Category: Sports

  • Stars of the Premier League

    Stars of the Premier League

    4-4-2 Edwin Van Der Sar The big Dutch man was brilliant for Fulham and was even better for United.  Van Der Sar holds the record for clean sheets at United, a monumental achievement considering Peter Schmeichel was there for nine seasons.  VDS won…

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  • 5 who made it in the AFL…. and 5 who didn’t

    5 who made it in the AFL…. and 5 who didn’t

    With the news this week that Cork’s Ciaran Sheehan will join AFL side Carlton Blues in January, TheCity.ie looks at some of the top Gaelic footballers who made it down under, as well as some of those who didn’t adapt to the new game.…

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  • The Moyes Effect

    The Moyes Effect

    Finished, end of their dominance, another Liverpool and an over achieving squad.  These were some of the comments we were led to believe were the future for Manchester United. The Red Devils are into the last eight of the League Cup, three points…

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  • Katie’s Road to Rio

    Katie’s Road to Rio

    Her first Home Bout since Bringing Back Olympic Gold, Olympic gold medallist boxer Katie Taylor will not have too far to travel for her next fight. The 27-year-old amateur boxer will be on her home turf on November 30, where she will face…

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  • A portrait of our league

    A portrait of our league

    Last March I embarked on a photographic quest to depict the essence of our much-derided domestic football league. Historical, sometimes dilapidated but always characteristic, League of Ireland clubs’ stadia still retain a quintessential flavour of the game in its simplest form, something that…

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  • Dublin Marathon in Pictures

    Dublin Marathon in Pictures

    Almost 14500 people ran in the Dublin marathon on Monday. The men’s race was won by Irishman Sean Hehir with a time of two hours, 18 minutes and 19 seconds with Dublin’s Maria McCambridge winning the women’s race in two hours, 38 minutes and 51…

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  • “It’s not amateur anymore”: Colm Begley on Gaelic Football’s increasing professionalism

    “It’s not amateur anymore”: Colm Begley on Gaelic Football’s increasing professionalism

    “An amateur game played at a professional level” was how Colm Begley described Gaelic football this week. “The gap has been closed” between GAA and AFL in recent seasons stated the former Brisbane Lions Rookie of the Year, speaking ahead of last weekends second International…

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  • International Rules at the crossroads

    International Rules at the crossroads

    With the latest set of International Rules tests between Ireland and Australia now in full swing, many people are wondering whether or not the compromise rules concept has a viable future. Given its former reputation of being a hard-hitting and fiercely-contested battle between two proud sporting cultures, the…

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  • Roma continue fiery start to the Serie A with 100% record

    Roma continue fiery start to the Serie A with 100% record

    A.S. Roma have erupted from the traps of the new Serie A campaign and maintained an incredible 100% start to the season, notching up an astounding nine wins from nine games under the careful guidance of new manager Rudi Garcia. The Rome club…

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  • King bows out after controversial spell as interim boss

    King bows out after controversial spell as interim boss

    Noel King’s time as interim manager after Giovanni Trapattoni’s swift departure as Ireland’s head coach was originally seen as a breath of fresh air by the majority of Irish fans. The 57-year-old Dubliner is no stranger to the beautiful game, having played for…

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