For the red half of Liverpool it’s the culmination of a hard fought season with alot of ups and very little downs. For everybody else it’s like a band-aid, pull it off quickly and get it over and done with. 40+ goals in the Champions league this season has put Read more…
NO HASSLE!! Those were the words of the day from the players on the 12th May in a sun filled Portlaoise as the Cork U14 Ladies football team were preparing to play the first of what turned out to be five games, in the All Ireland U14 blitz Read more…
Its another action packed weekend on the football scene for the ladies of Cork this Easter time. The games get underway on Saturday when the U-16s take on Kerry in their Round one opener in the Munster championship. That game is being played in John Mitchels GAA Complex in Tralee Read more…
The West Cork rally held on 17th and the 18th March 2018 saw an influx of high performance rally cars and car enthusiasts watch on as they navigated the winding country roads. Both stages were Rossmore Stage, at Ahaguilla and Sam’s Cross Stage. Thanks to Michael O’Sullivan/OSM Photo for these outstanding shots Read more…
With the amount of money changing hands in football these days, transfer fees are scarcely a talking point anymore. Player values are distorted beyond all logic, the market now demanding astronomical fees in a world dominated by crafty agents, whopping signing on fees, eye-popping wages and sometimes outrageous demands. As Read more…
It looks as though Everton will finally be moving from Goodison Park, their home for the past 125 years and take up residence on the Liverpool Dock yards of Bramley Moore and a proposed 60,000 seater. We’ve seen Arsenal move from Highbury and with Spurs building on the site of Read more…
Our very own Cork soccer star Denise O’Sullivan features in the NWSL Final for North Carolina Courage where they take on Portland Thorns today in Orlando City Stadium. This video speaks for itself when they beat the Red Stars to make it to the Final and Denise scoring the only Read more…
With our National team’s qualification for next year’s World Cup going to a playoff with Monday’s 1-0 win over the Taffs, I have a look at our football over the past 30 years. How many world class players have we had? When will we see our next one and what Read more…
‘Spike looking to keep momentum going Stateside’. Next up for Cork’s Spike O’ Sullivan is a bout against Liverpudlian Nick Quigley in the House of Blues in Boston on 30th September. Spike goes into this one on the back of three wins and will be familiar with the setting for Read more…
MMA is known for being brutal and bloody. Also sometimes a fight can get dirty. The fight below between Travis ‘the brown bomber’ Wolford and Daniel Cooper got dirty for all the wrong reasons. Travis reportedly went to a local chilli festival the night before his big fight. He was Read more…
Bigger than McGregor V Mayweather!! The Big Day is Upon us. All Ireland Football Final day is always a huge event for GAA fans no matter what county is in the final. I have been on the receiving end of tweets, phone calls, text messages , emails and more from Read more…
Munster Senior League Senior Premier Division St Marys 1-2 Rockmount Mayfield United 1-4 Cobh Wanderers Senior 1st Division Ballincollig 0-2 Wilton United Riverstown 1-3 Castleview Killreen Celtic 3-0 Leeside Leeds 2-0 Blarney United Senior 2nd Division Bandon 4-3 Casement Celtic Fermoy 1-0 Ballinhassig Kinsale 3-2 Tramore Ath Mallow United 2-2 Read more…
This post is about the Intermediate All Ireland Camogie Final between Cork and Meath
Date : 28th August Under-10 V Corkbeg at Ballyadam The new season is upon us again. The Carrigtwohill under-10’s kicked off their league campaign with a home match to a strong Corkbeg Utd side. Both teams are well used to meeting each other but the format has changed to Read more…
Full Weekend Results: MSL RESULTS Beamish Stout Munster Senior League Senior Premier Division Everton 1-5 Ringmahon Rangers Cobh Wanderers 0-1 St Marys College Corinthians 1-2 Avondale United Rockmount 0-0 Midleton Senior 1st Division Riverstown 0-4 Leeds Blarney United 3-2 Carrigaline United Leeside 3-2 Ballincollig Castleview 1-0 Killreen Celtic Senior 2nd Read more…
Full Weekend Results: MSL RESULTS Senior Premier Division Everton 0-0 Avondale United Mayfield United 1-3 Ringmahon Rangers Midleton 1-1 College Corinthians Senior 1st Division Douglas Hall 2-0 Riverstown Leeds 2-0 Leeside Carrigaline United 1-0 Wilton United Castleview 2-1 Ballincollig Senior 2nd Division Glasheen 1-7 Park Utd Fermoy 0-0 Tramore Ath Read more…
Unity caught up with Tony O’Brien a well known registered Physiotherapist in the Cork soccer circles. Tony has some tips on best practice with keeping fit, staying fit and preventing injury during training and before and after games. First of all make sure you are in good physical condition Read more…
