The Spanish Under 19 Football team has taken the internet by storm with these two remarkable efforts. The first is a penalty where the kicker, Calvente, essentially hits it with his stride.
Not happy with just one wonder goal dominating the web, Spain followed it up with this audacious set-piece against England.
In possibly the worst bit of PR for a HD channel or indeed any TV channel ever, ITV1 HD accidentally cut to an ad for Hyundai just moments before England scored against the USA on Saturday night.
The reaction from fans, and especially the media, to England’s opening game against USA has generally been one of condemnation. England’s performance has been variously described as ‘a shambles’ (Eamon Dunphy – who else?), ‘the worst in the tournament so far’ (which suggests that much of the media did not bother with South Korea v. [...]
With the World Cup just hours away we complete our preview of everything in South Africa by chatting with our man in Korea, Henry Bridge. Henry discusses the attitude of Asian Football fans towards the World Cup and breaks down Groups A to D with Emmet. We also hear from Ciaran Ruane who has changed [...]
Paul O’Connell and Declan Kidney addressed the media following the thrilling 20-16 win in Twickenham today. Listen to Action81’s audio coverage from the conference.
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Welcome to our live blogging coverage the 6 Nations clash between England and Ireland in Twickenham. The hosts are unbeaten while reigning champions Ireland need a win to keep their title hopes alive.
Our coverage updates after every incident of note and we’ll have regular analysis throughout the game.
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The 6 Nations has thrown up a good few surprises so far: England beating Wales, Italy getting within a score of England and Scotland needing a dose of hara kiri to lose to Wales. France nearly blew a win yesterday against Wales but maybe that shouldn’t be so much of a surprise!
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Ireland head coach Declan Kidney and captain Brian O’Driscoll were joined by John Hayes at the announcement on Tuesday of the Ireland team to face England in Twickenham. We have full audio from the top table where the team was announced and all three discussed Hayes hitting the 100 cap mark.
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