January 23, 2011
The December issue of World Soccer magazine contained a feature attempting to list the best up-and-coming talent on the planet. The panel selected one representative from each of 78 different ...
January 23, 2011
On Friday afternoon, the day after Atletico Madrid supporters had told Jose Mourinho to "drop dead" and many Spanish media outlets were forecasting the end for his time at the ...
January 23, 2011
It's not exactly news, but Paddy Kenny seemed keen to re-emphasise the point. Back in 2007, the goalkeeper retired from international football having earned seven Irish caps. However, he ...
January 23, 2011
Here's one for you. A footballer walks into a bar, orders a beer, and joins some friends from work to drink it. Little does he know however that the ...
January 23, 2011
IT was towards the end of the October defeat to Russia that Robbie Keane's playing time at Tottenham became a genuine issue rather than an unfortunate inconvenience. On one ...
January 23, 2011
Ciaran Cronin
The strange goings-on at Blackburn Rovers continue. On Thursday, Venkateshwara Hatcheries – the full name of the club's new Indian owners, although it might be better to use the ...
January 23, 2011
1. A team is more vulnerable just after they've scored
Sammy McIlroy was giddy with excitement. He'd just scored an equaliser that, four minutes earlier, would have been ...
January 23, 2011
Sometimes when you listen to Pádraig Harrington talk about his golf game, when you watch him flip it over and back and out as though he's incapable ...
January 23, 2011
Malachy Clerkin
"He is here as an ambassador for Nespresso Coffee," said Colin Montgomerie with the beginnings of a smirk breaking across his face. "We felt that was a misuse of talent ...
January 23, 2011
From Poverty Bay to Broadway, Setanta Ireland, Wednesday
In the week when John Duddy retired from boxing it has been said that he must truly have fallen out of love ...