Monaco and France international midfielder Youssouf Fofana (24) has opened up on a potential transfer to PSG in the future. The Paris-born World Cup runner-up gave a wide-ranging interview to France 2 and spoke at length about his early struggles in his journey towards making a living from football. Fofana was left out of the […]
An unnamed Brazilian club are set to rival Premier League side Leeds United for the signature of Brazilian forward Mateus Tetê (22), who is currently on loan at Olympique Lyonnais from Shakhtar Donetsk, according to L’Équipe. The French publication earlier reported that the deal to join Leeds was set to be completed. Goal journalist Marc […]
Lokomotiv Moscow French forward Wilson Isidor (22) has failed his Lyon medical, the club have announced. The 22-year-old had been targeted by Les Gones to compensate for the loan move of Karl Toko Ekambi (30) to Rennes. Isidor, a former Rennes youth product, scored nine goals in 24 appearances for the Russian club. Six of […]
Belgian side RSC Anderlecht have announced the signing of former Leicester City striker Islam Slimani. The 34-year-old joins from Stade Brestois on a deal until the end of the season. He is Algeria’s all-time top goalscorer with 42 goals across 89 appearances and has spent previous spells in France at AS Monaco and Olympique Lyonnais. […]
INJURED OPENSIDE SEAN O’Brien is as excited as the rest of us at the prospect of Ireland taking on South Africa. And while most Ireland supporters fear for Ireland in the physicality stakes without the Tullow Tank, the Leinster powerhouse is backing his provincial team-mate along with his positional rivals to make the inroads Ireland […]
ROB KEARNEY FEELS that the IRFU have learned lessons from their previous long, drawn-out player contract talks after he signed a new three-year deal with little or no fuss last week. The Leinster and Ireland fullback, who doubles as the chairman of players’ union IRUPA, has had a front row seat of the more protracted […]
DAVE KILCOYNE IS making a habit of scoring tries these days. And, as props are wont to do, he’s quite happy to play up his line-cross feats while the going is good. “It’s four actually,” the prop intervenes when commended with a ‘third’ try of the season, his first for Ireland. The semi-boast drew a […]
Connacht 43 Zebre 3 ALL EYES WERE on Connacht fullback Mils Muliaina tonight, and the 100-cap All Black showed a glimpse of his ability before the Westerners claimed a hard fought bonus point victory. After 12 months out with an elbow injury, the New Zealander made his long-awaited bow in the green of Connacht in […]
David Arquette is the latest person to get embroiled in an online fued with Jim Cornette. Arquette took to Twitter to comment on Cornette criticizing him over his participation in his death match with Nick Gage in GCW, which resulted in Arquette suffering serious injuries including a wound to his neck. As you can see […]
BRIAN O’DRISCOLL’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY The Test triumphed at the Irish Sports Book of the Year awards this evening. The book, which he wrote in collaboration with the journalist Alan English, overcame strong competition from other nominees, including Roy Keane’s memoir The Second Half and The Race to Truth by Emma O’Reilly. In his victory speech, O’Driscoll […]