Controversy
# controversy - Thursday 27 September, 2012
Friday’s Independent (UK) front page describes John Terry as ‘racist’
The Chelsea captain received a four-match ban from the FA earlier today.
# controversy - Wednesday 26 September, 2012
# controversy - Tuesday 25 September, 2012
President Obama weighs in on ‘terrible’ NFL call
The decision at the end of the game between the Green Bay Packers and the Seattle Seahawks has provoked much debate.
# controversy - Friday 21 September, 2012
Lazio face UEFA probe for Spurs ‘monkey chants’
The abuse was aimed at three of Tottenham’s black players in the Europa League clash last night.
# controversy - Thursday 20 September, 2012
Mikel shuts Twitter account after racist abuse (updated)
Meanwhile, there were also allegations of racism following tonight’s game between Tottenham and Lazio.
# controversy - Wednesday 12 September, 2012
Gay American football player says kiss got him booted
Eighteen-year-old Jamie Kuntz says he was kicked off his college football team in North Dakota for kissing his boyfriend at a game.
# controversy - Tuesday 11 September, 2012
Mick Wallace: I’m keeping my €41,152 Leader’s Allowance for research
The Wexford TD said that he would be at a disadvantage compared to all of the other TDs in the Dáil if he did not accept the allowance.
# controversy - Wednesday 5 September, 2012
Paralympics: No evidence for Pistorius’ blade claims, says IPC
The Games’ governing body has found no grounds for the sprinter’s complaint following his 200 metre defeat by Alan Oliveira.
# controversy - Tuesday 4 September, 2012
Donegal county board hit back in row over All-Ireland homecoming
The Ulster county have described talk of a homecoming after the September 23rd final as ‘premature’ and ‘unhelpful’.
# controversy - Sunday 2 September, 2012
Paralympics 2012: Organisers defend Games drug-testing policy
There has been a 25 percent increase on the number of tests conducted in Beijing four years ago.
# controversy - Sunday 26 August, 2012
Pussy Riot members flee from Russia
Two bandmates of the three women convicted by a Moscow court of hooliganism charges over anti-Putin protest at a church have fled the country, according to the group.
# controversy - Thursday 23 August, 2012
Explainer: Why Paralympians mutilate themselves to enhance performance
The practice of ‘boosting’ for athletes with spinal injuries is a natural but gruesome method of gaining a physical edge.
# controversy - Saturday 18 August, 2012
Pussy Riot trial reaction: band members’ conviction criticised by EU, US
Two-year sentence for hooliganism conviction criticised as ‘disproportionate’ and impacting on freedom of expression.
# controversy - Friday 10 August, 2012
Magnificent Seven: podium controversies
Sometimes athletes have more on their mind than what to do with that bouquet of flowers.
# controversy - Thursday 2 August, 2012
Pig heads dumped outside French mosque provoke outrage
Jewish and Muslim groups have reacted angrily to the incident in town where Islamist gunman killed two paratroopers earlier this year.
# controversy - Monday 30 July, 2012
South Korean fencer in sit-down protest after loss
There was an Olympic-sized controversy on the piste in London this evening.
# controversy - Friday 27 July, 2012
Youth Defence under investigation over use of image in anti-abortion campaign Exclusive
Pro-life campaigners Youth Defence are being investigated to determine whether they breached copyright in the use of one of the images used in their recent anti-abortion campaign.
# controversy - Sunday 22 July, 2012
Update: No action taken against Red Bull
The constructors’ champions had been accused of illegal engine mapping.
# controversy - Saturday 14 July, 2012
Ferdinand in hot water after appearing to back Cole ‘choc ice’ insult
The Manchester United defender has broken his silence following the conclusion of the John Terry trial.
# controversy - Tuesday 10 July, 2012
Pictures: James Reilly’s name on the Stubbs Gazette defaulters’ list
The Health Minister’s name has appeared in the magazine published today, causing much controversy as a result.
# controversy - Friday 29 June, 2012
Irish player Gary Deegan suspended for alleged pro-IRA tweet
The former Bohemians midfielder has since apologised for his controversial post.
