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The Latest Breaking News from Mick McCarthy

Beyond Keane’s stick-it-up-your-bollocks, there isn’t much else to Saipan

Why is the film of Ireland’s 2002 World Cup falling-out not a documentary but a drama that takes liberties with events?

The Guardian - UK

Doomed lovers, high heels and The Odyssey: films to get excited about in 2026

Margot Robbie busts her corset in Wuthering Heights, the Devil Wears Prada sequel goes fashionably to war, and Christopher Nolan brings us a Greek epic. Plus much more in our pick of the best films coming to UK cinemas this year

The Guardian - UK

‘We are no longer apologising’: Éanna Hardwicke on Ireland’s cultural confidence and what it’s like to play Roy Keane

Currently on stage in a play that provoked riots, the rising Irish actor is also stepping into Keane’s boots to replay a notorious footballing feud. But, he says, his country feels more empowered than ever before

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The Biggest Bust-Ups Between Players and Managers

Physical and verbal confrontations are all too common between players and their managers.

Sports Illustrated

Mohamed Salah, Arne Slot Debacle Is Ugly—Liverpool Must Now Do What’s Necessary

The Egyptian’s outburst has sparked a civil war at Anfield. With the Premier League champions in crisis, they must back the right horse to move forward.

Sports Illustrated

An Ireland apart: How Roy Keane and Mick McCarthy's Saipan fallout went box office

Roy Keane and Mick McCarthy produced one of football’s most dramatic stories when they ripped into each other in the middle of the Pacific Ocean in 2002 – now the saga is being retold in a new movie that hits the cinemas in January

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Saipan filmmaker told he was going to ‘open old wounds’

The producer of the movie Saipan was told he was ‘mad’ to work on a film about the Irish team at the 2002 World Cup.

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It can get worse: Blackpool’s latest defeat recalls Mick McCarthy meme

Blackpool had high hopes in August under Steve Bruce but, now managerless, are second bottom of League One after losing at Stockport

The Guardian - UK

Ranked! The worst starts to a Premier League season - and it doesn't include Derby

Wolverhampton Wanderers have now lost their opening five Premier League games, but who has made the worst start to a season?

FourFourTwo

Saipan review – football scandal makes for thrilling big-screen drama

Steve Coogan and a knockout Éanna Hardwicke take on Mick McCarthy and Roy Keane in this involving workplace drama about a 2002 tabloid storm

The Guardian - US

Oscar-tipped Hamnet to premiere at BFI London Film Festival

The full programme includes a string of highly anticipated and star-studded titles.

Evening Standard

Saipan film to reopen old wounds between Roy Keane and Mick McCarthy ultras

Drama-biopic starring Steve Coogan will reignite a row that split Irish football fans but there are good signs for its artistic merit

The Guardian - UK

Suárez defies age and dodgy knees to set up PSG clash dripping in narrative

In today’s Football Daily: a 38-year-old Uruguayan who just keeps on rocking

The Guardian - UK

‘To play with Keane was an honour – it’s sad I get to deal with a pantomime villain now. Our relationship broke down, but I’d still like to put things to bed’: Ex-Liverpool man reflects on his Roy Keane ups and downs

Roy Keane and one former Liverpool player do not see eye-to-eye these days

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The National (Scotland)

Robbie Keane appointed head coach of Hungarian champions Ferencvaros

Former Republic of Ireland skipper Robbie Keane has been appointed head coach at Hungarian champions Ferencvaros.

The Independent UK

Robbie Keane appointed head coach of Hungarian champions Ferencvaros

The 44-year-old left Maccabi Tel Aviv in June last year.

The Guardian - UK

Guess the Premier League season from the nationality of the managers – quiz

The flags signal the nationality of each club’s manager on the final day of the season in the order the teams finished. Good luck!

The Guardian - UK

Will the grass be greener for Chido Obi-Martin at Manchester United?

In today’s Football Daily: Have Manchester United scored a pre-season victory over Arsenal after all?

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Roy Keane rant leads to utterly bizarre 'out of body experience' tale of drinking leftover soup in hotel corridor

Former Manchester United and Republic of Ireland midfielder Roy Keane has added another item to the list of things he hates

The Guardian - UK

Can Steve Coogan solve a feud that has gripped Irish football for decades?

In today’s Football Daily: get ready for the film adaptation of events in Saipan

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Roy Keane's infamous World Cup 2002 fallout with Mick McCarthy to be turned into a film

'Saipan' will focus on the training camp dispute that led to Ireland's captain walking away from the 2002 World Cup squad

The Guardian - UK

Offspring of Emile Heskey and Danny Mills remind us time waits for nobody

In today’s Football Daily: Rocky Flintoff, Jordan Belfort and a vexed Ruud van Nistelrooy

Evening Standard

Saipan: Steve Coogan to play Mick McCarthy in film about famous Roy Keane World Cup bust-up

The furious row between captain and manager in the run-up to the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea has become part of Irish football folklore

The Guardian - UK

Steve Coogan to play Mick McCarthy in film about bust-up with Roy Keane

Steve Coogan is to play Mick McCarthy in a film about the then Republic of Ireland manager’s bust-up with Roy Keane before the 2002 World Cup

The Independent UK

Steve Coogan to play ex-Ireland boss Mick McCarthy in film about Roy Keane bust-up

‘Saipan’ will tell the story of Keane’s departure, with the Alan Partridge star confirmed in the role of McCarthy

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