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Rofi James - Open Eyes: Outsider - Míol Mór Mara Blossoms - I Can't Stand It:

I've got our lucky mascot right here

I got Mexico in the World Cup sweepstakes at work. We're going to do this @mrv86, Mexico for the win

An Irish guy getting a horse racing question for £1 million, what were they thinking?

2 medals in Olympic events is great for us. We have a lot of new crews who have moved to Olympic categories so it will be interesting to see how they will progress over the next few years. It won't be easy that's for sure.

I really hope Jack can make it to Tokyo. I don't really understand much about taekwondo in terms of weights and which events are important so I never really know how things are progressing for him

Bennett claims Stage win Hat-trick at the Giro Ireland's Sam Bennett won the final stage of this year's Giro d'Italia, his third stage win of the 2018 race. Bennett left it late, out-sprinting Elia Viviani to claim the stage 21 honours. The victory makes him the most successful Irish rider in Giro history in terms of number of stage victories. Congrats Sam on a memorable 2018 Giro

Gold for Lanigan-O'Keeffe at Modern Pentathlon World Cup It was another historic day for Ireland at the Modern Pentathlon World Cup in Bulgaria yesterday - just one day after Natalya Coyle bagged Ireland's first-ever World Cup medal, Arthur Lanigan-O'Keeffe went one better and claimed a stunning gold medal in the men's event. The 2015 European champion got off to a trememdous start, and like Natalya, won the fencing competition and was already at the head of the standing after the swimming and fencing. A solid performance in the riding discipline saw Arthur go into the combined event with an 11-second advantage over Lee of Korea. It was a lead Arthur did not relinquish and he finished a comfortable 14 seconds clear of the silver medalist. Arthur, who finished in 8th place at the Rio Olympics had the following to stay after his win yesterday: “I was feeling pretty beaten up after the semi-final and I was worried my legs wouldn’t hold up, but I’m delighted. It’s a bit of an outer-body experience. “To make things even better my girlfriend medalled yesterday and this is the first time we have won individual medals at the World Cup so it’s a great result all round. “As you can see I’m pretty red in the face but thankfully my body held up today. We’ve come through some hard times and now the results are starting to show. “I’ll dust off my legs, get into the plunge pool and get ready for tomorrow’s Mixed Relay because we mean business.” Arthur and Natalya return to action tomorrow in the mixed event looking to add to their medal collection. Congratulations Arthur, what a phenomenal World Cup for Ireland

Karius, showing how useless he is

History-maker Natalya wins silver at Modern Pentathlon World Cup Ireland's two-time Olympian, Natalya Coyle, made history yesterday by claiming Ireland's first ever medal at a Modern Pentathlon World Cup event. Natalya who finished 6th at the Rio Olympic Games, fenced superbly well and solid performances in the swim and riding discipline gave her a 10 second advantage over Katie French going into the combined event. However it was the Briton who eventually came out on top with Natalya holding on for a magnificent silver medal. Afterwards, Natalya expressed her delight at realising the first World Cup medal in her career and looks forward to the mixed event on Sunday where she competes alongside 2015 European Champion, Arthur Lanigan-O'Keeffe: "It was a really good day, I swam 2sec better than in qualifying, so that was great and then I fenced really well. That set me up and I was a bit nervous for the Riding because it didn't go very well in Los Angeles, but I only had some time penalties and that was great. That put me 1st in the Laser-Run and I ended up 2nd, so I am delighted. I've never won a senior individual medal before. Now I get to have a rest tomorrow while Arthur [Lanigan-O'Keeffe] competes in the Men's Final and I can't wait for the Mixed Relay." Congratulations Natalya, great to see the many years of hard work paying off

Back to 12 guests now. Yeah, sounds about right

No idea, but they seem to be exploring a heap of different threads in the forum. Freaky Friday

I don't know what thread to put this in but currently there are 415 guests online!!!

The Babysitters Circus - Everything's Gonna Be Alright: Avalanche City - Sunset: Tom Walker - Just You And I:

Irish Sevens team win first leg of European Series The Irish men's rugby sevens team were in impressive form in the opening leg of the 2018 Rugby Europe Grand Prix Series, claiming victory in Moscow this afternoon. In a pool containing Germany, Portugal and Poland, the Irish negotiated the round robin phase with ease, scoring 97 points and without the concession of any points in reply. A quarter-final against Spain was next on the agenda with the Irish men booking their place in the semis in impressive fashion on a scoreline of 26-0. France lay in wait in the semis in what proved to be a one-sided affair, the Irish eventually coming out on top 31-0. The final saw Ireland face-off against their fellow Pool B opponents Germany and it was the Irish who came out victorious once again, claiming the title with a 28-7 win. Ireland conceded just one try throughout their six matches in the competition and put a total of 28 tries on their opponents. The win sees Ireland claim the maximum 20 points on offer in the first of 4 legs of the 2018 European Grand Prix Series - an event which serves as qualification for the Hong Kong Sevens in 2019 (a qualification event for the World Series).

Brilliant Bennett captures another Stage win at the Giro Ireland's Sam Bennett produced a winning sprint to claim the 12th stage of the Giro d'Italia, his second stage win of this year's race. In miserable weather conditions, Bennett looked in his element and took control with 400m to go, holding off van Poppel and Boifazio to claim the win. Bennett becomes the first Irishman since the great Seán Kelly to claim multiple stage wins in one of cycling's Grand Tours. The result also sees him consolidate his second place position in the race for the points jersey. Stage 12 - Finish

I hope so. Anything that sends out a signal to Israel to show how disgusted we are by their treatment of the Palestinian people gets my vote.

The War on Drugs - Strangest Thing Talos - Odyssey

Leinster claim record-equalling 4th European title Leinster will add a fourth gold star to their jersey next season after claiming a record-equalling fourth European crown in Bilbao, Spain yesterday evening. A late Nacewa strike from the boot secured a 15-12 victory for the Irish club over a resilient Racing 92. It was one of the most intense finals in recent years with Europe's top 2 clubs in 2018 going toe-to-toe for 80 minutes. In a game where both defences were firmly on top througout, neither try line was breached and in the end it was the kicking boot of Nacewa, who will retire at the end of the season, who separated the sides. It is a fourth European title for Leinster and first since 2011-12 season and they now sit alongside the mighty Toulouse as the most successful clubs in the history of European club rugby. The victory also sees Leinster coach Leo Cullen become the first to win the competition as a player and a coach, having won 3 European titles as a Leinster player. 21-year old James Ryan was awarded the man-of-the-match award in what has been an outstanding breakthrough season for the youngster - a Grand Slam and European Champions Cup medal at 21 years of age, an incredible achievement. European Titles by Club: Club No. of Titles Winning Years Toulouse 4 1996, 2003, 2005, 2010 Leinster 4 2009, 2011, 2012, 2018 Toulon 3 2013, 2014, 2015 Leicester Tigers 2 2001, 2002 Munster 2 2006, 2008 Saracens 2 2016, 2017 London Wasps 2 2004, 2007 Brive 1 1997 Northampton Saints 1 2000 Ulster 1 1999 Bath 1 1998

Ahh I remember this song from a post on the old site And thankfully something to help wash away the trash that is currently infecting my brain

I bet the rest of the world wold have voted for it too, sadly

But the thing is, a lovely, sophisticated song from Portugal (not my favourite either btw) won it an then we go back to this. Like, how the heck? It's hilarious though

Why don't we start our own contest..... I wonder what we would call it? How about TISC?

Israel wins, yay all is right with the world as Euovision is still as crazy as ever

Sweden 21 OMG!!