“Hello, Bristol Bears! How can I help you?” It is just after 1pm on team photo-shoot day, at Bristol Bears, and the senior squad are in a giddy mood. Callum Sheedy and AJ MacGinty share a joke while Pat Lam directs operations and gets his squad organised far quicker than the photographer could have hoped. […]

3 years ago

The Ireland international immediately knew he was in trouble Nathan Collins had been enjoying a fine start to his career with Wolves, but that all came crashing down at Molineux, this afternoon. Wolves found themselves 2-0 down to Manchester City in the Saturday afternoon kick-off after only 20 minutes. Jack Grealish bagged the City opener […]

3 years ago

Before everyone gets into a tizzy… Ahead of this evening’s football games in England many were wondering aloud if James McClean and the Liverpool fans would show their respects to the late Queen Elizabeth II. As if there is not enough for folks to be concerning themselves with at a time of great loss and […]

3 years ago

What a gripping finish. Shane Lowry has claimed the BMW PGA Championship after pipping Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm to the trophy with a brilliant closing round of 65, at Wentworth. The early gauntlet was thrown down by two LIV golfers. Lee Westwood went around Wentworth in 65 strokes to go -12 in the clubhouse. […]

3 years ago

‘We f***ing threw him right out on the street, huh?’ Just before he took to the dais to run through an action-packed UFC 279, Dana White was told of a John Kavanagh tweet claiming to have been kicked out of the T-Mobile Arena, not long into the main event. Kavanagh, who coaches Conor McGregor and […]

3 years ago

‘Poetic justice’. Nate Diaz and Tony Ferguson have circled each other for well over a decade. A bizarre twist of fate now sees Ferguson fighting for his UFC future against a man who insists he is done with the promotion after this, his final fight on a long-running contract. Thursday night in Las Vegas was […]

3 years ago

“I was once told by a wise man that nothing good happens after midnight.” JOE was at Twickenham for the official launch of the 2022/23 Gallagher Premiership season, which will be covered extensively by BT Sport, and one burning question we had was – What teammate could you call for help, no questions asked, in […]

3 years ago

‘If you don’t know what to ask anymore, that’s no problem’ Jurgen Klopp was settling into his press conference in Naples on Tuesday evening and looked to be in fine form, until one “embarrassing question” got under his skin. Liverpool are in Italy to take on Napoli in their first Champions League game of the […]

3 years ago

‘Absolute nonsense’ Jamie Carragher is slowly, slowly coming around to the idea of Lisandro Martinez just about treading water in the Premier League, but don’t get him started on Eric Bailly. The former Liverpool defender has been justifying his early season comments about Martinez while, today, took a cut off Eric Bailly after his comments […]

3 years ago

Manchester United could easily start a completely different XI from the one that defeated Arsenal. While the 2022/23 Champions League gets underway on Tuesday evening, Man United must wait until Thursday to kick off their latest European campaign. Buoyed by a run of four straight Premier League victories, Erik ten Hag will be hoping to […]

3 years ago

“He is incredibly strong, ripped and powerful.” We asked a host of Gallagher Premiership stars to name the strongest rugby players in their squad, and there were plenty of candidates suggested. After weeks stacked upon weeks of the pre-season grind, the best clubs in Europe are returning to action. The Top 14 got going, last […]

3 years ago

The former United captain may have been having second thoughts after 60 minutes Manchester United are up to fifth in the Premier League and now just three points off the lead after they defeated leaders Arsenal 3-1 at Old Trafford. For Roy Keane, and a few others leaning United’s way, there were some shaky moments. […]

3 years ago

A pulsating, topsy-turvy game at Old Trafford, settled by Marcus Rashford. Our full Arsenal and Man United player ratings reflect well on a few attacking talents, while some defenders had tough outings. Manchester United fashioned out the best chance of the early exchanges, with Antony and Diogo Dalot linking up on the right wing and […]

3 years ago

‘No one ever watched football and said they wished goals like that were ruled out.’ Alexis Mac Allister may never strike the ball sweeter in his whole life. It was not only Brighton supporters that were fuming about the VAR decision. Less than an hour after the Premier League announced it was reviewing controversial VAR decisions […]

3 years ago

The Ecuadorian wanted to follow in the foot-steps of Antonio Valencia. Moises Caicedo’s fine start to the 2022/23 continued at the Amex Community Stadium, this afternoon, when he netted in the first half against Brendan Rodgers’ Leicester City [video below]. After impressing, as an 18-year-old, in his first full season of Ecuadorian Serie A, with […]

3 years ago

This one always ran that bit deeper. Roy Keane said it at the time, when he was Manchester United captain, and he is not veering from that course. Between the 1995/96 season and the end of 2003/04, United and Arsenal were the Premier League kingpins. The two clubs – managed at the time by Alex […]

3 years ago

It was hard to tell whether he was more impressed with Celtic or their ball boys. Scottish Premiership champions Celtic handed out an almighty thumping to rivals Rangers, at Parkhead, and Ally McCoist could only sit back and admire the display of the winning side. The Rangers legend was on commentary duty for BT Sport […]

