# spat - Thursday 8 December, 2011
Gagged: Mark Allen stages silent protest at UK Championship
The spat between the Northern Irish player and World Snooker boss Barry Hearn rumbles on.
# spat - Friday 4 November, 2011
Dunphy, Hook, Smyth, O'Brien and Byrne - the Twitter war
Well-known personalities have taken to Twitter to trade insults and rumours about the departures of Eamon Dunphy and Sam Smyth from their Sunday morning radio shows.
# spat - Thursday 11 August, 2011
'He’s never managed a team to do anything': Davy Fitz hits back at Considine
The Waterford manager and the former Clare boss don’t really see eye-to-eye, do they?
# spat - Friday 29 July, 2011
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CONCERTS AND MANY other events have, of course, been cancelled during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Images of a socially-distanced concert in England were widely shared during the week.
Fans at the Sam Fender concert at the Virgin Money Unity Arena, a pop-up venue in Gosforth Park, Newcastle, watched the outdoor concert in groups of up to five people from 500 separate raised metal platforms.
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Dr Anthony O'Connor: 'The rhetoric of “all being in it together” is dead'
By Dr Anthony O'Connor - @Antcon7062
Open Letter from Ireland's psychologists: 'Direct Provision is causing untold psychological harm'
By Psychologists for Social Change Ireland
“As a country we must do better,” according to about 150 signatories.
What we can learn from the world's 'Blue Zones' - where people regularly live into their 90s and 100s
By Professor Ciaran O’Boyle
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Poll: Should Rory McIlroy say sorry for telling a golf commentator to 'shut up'?
The Golf Channel branded the US Open a ‘spoilt brat’ for his reaction to criticism of his caddy. Do you agree?
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