Thursday, 30 October 2025

Alan Quinlan: I can see US president's issue but sport will always trump politics

Added: 30.09.2017 14:00 | 137 views | 0 comments

Read Alan Quinlan every week in the Irish Independent.

Source: www.independent.ie

There's no point trying to keep Hamilton quiet - Wolff

Added: 30.09.2017 2:30 | 138 views | 0 comments

Toto Wolff is just explaining how futile it is to try to put his star driver Lewis Hamilton "in a box" and control what he does or what he says, when, with the sort of exquisite timing he is demonstrating more and more on track at the moment, a video appears on Hamilton's Instagram feed of a Chihuahua vigorously humping what appears to be a Donald Trump doll.

Tags: Donald Trump , Lewis Hamilton , Trump

Source: www.independent.ie

'They will try for sure' - Paul O'Donovan says Cork brothers have new Irish rivals after securing world gold

Added: 30.09.2017 2:30 | 143 views | 0 comments

Ireland's lightweight rowers were on top of the world yesterday with two stunning gold medals at the World Championships in Florida.

Tags: Florida , Gold , Tom Ford

Source: www.independent.ie

Meet the maverick gambler who bets millions... and feared McGregor v Mayweather would be a fix

Added: 29.09.2017 21:41 | 146 views | 0 comments

He has won and lost millions in a remarkable life built around a gambling obsession, but that startling statistic only tells part of the Harry Findlay story.

Tags: Gambling , Lost

Source: www.independent.ie

£1000 for meet and greet, signed gloves and the chance to ask a question - An evening with Conor McGregor

Added: 29.09.2017 20:49 | 148 views | 0 comments

UFC Lightweight champion Conor McGregor will make his first public appearance since his 'Money Belt' title fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. last month.

Tags: Fire , Floyd Mayweather , Money

Source: www.independent.ie

Paul O'Donovan retains lightweight title while Mark O'Donovan and Shane O'Driscoll also claim gold

Added: 29.09.2017 17:57 | 143 views | 0 comments

Ireland’s Mark O’Donovan and Shane O’Driscoll from Skibbereen Rowing Club have struck gold at the World Rowing Championship in the searing Florida heat.

Tags: Florida , Gold , Mars

Source: www.independent.ie

NFL star Delanie Walker reveals he has received death threats and racist abuse since anthem protest

Added: 29.09.2017 15:34 | 133 views | 0 comments

To call last weekend in the NFL a momentous one would be somewhat underplaying it. A week when the football was extraordinary but still comprehensively overshadowed by what went on before a whistle had even been blown.

Tags: Beer , Football

Source: www.independent.ie

It's on! Tony Bellew and David Haye rematch confirmed

Added: 29.09.2017 12:31 | 145 views | 0 comments

Tony Bellew and David Haye have agreed terms for a heavyweight rematch in December.

Source: www.independent.ie

Stokes' Ashes hopes in doubt after suspension

Added: 29.09.2017 2:30 | 132 views | 0 comments

Ben Stokes' fading Ashes prospects may hinge on the next stage of police investigations after England suspended him and Alex Hales from all future international matches until further notice.

Tags: England , Police

Source: www.independent.ie

O'Donovan and Walsh one win from gold

Added: 29.09.2017 2:30 | 162 views | 0 comments

Olympic silver medallist Paul O'Donovan and European silver medallist Denise Walsh remained on track for medals at the World Championships in Florida yesterday.

Tags: Florida , Olympics , Wine

Source: www.independent.ie

Paul O'Donovan powers into world final after dominant performance in semi-final

Added: 28.09.2017 16:26 | 177 views | 0 comments

Ireland’s Paul O’Donovan has cruised into the final of the lightweight single sculls at the World rowing championships in Florida.

Tags: Cruises , Florida

Source: www.independent.ie

England cricket star suspended indefinitely after footage emerges of him allegedly throwing punches in street fight

Added: 28.09.2017 15:34 | 137 views | 0 comments

England have suspended Ben Stokes and Alex Hales from future international matches until further notice.

Tags: England

Source: www.independent.ie

England's Ben Stokes faces Ashes KO after video emerges of vicious street brawl

Added: 28.09.2017 9:17 | 131 views | 0 comments

A video that allegedly shows Ben Stokes throwing punches in a street fight emerged on the day he was selected for England's Ashes squad.

Source: www.independent.ie

What Jamie Conlan and Paddy Barnes had to say about Frampton undercard title fights

Added: 27.09.2017 18:05 | 136 views | 0 comments

Belfast super flyweight Jamie Conlan will fight for the IBF World title while Paddy Barnes will defend his WBO European flyweight crown on Carl Frampton's homecoming night.

Tags: Belfast

Source: www.independent.ie

Frampton announces November fight in Belfast that will include world title shot for Conlan

Added: 27.09.2017 11:28 | 126 views | 0 comments

Carl Frampton's first contest under new promoter Frank Warren will take place in Belfast in November.

Tags: Belfast , Fire

Source: www.independent.ie

Donald Trump drags Usain Bolt into anthem row

Added: 27.09.2017 9:21 | 131 views | 0 comments

US President Donald Trump has dragged Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt into the ongoing row about athletes protesting during the US national anthem.

Tags: Donald Trump , President , Protests , Trump

Source: www.independent.ie

Steelers embarrassed over anthem mix-up

Added: 27.09.2017 2:30 | 141 views | 0 comments

Alejandro Villanueva, who stood on his own for the US national anthem while his Pittsburgh Steelers team-mates sat in the locker room, insists the whole thing was an accident.

Tags: Pittsburgh

Source: www.independent.ie

Historians may well view NFL row as moment when base turned against Donald Trump

Added: 27.09.2017 2:30 | 144 views | 0 comments

American football is sport's best copy of American life: a struggle for territory and power. So we might have guessed it would become a battleground for the Trump presidency, which has hijacked a protest about police brutality and sold it back to the nation as an attack on the US military and the flag.

Tags: Football , NATO , Police , President , Protests , Trump

Source: www.independent.ie

England cricket star arrested on suspicion of causing actual bodily harm

Added: 26.09.2017 14:23 | 147 views | 0 comments

England all-rounder Ben Stokes was arrested on suspicion of causing actual bodily harm after an incident of disorder in Bristol.

Tags: Arrests , England

Source: www.independent.ie

Pic - Floyd Mayweather reveals 8ft portrait of Conor McGregor hanging in his €20m mansion

Added: 26.09.2017 11:19 | 141 views | 0 comments

Undefeated boxing legend Floyd Mayweather has revealed an enormous 8ft portrait of Ireland's Conor McGregor, made from broken glass, hanging in his €20m Beverly Hills mansion.

Tags: Beverly Hills , Floyd Mayweather , LEGO

Source: www.independent.ie

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