As a French team that arguably shouldn’t even have been at the World Cup returns home, the inquest into who was to blame begins.
BY DAMIEN EDGAR
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David Beckham at the World Cup
Illustration by Niall Mooney
SPORT: Queen’s rowers triumph over Trinity
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
SPORT: Nine medals for QUB rowers
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.
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OPINION: Let the voices of those who matter lead Northern Ireland football anthem debate
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
SPORT: Luck of the euro draw for Ireland?
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
SPORT: QUB Boxing Club travel to Dublin to fight
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