IN THE WAKE of the news that the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) has banned Russian from competing in a variety of high profile sporting events including the 2022 World Cup and the 2020 Olympics, Vladimir Putin has gone on record to offer his condolences in advance of all the unfortunate accidents that will befall Wada… Read more »
HOMEGROWN UFC hero Tommy ‘The Windmill’ Willson stunned the world of MMA over the weekend with an incredible first-round knockout against Hugo Hernandez with a precision-perfect knee to the temple, followed by a few more digs to Hernandez’s skull just to make absolutely certain he wasn’t getting up again. Dublin native Willson thanked his trainers… Read more »
FERMATTEN Celts Under-21 corner forward Michael Sheeling has been advised to ‘start making them scoring opportunities count’ if he expects to reach the level of adoration required to make serious allegations about him go away, WWN can report. Sheeling, 20, had hoped that his standing as a GAA player would enable him to avail of… Read more »
IT was all-out cuticle-cutting war at the Nail-biting World Cup this week, with the final leaving many spectators cursing themselves for having bitten all their nails away already, leaving them with nothing to do but sit back in awe at the sheer nail-biting nail-biting going on before their eyes. Here’s how it all went down:… Read more »
SHE’S one of tennis’s greatest ever superstars; of that, there is no question. But what many people won’t know, is the true identity of the man behind Serena Williams’s success, a man that WWN caught up with at the weekend. 58-year-old Herbert ‘Herb’ Brainerd may not seem like the kind of guy who would kickstart… Read more »
TENS of thousands of ticket holders for the GAA All Ireland Championships are said to be outraged today after the organisation announced it is cancelling both the hurling and football finals due to insurmountable insurance costs, WWN can confirm. Citing increased instances of ‘shoulders’, ‘fighting’ and ‘pitch invasions’ as the reasons for the new elevated… Read more »
THE RETURN of the Premier League, the All-Ireland football semi-finals, rugby tests; the weekend had it all and WWN Sport is here with an essential recap of all the big incidents: The Premier League was praised in England for giving people a brief 90 minute respite from the living nightmare that is Brexit and there… Read more »
THE LEAGUE that Sky Sports refers to as the best in the world because it lost its shirt buying the rights to is back with a bang this weekend. Hot on the heels of the transfer window closing, teams have spent big and expectations are high but just what will happen in the season ahead?… Read more »
AHEAD of Mayo’s All-Ireland semi-final loss to Dublin WWN Sports looks at five ways to reverse the Mayo curse and make lifting the Sam Maguire for the first time since 1951 a possibility. The curse itself resulted from the Mayo team allegedly failing to cease their post-All Ireland winning celebrations as a funeral cortege passed… Read more »
MAYO, DUBLIN, Tyrone and Kerry fans were treated yesterday to the warm familiar feeling of the GAA making a mess of the ticketing for a highly anticipated All Ireland championship game. Supporters took to social media to vent their frustration about queues in shops and virtual queues online, with many people left queuing on online… Read more »