IT’S that time of the year again when all the shiny new running shoes are tried out and possibly last year’s running shoes that got very little use. The fluorescent lycra is donned and the gyms and roads are packed with eager runners hoping to lose that bit of extra weight that crept in over […]
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Watson predicts Frampton and Santa Cruz will light up Vegas
AL Haymon, one of boxing’s most high-profile movers and shakers is advisor, manager or both to almost 200 fighters, but one who prefers to shun the limelight and operate from the shadows. Instead, the face of his operation falls to his long-time friend, Sam Watson who is recognisable in the ring and in the background […]
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Boxing figures blast handling of Ulster Elites
LEADING boxing figures from across Belfast have blasted the handling of this year’s Ulster Elite Championships which have been postponed due to a clash with the Irish National Championships. Originally due to take place in the Dockers Club next month, the Championships have struggled to attract top amateur boxers in recent times with numbers dwindling […]
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Saffrons look to bounce back against Farneymen
THE task does not get any easier for Antrim’s footballers this Sunday as the Saffrons entertain Monaghan in their second Dr McKenna Cup Section B game at Glenavy (2pm). Last Sunday, the Saffrons fell to a one-point defeat (although most had a two-point margin) to St Mary’s in Glenavy although Antrim managers Frank Fitzsimons and […]
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Hoping for a winning start to 2017
A happy, healthy winning New Year to all our loyal readers and followers and let’s hope we can hit 2017 running and we start with the weekend soccer and boy are we cautious this week. PG QUAD It’s FA Cup Third Round weekend and we start with the quad. The first team down the PG slip this week […]
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Lyttle calls on Reds to bounce back against Glenavon
CLIFTONVILLE boss Gerard Lyttle has called on his depleted squad to bounce back from their Derby humiliation at home to Crusaders in the St Stephen’s Day derby as they take on Glenavon on Friday evening. Lyttle admitted that he is having to play some of his players out of position to get through a crisis […]
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