The Pentagon has launched a review of the AUKUS partnership, which will provide Australia with nuclear-powered submarines.

During the month of June, several WNBA teams are going to be losing key players as they head overseas to compete in this summer’s Eurobasket. A few teams, such as the Golden State Valkyries, have made roster moves accordingly. For the Los Angeles Sparks, they will be losing Julie Allemand to Eurobasket. On Thursday, the […]

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The Indiana Pacers took control of the 2025 NBA Finals with a thrilling 116-107 victory in Game 3 over the Oklahoma City Thunder, led by a near triple-double from Tyrese Haliburton and a breakout performance from Bennedict Mathurin. But Haliburton’s post game comment may have hit fans harder than anything that happened on the court. […]

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The Dallas Wings may have lost 93-80 to the Phoenix Mercury on Wednesday night, but Paige Bueckers was unstoppable. The Wings rookie set a new WNBA career-high with 35 points in the defeat. Dallas now holds a 1-10 record, but Bueckers, who had missed four consecutive games before Wednesday’s affair, reminded everyone why she was […]

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The Indiana Pacers are now up 2-1 in the NBA Finals after taking Game 3 against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday night. The Pacers’ first home Finals game in 25 years did not disappoint as this back-and-forth battle was entertaining all night long, and the home crowd got to celebrate a victory. The Pacers […]

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DESPITE suffering Croke Park heartbreak for the second year on the spin, Podge Delaney is keen for Laois to make the most of their chance to prove that they are no average Joes.

Last Sunday’s loss to Kildare condemned the O’Moore men to a fourth consecutive season in the Joe McDonagh Cup.

But the 2025 campaign is not yet over for Tommy Fitzgerald’s side, who face Tipperary in the All-Ireland SHC preliminary quarter-finals this weekend.

As Laois discovered in their defeat to Wexford at the same stage last year, regrouping to take on top-tier opposition so soon after failing to achieve the ultimate objective is a tall order.

Experienced defender Delaney said: “It can be tricky. It’s a quick turn-around, especially after losing. It can be a lot easier after a win and you have momentum behind you. 

“But at the end of the day, it’s a Championship game and you’re putting on the Laois jersey.

“You want to do yourself proud as well. We don’t get too many years to do it so it’s another Championship game where we’d like to put in a good performance.”

As the only Joe McDonagh team to have won a game in the Liam MacCarthy Cup since the competitions were linked, Laois remain the benchmark when it comes to mixing it with the big boys.

Delaney was a member of the side who stunned Dublin in 2019, before going on to be beaten by eventual champions Tipp when an All-Ireland semi-final spot was up for grabs.

While riding the crest of a wave, respectable performances were also produced by recent McDonagh winners such as Antrim, Carlow and Offaly.

However, as evidenced by an average losing margin of 24 points, it has proven more difficult for the beaten finalists to get back on the horse.

Still, Delaney said: “It’s nice to get the opportunity to play the top teams as well. Back in 2019 we beat Dublin, so there’s scope there to win games and have a real cut off bigger teams. 

“It’s definitely a lot easier when you win the final but we’ll pick ourselves back up again and go again on Saturday.”

Although the teams were level at half-time, Laois were left to rue their first-half wides tally of 11 against Kildare as they sought to atone for losing last year’s final to Offaly.

Things were looking good nonetheless as Paddy Purcell netted to give them a 1-11 to 0-11 just seconds after the restart. However, they were outscored by 2-15 to 0-8 thereafter as the Lilywhites sealed a ten-point triumph.

Delaney reflected: “I think in the second half we kind of just fell away from the game. I don’t know what it was. Even at half-time and after we got the goal, I thought we had scope to push on. But we just kind of fell away. 

“Kildare are obviously a savage team as well with savage, fit players, unbelievable hurlers as well. They got on top of us in the second half and we couldn’t claw it back.”

Prior to this season, Kildare had never won a game at that level. Laois, who competed in the Leinster SHC as recently as 2022, were favourites to seal their return.

Delaney added: “They had a bit of freedom. I suppose we gave them a bit too much freedom on the field as well. But look, they’re a great team. 

“What they’re after doing in the last year is brilliant. I’m working up in Kildare so I can see first-hand the work that’s going into hurling up there. It’s brilliant to see it.”

Laois will have home advantage on Saturday for a meeting with a Tipperary team they encounter regularly in challenge matches.

Delaney said: “We’ve played them nearly every year for the last few years. We know they’re a savage outfit. 

“We’ll just be hoping we can put in a good performance to give the fans that were up in Dublin the other day something to cheer about, because we feel like we kind of let them down.”

CHRISSY McKAIGUE knows great expectations have changed the Derry narrative but insists they can still win the big one.

The Oak Leaf were seen as serious Sam contenders after winning back-to-back Ulster SFC titles in 2023 and, under Mickey Harte in 2024, the NFL.

But their Championship hopes unravelled last year as Donegal stunned them in Ulster and All-Ireland group-stage losses to Galway and Armagh followed.

They survived to dismiss Mayo on penalties in the preliminary quarter-finals before Kerry ended their misery in the last eight and Harte walked.

McKaigue also called it quits as Paddy Tally took the reins for this year — but they are yet to win a game under him.

A group draw against Galway has kept them alive ahead of Saturday’s final round against Dublin.

McKaigue remembers playing Division 4 football in 2019 but their revival raised the bar.

He said: “Expectation is a wonderful thing and it’s often created by a world outside the bubble itself.

“There has been a narrative created that Derry’s senior footballers had the worst season ever last year.

“I can accurately remember many poorer years for Derry in the Championship but last year was sort of built up into this catastrophe of a year.

“It was more so we didn’t meet expectations. I’m not saying that everyone follows that narrative, but I felt Mickey Harte last year got a lot of scrutiny that was a wee bit over the top at times.”

Still, the 2022 All-Star believes Tally can take them all the way for the first time since 1993.

He added: “I still feel that Derry are a contender for Sam Maguire.

“Maybe not this year in the same capacity as last year but do I feel this Derry squad will have the potential to be a contender for Sam Maguire in the next number of years.

“Derry have a fair bit of talent and probably a nice enough age profile in that squad too that would suggest that they’re still going to be knocking there or thereabouts the next number of years.

“I feel that the underage in Derry is really strong and you’ll probably be yet to see a couple of the players that I’d be really excited about.

“From a Derry perspective, that’s really pleasing because for a long number of years as we know, we weren’t anywhere near that level.”

l  CHRISSY McKAIGUE was speaking at the 2025 Electric Ireland GAA All- Ireland Minor Championship launch

Pictured is former Electric Ireland Minor Championship star Chrissy McKaigue of Derry at the 2025 Electric Ireland GAA All-Ireland Minor Championship Launch. This summer, Electric Ireland will use their social channels to spotlight players from across the Championships, in their ‘Parent Point of View’ series highlighting the major impact that playing Minor can have on players and their families #ThisIsMajor.

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