GPA chief executive Dessie Farrell says there is too much room for skulduggery during stoppages for frees in Gaelic football.
Achieving cult status in football is a precious and mysterious accolade that doesn’t always require winning trophies and is not necessarily reserved for only the most talented players; Matthew Le Tissier proved the first part and Gary Neville the second.
Graeme McDowell goes into today’s first round contest against Sweden’s Robert Karlsson in the Volvo World Match Play Championship at Finca Cortesin near Estepona in Southern Spain hopeful that a change from the regular diet of stroke play to head-to-head confrontations will provide the kick start that his career badly needs.
The anxiety surrounding her Olympic qualification was dispelled when Katie Taylor arrived at the stadium in Qinhuangdao for her quarter-final bout yesterday and was informed her opponent, Mihaela Lacatus, had conceded a walk over.
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