Horan to give three more years to MayoGAELIC GAMES: FOLLOWING A meeting last night between Mayo football manager James Horan and senior county board officers, it …Thu Oct 11 2012 - 01:00
Kilmacud bidding to end their long waitNEITHER CUALA nor Kilmacud Crokes will need any extra incentive going into Sunday’s Dublin hurling final – already billed as …Thu Oct 11 2012 - 01:00
Anomaly lets teams return earlierGAELIC GAMES : A GLARING anomaly in the GAA’s new rule on the so-called “closed season” will afford several counties the chance…Wed Oct 10 2012 - 01:00
Kilkenny big ball players go BritishKILKENNY HAVE opted out of the Allianz Football League for 2013 – bowing it seems to pressure and guidance from Croke Park after…Wed Oct 10 2012 - 01:00
McGuinness would consider full-time soccer jobTHERE WAS fresh speculation about the future of Jim McGuinness as Donegal football manager after he indicated yesterday he “would…Tue Oct 09 2012 - 01:00
Pity we're distracted by talk of doping and fixingATHLETICS: There is an enduring inspiration provided by the majority of Kenya’s distance runners, but that’s not where our focus…Sat Oct 06 2012 - 01:00
O'Dowd is Meath's preferred candidateTHE FILLING of managerial appointments continues as several more counties have now agreed their set-ups for next year – just …Thu Oct 04 2012 - 01:00
Galway top list with 14 as Kilkenny earn 12HURLING ALL-STARS NOMINATIONS: THEY MAY have lost the All-Ireland final, but Galway have out-scored Kilkenny with their number…Thu Oct 04 2012 - 01:00
Focus shifts to next year with tonight's championship drawNEWS ROUND-UP: IT SEEMS Donegal are only wrapping up their All-Ireland homecoming, and Kilkenny are only in the midst of theirs…Thu Oct 04 2012 - 01:00
Counihan offered two-year extensionGAA: Conor Counihan was last night offered a two-year extension to his term as Cork senior football manager, although his exact…Wed Oct 03 2012 - 01:00
Donegal earn 12 All Star nominationsGAELIC GAMES: ALL-IRELAND champions Donegal are poised for a record haul of All Stars if this year’s nominations are anything…Wed Oct 03 2012 - 01:00
Contented Cody makes his winter retreatGAELIC GAMES: ONE OF these days Brian Cody will surprise us all with a profound statement of content, that he’s had enough of…Tue Oct 02 2012 - 01:00
Cunningham rues chances that went a beggingSTILL SEARCHING for phrases, to sing their praises – because when you rage, rage against the machine, and the dying of the light…Mon Oct 01 2012 - 01:00
O'Shea to blend young and oldRARELY HAS an intercounty appointment been greeted with such unanimous approval, at least locally, although Eamon O’Shea has …Thu Sept 27 2012 - 01:00
O'Shea agrees to take control in TipperaryINTERCOUNTY MANAGERS: EAMON O’SHEA has been appointed Tipperary’s new hurling managerWed Sept 26 2012 - 01:00
Moran believes Mayo have the will to winHE THINKS hard, if not long, about the question, then Andy Moran dismisses any fears this latest All-Ireland final defeat might…Tue Sept 25 2012 - 01:00
Horan can still see brighter days aheadTHE DROWNING rain that sent them on their homecoming parade seemed perfectly suitable for their sorrows, if they hadn’t drowned…Tue Sept 25 2012 - 01:00
'They'll come back better players and better people'REACTION FROM THE MAYO CAMP: Even the iron heart feels the wrenching for Mayo football in this moment of defeatMon Sept 24 2012 - 01:00
Donegal take Sam home to the hillsDonegal: 2-11 Mayo: 0-13: Sam is heading back to the hills – a second coming of sorts for Donegal as All-Ireland football champions…Sun Sept 23 2012 - 01:00
English thriving on less-is-more approachATHLETICS: We should be glad he wasn’t lost to Gaelic football, but what’s Ireland’s most promising athlete doing at a university…Sat Sept 22 2012 - 01:00
Moore the merrier as he looks to improve for the replayVARIOUS THEORIES pursue the sporting stalemate – the team snatching a replay from the jaws of defeat having the advantage the…Tue Sept 11 2012 - 01:00
Replay reduction is just the ticketWHATEVER ABOUT driving up demand, the reduction in ticket prices for the All-Ireland hurling final replay will still drive up…Tue Sept 11 2012 - 01:00
'We weren't robbed in this game - not by a long shot'REACTION FROM THE KILKENNY CAMP: “SURE IT beats losing,” says Brian Cody, as good a phrase as any to start.Mon Sept 10 2012 - 01:00
Canning keeps calm to deny CatsGalway 2-13 Kilkenny 0-19: Inseparable from start to finish – and so the 2012 All-Ireland hurling final is headed for a replay…Sun Sept 09 2012 - 01:00
