Month: June 2022

TROY PARROTT GRABBED a goal for Tottenham Hotspur U23s tonight just 24 hours  after making a late Premier League appearance for the first team against Wolves. Parrott came off the bench in second-half stoppage time as Jose Mourinho’s side lost yesterday, but was back in action for the U23s tonight in their 3-2 win over…

Clare 2-27 Laois 1-17 Paul Keane reports from MW Hire O’Moore Park CLARE ARE FINALLY up and running in Division 1B of the Allianz NHL after burning off luckless Laois at MW Hire O’Moore Park with a strong second-half display to seal their first win of 2021. The Banner were missing All-Star Tony Kelly with…

Updated May 30th 2021, 10:15 PM DAVY FITZGERALD HAS criticised the media coverage of the story regarding Covid-19 cases in his Wexford squad and the close contacts which followed in Clare. The Wexford hurling boss says he believes the matter to be now closed and insists that the HSE “answered their things” in relation to…

THE FRIDAY ROUTINE rarely changes for Barry Crossan.  At lunchtime the lifelong Shelbourne FC supporter nips out of work to collect the latest batch of Red Inc from his storage space and meets up with a friend to split the supply.   Later that evening the pair reconvene near Tolka Park, where Crossan and his small…

There’s plenty of action across several sports coming up this weekend. Source: Photojoiner/Inpho THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE final is the big fixture coming up this weekend as we gear up for another bumper schedule of live action. It’s the battle of the Premier League sides as Manchester City and Chelsea battle it out for European supremacy…

MICKEY HARTE HAS guided Louth to the semi-finals of the Division 4 Allianz football league in his first year in charge after an impressive second-half display against Sligo. The pairings for the final-four ties in the competition have now been confirmed with Louth facing Carlow while Antrim will take on Waterford in the hunt for…

THE FOOTBALL FEDERATION Australia (FFA) is investigating after media reports alleged two Wellington Phoenix players drunkenly went joyriding in a golf cart when they were supposed to be on lockdown in Sydney amid the coronavirus pandemic. A number of publications including The Australian claim two Phoenix players — named as New Zealand international Tim Payne…

AN AGREEMENT HAS been reached to play the outstanding provincial and All-Ireland series games from the 2020 club camogie championship season from mid-November to December 2021. Mediation talks took place last night between the Camogie Association and representatives of clubs still involved in the 2020 senior, intermediate and junior championships. The42 understands that negotiations went…

DUNDALK HAVE confirmed that staff contracts will be honoured after the postponement of the SSE Airtricity League season.  These are extremely uncertain times for Irish football clubs, with Cork City announcing that they will stop paying wages after this week, while Sligo Rovers revealed that they are temporarily laying off management, players and administrative staff. …

AILISH CONSIDINE BELIEVES that the AFL Women’s league has become one of the standard-bearers for inclusiveness for LGBTI+ athletes. But the Adelaide Crows star feels that male sports across the world have a lot of work still to do when it comes to an open culture around sexuality. Clare’s Considine made history in her debut…