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Lockdown Football Commentators
by Irish Sports Network
European football news, interviews, retro and whimsy from football commentators Will Downing, Mark Rodden, Stephane Jauny and Dmytro Dzhulai, plus regular guests looking at the Bundesliga, Ligue 1, La Liga, Serie A, Belgian Pro League, Eredivisie, League of Ireland, women's football, the world game... and even the Premier League.Added countries covered so far have been Korea's K League, Estonia, Denmark and the Faroes. Come on in, you might enjoy it...
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George Foreman
Boxing legend George Foreman has died at the age of 76. Olympic champion in Mexico in 1968, he defeated Joe Frazier to become world heavyweight champion in 1973, losing his crown to Muhammad Ali in the legendary "Rumble in the Jungle" the following year. A comeback in the 1990s saw him crowned…
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Euro Athletics 2024 - The Week's Wrap
It's been a week of history for Ireland at the European Athletics Championships in Rome. Ireland came away with a record haul of four medals - two gold and two silver. Looking back on the week of glory, and speaking to all the athletes involved, here's Will Downing:
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Euro Athletics 2024: Ireland Women's 4x400m SILVER
It's a historic fourth medal for Ireland at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome - beating the previous record from 1998. Sophie Becker, Rhasidat Adeleke, Phil Healy and Sharlene Mawdsley speak to Will Downing - but not necessarily in that order.
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Euro Athletics 2024: Ireland Men's 4x400m Relay
Jack Raftery, Chris O'Donnell, 17-year-old Sean Doggett and Callum Baird on finishing 5th and being in the hot seat temporarily in the men's 4x400m relay semi-final at the European Athletics Championships in Rome, speaking to Will Downing.
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Euro Athletics 2024: Ireland Men's 4x100 Relay
Bori Akinola, Mark Smyth, Colin Doyle and Israel Olatunde on their European Athletics Championship campaign in Rome, speaking to Will Downing.
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Euro Athletics 2024: Ireland Women's 4x400m Semi-Final
There's potential of another medal for Ireland at the European Athletics Championships in Rome. The Irish womens' 4-by-400 relay team have recorded the fastest time in qualifying for the final, winning their semi. Sophie Becker, Phil Healy, Lauren Cadden and Sharlene Mawdsley producing the goods,...
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Euro Athletics 2024: Nicola Tuthill
Nicola Tuthill has finished ninth in the women's hammer final at the European Athletics Championships in Rome. The 20-year-old was the youngest in the field, and has been speaking to Will Dinwing
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Euro Athletics 2024: Rhasidat Adeleke 400m SILVER
It's silver for Rhasidat Adeleke in the European Athletics 400m in Rome. A silver this time for Rhasidat Adeleke in the women’s 400m final, beaten in a long head-to-head sprint to the line with Poland’s Natalia Kaczmarek, at one stage edging marginally in front, but when Kaczmarek got her nose in...
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Euro Athletics 2024: Phil Healy
Phil Healy is out of the women's 200 metres at the European Athletics Championships in Rome. She came fifth in her heat and 15th overall with only the fastest twelve going through. The Bandon athlete feels a qualifying place was well within her grasp:
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Euro Athletics 2024: Thomas Barr 400m Hurdles SF
Thomas Barr has bowed out of the 400 metres hurdles at the European Athletics Championships in Rome. That's after coming third in his semi-final. He missed out on a spot in the final by four-hundreths of a second and felt more was possible today. He's been speaking to Will Downing:
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Euro Athletics 2024: Andrew Coscoran SF
Andrew Coscoran is through to the final of the men's 1500 metres at the European Athletics Championships in Rome. He progressed through in fifth behind Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen after the irishman led at the bell. Coscoran of Star of the Sea AC is happy to do what he needed to do:
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Euro Athletics 2024: Ciara Mageean 1500m GOLD
Ciara Mageean has achieved a lifetime's ambition of being crowned European 1500 metres champion in Rome. The Portaferry athlete won a thrilling sprint finish to claim continental honours at the Stadio Olimpico. It's Ireland's second gold of the week, and she's been telling Will Downing it has…
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Euro Athletics 2024: Perseus Karlström 20k Walk GOLD
reland didn't have much success at the European Athletics Championships overnight, but one race did provide a double Irish connection. Sweden's Perseus Karlstrom, coached in Cork by former world champion Rob Heffernan, won the men's 20k walk by fighting off Spain's Paul McGrath, whose…
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Euro Athletics 2024: Kelly McGrory 400m hurdles
There's been a lifetime best for Kelly McGrory in the womens' 400 metres hurdles at the European Athletics Championships in Rome. She clocked 57-point-10 seconds in her heat and was eliminated in 19th overall, but the Tir Chonaill AC athlete is still very satisfied.
