From his Russian tumble to a Spain prison sentence, the erstwhile United manager has had a dim week. At least it’s entertainingAfter so many years of refusing to give the public what they want, it’s great to see José Mourinho finally serving up somethi…
Ireland are favourites for the Six Nations and are serious contenders for the World Cup this year, with a spirit that transcends national boundaries. How have they done it? “It just wouldn’t happen today,” Willie John McBride says on a rainy morning at…
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In his longform article on the UFC star Conor McGregor’s roots in the Dublin suburb of Crumlin, ESPN’s Wright Thompson paints a grim picture of the city. Drug dealers hang out on street corners. Bodies pile up as gangs fight for turf. Beatings are administered merely for being on the wrong street at the wrong time, and young lovers are afraid to walk the streets for fear of straying into the wrong territory.
It’s a chilling and evocative portrait from a very fine writer. The only problem is that Dublin’s actual inhabitants don’t appear to recognise the city in question.
• McBride passed away 24 hours after victory over Drogheda United
• EA Sports Cup matches due for Tuesday all postponed as mark of respect
The League of Ireland was in shock on Monday over the sudden death of the captain of Derry City at the age of 27. Ryan McBride was found dead at his home in Derry on Sunday evening. The cause is unknown. As a mark of respect all first round EA Sports Cup games due to be played on Tuesday have been postponed.
McBride passed away 24 hours after captaining Derry to victory over Drogheda United, the club’s fourth straight league win this season. The previous week McBride scored the winner against Shamrock Rovers and was regarded as one of the most talented players in the league. He came from the Brandywell district of Derry where the club’s ground is based.
• McBride passed away 24 hours after victory over Drogheda United
• EA Sports Cup matches due for Tuesday all postponed as mark of respect
The League of Ireland was in shock on Monday over the sudden death of the captain of Derry City at the age of 27. Ryan McBride was found dead at his home in Derry on Sunday evening. The cause is unknown. As a mark of respect all first round EA Sports Cup games due to be played on Tuesday have been postponed.
McBride passed away 24 hours after captaining Derry to victory over Drogheda United, the club’s fourth straight league win this season. The previous week McBride scored the winner against Shamrock Rovers and was regarded as one of the most talented players in the league. He came from the Brandywell district of Derry where the club’s ground is based.
Jockey who rode Shergar to a spectacular victory in the 1981 Derby
Of all the distinctions accumulated by Walter Swinburn during his decades in horse racing, the greatest might be that he took a Derby-winning ride from Lester Piggott, who was famously good at pinching fancied mounts from other jockeys. Swinburn, who has died aged 55 of so far unannounced causes, became Shergar’s jockey in 1981 after Piggott had ridden the colt the previous year, in time to steer him to a record-breaking 10-length Derby success.
Swinburn was just 19 at the time and it was a major statement of faith in his ability for Michael Stoute to appoint him as stable jockey and to insist on his riding all the best horses at the trainer’s Newmarket yard. But the young man was born to be a jockey, showing natural ability from the outset as well as a notably cool head on the big occasions.
• Autopsy reveals condition led to build-up of fluid in lungs
• Foley’s funeral to take place in County Clare on Friday
Munster’s head coach Anthony Foley died due to a heart condition which led to a build-up of fluid in his lungs, a French coroner has said. An autopsy has revealed that Foley, 42, whose body was found in his room at the team’s Paris hotel before their scheduled European Champions Cup game against Racing 92 on Sunday, “had a heart rhythm disorder that caused an acute edema of the lungs”, according to www.rugby365.fr.
The coroner said Foley’s death could be “linked to a heart problem”, while further toxicological tests are ongoing and results are “expected in several weeks”.
Ireland rugby international with 62 caps to his name who was a central figure at Munster as a player and head coach
The first game of the Five Nations rugby championship in 1995 was not a happy one for Ireland. Will Carling’s England team swaggered into Dublin and in wretched conditions – the tournament still began in January in those days – their gargantuan pack of forwards helped them to a first win in what was to become a grand slam campaign. There was some consolation for the bedraggled Irish supporters, though. In the dying seconds, Anthony Foley, a 21-year-old flanker from the Shannon club, and one of three debutants in their side, marked his first game with a try from a tapped penalty. A great international career had begun.
Foley, who would go on to win 62 caps in the following decade, became a central figure for Ireland and Munster, whom he would lead to a Heineken Cup victory over Biarritz in 2006. His 202 appearances for Munster are a record. At the time of his sudden death, at the age of 42, he was head coach of Munster and had been preparing his side for their opening game in the European Champions Cup against Racing 92 in Paris. As a mark of respect the game on Sunday afternoon was postponed.
