Archive for the ‘Sport’ Category
COMMENT: CAS decision spells uncertain future for Northern Ireland football team
Wednesday, August 4th, 2010
This week The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) turned down a plea from the Irish FA to amend current laws stipulating player eligibility. Whilst this was not an unexpected outcome, the decision has cast a major cloud of uncertainty over the very future of the Northern Ireland international squad. Hard to believe, you might imagine, given the current on-field success of the Northern Ireland team, beating the Englands and Spains of this world in recent years.
BY RYAN SIMPSON
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Posted in Opinion, Sport | 7 Comments »
SPORT: “Average” Germans blitz “experienced” England
Monday, June 28th, 2010
As the BBC punditry tore England’s performance to shreds in the immediate aftermath of the 4-1 defeat to Germany, a nation begins to look for a culprit. They need look no further than the men on the field.
BY DAMIEN EDGAR
Tags: Damien Edgar, England out of World Cup, Gown, newspaper, qub, Queen's, queen's university, student, students, The Gown
Posted in Sport | No Comments »
SPORT: Farcical French head home
Monday, June 28th, 2010
Tags: Damien Edgar, Gown, newspaper, Queen's, queen's university, student, students, The Gown, World Cup
Posted in Sport | No Comments »
David Beckham at the World Cup
Friday, June 25th, 2010
Illustration by Niall Mooney
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Posted in Sport | 4 Comments »
SPORT: Queen’s rowers triumph over Trinity
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
A victory for Queen’s Rowing Eights over Trinity College Dublin on Saturday 5th June capped a remarkable year for Queen’s rowers. Beating their Dublin rivals in the Ramada Hotel Shaw’s Bridge University Boat Race has come shortly after QUB were named the fastest University Eight in the U.K.
BY DAMIEN EDGAR
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SPORT: Nine medals for QUB rowers
Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
Queen’s Rowing dominated the 2010 British University Rowing Championships, hold in Nottingham. Two crews from QUB took part in the Championship and Intermediate eight. The Intermediate eight won both their heats and semi-final to progress to the final, as did the Championship eight progress to their final.
BY GOWN REPORTER (more…)
Tags: Gown, newspaper, qub, Queen's, queen's university, rowing, student, students, The Gown
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OPINION: Let the voices of those who matter lead Northern Ireland football anthem debate
Tuesday, April 13th, 2010
Even in the political cauldron of a country that we live in today, I still believe that politics should be kept out of sport. The debate surrounding the playing of the National Anthem before Northern Ireland football internationals has reached new and unprecedented heights in recent weeks, in the wake of Ulster Unionist Party officer and Northern Ireland fan Kenny Donaldson’s call for a new sporting anthem. Whilst the media and politicians have been all too quick to air their views on the contentious and emotive issue, the opinions of those who really matter, the Northern Ireland football community, are in danger of being ignored.
BY JONNY MADILL
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Posted in Opinion, Sport | 22 Comments »
SPORT: Luck of the euro draw for Ireland?
Monday, March 8th, 2010
The draw for the Euro 2012 qualifying campaign took place on 7th February and has left Northern Ireland facing a mammoth battle for qualification. The north face current World Cup champions Italy, Serbia and Slovenia, Estonia and the Faroe Islands. Nigel Worthington commented, “I would rather play the bigger nations because from a player’s point of view to get up for those games is not so much of a problem.”
His optimism, however, is questionable considering Northern Ireland’s recent run of bad form.
BY JULIE MCCULLAGH
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Posted in Sport | 1 Comment »
SPORT: QUB Boxing Club travel to Dublin to fight
Sunday, March 7th, 2010
A reinvigorated Queen’s University Boxing Club took part in the IUABA Irish University Championships on 6th March. A Team of 7 boxers travelled to the Drimnagh Boxing Club in Dublin for the competition organised by the IUABA and the IABA.
BY PADDY O’SHEA
Tags: Gown, newspaper, Paddy o'Shea, qub, QUB boxing club, Queen's, queen's university, students, The Gown
Posted in Sport | No Comments »
SPORT: Terrorism at African Nations Cup – What does this mean for the World Cup?
Monday, February 1st, 2010
December saw the draw of the group stages for this summer’s World Cup finals, the first time they will be played on African soil. At the ceremony, the world watched as Nelson Mandela – a man who dedicated his life to improving rights and bringing relative peace to the South African nation – described his joy; at last the world will witness just how far Africa has come.
BY DON MCDERMOTT
Tags: Don McDermott, Gown, newspaper, qub, Queen's, queen's university, student, The Gown
Posted in Sport | No Comments »
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