‘Was a peaceful gesture, taken out of context’ Luke Shaw has offered to speak up on behalf of the Manchester United fan. Tuesday night at Old Trafford saw 10,000 supporters file into the ground to see United play there, in person, for the first time in 14 months. Given that Old Trafford had been subject […]

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Some set of players in here We have a great La Liga quiz for you all that focuses on club legends and cult heroes. We are focusing on a range of players that did their thing in Spain from 1990 to 2010, but there is give and take of a few years on either side. […]

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The signings would add some depth and quality in key positions Many Manchester United supporters would have told themselves after last weekend’s 3-1 win over Aston Villa, that three decent transfers would see them in a good position to challenge their rivals Manchester City next season. After a second-string XI succumbed to Leicester City, on […]

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“Wow, what a generation.” Jürgen Klopp needed to double-check Marcus Rashford’s age before including him as the experienced head in an exciting crop of young English attacking stars. Klopp was at Liverpool’s Melwood training facilities for a press conference looking ahead to his side’s Thursday evening Premier League encounter with Manchester United. The Reds are […]

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A few… interesting calls here. Warren Gatland and team manager Jason Leonard have officially announced the 2021 British & Irish Lions squad. To say there are some surprise selections in there would be an understatement. As expected, Wales lock Alun Wyn Jones will be tour captain on what will be his fourth overseas trip with […]

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“You put my name in your mouth first!” Following his KO win over former UFC star Ben Askren last weekend, Jake Paul was cock-of-the-hoop in Jacksonville, Florida. The YouTube star, who is now making a pretty penny in celebrity boxing match-ups, was at the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, on Saturday, for UFC 261. Paul had […]

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Spoken like a true sage Consider that Patrick Bamford had just come off the pitch after tearing around for Marcelo Bielsa for 94 minutes. Consider that he was one of the first professional footballers to have a microphone thrust in his face and asked to sum up the madness of the Super League breakaway. And […]

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“Was that your dad you hit?” Not the sort of question Rory McIlroy was expecting to answer as he teed off at Augusta National on Thursday morning. The four-time Major winner was one of the early starters at the 2021 US Masters and was on even par until he got to the fifth hole. It […]

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Trent Alexander Arnold is a great player having an average season. A couple of decent outings against Leipzig and Arsenal was never going to alter that fact Liverpool were outclassed by Real Madrid for much of their Champions League quarter-final first leg but they did grab an away goal in the second half that keeps […]

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“They were swinging it out!” Roy Keane was involved in a fair few training ground flare-ups in his day, and he was on hand with a great line to defuse the situation. Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel is dealing with two headaches after his side’s 5-2 league defeat to West Brom. The first was the training […]

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“You’re gonna see what the Mac is about” The smack-talk is only beginning as Conor McGregor has confirmed his trilogy bout against Dustin Poirier will be at UFC 264, in Las Vegas, on July 10. ‘The Notorious’ has made no secret of his desire to face-off against Poirier again, and was even angling for it […]

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O’Brien was joined by Lee McKenzie and his old Lions teammate Sam Warburton on the latest episode of House of Rugby, and they discussed their Lions teams

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They went through the entire 1991/92 Serie A season unbeaten For our latest football quiz, we are going back through the last few decades and asking you to guess as many of the starting XI from a classic team. We are starting with an AC Milan team that romped to a Serie A title in […]

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Harry Kane needs to leave Tottenham and Ireland have hit rock bottom. It was England vs Albania on ITV on Sunday, but Roy Keane is usually happy to give his thoughts on any aspect of football you throw his way. Even when Keane was managing in the Championship, with Sunderland and Ipswich Town, Sky Sports […]

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“They will have our full support to help implement this plan.” The British & Irish Lions have announced that they intend to honour their commitment to travel to South Africa for the 2021 tour, which will see them face the world champion Springboks in a Three-Test Series. The Lions Board confirmed its preference to South […]

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‘The Eagle’ steps away from the sport with a 29-0 record. Khabib Nurmagomedov has met with UFC president Dana White and has officially confirmed the retirement decision that he first signalled in November 2020 after defeating Justin Gaethje. Nurmagomedov had vowed to his mother that he would step away from fighting after he defended his […]

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“If the division was decided on characters, I think we would have won it!” Back in 1990, before he set off for his Italia ’90 adventure with Ireland, Andy Townsend had a decision to make – Arsenal or Chelsea. Having jumped from non-league Weymouth to Southampton, in 1985, the midfielder cut his first division teeth […]

