Duo chasing a defining doubleAthletics/5,000 metres final: It's already destined for the history books, a battle for the ages and a race certain to provide…Sat Aug 28 2004 - 01:00
Polish walker claims fourth gold of career50km walk: With the possible exception of the winner there haven't been a set of Olympic medals won more exhaustively in Athens…Sat Aug 28 2004 - 01:00
Time for a more fitting Olympic memoryThe next-to-last Irish athlete in action in Athens - Marie Davenport - goes to the start line of the 10,000 metres with some …Fri Aug 27 2004 - 01:00
El Guerrouj retains double incentiveAthletics There are only two unwritten rules for those blessed with the press seats that almost touch the finishing line at …Thu Aug 26 2004 - 01:00
Irish duo facing an arduous challengeAthletics Irish round-up Alistair Cragg is facing the world-record holder. Mark Carroll has got the world championWed Aug 25 2004 - 01:00
Lee can earn medal shotBoxing Four rounds, two minutes each, and a Cameroonian boxer named Hassan Ndam Njikam are all that stand between Andy Lee and…Sat Aug 21 2004 - 01:00
Lombard may lose track timesCathal Lombard will lose his Irish 10,000-metre record and possibly all his track times recorded over the past two seasons as…Wed Aug 11 2004 - 01:00
Athlete's excuses win little support2004 OLYMPICS/Cathal Lombard's positive drugs test: Reaction to Cathal Lombard's claim that he used erythropoietin (EPO) to "…Tue Aug 10 2004 - 01:00
Sports Council targeted LombardConfirmation that the Irish Sports Council had targeted Cathal Lombard for testing has added further proof that his breakthrough…Tue Aug 10 2004 - 01:00
Beat Tyrone or join themAll-Ireland SFC Quarter-finals: Towards the end of the new Woody Allen movie, Anything Else, there's a line that reflects the…Sat Aug 07 2004 - 01:00
McCambridge gets good news call she had been praying forATHLETICS/Olympic Games: Shortly after four o'clock yesterday afternoon Maria McCambridge got a phone call from Pat Hickey, …Sat Aug 07 2004 - 01:00
McCambridge makes personal appeal to OCIATHLETICS: In an effort to rekindle some glimmer of hope of fulfilling her Olympic dream, Maria McCambridge yesterday made personal…Fri Aug 06 2004 - 01:00
Griffin aims to boost standardsGaelic Games Food supplements: Clare hurler Tony Griffin is behind a new sports nutrition company that aims to tackle the growing…Wed Aug 04 2004 - 01:00
Heartbreak for Olympic hopefulAthletics News: As seemed inevitable, an Irish athlete, Maria McCambridge, has run the qualifying time for Athens after the …Mon Aug 02 2004 - 01:00
Shaken out of complacencyAll-Ireland SFC Qualifiers, round four/Laois v Tyrone : Capturing the current mood of the Tyrone footballers involves a bit …Sat Jul 31 2004 - 01:00
Tyrone have tunnel vision for titleLaois v Tyrone: If there are two extreme states of physical and mental condition in sport then they will probably come to Croke…Sat Jul 31 2004 - 01:00
Cragg sets personal best as Gebrselassie winsATHLETICS/London Grand Prix: How fitting that Haile Gebrselassie should provide the exhilarating climax to the London Grand …Sat Jul 31 2004 - 01:00
Dublin fired up on home frontDublin v Roscommon: This is a game with enough characters and sub-plots to interest film director Robert AltmanSat Jul 31 2004 - 01:00
Hopefuls get final run-outATHLETICS/News round-up: Two weeks before the opening ceremony in Athens, several Irish athletes are now primed for their final…Fri Jul 30 2004 - 01:00
Death of an Irish Olympic championATHLETICS/Bob Tisdall: The 400 metres hurdles champion Bob Tisdall - whose name will be forever associated with Ireland's Olympic…Thu Jul 29 2004 - 01:00
Lyons and his Dubs are back in townAll-Ireland SFC qualifiers: "Oh, is it?" questions Tommy Lyons when told Croke Park is going to sell out for Sunday's double…Thu Jul 29 2004 - 01:00
Still no tests at training groundsNo intercounty team has yet been subjected to an out-of-competition doping test, some two months after they were due to start…Wed Jul 28 2004 - 01:00
Irrepressible - and crazy for the battleInterviews with Shane Curran and Chris Conway: Not for the first time this season the Roscommon footballers are looking to Shane…Wed Jul 28 2004 - 01:00
Time and scars of battle conspire against LaoisAs if the time for recovery wasn't short enough, beaten Leinster finalists Laois have a litany of injuries ahead of Sunday's …Tue Jul 27 2004 - 01:00
