Author: Ross O’Connor
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Ranked: Newcastle United’s Premier League Goalkeepers
Photo by Kelly McClay, CC by 2.0 Since the Premier League began in 1992, Newcastle United have only had two stints outside of the top-flight, returning as second-tier champions each time. In that period, numerous goalkeepers have had the honour of defending the Toon’s goal. Here’s our ranking of every goalkeeper to play in the…
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Cheltenham 2022: Tips for Picking a Winner
If you’re a fan of horse racing, Cheltenham is one not to miss! Witness the best horses, jockeys, and trainers from around the country go head-to-head with four days of spectacular jump races. This year’s event will take place between the 15th–18th March, which means many fans will already be keeping an eye on this…
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Whatever Happened to Loris Karius?
Loris Karius. The name may ring a faint bell for casual football fans, but Liverpool supporters will recognize it immediately, probably accompanied by a grimace. For the rest of you, let’s take a quick refresher course. Karius was born in a town called Biberach, in Southern Germany, in 1993. The young goalkeeper quickly rose through…
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The 100 Best Sports Movies of All Time: Updated 2022
Movie-makers don’t always manage to capture the energy and excitement of sports, but when they get it right they have produced some classic films. Our list of the 100 greatest sports movies ever made includes comedies, dramas and documentaries, and features some of the biggest names in cinema. I gave myself the task of watching…
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Darts World Championship: Nice Tournament, Shame About the Crowd
The 2022 edition of the PDC World Championship was one of the best of all time, culminating in a battle between two players who were both on razor-sharp form. Crowd favourite Smith lost out to the veteran campaigner Wright in the end, pipped to the post after a fine display of darts from both; a…
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NFL: The Turbulent Career of Antonio Brown Comes to a Bizarre Conclusion
The sight of the playoff-bound Tampa Bay Buccaneers trailing the moribund New York Jets deep into the third quarter of their week 17 match-up was strange enough, but something altogether weirder was about to unfold. No stranger to controversy over the course of an often-glittering career, wide receiver Antonio Brown was about to go out…
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Heavyweight Boxing Needs a Hero as Joshua is Toppled
By the tenth round of Saturday night’s heavyweight contest between Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk, Joshua’s goose was cooked. Only able to see out of one eye, the pride of British boxing was surviving on little more than raw courage as he tried – and failed – to tag the elusive Ukrainian. When the bell…
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Ronaldo Transfer Shows United Value Shirt Sales Over Silverware
Manchester United made some moves during the transfer window which suggested that they had serious ambitions on a title run this season. Jadon Sancho has earned rave reviews in Germany since moving there to play for Dortmund in 2017. The 21-year-old England international made the Bundesliga’s team of the year in 2019, and is expected…
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The New Champions League: Baggy, Bloated and Boring!
Conspiracy theorists might be forgiven for wondering whether all that kerfuffle over the aborted Super League wasn’t just a form of smoke-screen for the revised format of Europe’s main competition. In case you missed it, the Champions League is going to be different from the 2024/25 season onwards. The revised ‘Swiss Model’ was formulated as…
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Will the European Super League Kill the Beautiful Game?
The football world has been left reeling by the announcement that twelve of the biggest football clubs in the world are going to form an independent ‘European Super League’. We look at how this new league will work, and what it means for football as we know it today. How Will the European Super League…
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The 5 Greatest Catches in Super Bowl History
They say that history is written by the winners, and for that reason, I am not including some amazing catches by players who finished on the losing side during the Super Bowl. Apologies to Julio Jones and Jermaine Kearse, to name but two of those unlucky losers. Instead we have focused on incredible catches which…
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What’s Next for Conor McGregor?
The Coronavirus pandemic devastated the world of sport in 2020, but the UFC was one of the first organisations to battle back into action, putting on a packed schedule of bouts over the course of the year. Yet despite the cream of the crop stepping into the ring over 46 events, no fight managed to…
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Why Doesn’t Everybody Like Lewis?
Lewis Hamilton has capped off a sensational year by claiming the BBC’s famous Sports Personality of the Year award. However, despite his impeccable driving in claiming a seventh F1 Championship, not everyone is a fan of the 35-year-old from Stevenage. We take a look at some of the common complaints against the ace driver, and…
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Football is Nothing Without Fans
“”Without fans who pay at the turnstile, football is nothing.” Anybody who has watched professional football matches playing to a backdrop of empty seats will certainly agree with the sentiments of Jock Stein’s famous quote. Teams play with all the vigour and energy of a low-key training session. Bizarre results – like those famous losses…
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Why Do the Atlanta Falcons Hate Their Fans?
There are a number of NFL teams whose fanbase could lay claim to the number one spot in the fictional ‘Pain Rankings’. The Cleveland Browns are an obvious example, one miserable season follows the next just as night follows day. Or how about the Detroit Lions, another team never to make a Super Bowl appearance…