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
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
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
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
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
'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
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
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
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
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
Kerry toil and get the breaksKerry 2-10 Westmeath 1-12: MOVE ALONG, please, move along, nothing shocking here, no one famous dead on the qualifier floor, …Mon Jul 16 2012 - 01:00
Cork to put their name in quarter-final hatTHESE TWO sides meet for the first time since the 2004 All-Ireland semi-final when Cork fairly hammered Wexford, then Leinster…Sat Jul 14 2012 - 01:00
Outcome may just hinge on forward powerWHATEVER ABOUT the exact motivations behind James Horan’s decision to drop Conor Mortimer he can’t possibly have imagined it …Sat Jul 14 2012 - 01:00
Banner can overcome fatigue and LimerickHOW CAN two teams manage to pack so much into one season?Sat Jul 14 2012 - 01:00
Taylor holds on to start for SligoTHE TEMPTATION must have been to stick with a winning formula but Sligo have made just one minor adjustment for Sunday’s Connacht…Thu Jul 12 2012 - 01:00
O'Connor starts Cooper at full forwardTHEY MAY never have beaten Kerry in the championship if only because they’ve never actually met, but Jack O’Connor isn’t taking…Thu Jul 12 2012 - 01:00
OCI hold up 400m relay entryATHLETICS NEWS: IN A further twist to the selection controversy surrounding the women’s 4x400 metres relay team for London the…Wed Jul 11 2012 - 01:00
OCI looks for 'full clarification' of relay selectionATHLETICS IRELAND has been asked for “full clarification” of the selection process surrounding the women’s 4x400 metres relay…Tue Jul 10 2012 - 01:00
O'Rourke injury casts major doubt over Olympic participationATHLETICS: FOR AN Olympic send-off the anticipated fanfare around the National Championships in Santry yesterday either failed…Mon Jul 09 2012 - 01:00
Cuddihy's Olympic send-off falls flatATHLETICS/NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS: HOW MANY times must an athlete chase an Olympic A-standard before the time runs out? The answer…Mon Jul 09 2012 - 01:00
Colvert misses out on A-standard in SantryAthletics: A last, desperate case of so near and yet so far for Steven Colvert as his final quest to secure Olympic qualification…Sat Jul 07 2012 - 01:00
