A YOUNG MANCHESTER United supporter from Donegal has received a letter from Jurgen Klopp after writing to the Liverpool manager requesting that his team stop winning matches. As part of a school writing project, 10-year-old Daragh Curley wrote to Klopp in late January asking that he make Liverpool lose their next match in order to
LIONEL MESSI WILL will make more history on Sunday when taking in a 43rd Clasico outing for Barcelona against Real Madrid, with Quique Setien hoping that there will be many more to come. As a one-club man, the mercurial Argentine forward has faced arch-rivals on a regular basis down the years. He has often been
THOMAS MÜLLER SCORED an exquisite volley as Bayern Munich claimed a 2-0 win over Augsburg and moved four points clear at the top of the Bundesliga. After a lacklustre first half at the Allianz Arena, Müller provided the game’s decisive moment early in the second period with a beautifully controlled finish. Augsburg had two late chances as Florian
NIALL QUINN HAS thanked Bill Darby for putting his faith him as a young, aspiring footballer. Dublin-based Darby worked for 44 years as Arsenal’s scout and is associated with bringing Irish greats such as Liam Brady, Dave O’Leary and Frank Stapleton to the North London club. On Sunday, he passed away peacefully at the Mater
GERMAN FOOTBALL AUTHORITIES are set to announce plans on Thursday for Bundesliga matches to restart in empty stadiums on 9 May, but the potential first return of a major European league in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic is meeting some opposition. Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government is slowly easing nationwide restrictions and the resumption of
SHAUN ROONEY WAS again the hero as St Johnstone beat Hibernian 1-0 in the Scottish Cup final to secure an extraordinary cup double. The 24-year-old wing-back scored the only goal in the Betfred Cup final win over Livingston at Hampden Park in February and made the difference against Hibs at the national stadium to confirm
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CATHAL HEFFERNAN HAS signed his first professional contract at Cork City. The Ireland U16 international, who is the son of Irish Olympians Rob and Marian Heffernan, joined the Leesiders’s U15s from Ringhmahon Rangers in January 2019. In March, it was revealed that the centre-half was set to train with Serie A giants Juventus, Atalanta, AC
1. Historically, any rule changes in hurling are met with resistance, from the players and the public. But over the past 10 or 15 years, the game has changed fundamentally without the intervention of rule changes and without a broad consensus about which direction the game should take. A small band of innovative coaches started to
The first time I attended a press screening — an early, private presentation of a film for critics and journalists — it felt like I was crashing an exclusive gathering I wasn’t supposed to witness. I was a 20-something DREAMer who had just qualified for a work permit through DACA; I had a community college