UCD hold leaders Shamrock Rovers but relegation confirmed
Shamrock Rovers missed the chance to go seven points clear atop the SSE Airtricity League table, stumbling to a scoreless draw that also confirmed UCD's relegation.
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Galway United seal promotion back to top flight with routine victory in Kerry
After a staggering famine of nearly 27 years without a trophy, Galway United are belatedly back in the top tier of Irish football.
Shelbourne win again to maintain push for Europe
Will Jarvis scored his first goal for Shelbourne to deliver a third successive win for Damien Duff's side as their quest for Europe gathers pace.
Tommy Lonergan on the double as St Patrick's Athletic sink Dundalk
It was a tale of two halves for St Patrick's Athletic as they kept marching on in the title race and all but ended Dundalk’s slim European hopes in the process at Richmond Park.
Iconic Rapinoe makes USA team farewell against Banyana Banyana
Megan Rapinoe, who championed social justice and fought for women's equal pay in a 17-year international career, will play her final match for the United States on Sunday against South Africa.
Taliban send all-male team to Asian Games but Afghan women come from outside
HANGZHOU, China: In the first Asian Games since the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan, two teams of athletes are arriving in the Chinese city of Hangzhou, looking very different. One, sent from Afghanistan where women are now banned by the Taliban from participating in sports, consists of about 130 all-male athletes, who will participate in 17 different sports, including volleyball, judo and wrestling, Atel Mashwani, a Taliban-appointed spokesman for the Afghanistan’s Olympic Committee, told The Associated Press. Another, competing under the black, red and green flag of the elected government the Taliban toppled in 2021, is drawn from the diaspora of Afghan athletes around the world, and includes 17 women, according to Hafizullah Wali Rahimi, the president of Afghanistan’s National Olympic Committee from before the Taliban took over. Rahimi, who now works from outside Afghanistan but is still recognized by many countries as its official representative on Olympic matters, told reporters at the team’s official arrival ceremony late Thursday that the athletes are there for the love of sports. “We want to be keeping the sports completely out of the politics so the athletes can freely, inside and outside their country, do their sports activity and development,” he said. Rahimi’s contingent at the welcome ceremony was entirely male, but he said the women were on their way, consisting of a volleyball team that have been training in Iran, cyclists from Italy, and a representative for athletics from Australia. He did not respond to an emailed request on Friday seeking more details. The games official opening ceremony is on Saturday. Although the Taliban promised a more moderate rule than during their previous period in
Liverpool's second-half displays exciting Jurgen Klopp
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp insists it is too soon to say his "mentality monsters" have returned but he has been impressed by how they have handled adversity so far this season.
Sheffield Utd boss says football is ‘worst sport’ for racism
LONDON: Sheffield United manager Paul Heckingbottom says football is the “worst sport” for racism, calling for tougher punishments to stamp out abuse. United goalkeeper Wes Foderingham took to Instagram to reveal he had suffered from “racism and family threats” after last week’s 2-1 defeat at Tottenham. Heckingbottom revealed police have spoken to the former Rangers keeper about the incident, which he said reflected a larger problem in society. “You can say it’s all social media and people are tough on there and they can say what they want,” he said on Friday. “You can take it away, but it is deeper than that because it’s inside people.” He added: “It’s sad — I think we are the worst sport for it.