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Before he rocketed in a 147 on a broken ankle, Ronnie O’Sullivan had some choice words about playing conditions at the UK Championship. Chris Mansfield found a hole in the science though:

“The tables are playing really shocking. It’s going on to the cushions at one mile an hour and coming off at three miles an hour.”If this was true, the tournament organizers would have discovered a source of free energy and should be doing something more lucrative than organizing a snooker tournament.

JJ Delaney added his name to the long list of hurling retirements on Friday. Mervyn Queally had some high praise for Kilkenny’s nine-time Allstar:

Ah no. Please one more year. If he had been around in 1912 he would have blocked the hole in the Titanic

As the Robbie Henshaw to Leinster rumour mill started up again, Connacht fan David Davidson realised he might have a problem of his own:

Hope I’m still able to get a Buccaneers ticket with all this sudden interest from the capital

Thierry Henry called time on his career with the New York Red Bulls this week but it only brought back bad memories of that night in Paris for Chris Power:

We would have beaten Spain 5-0 in the final. Henry you Silly Goose!!!

After Donncha O’Callaghan was suspended for a reckless kick on Stuart Olding, BlueMagic felt the need to bring up the Paul O’Connell-Dave Kearney incident again:

An instructional video outlining the many ways to identify the difference between a rugby ball and a human head really needs to be sent down south.

North Korea want Lionel Messi to come for a visit — but Cormac Byrne has a better suggestion:

They should ask Robbie Keane to go over, I’ve heard its always been his boyhood dream to play in front of the great leader for Pyongyang United.

Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Manuel Neuer are in the running for the FIFA Ballon d’Or … but Joseph Goebbels (no, not that one) wants a fourth candidate added to the mix:

No option for Stephanie Roche??

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