Bobby Wood

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Yola: Walk Through Fire review – Impressive country-soul debut

Music
February 21, 2019, 07:00

She sounds like she was raised well south of the Mason-Dixon line in a small town where country and soul found common cause, agonising over life and l(...)

The Republic of Ireland’s Graham Burke celebrates his goal with Darragh Lennihan at the Aviva Stadium. Photograph: Laszlo Geczo

Judge decrees that O’Shea bows out on a winning note

International
Emmet Malone
June 3, 2018, 18:00

Republic of Ireland 2 USA 1 If crowds adapted mainstream music to deliver measured reviews they might have been singing “buoyed by the USA” at the en(...)

John O’Shea of the Republic of Ireland applauds fans as he is substituted off for the final time during the international friendly between the Republic of Ireland and the United States at Aviva Stadium. Photo: Dan Mullan/Getty Images

John O’Shea departs stage as new kids step up against USA

International
Emmet Malone
June 2, 2018, 22:27

Republic of Ireland 2 USA 1 It is hard to imagine John O’Shea minding too much but his starring role somehow got overshadowed in this, his final seni(...)

Hamburg players stand on the pitch following their 8-0 Bundesliga defeat to Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena. Photograph: Günter Schiffmann/AFP/Getty Images

Hamburg haunted yet again at Bayern Munich’s house of horrors

Soccer
February 27, 2017, 16:44

“This is something that can’t be allowed to happen, but it has happened.” Just when life starts to look good again, along come Bayern Munich. Or more (...)

A file picture from May 2014 shows the clock in the Volksparkstadion display the time Hamburg has played in the Bundesliga. Photograph: John MacDougall/AFP/Getty Images

Clock keeps ticking as Hamburg battle to stay in Bundesliga

Soccer
February 8, 2017, 15:42

Workplaces often display a particular type of signage: “This Department Has Worked __ Days Without An Accident.” These notices, with their hopefully a(...)