O Se's alchemy brings gold once moreLeinster SFC Final He'd said his few words for television and got a fair wrestling from the Westmeath supporters, but the first…Mon Jul 26 2004 - 01:00
Looking in the glass and finding it half fullLeinster SFC Final Replay: When they came within 60 seconds of losing their Leinster title the Laois footballers had reason …Sat Jul 24 2004 - 01:00
Mind games unlikely to matter against Derry powerLimerick v Derry: Whatever about the pros and cons of the qualifier route, the Limerick footballers find themselves in the unenviable…Sat Jul 24 2004 - 01:00
Olympic contingent in need of a positive send-off from SantryATHLETICS/National Championships: It could be just bad timing but there won't be much pre-Olympic optimism floating around the…Sat Jul 24 2004 - 01:00
Back injury still hinders O'SullivanAthletics News Injury continues to hamper Gillian O'Sullivan's preparations for the Athens Olympics, just three weeks before…Fri Jul 23 2004 - 01:00
Last-eight draw is delayed for a weekThe four provincial champions will have to wait until next Monday week to find out their opposition for the All-Ireland football…Fri Jul 23 2004 - 01:00
Cody gets off with a 'severe' warningThe chairman of the Games Administration Committee (GAC) has defended the decision to issue Kilkenny manager Brian Cody with …Wed Jul 21 2004 - 01:00
McCarthy's impressive form earns Cork recallTimmy McCarthy is back in the Cork team for Sunday's All-Ireland hurling quarter-final at Croke ParkWed Jul 21 2004 - 01:00
Returning to familiar groundChampionship 2004 Football Qualifiers: Ian O'Riordan talks to Fermanagh manager Charlie Mulgrew and his Donegal counterpart…Wed Jul 21 2004 - 01:00
GAC may make example of CodyGaelic Games: Kilkenny manager Brian Cody is expected to feel some of the brunt of the GAA's growing dissatisfaction with criticism…Tue Jul 20 2004 - 01:00
Moran never lost faith in Derry's abilityFresh it seems from their 11-point win over Wexford last Saturday evening, the Derry footballers were back training last night…Tue Jul 20 2004 - 01:00
Limerick's worst fears confirmedThe details of the fourth and final round of the All-Ireland football qualifiers have confirmed Limerick's worst fears - their…Tue Jul 20 2004 - 01:00
Race on for last spotsATHLETICS/Olympic qualification trail: Twenty-eight days before Athens becomes the centre of the sporting world, the handful…Fri Jul 16 2004 - 01:00
Sweeney banking on ratification as Athens deadline loomsAthletics: Seven days before the revised deadline for Olympic qualification, discus thrower Nicky Sweeney remains fully confident…Tue Jul 13 2004 - 01:00
All calm about refereeing after the stormMunster SFC Final Quotes: There's a sort of calm silence inside dressing-room number two, and as the Kerry players filter …Mon Jul 12 2004 - 01:00
This Limerick expect more than brave defeatMunster SFC Final: Limerick v Kerry, Gaelic Grounds, tomorrow, 4Sat Jul 10 2004 - 01:00
Record numbers to attend GAA tiesGaelic Games: It is by some accounts the only place to be seen this weekend, with some of the best bands in the world coming…Sat Jul 10 2004 - 01:00
Total recall the spur for sharpshooter McCarthySFC Qualifier Round Three: Ian O'Riordan finds Wayne McCarthy eager as ever to again wear the blue with distinctionSat Jul 10 2004 - 01:00
Santry finals mark Cragg's debut on adopted home soilAthletics News: The future of Irish distance running, Alistair Cragg, was on his adopted home soil yesterday for the launch …Fri Jul 09 2004 - 01:00
Managers make light of pressure situationGAELIC GAMES/Munster and Ulster SF Finals: Only when the two managers sat side by side did the even split in expectations become…Thu Jul 08 2004 - 01:00
Cody forced to adaptAll-Ireland champions Kilkenny have made two changes for Sunday's do-or-die hurling qualifier against Galway at ThurlesThu Jul 08 2004 - 01:00
McEniff points to Armagh lessonWhen Brian McEniff was landed with, rather than handed, the job as Donegal football manager, 10 years after delivering the county…Thu Jul 08 2004 - 01:00
Ryan's double still not enoughAthletics: Gary Ryan stood next to the barrier of the Mardyke track, the sweat on his face diluted by rain, his heart still …Mon Jul 05 2004 - 01:00
Reinventing the formulaThose who've ever tried playing the same trick in quick succession can relate to the Wexford hurlers right nowSat Jul 03 2004 - 01:00
McCabe battling to be fit for Derry tieALL-IRELAND SFC QUALIFIER: Sentimentality is not a weakness frequently ascribed to Eamonn Coleman, yet he can't help getting…Fri Jul 02 2004 - 01:00
