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# Shock

This year
2023
'We believe we can turn over Ireland... a lot of the pressure will be on them'
Gregor Townsend and his players won’t be short of motivation this weekend.
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9.2k
Oct 1st 2023, 12:18 PM
Oman defeat Ireland in stunning World Cup qualifier upset
Oman won by five wickets in what was their first-ever victory over a Test nation in an ODI.
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2.7k
Jun 19th 2023, 7:54 PM
PGA Tour and LIV announce bombshell merger
A shock announcement has announced an abrupt end to a deep feud in professional golf.
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15.1k
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Jun 6th 2023, 4:09 PM
Saudi-backed LIV Golf to join with PGA Tour and DP World Tour in bombshell merger
A shock announcement has brought an abrupt end to a deep feud in professional golf.
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30.3k
Jun 6th 2023, 3:33 PM
Ronnie O'Sullivan stunned as he's dumped out of World Championships
Belgian Luca Brecel produced a remarkable comeback to win seven successive frames having trailed 10-6.
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10.3k
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Apr 26th 2023, 4:50 PM
Ronnie O'Sullivan stunned as he's dumped out of World Snooker Championships
Belgian Luca Brecel produced a remarkable comeback to win seven successive frames having trailed 10-6.
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21.4k
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Apr 26th 2023, 4:05 PM
Heavyweight contender Joe Joyce suffers crushing defeat to Zhang in London
It was a sensational away win over a fellow Olympic silver medallist for Joyce’s 39-year-old Chinese opponent.
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14.0k
Apr 15th 2023, 11:57 PM
Aston Villa stunned as they're dumped out by League Two Stevenage
Dean Campbell’s 90th-minute winner came just two minutes after Jamie Reid levelled from the spot.
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5.8k
Jan 8th 2023, 7:54 PM
Last year
2022
Tunisia stun much-changed France but bow out of World Cup
French-born Wahbi Khazri scored the only goal of the game.
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6.2k
Nov 30th 2022, 5:23 PM
Crisis-hit Juventus suffer humiliating early Champions League elimination
A difficult start to the campaign has resulted in calls for coach Massimiliano Allegri to depart.
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35.3k
Oct 25th 2022, 9:55 PM
France star Vakatawa forced to retire from rugby aged 30
The talismanic back has been forbidden from continuing his professional career in France on medical grounds.
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38.0k
Sep 5th 2022, 3:11 PM
Major upset sees Cork City's 24-game unbeaten run come to an end
Treaty United earned a surprise 2-0 win at Turner’s Cross.
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9.1k
Aug 12th 2022, 10:12 PM
Austria dump Norway out and book Euros quarter-final clash with Germany
Nicola Billa’s first-half header secured a 1-0 win, the Austrians’ first over the Norwegians.
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3.3k
Jul 15th 2022, 10:50 PM
Ireland's Sam Bennett misses out on Tour de France spot again
Ryan Mullen has also been left off Bora-Hansgrohe’s eight-man team.
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29.1k
Jun 28th 2022, 12:00 PM
Nakosi sparks crucial score as Castres upset rivals Toulouse to reach Top 14 final
They will face either Bordeaux-Begles or Montpellier in the final after tonight’s 24-18 victory over the reigning champions.
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7.1k
Jun 17th 2022, 11:01 PM
Hogg and Russell out of Scotland squad for South America tour
Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend says he hopes Stuart Hogg will continue to captain Scotland upon his international return.
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11.2k
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Jun 8th 2022, 3:40 PM
13-man Tyrone stunned as Derry outgun reigning Ulster and All-Ireland champions
Healy Park hosted the Ulster SFC quarter-final.
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40.0k
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May 1st 2022, 6:41 PM
Barca's top-four finish in danger after shock defeat to strugglers Cadiz
The relegation battlers won 1-0 at Camp Nou.
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6.0k
Apr 18th 2022, 10:19 PM
Frankfurt stun Barcelona to reach Europa League semis
Barca were strong favourites to win at home against a side sitting ninth in the Bundesliga.
8
8.7k
Apr 14th 2022, 10:30 PM
Benfica stun Ajax to reach Champions League quarter-finals
Darwin Nunez headed home in the 77th minute to seal Benfica’s passage to the last eight for the first time since 2016.