AUL Results Tuesday 22nd August Tonight teams were in action in the league Cup and League in the Cork AUL with a few games played. Knocknahenny Celtic A won 3-1 in the Mossie against Rylane. Scoreless at half time and then Knocknahenny raced into a 3-0 lead midway Read more…
With a load of matches played over in the weekend in the lovely Summer rain, it’s finally here, Junior football is back. Before I go through any results I want to send best wishes to Pearce Celtic’s Barry Murphy. He was injured in AUL 1A match versus Cathedral Celtic which Read more…
If the main plot is Conor vs Floyd then the sub plot is Conor V Paulie. Last week we reported about the sparring sessions between Conor McGregor and Paulie Malignaggi and explained how Conor’s camp released photos of the session which seemed to show Conor getting the better of the Read more…
A look back at the Munster Semi Final when the Rebels beat Waterford 0-23 to 1-15
Both Cork and Waterford release their line up ahead of the All Ireland Semi Final clash this Sunday. Cork name an unchanged side. 1. Anthony Nash – Kanturk 2. Stephen McDonnell – Glen Rovers (Capt) 3. Damien Cahalane – St Finbarr’s 4. Colm Spillane – Castlelyons 5. Christopher Joyce Read more…
Cork Minor Manager Denis Ring has named his team for Sunday’s All Ireland Semi Final against Dublin. There are no changes to the fifteen that started the Munster Final victory over Clare five weeks ago. The Cork Panel in full is as follows; 1. Ger Collins – Ballinhassig 2. Conor O’ Read more…
Unity takes a look back at the atmosphere of the Rebel Minors when they took cork to 3 in a row in the ladies football beating Galway
Tadhg de Búrca will miss the All Ireland Semi Final Good News For Cork Bad For Waterford Waterfords Tadhg de Búrca will miss the All Ireland Semi Final against Cork on Sunday after the Disputes Resolution Authority (DRA) upheld his suspension shortly after 1.30 a.m. last night. The Déise Read more…
Some United fans love him because he was their Captain during the glory years of the 90s. Some United fans hate him because he walked out on the country during our time of need. Some Liverpool fan actually like him because of his passion and drive. I think he reminds Read more…
The second game to be played by Cork on Monday the 7th August at O’Connor Park, Tullamore were the Minor Ladies Football Team in the All-Ireland final against Galway. Cork were the Victors on the day in outstanding fashion winning by 5-11 to 1-4 The rebels started the game from the Read more…
Cork were in action again today with the Ladies Senior Football team playing Monaghan in the All-Ireland Senior Championship Round 2 match played at O’Connor Park, Tullamore As an advocate of Ladies GAA and GAA in general I was there to see two cork teams play some outstanding football. The seniors Read more…
CORK were crowned inaugural All-Ireland U17 hurling champions at Croke Park Sunday the 6th August 2017 The Rebels ended up finishing the game by a two-point victory. The Dublin side were reduced to 14 players when midfielder Tom Aherne was dismissed in the 42nd minute of the second half when Read more…
Conor vs Paulie If the gospel according to Conor McGregor is correct then Paulie Malignaggi got schooled in their recent sparring session. Malignaggi was offered the chance to spar McGregor after his comments during his Showtime Boxing gig that McGregor had not a hope in hell of beating Floyd Mayweather McGregor took acception Read more…
So its only just over 24 hours before the double header in o Connor Park, Tullamore, Co Offaly with two of the Cork ladies football teams in action. The senior ladies of Cork take on Monaghan at 3.15 pm in their All Ireland Qualifier to keep the 2017 year on Read more…
Are we in for the toughest, most competitive season yet in the Premier League? With City, Chelsea, United and even Everton spending above £100m on transfers the top 7 are looking to build the gap between them and the bottom 13 but also to become forces in Europe again. With Read more…
Katie Taylor USA Debut On the undercard to Broner vs Garcia is Katie Taylor vs Jasmine Clarkson. This is Taylor’s American debut so she will be looking to impress and set up a title shot in Ireland at the end of the year. Her opponent has had 12 fights with only 4 wins but Read more…
Adrien Broner’s record stands at 33 wins and 2 defeats with 24 KO’s. At the age of 27 he is a four weight world champion but still wouldn’t be considered by many in the boxing world as an elite fighter. When he burst onto the scene he was touted as Read more…
