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- Shane Long finally completed his move to Southampton for €14.9million after just eight months at Hull.
- There was good news from Derry as former All-Star Kevin McCloy was described as being ‘stable’ after collapsing in a club game last night.
- Ireland have moved ahead of South Africa and Albania in the latest FIFA world rankings. However, Martin O’Neill’s side are still behind footballing giants such as Burkina Faso and Panama.
- The fixtures are out for the opening round of the European Rugby Champions Cup and there’ll be some familiar faces for the Irish sides.
- Dust off your CV, Waterford are looking for a new football manager after Niall Carew walked away.
- Kelly Proper set a personal best in the semi-finals of the 200m at the European Athletics Championships in Zurich. However, it wasn’t enough to make the final.
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- Luis Suarez found out he won’t be able to play for Barcelona in a competitive fixture until October 26 but he can, at least, start training.
- It’ll be a busy time for CAS as Legia Warsaw will hope to keep their Champions League campaign alive with a last ditch appeal.
- Tiger Woods has ruled himself out of the US Ryder Cup team after taking advice from his doctors on a back injury.
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This is not the way to express anger.
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“Whoever puts it in the net is irrelevant to me, we would never show on video the man scoring the goal, it’s irrelevant. Somebody has to be on the end of it and [Séamus Callanan] is the last man there.”
- Tipperary’s Eamon O’Shea doesn’t care who scores the goals as long as his side continues to find the target.
Showbiz, baby
Trying doing this in heels.
“If a Diet Coke and a Kinder Bueno is worth €2.54 these days, then Shane Long is easily worth £12million.”