Hayes still driving towards ultimate goalIF HE sells cars half as well as he sells hurling then no wonder business is goodSat Sept 08 2012 - 01:00
Matthews and Cork still ascending a learning curveATHLETICS: After a season with the Cork hurlers, David Matthews still believes the ideal level of fitness for a Gaelic player…Sat Sept 08 2012 - 01:00
All Star score for Sunday: Kilkenny look to the Stars as Galway remain groundedFINAL STAND: It will be the last thing on the players’ minds, or at least should be, but All-Ireland final performances usually…Thu Sept 06 2012 - 01:00
'We threw the kitchen sink at it'REACTION FROM THE DUBLIN CAMP: PAT GILROY didn’t lie – at least about the levels of intensityMon Sept 03 2012 - 01:00
Dublin respond to wake-up callDublin 3-12 Kerry 1-10 EVERYONE SAID it would be easy, and for a while it wasMon Sept 03 2012 - 01:00
Finding the right path after the Olympic tempestATHLETICS: ONLY 1,434 more days until Rio, and another 10 more days until the release of Tempest: it doesn’t matter whether …Sat Sept 01 2012 - 01:00
Bolt sets meeting record in Zurich 200mATHLETICS/DIAMOND LEAGUE: NO WORLD records and still the Weltklasse in Zurich lived up to reputation, Usain Bolt defying the…Fri Aug 31 2012 - 01:00
Macauley happy to provide Dublin's mystery ingredientDUBLIN'S TITLE DEFENCE: SEVERAL WORDS have been thrown up to best describe the role of Michael Dara Macauley in this Dublin …Tue Aug 28 2012 - 01:00
Staying on: Daly ready to continue with DublinAnthony Daly will continue as Dublin senior hurling manager for at least one more seasonTue Aug 28 2012 - 01:00
Brogan set to return for Mayo showdownIF THE general consensus is that Dublin have yet to ignite in the defence of their All-Ireland football title, then the return…Tue Aug 28 2012 - 01:00
Meath make most of penalty decisionALL-IRELAND MFC SEMI-FINAL: Meath 2-10 Mayo 1-11: SO THAT’S another verse of Meath’s redemption song complete, and if making…Mon Aug 27 2012 - 01:00
'The stakes were very, very high, in the players' minds'It’s all beginning to make sense, the mind of Jim McGuinness as clear and readable right now as an open bookMon Aug 27 2012 - 01:00
Clare holding all the acesUNDER-21 HURLING: THIS CLARE under-21 team has already denied Tipperary a clean sweep of Munster hurling titles this season …Sat Aug 25 2012 - 01:00
Champions to face stern test from KilkennyUNDER-21 HURLING: WHAT A delicious-looking appetiser for next month’s senior showdown between these same two counties, although…Sat Aug 25 2012 - 01:00
Redemption road beckons for MeathTHE ROAD to redemption for both teams continues here, after losing their respective provincial finals – Meath to Dublin, and …Sat Aug 25 2012 - 01:00
Usain bolts home as Blake shows claws in LausanneATHLETICS: WHATEVER USAIN Bolt ends up running or jumping in Rio in four years time he still looks a long way off slowing down…Fri Aug 24 2012 - 01:00
Ryan unable to raise the barOlympics: Deirdre Ryan was unable to repeat her heroic jumping of 12 months ago as a place in the Olympic final proved beyond…Thu Aug 09 2012 - 01:00
Heffernan warms up well for 50kOlympics 20km walk : A typically courageous effort from Robert Heffernan wasn’t good enough to keep him in the medal hunt in…Sat Aug 04 2012 - 01:00
British racers run out of roadOlympic Road Race : No disguising the feeling of anti-climax here, not even behind the Mark Cavendish masks that some of the…Sat Jul 28 2012 - 01:00
Coulter ready to face DonegalWHETHER HE actually starts is not certain, but Benny Coulter has pronounced himself fit for Sunday’s Ulster football final against…Wed Jul 18 2012 - 01:00
Kilkenny back to full strengthLURKING BEHIND the joviality that marked the announcement of the All-Ireland hurling qualifier series came the news that Kilkenny…Wed Jul 18 2012 - 01:00
Geraghty would be happy to take any luck going on SundayCHAMPIONSHIP 2012 NEWS: WHEN GRAHAM Geraghty admits “a bit of luck” is required to win a Leinster football title – not only …Wed Jul 18 2012 - 01:00
O'Sullivan in race to face old rivalsGAELIC GAMES ALL-IRELAND SFC HE EFFECTIVELY turned the game during his 25-minute cameo against Westmeath and the pressure is…Tue Jul 17 2012 - 01:00
Couples united in their passion for successATHLETICS : Romance is often not far from the sports field as highly driven athletes fall for each otherMon Jul 16 2012 - 01:00
'It looked like we were going out of the championship'MATCH REACTION: When the losing manager lists several reasons why he thinks his team should have won then he can’t be completely…Mon Jul 16 2012 - 01:00
