10. Introducing Elverys’ newest employees – Munster trio Paul O’Connell, Keith Earls and Conor Murray. By the looks of things, the lads aren’t quite cut out for careers in retail.
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9. At Flushing Meadows this week, Novak Djokovic was proposed to by a young boy. His response? To invite the lad onto the court for a rally. What a guy.
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8. The Paralympic Games officially kicked off last night with the opening ceremony and following on from Channel 4′s brilliant ad, Samsung have made this, entitled: ‘Sport doesn’t care who you are’:
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7. Personally, I’d be fine if I never heard of Carly Rae Jepsen and her hit ‘Call Me Maybe’ again. However, certain members of TheScore team have pushed hard for this clip’s inclusion. So, enjoy. Or not.
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6. After seeing this, mountain biking in Nepal is going on the bucket list.
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(h/t: The Guardian)
5. Showing how stupid a footballer can look when he doesn’t pull off a Panenka penalty, Udinese’s Maicosuel chips straight into the hands of Beto as the Italian side go out of the Champions League qualifiers for the second year running.
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4. Watch a truly cracking goal from Irish striker Simon Cox from Wednesday night’s Capital One Cup game between Nottingham Forest and Wigan Athletic. Despite Cox’s best effort the Championship side went down 4-1 at the City Ground.
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(h/t: James Dart)
3. To celebrate Donegal’s All-Ireland SFC semi-final win over Cork, here’s Rory Gallagher, formerly of the Revs but now a regular fixture in Charlie’s bar in Lanzarote, and his Senegalese partner Jimmy singing a tribute to the great Jimmy McGuinness. Class.
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(h/t: Balls.ie)
2. Irish sprinter Jason Smyth is the fastest Paralympian on the planet. The Derry native, who is visually impaired, is looking to retain his 100m and 200m titles at the London Paralympic Games.
Watch the 25-year-old tell his story in the short video below:
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1. Arguably the greatest winger to ever don an Ireland shirt, Damien Duff announced his international retirement last Friday so we’ve dug up a goal that will live long in our memory. His strike (and celebration) against Saudia Arabia in the 2002 World Cup.
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Friends of mine recently got a taxi back to the airport from Anfield after a game. When they went to pay taxi driver said they could put it towards Sean’s rehab fund. Great gesture
Mighty to hear
Brilliant to see! Poor man just wanted to watch his team! Hope his rehabilitation is going well for him. Hopefully he gets to the merseyside next month too.
Very brave women, very brave family. I’m not the greatest fan of soccer but Liverpool FC seem to reach out to their fans in crisis.
@Aonghus OReilly: liverpool have always had a huge connection with its fans you can’t deny that
Super stuff Sean YNWA
I’d be no fan of Liverpool but great to see this .
Best wishes enjoy the game Sean . YNWA
Good man Séan , nice to see you smiling again.YNWA
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