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Euro Athletics 2024: Thomas Barr 400H Qual
Thomas Barr has won his heat and is through to the semi-finals of the men's 400 metre hurdles at the European Athletics Championships in Rome. Barr was the fastest of the opening round competitors in a new system where every qualifying place is decided by times instead of a high finish. The relay...
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Euro Athletics 2024: Mark Smyth 200m Qual
Mark Smyth has progressed through to the semi-finals of the men's 200 metres at the European Athletics in Rome. The Raheny Shamrock sprinter took the 12th and last qualifying place in 20-point-93 seconds. He may have qualified under the new format, but speaking to Will Downing, thinks it takes…
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Euro Athletics 2024: Nicola Tuthill, Hammer Qualifying
Nicola Tuthill is into the womens' hammer final at the European Athletics in Rome. The UCD AC thrower from Kilbrittain near Bandon produced the second-longest effort of her life to do it - 69 metres 85 to make it into tomorrow's final. She's been speaking to Will Downing:
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Euro Athletics 2024: Ireland Mixed 4x400m Relay GOLD
Ireland have taken gold in the mixed 4x400m relay at the European Athletics Championships in Rome. Chris O'Donnell, Rhasidat Adeleke, Thomas Barr and Sharlene Mawdsley were in contention all the way, and a final kick in the closing straight from Mawdsley earned Ireland only a fourth all-time...
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Euro Champs 2022 - FRI 19/8 Ciara Mageean SILVER
Ciara Mageean's third European Championships medal has been roundly celebrated today, and rightly so. For the Portaferry athlete, success in Munich follows her glory from Amsterdam in 2016 and Glasgow in 2019. Will Downing's lookback on the big night begins with the closing stages of Mageean's…
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Euro Champs 2022 - WED 17/8 Rhasidat Adeleke
Rhasidat Adeleke has made more history for Ireland, taking fifth place in the 400m final at the European Championships in Munich, breaking her own Irish record in the process. 50.53 seconds is Adeleke's new milestone, taking 0.17 off her previous mark set in the Big 12 Championship in May. She's...
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Euro Champs 2022 - TUES 16/8 Darragh McElhinney
Ireland's two finalists in the men's 5000 metres have been enthusing about their European Championships experience in Munich. Brian Fay of Raheny Shamrock came eighth, while European cross-country silver-medallist Darragh McElhinney of UCD and Glengarriff was 16th. Speaking to Will Downing,...
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Euro Champs 2022 - TUES 16/8 Brian Fay
Ireland's two finalists in the men's 5000 metres have been enthusing about their European Championships experience in Munich. Brian Fay of Raheny Shamrock came eighth, while European cross-country silver-medallist Darragh McElhinney of UCD and Glengarriff was 16th. Fay is keen to keep competing…
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Euro Champs 2022 - WED 17/8 Thomas Barr
Thomas Barr has made it through to Thursday night’s semi-finals of the men’s 400m hurdles at the European Athletics Championships in Munich. The bronze medallist from the previous Europeans in Berlin fought off a challenge from Dutch hurdler Ramsey Angela to win in 49.49 seconds, though both were...
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Euro Champs 2022 - TUES 16/8 Israel Olatunde 100m Irish Record
Ireland has a new sporting hero - Israel Olatunde has broken the Irish 100m record in finishing sixth at the European Athletics Championships in Munich. His time of 10.17 seconds is 0.01 faster than the mark from 2007 of Paul Hession. Israel has been speaking to Will Downing. (PIC: Athletics Weekly)
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Euro Champs 2022 - TUE 16/8 Rhasidat Adeleke
Rhasdiat Adeleke has got through to the women's 400m final at the European Athletics Championships in Munich, finishing third in her semi-final. She's told Will Downing it's a lot about self-belief, after not originally planning to be at the Euros.