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A rare feat 60 seconds and one question in a testing football quiz. That’s what is on your plate right now. We are looking for – The Two Players to Have Scored in a Manchester Derby and a Merseyside Derby in the Same Calendar Year. You have 60 seconds to get the job done. The quiz […]

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A new management structure is in place at Manchester United The 20-time league champions have announced the appointment of their first ever Football Director and confirmed a new role for former midfielder Darren Fletcher. United have been considering a restructure to their day-to-day management, including the appointment of a Football Director, for over two years. […]

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“That’s a challenge we’ll definitely accept, face-on.” For Pieter-Steph du Toit, most of 2020 was spent rehabbing and focusing on one light at the end of what seemed, at times, like a pitch-black tunnel – the Lions Tour to South Africa. The Stormers forward, who won the World Cup with his country in 2019 and […]

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Keane finished off his playing career at Celtic If Dave Jones was fishing for a sound-bite out of Roy Keane, he got a small but tasty morsel in response. Rangers wrapped up their first Scottish league title in a decade after Celtic’s 0-0 draw with Dundee United saw them drop 20 points off the pace […]

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Jamaican bantamweight Aljamain Sterling is the new champion of the 135lbs after a crazy finish to his title fight against Petr Yan, at UFC 259

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All three men achieved the feat for one club 90 seconds to answer one football question. Doesn’t sound too bad, does it? That is until we tell you that there are three answers to this question. That ramps it up a bit. However, to be sound, we’ve given you the clubs these three players were […]

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“I warned him!” Former Ireland star Niall Quinn recently recalled how Roy Keane made an early impression on his international teammates by cutting Mick McCarthy – his captain – down to size on the team bus. It was 1992 and McCarthy took it upon himself to scold Keane – then with Nottingham Forest – for […]

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“Pascal was the first to admit to this when he re-watched the match on Sunday” French referee Pascal Gauzere has admitted he made two mistakes in his officiating on Wales’ Six Nations clash with England on Saturday. Gauzere invoked the ire of English supporters with two big calls in the first half that both resulted […]

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‘Send me location’ Ellis Genge was probably lost in thought, mulling over a costly away defeat to Wales, when Wayne Pivac’s side filtered past the English squad. A minority of rugby fans, watching on, felt Genge was showing disrespect to the Welsh players by not applauding them off the pitch. A smaller minority went so […]

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“Every single water-carrier was still on the pitch!” England captain Owen Farrell was livid with French referee Pascal Gauzere as a couple of first half try decisions went against his side. The scores were level at 3-3, after 16 minutes, when there was a small break in play for a penalty. Water-carriers from both sides […]

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“I was thinking, ‘That’s a bit odd’“ Six months after it was announced he was signing for NEC Green Rockets, in Japan, and after umpteen pre-season games, Alex Goode finally made his Top League bow. “It turns out it’s the league for me,” the Saracens and England star remarked, “as there is absolutely no defence! […]

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There are now 10 players out of contention for this Sunday’s game France are leading the Six Nations standings after two rounds, but they are without several players for their upcoming game with Scotland. Five new cases of Covid-19 have affected the French squad including captain Charles Ollivon, the French Federation has announced. Cyril Baille, […]

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Buckle up! The FootballJOE ‘Who Scored More’ Quiz is back for Part 2 and giving you more tap-ins and toughies to consider. In each round of the quiz, we give you a list of club stars and asks you who has scored more for the club they both played for. There are 20 to get […]

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LIVERPOOL 0-2 EVERTON Heading into this evening’s Premier League clash at Anfield, Seamus Coleman was the last Everton player to experience a victory over Liverpool. That has all changed now. The Toffees had not defeated Liverpool since 2010, back when David Moyes was their manager, but they would have fancied their changes despite a losing […]

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“Darren would like to apologise to Alan and the club for his actions” The Professional Game Match Officials [PGMOL] has released a statement that includes an apology from referee Darren Drysdale after his confrontation with Irish midfielder Alan Judge on Tuesday. Drysdale appeared to stick his head out towards Judge before players from both Ipswich […]

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Nate Diaz is not happy about it, and he’s not the only one UFC president Dana White has been thinking hard about the ‘Conor McGregor next fight’ dilemma and believes he has cracked the code. He is still not sure, though, if it will be for the lightweight title. McGregor suffered a second round TKO […]

