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1966 – Gene Kiniski defeats Lou Thesz, to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.  Thesz’s title reign ends at 1,079 days. 1971 – Pedro Morales defeats Freddie Blassie, to win the vacant WWWF United States Heavyweight Championship. 1979 – The Spoiler wins a battle royal, to become the inaugural WCCW Television Champion. 1985 – Billy […]

Source: Donall Farmer/INPHO (Ballyhale’s Henry Shefflin celebrates with the cup) HomeIt’s been a busy day in the world of schools’ rugby, with Roscrea, Rockwell and RBAI all triumphing in Leinster, Munster and Ulster respectively.Corofin have won their first All-Ireland senior club football crown in 17 years, while Ballyhale Shamrocks are the All-Ireland senior club hurling champions for a […]

Connacht centre Bundee Aki practices his kicking at the Sportsground. Source: James Crombie/INPHO HomeTwo Irish Olympians stormed to a podium finish at a World Cup event. ‘King’ Henry Shefflin has called a press conference for tomorrow.James McClean is Ireland’s major injury doubt for Sunday’s crucial Euro 2016 qualifier against Poland. Source: Donall Farmer/INPHO Peter Qually is […]

A FEW WEEKS ago we did a story about Dan Brennan, Trevor Brennan’s monstrous son who is a second row in the Toulouse academy. Brennan had been selected in a France U17 squad for a tournament against USA, Italy and England and he made his debut against the Americans on Tuesday. It was an easy […]

NIALL BRESLIN’S LIFE has been nothing if not eventful. Now 34 years of age, he has won a Leinster U21 Football Championship medal with Westmeath, represented Ireland at the U21 Rugby World Cup, played the sport as a professional for Leinster, formed a commercially successful rock band before pursuing a solo career, joined Simon Fuller’s XIX Entertainment […]

LEINSTER HEAD COACH Matt O’Connor says Isa Nacewa’s off-field excellence and his versatility on the pitch made him too good not to pursue. O’Connor expects the province to be in a position to formally announce the re-signing of their former star in the coming days. Official confirmation was expected last week, although it’s understood there […]

RUGBY TRADITIONALISTS ALL over the country might have breathed a sigh of relief last weekend as Garryowen confirmed their promotion into Division 1A of the Ulster Bank League with a play-off win over St. Mary’s. 2014 saw the famous Limerick club relegated from the top flight of the All-Ireland league for their first time in […]

AFTER 17 YEARS, 60 tries, about 500 assisted choke tackles and a few questionable hairstyles, Gordon D’Arcy will step away from Leinster rugby at the season’s end, and from rugby altogether after the World Cup. Source: Dan Sheridan/INPHO The centre signed a contract extension to take him until the end of October, obviously with a […]

Katie Taylor leads the Irish team out at the European Games opening ceremony in Baku Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO HomeA plane carrying an anti-John Delaney banner will be flown over the Aviva Stadium before Ireland’s Euro 2016 qualifier with Scotland tomorrow.Aiden McGeady has emerged as a major injury doubt for the game after sitting out training […]

1. The Street Profits defeated Raul Mendoza and Humberto Carrillo 2. Rowe defeated Brennan Williams 3. Heavy Machinery defeated Rinku Singh and Mansoor Al-Shehail 4. Deonna Purrazzo defeated Chelsea Green 5. Lumberjack Match Marcel Barthel defeated Fabian Aichner 6. The Velveteen Dream defeated Punishment Martinez 7. Shayna Baszler and Jessamyn Duke defeated Candice LeRae and […]