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Euro Champs 2022 - TUE 16/8 Brendan Boyce
Brendan Boyce has scored a creditable tenth place at the European Athletics Championships in Munich. It continues his run of top-ten finishes at every Championships he has competed in, but Boyce feels he is capable of medals. He's been speaking to Will Downing:
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Euro Champs 2022 - TUE 16/8 Brendan Boyce
Euro Champs 2022 - TUE 16/8 Brendan Boyce by Irish Sports Network
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Euro Champs 2022 - TUE 16/8 Rhasidat Adeleke
Euro Champs 2022 - TUE 16/8 Rhasidat Adeleke by Irish Sports Network
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Euro Champs 2022 - TUE 16/8 Ciara Mageean
Ciara Mageean is through to Friday night's final of the women's 1500 metres at the European Athletics Championships in Munich. She finished second in her semi-final behind Sofia Ennaoui of Poland, having led at the front for much of the race. Mageean will be coming face-to-face with Laura Muir...
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Euro Champs 2022 - MON 15/8 Aoife Cooke & Ann-Marie McHugh
Fionnuala McCormack has finished seventh in the marathon at the European Championships in Munich. The twice European Cross-Country champion was in the lead group all the way through until the final five kilometres - she led at various points of the race. Ann-Marie McGlynn was 28th, with Aoife…
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Euro Champs 2022 - MON 15/8 Fionnuala McCormack
Fionnuala McCormack has finished seventh in the marathon at the European Championships in Munich. The twice European Cross-Country champion was in the lead group all the way through until the final five kilometres - she led at various points of the race. Fionnaula has told Will Downing she's…
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Athletics SUN Ciara Neville
Athletics SUN Ciara Neville by Irish Sports Network
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Athletics SAT Nadia Power
Phil Healy's fourth place in the women's 400 metres has been the best Irish result so far at the European Indoor Athletics Championships in Torun. Nadia Power reached the semi-finals of the women's 800, with Mark English and 18-year-old Cian McPhillips doing the same in the men's 800. Sarah Lavin...
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Athletics SAT Sarah Lavin
Phil Healy's fourth place in the women's 400 metres has been the best Irish result so far at the European Indoor Athletics Championships in Torun. Nadia Power reached the semi-finals of the women's 800, with Mark English and 18-year-old Cian McPhillips doing the same in the men's 800. Sarah Lavin...
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Athletics SAT Sean Tobin
Phil Healy's fourth place in the women's 400 metres has been the best Irish result so far at the European Indoor Athletics Championships in Torun. Nadia Power reached the semi-finals of the women's 800, with Mark English and 18-year-old Cian McPhillips doing the same in the men's 800. Sarah Lavin...
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Athletics SUN Joan Healy
Phil Healy's fourth place in the women's 400 metres has been the best Irish result so far at the European Indoor Athletics Championships in Torun. Nadia Power reached the semi-finals of the women's 800, with Mark English and 18-year-old Cian McPhillips doing the same in the men's 800. Sarah Lavin...
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Athletics SUN Molly Scott
Phil Healy's fourth place in the women's 400 metres has been the best Irish result so far at the European Indoor Athletics Championships in Torun. Nadia Power reached the semi-finals of the women's 800, with Mark English and 18-year-old Cian McPhillips doing the same in the men's 800. Sarah Lavin...
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Athletics SAT Phil Healy
Phil Healy's fourth place in the women's 400 metres has been the best Irish result so far at the European Indoor Athletics Championships in Torun. Nadia Power reached the semi-finals of the women's 800, with Mark English and 18-year-old Cian McPhillips doing the same in the men's 800. Sarah Lavin...
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Athletics Torun 2021 - Israel Olatunde SAT
A brilliant Saturday morning in Torun at the European Indoors for Ireland's Sarah Lavin and Sean Tobin. Lavin is through to the semi-finals of the 60m hurdles, another lifetime best of 8.06 seconds, beating the mark of 8.13 set in Madrid a couple of weeks ago. Tobin, who were regularly see...
