Luis Enrique said his side's victory over Athletic Bilbao - his 100th as Barcelona coach - would give the team strength. Luis Enrique paid tribute to the strength of Barcelona's squad after Ivan Rakitic's goal earned a 1-0 victory over Athletic Bilbao – his 100th victory as head coach of the Spanish champions. Since his appointment in May 2014, Luis Enrique has claimed a...
Three tries by centre Jordan Grattan helped Ballynahinch to a 45-21 SONIUlster Rugby Premiership victory over Dungannon but the victory was not so convincing as the scoreline would suggest at Stevenson Park. The home team were rather unfortunate...
MountainKingdom can supply a local victory in the Giltspur Hurdle at Downpatrick with former champion jockey PaulTownend aboard, fresh from success at Down Royal. Townend won on Bobarlee at the Maze on Friday night and can repeat the trick at Downpatrick on Mountain Kingdom, trained in Crossgar by...
Two of Ulster's leading hurling clubs have laid down a firm marker that they are fiercely committed to retaining their respective county championship titles. Antrim champions Cushendall fired out a defiant message that any lingering after-effects from their All-Ireland club final defeat...
St Patrick's offered a hint that they might just offer a viable threat to Crossmaglen Rangers' hopes of claiming what would be their 20th title in 21 years by the facile manner in which they torpedoed the hopes of Pearse Og in the Armagh senior football championship. The...
Game of the year? Unquestionably. Game of the decade? A case to be made for it. But wherever this win for Dublin ends up in the general classification, it will reverberate through Kerry history. Share Go To Just as Darragh ÓSé forewarned earlier in the week, they now become the Kingdom generation...
Maybe it is a growing trend, but Kerry's seven frees awarded looks rather paltry when held up against the 21 times DavidGough awarded Dublin frees in this semi-final. Asked about the disparity in the free count afterwards, Kerry manager Eamonn Fitzmaurice answered: "To be honest, I made a...
