By Ciaran O Raghallaigh in Poland IT was typical Trapattoni. Some 20 minutes after his squad rewarded almost 14,000 eager fans with a dull, excitement-free training session, the Italian turned it on in the press room. His squad had gone through a dour mix of two-touch passing drills, a stretching session and some goalkeeper warming-up, […]
Archive | June 5, 2012
Federer to face Djokovic in French Open semis
Roger Federer fought back from two sets to love down for the seventh time in his career to beat Argentine Juan Martin Del Potro 3-6 6-7 (4/7) 6-2 6-0 6-3 to reach the semi-finals of the French Open. The 16-time grand slam champion looked to be on the way out but the heavy strapping on the 23-year-old Argentine’s knee injury […]
Robbie Fowler: Rio not left out for ‘footballing reasons’
There’s not a chance Rio Ferdinand was left out of the England squad for “footballing reasons”. Not a chance. The public knows that too. The reason is Rio’s brother, Anton, was allegedly racially abused by John Terry. I’ve read that Ferdinand got in touch with Hodgson shortly after he was appointed as manager to say […]
Bergkamp odds on to be next Swansea manager
Former Arsenal legend Dennis Bergkamp is odds-on in Paddy Power’s online betting to replace Brendan Rodgers at Swansea City. The Dutch ace is now assistant manager to former international team mate Frank De Boer’s at Ajax in Holland. Swansea have been in the hunt for a new manager since Rodgers absconded to Liverpool last week to leave the […]
14,000 people go to watch Ireland TRAINING
By Ciaran O Raghallaigh in Poland The Municipal Stadium in Gdynia was home to the first training session of the week for Ireland, hours after they arrived from Budapest. On the way, it seemed we’d hit a bit of rush-hour traffic, but when we asked the driver why it was so slow he simply said […]
Infographic: How Ireland qualified for Euro 2012
Every four years since 1960 the little continent of Europe has hosted 16 teams to contest the European Football Championships. 2012 is one of those years and the good news is that Ireland, its most westernly outpost (except for Iceland) has qualified for the first time since 1988 when Ray Houghton (last seen filling Irish fans’ camper vans with Paddy Power […]
Ruby’s not Russian to back England at Euro 2012
He may be the best National Hunt jockey of his generation but when he’s not booting home the winners Ruby Walsh will be feet up in front of the TV watching the footie. And the Kildare man is no impassive observer either at Euro 2012 as he told the Paddy Power Blog team fresh after […]
Tuesday’s Transfer Update: Gareth set to Bale?
Eden Hazard (21) is now off the rumour radar after signing for Chelsea in the summer’s first big money move. Choosing the Blues over other potential Premier League suitors because of their recent success. And the fact that they’re willing to pay him a shed load more than anyone else offered. It’s probably mainly the […]
Name the stadium for your chance to win a Free Bet
THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED Thanks for your entries, but it’s time to pick a winner. The answer was VeltinsArena – home of Schalke in the Bundesliga and previously known as Gelsenkirchen during the 2006 World Cup. There were a few correct answers, but the one drawn out of the hat belongs to Ross Williams. […]
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