LIVERPOOL GOALKEEPER Simon Mignolet told his team they had “three finals” left this season as they look to seal a top-four finish in the Premier League. Click Here: France Rugby Jersey Jurgen Klopp’s men claimed an important 1-0 win at Watford on Monday to consolidate third spot in the table. Liverpool (69 points, 35 games) are well adrift of the top two, but remain ahead of Manchester City (66, 34), United (65, 34) and Arsenal (60, 33). With games against Southampton, West Ham and Middlesbrough to finish the season, Mignolet said the outings needed to be treated like do-or-die matches. “We’re hungry to play in the Champions League. We know…

1. Ronaldo deserves more respect DEPENDING ON WHO you believe, Ronaldo has scored either 399 or 400 goals for Real Madrid. The club and the player insist it is the latter, though official records say the former. The dispute relates to a deflected striker in 2010 against Real Sociedad, which the referee’s report at the time awarded to defender Pepe, though that didn’t stop the Portuguese superstar describing a “very special” achievement. Either way, Ronaldo’s goal tally is astounding, while his hat-trick against Atletico on Tuesday suggests the 32-year-old still has plenty of time left at the top level. He has adapted his game, of course, but there were even…

ARSENAL HAVE POSTPONED a Thursday news conference amid reports Mikel Arteta is set to be appointed as the club’s new boss. The Gunners were due to hold a media briefing to preview Saturday’s Premier League clash at Everton, who themselves are reportedly close to having a new man in the dugout in the form of Carlo Ancelotti. However, Arsenal confirmed the press conference would be put back a day to Friday with a time to be announced later on Thursday. Click Here: Paulo Dybala Jersey Sale It comes at a time where the Londoners look certain to install former midfielder Arteta as the successor to Unai Emery, who was sacked…

RANGERS MANAGER STEVEN Gerrard has urged Scottish football authorities to make a “severe example” of bottle-throwing supporters if they are serious about protecting players. Gers left-back Borna Barisic only narrowly escaped a potentially serious injury during a win away to Hibernian on Friday when a glass bottle was hurled at him from the Easter Road stands. This was not the first time the Edinburgh club’s East Stand has provided the backdrop for a violent incident. Rangers captain James Tavernier was confronted by a pitch invader in March, just a week after a glass bottle was thrown at Celtic winger Scott Sinclair. Gerrard believes the repeat nature of these incidents has…

THE GAA HAVE reported a combined national deficit of €34.1m after the 2020 season was impacted hugely by the Covid-19 pandemic. The Association’s annual finance report was released today with Director-General Tom Ryan describing the past year as ‘very damaging to the Association from a financial point of view.’ Ryan believes ‘the after effects will be felt for some years to come’ but did stress ‘our success is not defined by financial performance, and nor should it be.’ The deficit combines the figures for the GAA at national level, for county and provincial boards and the Croke Park stadium. With the majority of the championship action taking place after the…

MAN CITY FANS are in need of some good news after Friday’s loss to Wolves , and they might have thought they had it when Real Sociedad announced Martin Odegaard would be joining on loan. The reigning Premier League champions threw away a 2-0 lead at Molineux as Wolves fought back against 10 men to win 3-2 and leave City 14 points adrift of leaders Liverpool, who also have a game in hand. With City offering up a limp title defence, the club may be forced into action when the transfer window reopens next month — despite Pep Guardiola’s insistence they will not be — and they have been linked with…

She Can! featured on last week’s Late Late Toy Show. THE42′S NEW COLOURING book She Can! is proving a massive hit amongst the Irish sports stars we’ll be cheering on in years to come.  Click Here: Roma soccer tracksuit The book contains over 20 drawings — by award-winning illustrator Chris Judge — of some of Ireland’s top female athletes.  From Arsenal and Ireland star, Katie McCabe to top jockey, Rachael Blackmore and world boxing champion, Katie Taylor, She Can! also features fun Q&A interviews with each athlete, as well as short, informative bios.  To celebrate, we have copies of She Can! and family passes for each of Ireland’s home Six Nations…

CORK FOOTBALL BOSS Ronan McCarthy’s 12-week ban for a training guideline breach has been upheld by the GAA’s Central Hearings Committee [CHC]. A hearing last night found that McCarthy’s charge of discrediting the Association was proven and the proposed suspension — in relation to a team gathering in January that was in contravention of the GAA’s ban on collective activity — was confirmed. The three-month ban commenced yesterday, and will expire on 14 May. It is likely that McCarthy will miss little of the inter-county season as a result, with uncertainty reigning over the return to GAA activity, and the easing of Covid-19 restrictions in general. McCarthy’s Cork footballers were…

THE GAA HAVE confirmed that no on-field activity will be permitted, including at inter-county level, until Easter after the publishing of yesterday’s latest Government Covid-19 plan. The association have stated that it ‘remains impossible to plan a revised Master Fixtures calendar for 2021′ and insist no decision has been made on what competitions will or will not take place this year despite recent speculation that the league may be scrapped. In a letter released today by GAA President John Horan and Director-General Tom Ryan, the latest state of play for the organisation has been outlined.  They state that will ‘be seeking clarity on certain aspects’ related to sport in the…

THE MUNSTER COUNCIL have tonight confirmed the fixture details for their 2021 senior championships. The action will begin in the province on Saturday 26 June with two football quarter-finals in Limerick and Killarney while the hurling will begin the following day in Thurles on Sunday 27 June. Reigning hurling champions Limerick will meet Cork in Semple Stadium on Saturday 3 July while the football kingpins Tipperary will take on Kerry or Clare in Saturday 10 July. Here are the fixtures in full: Munster senior football championship Saturday 26 June Limerick v Waterford, Gaelic Grounds, 3pm Kerry v Clare, Fitzgerald Stadium, 7pm Saturday 10 July  Cork v Limerick/Waterford, 3pm Tipperary v…