Ireland were eliminated from the World Twenty20 after their must-win game against Bangladesh was washed out and declared a ‘no result’ after heavy rain and thunderstorms.
Anthony Nash is high-profile casualty as Cork make five changes for the visit of Kilkenny to Pairc ui Rinn on Saturday night.
Rory McIlroy has come out out in defence of world number one Jordan Spieth as the 22-year-old’s struggles continued as the Valspar Championship.
Karim Benzema is available for France at this summer’s European Championship after his legal restrictions, pertaining to the widely documented sextape blackmail, were lifted
To be honest about it, there were tears in the room. I sat there for a few minutes thinking ‘Did he actually say it?’ There was anger, there was disbelief. Driving back up the road, I rang our team doctor Tadhg Crowley and asked if he’d mind finding out just why they came to this conclusion. He rang me back that night and told me that it was, more or less, the right call and that if I continued to go training at the top level for the next year or two, the likelihood is that the knee would just break. So you’re looking at a knee replacement at 32 years of age and no one wants to face into that.”
Richie Power is struggling to come to terms with having to walk away from inter-county hurling, as Eoin O’Callaghan found out.
The Fixture List
Rugby
The headline act on Saturday is Ireland’s 6 Nation’s clash with Italy at the Aviva Stadium. Kick-off is at 1.30.
England then take on Wales at Twickenham at 4pm.
GAA
Quite a lot of league action on Saturday evening with two games standing out: Cork taking on Kilkenny in the hurling while the Dublin footballers are in Newry to take on Down. Both fixtures are underway at 7pm.
Soccer
It’s a FA Cup weekend but and the attention will be on Goodison Park tomorrow at 5.30 as Everton take on Chelsea for a place in the final four.
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I guess I can jump on a plane with the kids whenever I want and that is nice. But me, being hard-working and honest, I’d like to feel as if if I’ve earned a holiday or a trip. I don’t want to turn into… I was going to compare myself with Kim Kardashian or someone there. A little socialite or something, off doing these things. I like to earn nice things or even a weekend away.”
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Ben Blake was in Abbotstown to hear from Martin O’Neill as the Republic of Ireland manager finally brought the Damien Delaney conversation to an end.
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Richie Power is struggling to come to terms with having to walk away from inter-county hurling, as Eoin O’Callaghan found out.
The Fixture List
Rugby
The headline act on Saturday is Ireland’s 6 Nation’s clash with Italy at the Aviva Stadium. Kick-off is at 1.30.
England then take on Wales at Twickenham at 4pm.
GAA
Quite a lot of league action on Saturday evening with two games standing out: Cork taking on Kilkenny in the hurling while the Dublin footballers are in Newry to take on Down. Both fixtures are underway at 7pm.
Soccer
It’s a FA Cup weekend but and the attention will be on Goodison Park tomorrow at 5.30 as Everton take on Chelsea for a place in the final four.
Showbiz, Baby!
Duffer isn’t a fan of Kim K.
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