Life And Sport From An Armchair View
The entire world is united in the belief it should not be taking place in its current circumstances, but, as we all know, with FIFA, money talks. The draw for the group stages ofWorld Cup 2022 has taken place. Matches will be played in Qatar from November 21 to December 18. 32 teams to compete... Continue Reading →
LANDO SIGNS ON AS BLAME GAME RUMBLES ON It only seems like the blink of an eye ago that Max Verstappen was crowned Fomula 1 World Champion in dramatic and highly controversial circumstances, but the real life Batmobiles are being fired up again as the chequered flag prepares to fall on another season. If you... Continue Reading →
There's a sickening irony about writing this. Coming as it does, hot on the heels of the GAA post about Meath's disappointing beginning to their Allianz National Football League campaign. For those overseas or not familiar with GAA, players and mentors are amateurs, in name at least, though hopefully someday soon that might change. Still,... Continue Reading →
On a least one occasion during her illustrious riding career, Nina Walsh (Carberry) stayed that close to the rails while going around a racetrack she ended up sustaining fairly bad foot/leg injuries. For another story of a close encounter of the white line kind, examine the beginning of the move which culminated in the greatest... Continue Reading →
A quick ramble on what was a major upset on the opening day of the 2021 of the six nations championship rugby as Scotland recorded their first win at Twickenham since 1983. https://youtu.be/KszBneVjYZU
At various times over the years, the fact there's a fairly extensive video library in Boylan Talks Sport HQ has surely got a mention. That and match programmes. The latter are actually quite the big deal. As was discovered when attempts were made at re-arranging storage of same. People so set in their ways they... Continue Reading →
I must admit it came as a major shock to me to discover Fallon Sherrock isn't in the field for this year's PDC event at the Ally Pally. Initially, my line of that was that was done to the demise of the British Darts Organisation (BDO) when in fact it was down to the player... Continue Reading →
BREAKING NEWS Move over Mourinho. Portugal has a new Special One. Jose De Sousa. No, up to a week or so ago, I didn't know who he was either. However, with hotshots like Michael Van Gerwen, Gerwyn Price, Gary Anderson and defending World Champion Peter Wright out of the equation, naturally, it opened the door... Continue Reading →
IRELAND......32 WALES......9 When yours truly was in the formative stages of understanding fare with the oval ball, it seemed like the Five Nations Championship - as it was then - generally ended up a tug of war between England and France. Be mindful, this was after the Irish glory days of the early to mid... Continue Reading →
This week's episode was a few days in the making, due to the volume of sporting action to get through. From more encouragement for the Meath senior footballers, great results for my two favourite horse trainers and new stars emerging in Irish rugby circles as they left themselves in with a chance of claiming the... Continue Reading →