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“Uncharacteristic.” That was the buzz word as Peter O’Mahony saw red after only 13 minutes of Ireland’s Six Nations opener against Wales. The Welsh were leading 3-0 but Ireland were on the attack and looking to make in-roads, inside the Welsh half, when O’Mahony went ploughing in to clear-out a ruck. Wales tighthead Tomas Francis […]

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“He’s not the reason we lost the game” Ireland head coach Andy Farrell and Johnny Sexton, his captain, both stood up for Billy Burns after a gut-wrenching defeat in Cardiff. Farrell was “gutted” that his side could not hold on to their half-time lead as they fell to Wales in their Six Nations opener. Ireland […]

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CHIEFS 9-31 BUCCANEERS In the end, it was a procession for Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Many called Tom Brady crazy, last March, for announcing he was leaving the New England Patriots, after 20 years and six Super Bowls with the franchise, to join the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Brady, he was told in […]

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Billy Vunipola had, at least, played one game for Saracens this stunted club rugby season, but he was not at his fearsome best

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ENGLAND 6-11 SCOTLAND For the first time in 38 years, Scotland have defeated England at Twickenham in a stunning upset. Scotland were full value for their 11-6 victory over a flat, clueless England side and Stuart Hogg delivered a masterclass. It was their first win over the English in London since 1983. Scottish supporters will […]

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The team are now anxiously awaiting the latest round of Covid tests after the player was ordered to leave the squad Wales have sent winger Josh Adams home from their Six Nations camp, and suspended him for two games, after a Covid-19 protocol breach. Adams attended a family gathering, which he was not permitted to […]

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A bunch of legends, one and all We’ve a shiny, new quiz for you. The FootballJOE ‘Who Scored More For Their Club?’ Quiz gives you a list of club legends and asks you who has scored more for the club they both played for. There are 20 to get right and, in fairness, anything over […]

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“It looks as if the players have got a bit frightened of the challenge. It’s like they’ve said, ‘I don’t think we’re ready yet’.”

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“He cannot defend! Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was over-heard bellowing instructions, in no uncertain terms, at Marcus Rashford to take on Arsenal defender Cedric Soares during a bore draw on Saturday evening. One of the main frustrations felt by United fans during their mid-week loss to Sheffield United was that United’s attackers did not drive at […]

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The gang’s all here! Who doesn’t like a football quiz? Show me someone who doesn’t like a football quiz, and I’ll show you a liar. Okay, that was a bit harsh. Regardless, what we have for you here is a football quiz, with four distinct rounds, looking at a variety of different topics within the […]

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John Kavanagh has made a case for an immediate McGregor rematch against Poirier, and he believes it should be for the vacant UFC lightweight belt.

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For all his bluster, the ESPN presenter makes a valid point Introducing the hyperbolic Stephen A. Smith to the UFC mix was always going to produce contentious results, but tear away some of the outlandish statements and he sometimes hits upon a core truth. Last year, Smith evoked a strong reaction from Conor McGregor when […]

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The midfielder started United’s FA Cup fourth round tie on the bench. He ended it as the match-winner for his side, yet again Bruno Fernandes was brought on, along with Fred, as Manchester United attempted to wrest back control of a game that was in danger of getting away from them. He certainly had an […]

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“In my head, I was thinking, you bastard, that was a good one.” Thiago Alves was loving the view from Dustin Poirier’s corner, at UFC 257. Back in 2009, Alves was riding high in the UFC and went into a welterweight title bout against Georges St-Pierre at 17-5 but on a seven-fight winning streak. ‘Rush’ […]

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And just like that, Conor McGregor is back in the lightweight pack Heading into UFC 257, John Kavanagh declared that the latest McGregor masterpiece was done. The main event in Abu Dhabi would merely be the unveiling. There was a masterpiece as an exciting fight card rounded out to a reduced and socially distanced crowd, […]

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This one came hot on the heels of Conor McGregor’s loss. Khabib Nurmagomedov was watching the main and co-main events of UFC 257 as the leading lightweight contenders scrapped it out in Abu Dhabi. Although he vacated his lightweight belt last October, the Dagestani was on ‘Fight Island’ this week and did meet with UFC […]

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“I considered this a title fight. I am the champion!” Conor McGregor was brutally defeated by Dustin Poirier in the main event of UFC 257 at Abu Dhabi and has now slipped to 22-5 in his career. ‘The Notorious’ was hoping to force his way back into the UFC lightweight title picture by defeating Poirier […]

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