PREMIER LEAGUE SIDE Sheffield United on Saturday said they were furloughing some permanent and casual staff but will continue to pay them in full during their enforced leave. Employees affected are those who are unable to perform their regular duties due to the coronavirus shutdown. However, the club insisted it will not resort to using…

MEATH ALL-IRELAND winner Bernard Flynn has resigned as manager of the county’s U20 football team. Flynn has made the decision due to the unavailability of senior players, as he was preparing for their upcoming Leinster championship campaign.   An All-Ireland senior winner in 1987 and 1988, Flynn was appointed as Meath U20 boss in January…

CHANGES ARE AT a minimum for tomorrow’s Lidl National League Division 1 final between arch-rivals Dublin and Cork at Croke Park [throw-in 7.30pm, live on TG4]. Dublin boss Mick Bohan has made just one change for the top-flight showdown – a repeat of December’s All-Ireland final – with title holders from 2019, Cork, showing an…

IT IS 29 weeks since the two sides produced storylines that caught the national sporting imagination and lit up the football championship. The rise of Tipperary and Cavan occured on the same remarkable Sunday afternoon last November. Tipperary enjoyed a breakthrough after 85 years in Munster, Cavan ending a 23-year wait to reign in Ulster…

Updated May 10th 2021, 10:39 PM FULHAM WERE RELEGATED from the Premier League with a 2-0 loss at home to Burnley on Monday that assured the Clarets of their top-flight status. The result meant London club Fulham would join already-demoted West Bromwich Albion and Sheffield United in the second-tier Championship next season. Scott Parker’s side…

LIMERICK’S LEAGUE CAMPAIGN was a mixed bag, with two wins, two defeats and a draw arriving from their five games. It was always going to be difficult to top the 2020 season when they went unbeaten across pre-season, league and championship. After failing to win any of their opening three games, they’ve started to motor…

Click:Research Peptides USA Supplier LEITRIM STAR ÁINE Tighe has penned a new Australian Football League Women’s [AFLW] deal with Fremantle Dockers. After two injury-ravaged seasons at the Perth outfit, it’s a massive show of faith in Tighe, who will look to finally make her AFLW debut in the upcoming season.  The Kiltubrid forward has endured…

CROKE PARK HAS been confirmed as the venue for the Leinster SHC semi-finals this Saturday, with 8,000 fans permitted to attend the games. Leinster GAA announced the news this evening, the venue switched from Portlaoise, in what will be a significant step forward for the gradual return of fans to live sport. The decision also…

Clare 1-22 Waterford 0-21 THE FINAL POINT of this Munster hurling afternoon, that was of the low-key rather than heart-stopping variety, turned out to be an insurance score as Tony Kelly tapped over the bar for Clare. Tony Kelly celebrates scoring a late point for Clare. Source: James Crombie/INPHO That settled it at last to…

SIX DAYS AFTER the 2020 championship was finally completed, this year’s Leinster U20 action commenced tonight with Laois, Antrim and Kildare all claiming Round 1 victories. Source: James Crombie/INPHO The game of the night was in Portlaoise with Laois winning an extra-time thriller by 4-33 to 4-27 against Westmeath. Laois looked to be in complete…