Coming up this weekend is UFC 214 which boast three title fights with the card headlined by Cormier vs. Jones II. This rematch has been a long time in the making but finally we will get to see the rivals meet again. Jones will be challenging for the title Read more…
The UFC This past weekend saw UFC return to American terrestrial TV on the Fox Sports platform. The non PPV event had a good card with some interesting fights but viewing figures were the worst ever for an event shown on Fox. The card was headlined by Chris Weidman who Read more…
With the upcoming Cork AUL 2017-2018 season we take a look at two of the biggest teams in the League hailing from the Northside of Cork City. Grattan United the oldest club in the Cork AUL starting in 1926 and Knocknaheeny Celtic. Both clubs deeply integrated in the local community. Read more…
Smells like…tiger balm? I don’t know about you, but match day be it AUL 3A or Munster Senior League playing the big boys, you gotta love it! Getting up early on a Sunday morning, having a hastily prepared pre-match meal of toast or something stupid that you heard that gives Read more…
#MayMac Press Tour, Final Stop, London.The last stop of the #MayMac world press tour was in London and it was as controversial as the rest. The highly anticipated event was attended by over 10,000 mostly McGregor fans. It was like it was held in Dublin as much of the crowd Read more…
#MayMac Press Tour, Penultimate Stop, Brooklyn, NY. After the amazing show put on in Toronto, Brooklyn had a tough act to follow and it ultimately came up short. It began two hours late as both fighters tried to make each other wait and no one wanting to give in. When Read more…
#MayMac Press Tour Recap. Second Stop, Toronto, Canada. The King is back! If we were scoring these press conferences with the boxing scoring system Mayweather won LA 10-9 and McGregor won Toronto 10-8 but very nearly a stoppage. After Mayweather delayed the press conference and made McGregor wait, coupled with Read more…
#MayMac Press Tour First Stop, Staples Centre, Los Angeles. As the dust settles following the first stop on the MayMac press tour it is time to reflect on some of the key elements. Much of the talk beforehand was about who was the ‘A’ side and who was the ‘B’ Read more…
Mayweather vs. McGregor LIVE press conference 14th July 2017 from Toronto It’s hotting up to be one of the biggest fights of all time. Watch the London leg as it comes to a close
Cork have beaten Clare to become Munster Senior Hurling Champions by a score of 1-25 to 1-20 The match threw in at 4PM at Temple Stadium, Thurles and from the off it was an exciting game of hurling. It was point for point in the first few mins with Cork Read more…
It has been another great day at Turners Cross for City as they have beaten St. Patrick’s Athletic 1-0 with Maguire scoring from the spot on the cusp of half time sending the Pats keeper the wrong way to go one nil up. Great way to finish the first half Read more…
Three second half goals from Sean Maguire wrote him into the history books with Cork City’s first ever European hat-trick as the Leesiders progressed into the second qualifying round of the Europa League beating a battling side Levadia Ballin by 4 goals to 2 (6-2 on aggregate) a goal to Read more…
Grattan United’s Grounds Nearly Vandalised Beyond Repair Grattan United is a local Northside soccer club located in Kilmore Heights, Cork City. The club was the victim of a horrendous form of vandalism. The destructive behaviour took place at approximately 6 pm on Saturday 9th of June at the club’s pitch Read more…
Check Tiote former Newcastle United midfielder Dies after collapsing in training in China The former midfielder and Ivory Coast star who made 150 appearances in 7 years and three in the 2016/2017 season joined the Chinese second tier side Beijing Enterprises back In February. “It is with deep sadness I Read more…
Preston North End have confirmed the deal that will see the 23 year old Cork City striker Sean Maguire. Maguire will join up with former Dundalk stars Andy Boyle and Daryl Horgan at Deepdale, and also among them the other Irish players currently at Preston. Former Shelbourne, Shamrock Rovers and Sligo Read more…
Champions’ League FInal 2017/18 Pre-Match Rundown Juventus V Real Madrid truly is ‘the immovable object vs the unstoppable force’ in every sense of the word. Old School defending versus the Immortal CR7 and Co. 200 Million viewers watched the 2016 Champions League Final, I’m sure we’ll see that figure go Read more…
Cork City FC Beat Dundalk 3-0 to win at Oriel Park leaving City 18 Points clear at the top of the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division Dundalk VS Cork City FC Oriel park Kick off 7:30 pm Attendance 3643 Chances were early for both sides as the match got under Read more…
