Benteke Ends Goal Drought to Sink Arsenal at The Emirates

Benteke Ends Goal Drought to Sink Arsenal at The Emirates

Christian Benteke’s first goal in almost a year helped Crystal Palace sink Arsenal 3-2 and put a huge dent in the Gunners’ Premier League top-four hopes. Benteke fired his first goal in 20 games then laid on another for the...
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Manchester United Humiliated by Toffees at Goodison Park

Manchester United Humiliated by Toffees at Goodison Park

Manchester United’s season took a drastic turn for the worse as they crashed to a humiliating 4-0 defeat at Everton in the Premier League. First-half goals from Richarlison and Gylfi Sigurdsson stunned Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s lethargic side before Lucas Dig...
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Free Derry Corner Repainted After Lyra McKee Murder

Free Derry Corner Repainted After Lyra McKee Murder

The landmark Free Derry Corner has been repainted to reflect revulsion felt at the killing of Lyra McKee. The famous civil rights-era slogan on a gable wall is regularly altered to reflect community sentiment in the Bogside estate in Derry....
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Crawford’s Low Blow Halts Khan’s Quest for Welterweight Title

Crawford’s Low Blow Halts Khan’s Quest for Welterweight Title

Amir Khan’s dream of finally proving himself one of the finest fighters in the world ended in a controversial defeat when he was stopped in the sixth round after a low blow by the great Terence Crawford at Madison Square...
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Two New Polls Show Major Parties are Deadlocked

Two New Polls Show Major Parties are Deadlocked

Two opinion polls show conflicting levels of support for the main parties. One says Fianna Fáil is now more popular than Fine Gael – with another having the government party 10 points ahead of their rivals. The two polls released...
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Manchester City Defeat Spurs to Go Back to Top the Table

Manchester City Defeat Spurs to Go Back to Top the Table

Phil Foden scored his first Premier League goal as Manchester City claimed a crucial 1-0 win over Tottenham to regain top spot in the table. The 18-year-old became City’s third-youngest Premier League goalscorer as he headed home after just five...
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‘Not in Our Name’ is Message from Derry

‘Not in Our Name’ is Message from Derry

Derry has expressed revulsion at the murder of journalist Lyra McKee. A bunch of flowers left outside the city’s landmark civic building, the 19th century Guildhall, said “never in my name”. Northern Ireland Secretary Karen Bradley was among the first...
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Sterling and Van Dijk Head the Shortlist for PFA Player of the Year

Sterling and Van Dijk Head the Shortlist for PFA Player of the Year

Premier League title rivals Liverpool and Manchester City dominate the six-man shortlist for the Professional Footballers’ Association Player of the Year award, with Virgil Van Dijk and Raheem Sterling the front-runners. Centre-back Van Dijk joins Reds team-...
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Two Men Arrested in Connection with Lyra McKee Murder

Two Men Arrested in Connection with Lyra McKee Murder

Two men have been arrested in connection with the murder of journalist Lyra McKee in Derry. The men, aged 18 and 19, were arrested by PSNI detectives this morning. They were arrested under the Terrorism Act and have been taken...
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President Higgins Condemns ‘Outrageous’ Murder of Lyra McKee

President Higgins Condemns ‘Outrageous’ Murder of Lyra McKee

The president has said those behind the killing of a journalist in Derry do not represent anybody on the island. Michael D Higgins urged them to reflect on their “appalling” actions during a visit to Belfast after signing a book...
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