# controversy - Thursday 28 June, 2012
Bradley keeps title he took from Pacquiao
The decision means Mexico’s Juan Manuel Marquez moves into the WBO junior welterweight throne while Bradley sits atop the WBO welterweight ranks after his controversial split decision shocker.
# controversy - Wednesday 27 June, 2012
GAA official steps down in the wake of second Wexford racism case
County board officials have expressed their determination to tackle the problem that has surfaced recently in the Model County.
# controversy - Tuesday 26 June, 2012
Doyle: “There were people threatening to fight me at times, loads of crazy stuff.”
He’ll be in Croke Park next Sunday with the Wexford senior footballers but life in Dáil Éireann as parliamentary assistant to Independent TD Mick Wallace has made for an interesting few weeks for Aindreas Doyle.
# controversy - Monday 18 June, 2012
Former MP who called gay relationships ‘deviant’ loses party whip
Ulster Unionist Ken Maginnis said homosexual relationships were a “rung on the ladder” towards “bestiality”.
# controversy - Thursday 14 June, 2012
Mick Wallace promises to donate half of salary to VAT repayment
The Independent TD for Wexford delivered an apology in the Dáil this evening after it emerged a week ago that he had under-declared VAT his company owed.
# controversy - Wednesday 13 June, 2012
Armstrong faces formal doping charge – report
The cyclist could lose all seven of his Tour de France titles and USADA claims it has witnesses to support their case.
# controversy - Tuesday 12 June, 2012
Cassano under fire from activists over gay comments
The striker was responding to claims that there are two homosexuals and two metrosexuals in the Italy squad.
# controversy - Sunday 10 June, 2012
Pacquiao loses belt to Bradley in controversial fight
First defeat in seven years for the multi-weight world champion.
# controversy - Wednesday 6 June, 2012
Mail Online article about Olympic torch in Ireland draws Twitter criticism
The popular website’s questioning of the parading of the Olympic torch through Dublin and allowing pop duo Jedward to carry it did not please some Irish tweeters.
# controversy - Thursday 31 May, 2012
NBA star gets a cash machine in his own kitchen
DeShawn Stevenson came up with a novel way of avoiding having to walk down the street to the bank recently.
# controversy - Wednesday 30 May, 2012
Push the Trigger: McAteer says Keane can not let footballing rivalry lie
“He decided what he wanted to do was the right thing,” said the former Irish international. “He’s got to live with that.”
# controversy - Friday 18 May, 2012
Trayvon case: Video of teen’s final moments among new evidence released
More than 200 pages of photos and witness accounts have been released in the controversial case which has stoked racial tensions in the US.
# controversy - Tuesday 15 May, 2012
Allardyce set to sue Kean over YouTube video – reports
The West Ham manager has taken exception to remarks made about him in an internet clip that has recently surfaced.
# controversy - Saturday 12 May, 2012
Gatlin returns to Olympic reckoning with fastest 100m since ban
Former Olympic gold medalist Justin Gatlin, banned for four years in 2006, outpaced Asafa Powell at Friday’s Diamond League meeting in Doha.
# controversy - Thursday 10 May, 2012
Joe Duffy backs ‘great little runners’ Jedward for Olympic torchbearer mission
Disgruntled callers to Liveline want Bernard Dunne to carry the flame in June rather than the marathon-running pop twins.
# controversy - Wednesday 9 May, 2012
‘I’ll need advice from Chuck Norris to play on this’ – Djokovic slams Madrid’s blue clay
The Serb came through his second round test with Spain’s Daniel Gimeno-Traver but lashed out at the ATP over the controversial surface.
# controversy - Tuesday 8 May, 2012
Another twist: Lamont Peterson fails drugs test
The revelation casts a major doubt over Peterson’s anticipated light-welterweight re-match with Amir Khan next week.
# controversy - Saturday 5 May, 2012
“When the chips are down, we come together”: Terry revels in FA Cup win
The Chelsea skipper was adamant that Andy Carroll’s headed chance did not cross the line and has urged his teammates to push on for another win in the Champions League.
Hague brands Falklands ad a ‘sad stunt’
The British Foreign Secretary, William Hague, has condemned Argentina’s provocative decision to film an Olympic promotional video on the Falkland Islands.
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