0
4.5k
Mar 15th 2022, 10:21 PM
Nantes inflict surprise defeat on Ligue 1 leaders Paris St Germain
It was their first league loss since early October.
1
4.0k
Feb 19th 2022, 10:53 PM
Bundesliga leaders Bayern slump to 4-2 defeat at Bochum
Bayern conceded four goals in the first half for the first time in a Bundesliga match since 1975.
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1.8k
Feb 12th 2022, 5:45 PM
Msakni strikes as Tunisia upset Nigeria in Africa Cup of Nations
Tunisia squeezed into the knockout phase among the four best third-placed teams
0
3.0k
Jan 23rd 2022, 9:22 PM
Lewis Grabban’s late strike sees Nottingham Forest dump Arsenal out of FA Cup
Arsenal, 14-time winners, produced a disjointed performance which got what it deserved.
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20.3k
Jan 9th 2022, 7:25 PM
All time
'I saw 89 missed calls...You’ll be named today as failing a drugs test'
Read an extract from Unbroken’ by Aidan O’Mahony.
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133k
Dec 24th 2021, 9:30 PM
Amanda Nunes defeated in one of the biggest upsets in UFC history
Julianna Pena stunned the two-division champion in Las Vegas.
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8.2k
Dec 12th 2021, 10:27 AM
Ireland goalkeeper stars as Reading enjoy first WSL win over Chelsea
Grace Moloney kept a clean sheet against the champions, who had scored in 59 consecutive league games before today.
0
2.3k
Dec 11th 2021, 1:58 PM
Pep Guardiola’s landmark ruined as Crystal Palace punish 10-man Manchester City
Wilfried Zaha and Conor Gallagher made Guardiola’s 200th Premier League match one to forget for the Spaniard.
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5.1k
Oct 30th 2021, 5:22 PM
Emma Raducanu reaches US Open final with straight sets defeat of Maria Sakkari
The Kent teenager is the first qualifier – male or female – to reach the final of a grand slam tournament.
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7.3k
Sep 10th 2021, 7:43 AM
'She's done rowing in Ireland proud and she can hold her head high knowing what she's done'
Rowing team chief Fearghal O’Callaghan reflected on a ‘bittersweet’ day.
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14.0k
Jul 29th 2021, 9:06 AM
'I still don't have my head around it' - Murray honoured to be Lions captain
The 32-year-old said Alun Wyn Jones offered him a few words of advice last night.
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29.7k
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Jun 27th 2021, 12:00 PM
Atlanta Hawks stun Philadelphia 76ers to advance to Eastern Conference finals
The Hawks face the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday.
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2.7k
Jun 21st 2021, 7:55 AM
Here's the goal that left Ireland stunned tonight
Gerson Rodrigues’ fine finish earned Luxembourg a famous win.
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6.5k
Mar 27th 2021, 11:13 PM
Thiem shocked as Osaka, Williams survive at Australian Open
Thiem fell to Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrovin in straight sets.
0
7.2k
Feb 14th 2021, 9:49 AM
Real Madrid's title challenge in crisis after defeat to Levante
Atletico can go 10 points clear at the top of La Liga tomorrow.
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4.5k
Jan 30th 2021, 5:37 PM
'So, says Jim, you’re travelling on Saturday. I nearly fall off the chair. ‘What?!’'
Bernard Brogan describes the run-up to last year’s All-Ireland final.
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Dec 21st 2020, 8:05 PM
'We’ve beaten Dublin before and have no fear of them' - Orchard eye another Gaelic games upset
Armagh face the three-in-a-row All-Ireland champions in today’s semi-final – and the underdog tag suits them just fine.
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4.2k
Nov 28th 2020, 8:15 AM
Underdogs Cavan stun Donegal to end 23 years of hurt in Ulster
Mickey Graham’s side won by four points in the Athletic Grounds.
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Nov 22nd 2020, 5:44 PM
Argentina produce massive upset result with first-ever win over the All Blacks
Nicolas Sanchez scored all of the Pumas’ points in a 25-15 win in Sydney.
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49.8k
Nov 14th 2020, 9:30 AM
Lucan Sarsfields stun Kilmacud Crokes in Dublin hurling quarter-final
They’ll play Cuala in the Dublin SHC semi-final.
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11.1k
Aug 23rd 2020, 5:57 PM
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