Czechia football thrown into turmoil by match-fixing probe

Czechia football has been rocked by a match-fixing scandal two days out from the crunch World Cup playoff against Ireland. In what’s being described as the “largest police crackdown in the history of Czech football”, dozens of arrests have been made during dawn raids. Czechia FA’s preparations for the visit of Ireland have been disrupted … Read more

‘That Robbie Keane is useless’

Harry Redknapp claims that Tottenham Hotspur owner Joe Lewis branded Robbie Keane “useless” and vowed to tune out of a match at Manchester United if the Irishman started. Redknapp, speaking ahead of his horse The Jukebox Man going into Cheltenham’s Gold Cup on Friday as favourite, believes his days at Spurs was numbered after defending … Read more

Glasgow police condemn ‘shameful’ Ibrox unrest after Celtic staff and players targeted

Police stated they faced “extreme hostility and violence” during a post-match pitch invasion at Ibrox which impacted Celtic staff and players. A number of arrests have been made after fans clashed following the Hoops’ Scottish Gas Scottish Cup quarter-final win. Hundreds of Rangers fans, many of them coming from the section housing the Union Bears … Read more

Does Gyokeres uplift suggest Arsenal have found their real poacher after all? 

At times during that difficult start to his first season at Arsenal Viktor Gyökeres looked more likely to fall over than score a Premier League goal. But why compromise? Why choose one over the other? Against Sunderland Gyökeres found a third way. He fell over while scoring. Maybe you can have it all. It made … Read more

Ferizaj snapped up by Crawley Town, O’Dwyer on verge of Bayern Munich move

Highly-rated midfielder Justin Ferizaj has been snapped by Crawley Town on a two and a half year deal. There was widespread surprise when Bray Wanderers released the 21-year-old in November, just days after he’d scored the goal which set up their promotion/relegation playoff decider against Waterford. Bray ultimately lost 2-1 and so will start the … Read more

'I'm in disbelief' — McCabe drops F-bomb then lifts Champions League as Arsenal triumph – Irish Examiner

‘I’m in disbelief’ — McCabe drops F-bomb then lifts Champions League as Arsenal triumph  Irish Examiner Champions League glory for McCabe as Arsenal win final  RTE.ie Katie McCabe stars as Arsenal beat Barcelona to claim Champions League  BreakingNews.ie Yvonne Tracy hoping Katie McCabe can follow in her foosteps to be an Irish Champions League winner  The Irish Times McCabe, … Read more