Tag: Football

Alex Ferguson has had some interesting things to say about Michael Carrick today.

Irish international striker Leon Best's time at Newcastle United looks to be coming to an end.

Chelsea are now going to look to redevelop Stamford Bridge after failing to buy the Battersea Power Station site.

Dave Whelan has revealed why Roberto Martinez didn’t take the Liverpool job.

Liverpool fans, still annoyed over the sacking of King Kenny Daglish, will feel jilted today as Ajax boss Frank De Boer has turned down their approach.

Hibernian boss Pat Fenlon brought his side over to Dublin ahead of his side's first Scottish Cup final in one hundred years against local rivals Hearts this Saturday, he talked to JOE.

This is going to be a short and sweet final “Five things to watch in the Premier League” of the season because if you haven’t been paying attention you’ve missed a pretty good campaign.

The latest Ireland Euro 2012 squad news is here and there was a lot of movement over the weekend.

Kerry ace and aspiring fashion designer Paul Galvin fears for Kerry’s future unless they adopt a better attitude to modern sports science.

The good news is that we have more players in the PFA Team of the Year than Spain, Croatia and Italy, the bad news is that none of them are in the Premier League PFA Team of the Year.

The Manchester duel continues apace, big London derbies, Darron Gibson seeks revenge and everything else you should watch out for this Premier League weekend.

Diving is now widely used to gain an advantage in most sports but which of these two players does the better job of trying to fool the ref?

It’s that time of the week again – our countdown of the best five goals we’ve seen from around the world over the last few days.

Liverpool striker Luis Suarez has spoken about the accusations of racism levelled at him by Manchester United’s Patrice Evra for the first time.

The Ballon d’Or ‘shortlist’ contains 23 names yet they still managed to miss out some very obvious names.Here’s five players that should have been on the list.

One of our favourite ever football managers, Kevin Keegan, may be about to return to the game. We would love it if he did, love it!

On the week that Manchester United and Manchester City face off in an increasingly bitter rivalry, we have found something they can agree on.

If you thought that South America had a monopoly on bench-clearing football brawls think again. Asian football can do it too.

He has four convictions for assault but Everton have turned to one of their terrace heroes to train the next generation of Toffees.

One Romanian goalkeeper decides to protest a penalty in a unique way. He was ignored and then forced to endure a retake.

Are the Premier League really considering the idea of abolishing relegation? Makes the National Hurling League reforms look mild.

Liverpool have raised the stakes in the Luis Suarez/Patrice Evra race row by calling for the Frenchman to be banned if the allegation is not proven.

We have had a lot of contenders for best overhead volley goal of the year in recent weeks but this one has to come close.

Roy Keane has enjoyed a little break from football and now he wants to get back into the management game.

Watch Flamengo prove that not all Brazilian footballers are brilliant with a spectacular display of missed chances.

Liverpool have broken ranks and have demanded a bigger share of the Premier League TV money pie than teams like Bolton.

A member of Arsene Wenger's back room team thinks Arsenal's problem is that their players are too small.

What we want to see tonight at Aviva Stadium. We may not get it but let us be optimistic for a few hours please.

Steven Gerrard is expected to start Liverpool's game this weekend against Manchester United at Anfield.

Robbie Keane's out for the crucial game with Armenia so in comes Shane Long right? Nope, Trapattoni has fooled us again.

After just two wins in their last 23 games, Nigel Worthington has stepped down as manager of Northern Ireland.

A group of Arsenal fans have had enough, calling Arsene Wenger a cancer and plotting a campaign to oust him from the Emirates.

What do you do if Neymar is annoying you? Ask Thiago Silva.

Ireland’s hosts on Friday night are expected to yield three easy points for Giovanni Trapattoni’s men but what do you know of them.

Has a Russian player scored the fastest goal in history?

Headgear in soccer has just gone up a level thanks to a guy in Sweden.

A bunch of Irish footballers, led by John O'Shea, have picked up €25,000 thanks to their horse winning at Roscommon on Monday.

Turkey has found a way to solve its hooligan problem in football. Ban men from the game. It worked.

Roy Keane reckons too many journeymen footballers are declaring new-found Irishness in a bid for international glory. It got us thinking - who are the worst "Fake Irishmen" to have worn the green?

How often do we read: "Is this the next Messi?" But what about the incredible story about a Dutch footballer, aged one, who has signed a 10-year professional contract with a local club?

Twitter bashing for Darren Gibson, mail bombs for Neil Lennon, stalkers for Rio Ferdinand... who would be a footballer? Here are five cases of the sport going too far.

Joe looks at the five most disgraceful dives in football.

Manchester United have escaped action from the English Football Association after their dressing room was thrashed following their FA Cup semi-final defeat to rivals Manchester City at Wembely on...

Premier League football, horse racing, Magners League Rugby and the second test of the International Rules form the basis of JOE’s weekend fancies.