#Mind Games?
# mind-games - Friday 3 November, 2017
'The record belongs to you, Arsene!' - Guardiola dismisses Man City's invincible prospects
City face the Gunners on Sunday.
# mind-games - Thursday 31 August, 2017
Mental skills: How telling yourself a good story can lead to success
Performance narratives are key to battling negative thoughts.
# mind-games - Thursday 22 June, 2017
'We play football in every part of the pitch - they don't': Kenny Shiels blasts 'long ball' Cork City
Derry meet the league leaders at Maginn Park tomorrow night.
# mind-games - Sunday 18 June, 2017
'They'll be under big pressure to live up to what happened 12 years ago'
There’s a game to come on Tuesday in Hamilton but this is very much Test week for the Lions.
# mind-games - Friday 16 June, 2017
'He keeps telling us he's got something up his sleeve other than his arm'
Steve Hansen was in chirpy form after the All Blacks’ 12-try win over Samoa.
# mind-games - Tuesday 30 May, 2017
Lions schedule criticised by All Blacks coach Hansen
Warren Gatland’s side arrive in New Zealand tomorrow.
# mind-games - Tuesday 16 May, 2017
Hansen: Lions could buckle under pressure
The mind games have started.
# mind-games - Wednesday 26 April, 2017
Mourinho: City favourites for top four, not United
We have a Manchester derby tomorrow night.
# mind-games - Thursday 20 April, 2017
Morrissey: The boy with the form in his side
The Cork City midfielder has learned that satisfaction as a professional footballer doesn’t require living abroad.
# mind-games - Wednesday 5 April, 2017
'They have a hard edge but so have we' - Fitzmaurice hits back at 'lack of balance' in Dublin-Kerry narrative
The sides meet again this weekend.
# mind-games - Monday 13 March, 2017
# mind-games - Monday 27 February, 2017
England rugby coach Jones wonders if Scotland can back up 'big talk'
The Calcutta Cup will be a clash of egos in a fortnight’s time.
# mind-games - Tuesday 17 January, 2017
Kevin McManamon: I wouldn’t be playing for Dublin if I didn’t use sports psychology
McManamon labelled the criticism of sports psychology as “absolute nonsense.”
# mind-games - Friday 23 December, 2016
7 mental tricks Olympic athletes use to perform under pressure
Allyson Felix tunes out distractions and other psychological strategies.
# mind-games - Thursday 17 November, 2016
Hansen: Ireland won the last game easy, they have to be the favourites
Mind games from the All Blacks coach?
# mind-games - Friday 26 August, 2016
Zidane brushes aside Pique's Champions League jibe
The defender indicated Real Madrid were the beneficiaries of a fortuitous draw.
# mind-games - Monday 13 June, 2016
# mind-games - Monday 23 May, 2016
'They're 4-time champions, 3-time Heineken Cup winners. We must be 50/1?'
John Muldoon is stirring the pot nicely ahead of next weekend’s Pro12 final against Leinster.
# mind-games - Thursday 14 April, 2016
Sevilla and Athletic Bilbao played out an extremely edgy penalty shoot-out tonight
The battle of the two Spanish sides had plenty of fireworks.
# mind-games - Monday 11 April, 2016
McIlroy: The occasion got to me again
But the Northern Irishman insists he has learned some valuable lessons at Augusta.
# mind-games - Sunday 13 March, 2016
Manchester United goalkeeping legend conjures some heroics in his comeback game
Edwin van der Sar turned back the clock as he turned out for a fourth-tier Dutch side yesterday.
# mind-games - Tuesday 1 March, 2016
'Tottenham are title favourites'
Spurs’ 2-1 win over Swansea on Sunday kept the pressure on Leicester at the top of the table.
# mind-games - Saturday 27 February, 2016
The Frampton-Quigg row over the 'star' dressing room has definitively been resolved
Barry McGuigan claimed at Friday’s weigh-in that, in truth, his fighter’s team “couldn’t give a toss” about it.
# mind-games - Thursday 25 February, 2016
Eddie Jones stirs the pot: 'Sexton's mother and father would be worried about the whiplash'
The England coach has been full of chat ahead of Saturday’s crucial clash at Twickenham.
# mind-games - Wednesday 24 February, 2016
'That's his thing' - Ireland not biting on Jones' Stoke City comparison
Assistant coach Simon Easterby says Ireland are not concerned with Jones’ media tactics.
# mind-games - Saturday 6 February, 2016
'Probably not unusual for Wales' - Ireland set scrum record straight
Greg Feek is unsure how legal Welsh loosehead Rob Evans is at scrum time.
# mind-games - Wednesday 27 January, 2016
'Dwell on the past, you're going to be stuck there': O'Donnell at peace with World Cup woe
The flanker’s healthy mind has helped his body to follow suit after a horrible dislocated hip injury in August.
# mind-games - Tuesday 19 January, 2016
Warren Gatland fancies Ireland's chances of a Six Nations hat-trick
The mind games have started.
# mind-games - Saturday 12 December, 2015
Did Aldo get under McGregor's skin at the UFC 194 weigh-ins?
The Brazilian mimicked his opponent and McGregor didn’t like it.
# mind-games - Tuesday 13 October, 2015
Big Sam: I enjoy winding up ‘arrogant’ Wenger more than anyone
Sunderland’s new boss also had a pop at Rafa Benitez, saying the 2005 Champions League win had ‘nowt’ to do with him.
# mind-games - Friday 9 October, 2015
Saint-André: 'Ireland are favourites, the pressure is all on their shoulders'
The France head coach is expecting Joe Schmidt to unleash the moves he has been holding back.
# mind-games - Monday 21 September, 2015
Man City beware! United have sent out a statement of title intent, says van Gaal
The Old Trafford boss has his sights set nt on their local rivals at the top of the table.
# mind-games - Saturday 29 August, 2015
'I don't think Ireland play a lot of rugby' - Victorious Wales coach Gatland
The 2013 Lions boss says Ireland were narrow and didn’t make Wales uncomfortable in defence.
# mind-games - Saturday 22 August, 2015
Mourinho trolls Man City by saying transfer target de Bruyne was 'crying every day' at Chelsea
The Belgian was ‘an upset kid’ while at Stamford Bridge according to his former boss.
# mind-games - Tuesday 4 August, 2015
Cody 'absolutely certain' that Waterford can win the All-Ireland hurling title
Kilkenny boss Brian Cody is impressed by the Déise.
# mind-games - Tuesday 7 July, 2015
'Some of the Tipperary players are some of the best that have ever played the game'
Waterford and Tipperary meet in Sunday’s Munster SHC final.
# mind-games - Wednesday 25 March, 2015
Kavanagh 'blown away' by how easily McGregor has gotten under Aldo's skin
Has McGregor broken the champ already?
# mind-games - Wednesday 11 March, 2015
Jose Mourinho trolls 'most aggressive' opponent PSG ahead of Champions League clash
Chelsea boss unhappy with treatment of Eden Hazard in first leg of the knock-out tie.
# mind-games - Sunday 8 February, 2015
Arnold Schwarzenegger explains how he used psychological warfare to become the world's greatest bodybuilder
Featuring a story about breakfast with the Incredible Hulk.
# mind-games - Tuesday 3 February, 2015
Warren Gatland: 'Ireland go into the Six Nations as favourites'
The Wales supremo is one of three New Zealand coaches in this year’s tournament.