3 years ago

“You sometimes get these days, when a goalkeeper is on form and nothing is getting past him.” Jordan Pickford made eight big saves – including two worldies to deny Darwin Nunez and Mo Salah – as Everton drew 0-0 with Liverpool at Goodison Park. The Toffees had a couple of decent efforts on goal, and […]

3 years ago

“Of course that changes the face of the last 20 minutes.” Virgil van Dijk was fortunate to receive just a yellow card for a reckless challenge on Amadou Onana, at Goodison Park this afternoon, and Frank Lampard has been wondering aloud why the tackle was not reviewed by VAR. The incident occurred in the 75th minute […]

3 years ago

“I’ve thrown myself under the bus, here!” It was Gallagher Premiership launch day, down at Twickenham Stadium, on Thursday morning and Stuart Hogg was in flying form, even if Henry Slade had given us a few pre-loaded questions. The Scotland and Lions fullback underwent some knee surgery, earlier this summer, and has trimmed down from […]

3 years ago

Win, lose or draw, Dane Coles will get in your face and tell you what for. Pablo Matera is cut from the same cloth. The All Blacks put together their best display of a tumultuous 2022, in Hamilton today, to put up a half century of points and avenge last weekend’s loss to Argentina. Tries […]

3 years ago

“Were any trees harmed during the incident?” The headline in Sydney Morning Herald reads Springbok apologises for high school urination, and they have the player, fair dinkum, bang to rights. South Africa are over in Australia for The Rugby Championship and licking their wounds after losing to the Wallabies in Adelaide, last weekend. Jacques Nienaber’s side […]

3 years ago

Horrendous update on the Barcelona and Gabon striker. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang suffered a broken jaw during the violent robbery on his home, earlier this week. The Castelldefels house of the former Arsenal forward was broken into in the early hours of Monday morning. Armed robbers were reported to have broken in, around 1am, threatened him and his […]

3 years ago

This one was mooted as far back as The Open, which the Aussie won at St Andrew’s. Cameron Smith, the world number two, has been confirmed as the biggest capture of the Saudi-funded LIV Golf tour. The Australian, who beat Cam Young and Rory McIlroy to The Open Championship, this summer leads a list of […]

3 years ago

“He just winds people up… he winds me up.” Moments after he set up Harry Kane for the game-clinching goal, Richarlison decided to rub it in at the City Ground. The Brazilian came on as a second half substitute as Tottenham beat Nottingham Forest to continue their promising start to the season. Harry Kane scored […]

3 years ago

‘How is this a foul?!’ Manchester City fell 2-0 behind against Crystal Palace, this afternoon, but a Bernardo Silva strike and a hat-trick from Erling Haaland wrapped up a 4-2 comeback victory. City went top of the table, ahead of Arsenal’s late kick-off against Fulham, courtesy of the win, but they had two big refereeing […]

3 years ago

‘The more I think about it, the more difficult it becomes to understand.’ Jurgen Klopp paid tribute to murdered nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel before his side’s latest league outing, and Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson did likewise after their emphatic victory. Pratt-Korbel was killed by a masked attacker on Monday, in Liverpool. The nine-year-old caught a stray […]

3 years ago

SOUTHAMPTON 0-1 MAN UNITED It was far from pretty and much less intense than Monday night’s win over Liverpool, but United got the job done. There are a few stand-outs in our Man United ratings. Manchester United recorded ended a seven-game losing slide, away from home in the league, as they produced a dogged performance […]

3 years ago

NEW ZEALAND 18-25 ARGENTINA For only the second time in 34 games against New Zealand, Argentina have recorded a Test win. Michael Cheika has Los Pumas top of The Rugby Championship standings after a sensational victory in Christchurch. The All Blacks led their visitors at half-time after tries from Caleb Clarke and hooker Samison Taukei’aho, […]

3 years ago

AUSTRALIA 25-17 SOUTH AFRICA Wallabies scrumhalf Nic White was in the line of fire after getting a waft from Faf de Klerk and going down like a sack of spuds off a creaky top shelf. After starting off their Rugby Championship campaign with a 26-10 win over New Zealand, South Africa have now lost twice […]

3 years ago

“It was not animated” Jurgen Klopp was in understandably spiky form after his team went three Premier League games without a win, losing to their fierce rivals at Old Trafford. Bruno Fernandes was back to his best in Manchester United’s 2-1 victory over Liverpool, and he certainly wound up Liverpool in the process. The United […]

3 years ago

Made captain after Harry Maguire was dropped, the Portuguese was a real nuisance. Bruno Fernandes was given the Manchester United armband for the visit of Liverpool to Old Trafford. He led his team superbly. Fernandes was part of a United midfield trio with Christian Eriksen and Scott McTominay that helped the club surge into a […]

3 years ago

The Dutchman made the comment at 10:14 pm. Any younger Liverpool or Manchester United supporters that were up late, watching the Premier League action at Old Trafford may have caught a stray F-bomb from Erik ten Hag. The new United boss oversaw his side’s first league victory of the season, after taking the fight to […]

