Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba will miss the World Cup with France after suffering another injury setback, his agent has revealed. The 29-year-old is yet to make a competitive appearance for Juventus since returning to the Serie A side from Manchester United this summer. He had resumed training last week following a torn meniscus only to Read more about Former Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba ruled out of World Cup for France[…]

Source: Dan Sheridan/INPHO Joe Schmidt had a good week and James Sullivan reckoned the Ireland coach popped into Dublin Zoo as well. There was a legendary wrestler quiz and John C channeled The Rock’s spirit with strange results. Katie Taylor won another world championship but Andrew McQuillan wondered why people don’t follow her all year Read more about Joe Schmidt’s appendix, Football Manager memories and the rest of the week’s best comments[…]

Michail Antonio admits he was ‘frustrated’ by David de Gea’s performance for Manchester United against West Ham last weekend. De Gea was arguably the best player on the park as Erik ten Hag’s men weathered a huge Hammers storm to win 1-0. Diogo Dalot, Lisandro Martinez, Harry Maguire and Casemiro also impressed at Old Trafford. Read more about Antonio picks out ‘frustrating’ Man Utd star who ‘just decides to turn up’ for West Ham games[…]

TO BE HONEST, match programmes are not something that often move us. Too often, they’re just a home for full page ads and out-of-date team-sheets. The cover page is usually taken up by one of the home side’s form players, but tonight, Ulster Rugby have taken a gorgeous portrait of the late Dr Jack Kyle Read more about Ulster’s match programme features a superb Jack Kyle portrait on the cover[…]

TOULOUSE CONTINUED THEIR resurgence from their early season woes with a third straight Champions Cup win, comfortably seeing off Glasgow 19-11 at the Stade Ernest Wallon. It wasn’t the pretty, free-flowing Toulouse that the neutrals love, but with a back row of Louis Picamoles, Imanol Harinordoquy and Yannick Nyanga, you can’t blame Guy Noves for devising a Read more about Toulouse continue to look like serious Champions Cup contenders after seeing off Glasgow[…]

1. Adam Cole defeated Humberto Carrillo 2. Kassius Ohno defeated Dan Matha 3. Matt Riddle defeated Dominik Dijakovic 4. NXT Tag Team Championship Match The Undisputed ERA (Kyle O’Reilly and Roderick Strong) (c) (w/Adam Cole and Bobby Fish) defeated Heavy Machinery 5. Six-Woman Tag Team Match Candice LeRae, Dakota Kai, and Kairi Sane defeated Jessamyn Read more about WWE NXT Live Event Results – December 7, 2018 – Green Bay, Wisconsin[…]

Murray Kinsella reports from Clermont-Ferrand THE PEOPLE OF Clermont-Ferrand very much love their rugby. Parisians and those based in the strongholds of southern France might joke that les Clermontois have little else to do in their spare time than attend rugby matches, but that ignores the many delights the city and its surrounding regions offer Read more about Letter from Clermont: Munster out to silence ASM’s fervent fans[…]

USA Network will air the 2018 Tribute to the Troops show tonight which was recorded back on December 4 at Fort Hood, Texas. Four matches were taped for this show including Finn Balor vs Drew McIntyre, Ronda Rousey and Natalya vs Nia Jax and Tamina, Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch vs Sonya Deville and Mandy Read more about USA Network to air Tribute to the Troops 2018 tonight at 9PM EST[…]

“I’d take it as good news that I’m getting to step in a ring on Tuesday as opposed to not stepping in a ring at all. So honestly man, you could put me in a ring in a parking lot at Walmart and I’d be happy. Once I’m in a wrestling ring that’s all I Read more about Finn Balor says he’d be happy to move to Smackdown[…]

THE WINNER OF the RTÉ Manager of the Year will be announced on Sunday night, and there are certainly plenty of viable contenders for the prize. The 10 nominees include Joe Schmidt, who guided Ireland to a historic Six Nations triumph and a stunning unbeaten run in the November Internationals, Brian Cody, who led Kilknny Read more about Who are you backing for the RTÉ Manager of the Year prize?[…]