European Football Recap Writes Jack Maguire Last Thursday saw the conclusion of the Last 32 round of the Europa League, and next Tuesday and Wednesday will see the culmination of the round of 16 in the Champions League. With many thrilling encounters having been played out already, there are some crackers lined up for the…
Writes Jack Maguire Friday night last saw Cork City FC earn their first three points of the season with a 1-0 win at home to Finn Harps. A crowd of 2367 witnessed a fighting performance from Neale Fenn’s men who came away with a well-deserved victory. Conditions were terrible with strong wind and torrential rain…
Writes Sam Curtin As a journalist, it is important to be unbiased, fair and objective in your writing. However rules are meant to be broken as the saying goes. It’s been a similar season so far for both Ireland and Saracens. Both were at the peak of their powers 12 months ago. Yet, almost simultaneously,…
Writes Kyriaki Mantzakou Aikido is one of the modern Japanese Martial Arts. It was founded by Morihei Ueshiba (we call him O-Sensei) in the early 20th century. He had extensive training in various traditional Martial Arts before he elaborated in this form. It may contradict our image of Martial Arts, but Aikido is not about…
By Jack Maguire How are you feeling ahead of the new season? Good, feeling good. We’re just coming off the back of, we had a few injuries and a few niggles over pre-season but just over the last couple of days we’ve had all the lads back training, we’ve avoided that part of pre-season without…
By Sam Curtin Cork is set host Fight Con, an MMA/combat sports event attracting UFC stars like Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson and former World Heavyweight champion Frank Mir on February 29th at the Clayton Silversprings Hotel. The event is the first of its kind to land in Ireland, nevermind Cork. It is the brain-child of local…
by Jack Maguire Gearóid Morrissey is the Cork City captain for the upcoming season. As a Cork native, he has great pride in his club and is positive facing into the 2020 Campaign. I had a chat with Gearóid before the Shelbourne game about pre-season preparation and his hopes for the season. How are you…
by Sam Curtin UCC left it late once more on Wednesday night as they left it late to overcome IT Carlow to claim their 40th title and their second on the bounce. The champions, not for the first time this season, did things the hard way and got off to a nightmare start to the…
Writes Cailean Coffey On Friday 21st February, two final-year UCC students will begin a 600km, three-day cycle to raise money for childhood cancer. Killian Burke, who studies Finance, and Kevin Harte, who studies Commerce, will be cycling from Mizen Head, Co. Cork to Malin Head, Co. Donegal. The journey will take three days, and will…
It seemed familiar, Denmark travelling to Dublin for a crunch match. With nightmares of their last visit still very fresh in the minds of Irish soccer fans, there would certainly be scepticism in amongst the optimism of the supporters. With many people arguing that Cristian Eriksen is in the worst form of his life, the…