3 years ago

The veteran midfielder had a point. James Milner had a stand-up row with Liverpool teammate Virgil Van Dijk after his side went behind to an early Manchester United goal. United, after losing their opening two games of the Premier League season, were the sharper of the sides at Old Trafford, and deservedly took the lead […]

3 years ago

He simply had to bring it up. Even with Jurgen Klopp towering above him, Roy Keane was on his Old Trafford turf and made the bold call to remind the Liverpool boss about some recent history between them. Klopp was out speaking with the Monday Night Football crew, ahead of Liverpool’s league clash with Manchester […]

3 years ago

Bombshells in the United starting line-up. With both Manchester United and Liverpool chasing their first Premier League wins of the season, Erik ten Hag and Jurgen Klopp have made some big calls with their respective starting XIs. The stand-out United news is ten Hag benching Harry Maguire, Luke Shaw and Cristiano Ronaldo: 📋 Erik's named […]

3 years ago

The striker received a straight red card. Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp said he was not happy with Darwin Nunez’s reaction to a run-of-the-mill clash with Joachim Andersen on Monday which saw the Uruguayan sent off. Nunez received a straight red card after sticking his head on the Crystal Palace player – right in from of […]

3 years ago

What was the lad even thinking? Ahead of Liverpool’s first home tie of the Premier League season, Jurgen Klopp was in spiky form when asked about Darwin Nunez. The Reds boss was asked by Sky’s Geoff Shreeves for his reasoning in giving the Uruguayan his first start at Anfield. Klopp immediately fired back: “I’m really […]

3 years ago

Only two players emerge with any real credit. On the subject of Man United transfers, Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher sat down together and resoundingly agreed it had been a collective catastrophe. Since Alex Ferguson stood down as manager of Manchester United, after helping the side to their 20th league title, in 2013, the club […]

3 years ago

“I’m convinced this can’t work.” Jamie Carragher has named two Manchester United players that Erik ten Hag, he believes, has already discovered he cannot trust. He is far from convinced abour Lisandro Martinez, either. The former Liverpool defender was analysing United’s woeful start to the Premier League season, and focused on some tactical and individual […]

3 years ago

A very specific running drill. There was a stack for Erik ten Hag and the Manchester United supporters to get upset about, following the club’s 4-0 defeat to Brentford. Some of the statistics from the game will only add to the sense of despair and anger. Brentford destroyed United on the pitch and on the […]

3 years ago

BRENTFORD 4-0 MAN UNITED Just when supporters of the 20-time league champions think it cannot get any worse, Manchester United’s current crop show how. These are tough but entirely fair Man United player ratings. “It’s like a men’s team against Under 9s,” declared an irate Gary Neville from the Sky Sports commentary gantry. 35 minutes […]

3 years ago

‘If you thought it could not get any lower, well, it just has’ At 11:43am today, Gary Neville was en-route to the Gtech Community Stadium and bracing himself for another hope-for-the-best-but-expect-the-worse Manchester United league performance. Right I’m a couple of hours from Brentford. What we thinking? 👹❤️ — Gary Neville (@GNev2) August 13, 2022 By […]

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Quicker than a Henry Arundell debut try. On Saturday, an interview with Eddie Jones did the rounds, in which he suggested the “closeted” life of rugby players from fee-paying schools backgrounds was harming the national team. On Sunday, Jones’ bosses at the RFU were on the blower, telling him that simply will not stand. Change […]

3 years ago

“He had a skill-set that made the game feel effortless.” Bryan Habana faced plenty of top wingers in his rugby career but puts New Zealand trio Doug Howlett, Sitiveni Sivivatu and Joe Rokocoko right up there. Habana scored a staggering 67 Test tries in his Springbok career, with 15 coming in World Cup games, a […]

3 years ago

This was the England coach opening up of his sporting and coaching philosophies, with a bit of footy thrown in there for good measure. Eddie Jones believes English rugby may be suffering from too many of its’ top players coming from fee-paying schools and not having to deal with adversity. The England head coach, who […]

3 years ago

This is not the first time the club have been linked with the Austrian Manchester United expect a few more outgoings and incomings before the summer transfer window closes at the end of this month. Not many of their supporters would have guessed Marko Arnautovic would be featuring on their wish-list. The club are looking […]

3 years ago

Same old problems for Manchester United After witnessing Scott McTominay and Fred struggle to get to grips with Brighton – last season’s ninth placed side – Erik ten Hag may be asking the Manchester United hierarchy to up their Frenkie de Jong offer. The United midfielders had a poor showing in the club’s Premier League […]

3 years ago

‘Oh, I think it’s going to be tough for the three sides’ Back in 2018, Gary Neville and Roy Keane took issue with Jesse Lingard launching a clothing line, and attending a big launch party, just days before a big away game against Liverpool. “Not this week, concentrate on Liverpool. Do it before Fulham!” Neville […]

3 years ago

“Hopefully for Faf, as that song goes, everything is going to be all right.” As Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds [Don’t Worry] played out across Mbombela Stadium, Faf de Klerk was down getting treatment from a concerned medical staff after a horrendous collision with Caleb Clarke. The Springboks scrumhalf was in from the start against […]

3 years ago