Brought to you by Allianz, proud sponsors of the Allianz Football & Hurling Leagues Monaghan claimed a huge opening day scalp in the Allianz Football League with a three-point victory over a strong Dublin side at Clones. Kerry produced a storming performance to down a fancied Tyrone side, whilst in Division Two, Kildare and Armagh played out an entertaining draw. …
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Last week, Chelsea announced the signing of striker Gonzalo Higuain from AC Milan on a season-long loan deal. Another new number nine for the London club. With Alvaro Morata set to exit the club and Oliver Giroud far from prolific in front of goal, the last few years have been a struggle for Chelsea’s strikers. Higuain will be the 24th striker …
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Mixed martial arts fans have quite a lot of fantastic action to look forward to over the course of the next few months, here’s our pick for the top-10 matchups on the horizon for early 2019. Honourable mentions Israel Adesanya vs. Anderson Silva: UFC 234 – Feb 10 James Vick vs. Paul Felder: UFC Pheonix – Feb 17 Derrick Lewis …
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On Saturday evening, news broke that Bayern Munich’s 17-year old wonderkid Ryan Johansson would be committing his international future to Ireland. Johansson is highly rated at the Bundesliga giants and has featured for Bayern in their pre-season games against the likes of PSG, Manchester City and Juventus. After featuring for Ireland, Luxembourg and Sweden at underage level Johansson has finally decided …
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With a new manager comes a fresh start, an opportunity for change, a chance for someone on the peripheral to come front and centre. A new manager can inspire… Take Joe Kernan for example, he took over an Armagh side in 2002 that was on the cusp of an All-Ireland final but just couldn’t get over the line in big …
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The standard of women’s Gaelic Games has risen exponentially over the past decade, and the proof is in the pudding. However, some of our top female stars still have gripes over how their respective sports are run compared to that of the men’s game. Pundit Arena recently sat down with two top Camogie stars who both highlighted clear imbalances that …
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Over the next two months, 32 counties will go to battle week in, week out as the Allianz Football League gets underway. As teams prepare for the white heat of Championship come summer time, the league presents an opportunity for promotion, silverware and an early-season-run out in Croke Park. Whilst the prize on offer is great, the threat of relegation …
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After Stephen Kenny named his home-based training squad on Thursday many fans may still be wondering who the future senior manager has at his disposal. The majority of Noel King’s charges from the last campaign are now ineligible as they were born after the 1st of January 1998. Thankfully, Kenny has one of the most exciting pool of young Irish …
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Leonardo Jardim returned as Monaco head coach on Friday, only three months since being sacked by the club with the team struggling in the relegation zone. Here, Pundit Arena takes a look at famous managers who returned to their former clubs, some more than once. _____ Kevin Keegan (Newcastle) 1992-1997, 2008 Keegan became the darling of St James’ Park in …
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For now, the only thing on Muireann Atkinson’s mind is securing back-to-back O’Connor Cup triumphs as the Monaghan star attacks 2019 head-on. However, a different opportunity was presented to the DCU student last year after she was one of 18 women selected from around the world to travel to Australia for AFLW trials. Atkinson admits she did not know much …
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