Olympique Lyonnais’ Ada Hegerberg celebrates with the Women’s Ballon d’Or award. Source: AP/PA Images 1. “It won’t have been pleasant having to do this even at one of the very highest points of her professional career so far, but it certainly won’t have been unfamiliar. Not making dickheads feel like dickheads is one of the … Continue reading "Solveig and Hegerberg, the greatest game never played and the week’s best sportswriting"

1. AC Milan in St Mel’s Park in the European Cup I thought the story of AC Milan players stepping off the coach in Athlone, getting their Italian leather shoes dirty back in '75, was exaggerated… until I saw this picture… https://t.co/6FQ4kzdCcn — Stephen Bennett (@stebenn15) December 8, 2018 2. History made at Croke Park … Continue reading "‘Bean an D’or’, Ghaoth Dobhair celebrations, AC Milan in Athlone and more Tweets of the Week"

Glanmire (Cork) 1-22 Tourlestrane (Sligo) 3-11 KATE HANNON SCORED 0-11 and scooped the player of the match award as Cork’s Glanmire won their first ever All-Ireland junior club title with victory over Tourlestrane at Duggan Park in Ballinasloe. It was all Hannon versus Katie Walsh in the first half and although the Sligo county star … Continue reading "Hannon the star as Glanmire lift first-ever All-Ireland junior club title"

Offaly 1-16 Laois 2-16  THE LAOIS HURLERS got off to a winning start under new boss Eddie Brennan with a win over Offaly in the Walsh Cup on Sunday. The sides traded scores throughout the opening phases, with Laois holding a slender one-point lead after 23 minutes. Click Here: Netherlands football tracksuit Offaly then edged into … Continue reading "Eddie Brennan gets off to winning start in charge of Laois while Westmeath footballers also prevail"

Shane Mulligan lifts the trophy. Source: Oisin Keniry/INPHO Kevin O’Brien reports from Bord na Mona O’Connor Park THERE WON’T BE a cow milked in Mullinalaghta tonight, but that doesn’t mean the farmers are let off the hook.  Click Here: Ireland Rugby Shop Earlier this week, centre-forward James McGivney said that no matter what happened in … Continue reading "Wilderness to Leinster champions – Mullinalaghta story sums up magic of club game"

OUTGOING CORK COUNTY board secretary Frank Murphy believes drawn All-Ireland semi-finals should go to a replay rather than have extra-time played ‘in fairness to players’. Long-serving Cork county board secretary Frank Murphy is stepping down. Source: Donall Farmer/INPHO Murphy has made his remarks in his last report to Cork’s annual county convention, which will take … Continue reading "Extra-time in All-Ireland semi-finals, club concerns, Liam Miller match and stepping down in Cork"

JIM MCGUINNESS FLIES out to North Carolina tonight as he begins the next chapter of his coaching career in the soccer world. Former Donegal boss Jim McGuinness. The former Donegal GAA manager is stepping into his first managerial position in his adopted sport at United Soccer League (USL) Championship side Charlotte Independence, where he has … Continue reading "‘There is a fear in the unknown…I’m going in as head coach, something I’ve never done before’"

A MEMBER OF the Whelehan family will be back in charge of four-time All-Ireland winning club Birr next season with Barry Whelehan having being appointed as the Offaly club’s new senior hurling boss. The Whelahan brothers celebrating their 2001 Leinster club final victory. Source: INPHO Congratulations and best of luck to Barry Whelehan who has … Continue reading "Member of famous Offaly hurling family to take over four-time All-Ireland club hurling champions"

WHAT A GOAL. It was a huge weekend of ladies football action as new champions were crowned in the All-Ireland senior, intermediate and junior club competitions. Mourneabbey ended five years of hurt and heartbreak as they finally got their hands on the Dolores Tyrrell Memorial Cup on Saturday night while it was two out of … Continue reading "Dummy solos, both feet, what a finish – we’ll never tire of watching this incredible goal"

MULLINALAGHTA HAD FIVE starters on the Longford team that went down by 19 points to Dublin in this year’s Leinster semi-final – Patrick Fox, Donal McElligott, David and James McGivney, and Rian Brady. Kilmacud’s Cian O’Sullivan and Paul Mannion were key members of the Dublin outfit that day in June and would go on to … Continue reading "‘Anything is possible’ – Mullinalaghta give hope to small clubs all over Ireland"