Updated Jun 4th 2021, 12:00 PM IT’S COUNTY FINAL weekend in London with a difference. To start with, this is the conclusion of a competition that began in the early stages of 2020 and has dragged on interminably ever since. Then there is the timing, the first week of June seems unseasonably early in the […]

WATERFORD HAVE NAMED eight of last year’s All-Ireland final side for Sunday’s Munster opener against Clare. Brian Lohan and Liam Cahill after last year’s Clare-Waterford game. Source: Morgan Treacy/INPHO Billy Nolan is now in goal while Shane Fives and Iarlaith Daly are the additions in defence, it will be Daly’s first senior championship start. Darragh […]

Updated Jun 12th 2021, 6:59 PM Kerry 6-15 Tyrone 1-14 475 DAYS AFTER their last competitive appearance in Fitzgerald Stadium, the Kerry senior team marked their comeback at the Killarney venue and the return of a small section of their fanbase to the stand, in some style tonight. Paul Geaney celebrates scoring Kerry’s fourth goal. […]

FORMER ARSENAL GOALKEEPER Jens Lehmann has issued a public apology after referring to German television pundit Dennis Aogo as “a token black guy” in a WhatsApp message. Lehmann, 51, who played for the Gunners between 2003 and 2008 and represented Germany 61 times, took to Twitter to issue an apology to Aogo, a former Hamburg […]

“UNTIL THIS KERRY team beats Dublin or wins an All-Ireland, then there will be question marks” — the opinion of former Kingdom manager Éamonn Fitzmaurice. Former Kerry manager Éamonn Fitzmaurice pictured as EirGrid announced a five-year partnership extension for the GAA Official Timing Sponsorship. Source: Brendan Moran/SPORTSFILE Peter Keane’s side impressed through their Division 1 […]

PROMOTION CELEBRATIONS AND relegation disappointment. The main action in the 2021 GAA football league due to a close this weekend with a series of promotion and relegation play-offs as counties had plenty to fight for before heading into championship. There is set to be only one league final next weekend with Derry taking on Offaly […]

GALWAY DEFENDER SHANE Cooney says high-scoring games in hurling are good for the sport and for the entertainment of the fans. Galway’s Shane Cooney. Source: David Fitzgerald/SPORTSFILE The game has come in for scrutiny in recent weeks. Various aspects of the sport have been criticised, including the high scoring tallies in matches, the weight of […]

CIARÁN WHELAN DOES not think Stephen Cluxton will be playing in Dublin’s Leinster SFC opener next weekend and says his return to the panel for the 2021 season is “still of concern.” Dublin star Ciarán Kilkenny said the veteran goalkeeper had returned to training last week and indicated that their All-Ireland-winning captain was on a […]

JOEL GLAZER HAS conceded Manchester United’s owning family have given fans the impression they do not care about the club. The United executive vice-chairman made the admission in a two-hour meeting with the club’s Fans’ Forum earlier this month, the minutes of which have now been published. The meeting was arranged after United’s involvement in […]

1. No Kerry error this time as 2021 season starts  230 days after one campaign began for them in disastrous fashion, Kerry set out to try to make amends. If the 2020 winter championship proved a major letdown for their silverware aspirations, they started their 2021 summer run on a more positive note. Where the […]