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Athletics Torun 2021 - Sarah Lavin SAT
A brilliant Saturday morning in Torun at the European Indoors for Ireland's Sarah Lavin and Sean Tobin. Lavin is through to the semi-finals of the 60m hurdles, another lifetime best of 8.06 seconds, beating the mark of 8.13 set in Madrid a couple of weeks ago. She's been telling Will Downing it…
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Athletics Torun 2021 - Sean Tobin SAT
A brilliant Saturday morning in Torun at the European Indoors for Ireland's Sarah Lavin and Sean Tobin. Lavin is through to the semi-finals of the 60m hurdles, another lifetime best of 8.06 seconds, beating the mark of 8.13 set in Madrid a couple of weeks ago. Tobin, who were regularly see...
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Lockdown Football 25: Yann Kermorgant - the King of Comebacks
French striker Yann Kermorgant found fame and played most of his football career in the EFL Championship, but his career almost never happened at all. Kermorgant won the Championship with Bournemouth and League One at Charlton, reaching the Championship play-off final with Reading and the semis...
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Lockdown Football 24: Ian Baraclough on being Northern Ireland boss
Ian Baraclough joins Will Downing after his appointment as Northern Ireland manager, after three successful years as NI U21 boss that saw the most successful European qualifying campaign ever, including an away win over Spain. And commentator Michael Clarke fills in the background behind the move.
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Lockdown Football 23: Gerry Armstrong - The Man with the Goalscoring Touch
On June 25th 1982, Northern Ireland scored their famous victory over Spain at the World Cup in Valencia. 38 years on, Gerry Armstrong reflects on the famous night on the Med, Northern Ireland's run to the second phase, his playing days at the top of the First Division with Watford and in Spain…
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Lockdown Football 22: (Hawk)Eye on the Premier League
The Premier League's back like it's never been away. Controversy! Intrigue! David Luiz! Roy Keane being angry! Will Downing and Stephane Jauny cast their Hawkeye on the opening weekend of the Premier League's big comeback.
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Lockdown Football 21: Turkey's exciting title race, Bayern's title trot
As the Turkish SuperLig comes to British and Irish television for the first time in the throes of a thrilling four-way title race, Emre Sarigul of Turkish-Football.com joins us to run the rule over this season's Championship contenders. And with Bayern Munich claiming their eighth Bundesliga…
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Lockdown Football 20: Curtis Fleming's Indian job
Former St Patrick's Athletic, Middlesbrough and Ireland defender Curtis Fleming talks at length about his new role as Punjab FC boss in India's I-League, how life has been like during the recent shutdown, and openings for black managers in England. With Will Downing, Mark Rodden and Stephane Jauny.
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Lockdown Football 19: LaLiga's big kick-off, Talking Turkey, Pep's new genius
It's the big kick-off in Spain's La Liga as Barcelona resume two points clear of Real Madrid, and there's discussion of Sevilla's win over Real Betis in El Gran Derby. Turkey's star-studded SuperLig is back - a thorough look at all the runners and riders. There's a profile of Pep Guardiola's new...
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Lockdown Extra: Conor McGregor's French biography
Conor McGregor is the subject of a new biography just released in France. "Conor McGregor: Obsessions" is written by Irish-based French journalist Charles Thiallier, who has previously reported on McGregor for L'Equipe. On the eve of the announcement of McGregor's third retirement, Thallier has...
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Lockdown Football 18: Not "the Greatest League in the World Podcast", with Con Murphy
Portuguese Liga commentator Con Murphy joins the crew at the end of the first week back in the Primeira, ponders the future of Irish clubs in the League of Ireland including his beloved Shamrock Rovers, and recalls the dynamic 90s radio football coverage of Century Radio and Capital Gold, with a...
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European football news, interviews, retro and whimsy from football commentators Will Downing, Mark Rodden, Stephane Jauny and Dmytro Dzhulai, plus regular guests looking at the Bundesliga, Ligue 1, La Liga, Serie A, Belgian Pro League, Eredivisie, League of Ireland, women's football, the world game... and even the Premier League.Added countries covered so far have been Korea's K League, Estonia, Denmark and the Faroes. Come on in, you might enjoy it...
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