10. Footballer of the Year Alan Brogan sat down for a few quick-fire questions from Setanta Sports last week and here are the results. If the forward is to be believed, you shouldn’t mess with Eoghan O’Gara, Mossy Quinn needs a kick up the arse and Eamon Fennell is the man to bring on a night out!
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9. Barcelona took on Valencia in the first leg of their Copa Del Rey semi-final and it seems captain Carles Puyol has been watching old Real Madrid clips of late. The defender pulls off a double roulette that Zinedine Zidane would be proud of before offloading to team-mate Lionel Messi.
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8. Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal played out one of the most epic Grand Slam finals in tennis history on Sunday but organisers clearly felt that standing to listen to some dignitary bang on was exactly what the pair needed after six gruelling hours of physical exertion. Djokovic looks seconds away from collapsing before chairs are eventually brought out.
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7. Ireland may shut down at the first hint of snow but Serie B teams Livorno and Varese were told to get on with their game last night despite a blizzard sweeping across the Stadio Armando Picchi. There was one major flaw, though: a white football. If you try really hard, you might just be able to make out a corner being cleared to the edge of the box, where Danish defender Magnus Troest fires home his second of the night.
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6. LeBron James is among the believers that this one-hander by LA Clippers’ Blake Griffin is the dunk of the year, while Kevin Durant has called it nothing more than a lay-up. You be the judge. Either way, it is worth watching a few times.
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5. The transfer window is closed for another four months and most will be thankful to see the back of what has turned into a complete circus revolving around ringmaster Jim White. For those few who cannot wait until the summer, however, there is always this. Alternatively, you could just stick needles in your eyes…
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4. By the looks of things, FC Twente boss Steve McClaren is being haunted by a supernatural being. Or maybe the former England manager is just trying to figure out where that odd dance music is coming from…
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3. If Rene Higuita had used his scorpion kick powers for scoring goals instead of saving them, it would have went something like this. Nacional Potosi of Bolivia see off The Strongest (who should really change their name) with a stunning back-heel flick in mid-air.
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2. Irish trainer Peter Casey went viral this week with his post-race comments to RTE’s Tracy Piggott. We’re not sure whether that grin on his face was due to his horse winning or the thoughts of what he was planning to get up to later that night!
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1. Legendary trainer Angelo Dundee passed away this morning at the age of 90. The man was a true boxing great and oversaw the careers of Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, Jimmy Ellis and George Foreman. Here’s one of his last interviews:
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