Super sporting SundayAn interesting congestion of sporting fixtures should have fans eagerly buying in rations of food and drink for Sunday October…Fri Sept 03 1999 - 01:00
Rookies get safety netYoung rookies eager to carve a living out of the professional golf tour may now receive grants to help them along in the difficult…Thu Sept 02 1999 - 01:00
African runners earn rewardsIf you care to look at ethnicity in sport, this week was a good oneMon Aug 30 1999 - 01:00
A day for reflecting on the positiveNo excuses needed. No spindoctoring exercises required from the Irish managementMon Aug 30 1999 - 01:00
Body beautifulRichard Casey says he has one of the best bodies in America - and no one in Ireland's caresSat Aug 28 1999 - 01:00
High on GAAWhat an interesting piece in the August edition of Gaelic Games magazine High BallSat Aug 28 1999 - 01:00
Crazy pavingThe Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, where this year's rugby World Cup final will be played, have devised an "Adopt a Paver" scheme…Sat Aug 28 1999 - 01:00
Leg overA bowls player from Derbyshire had to interrupt his crucial cup match recently when his artificial leg fell offSat Aug 28 1999 - 01:00
French pirates?America's Cup organisers have voiced concern over the alleged "cowboy attitude" of the second French boat in the prestigious …Sat Aug 28 1999 - 01:00
Quotes of the week"The kids were crying and saying there weren't nice things being said about themSat Aug 28 1999 - 01:00
Bad dayIt was a disappointing day for Ireland yesterday at the World Championship at St Catharines near Toronto in CanadaWed Aug 25 1999 - 01:00
A week of political footballYou could almost hear the terrifying silence around the sports departments of Europe when they were divvying out the work for…Mon Aug 23 1999 - 01:00
World recordThe World Athletics Championships, which started in Seville yesterday, will set a new record with 203 countries participating…Sat Aug 21 1999 - 01:00
Lee, Kiersey hit the wall firstShaved and tapered? Not really. Larded up and bouyant more likeMon Aug 16 1999 - 01:00
Davies steals the golfing weekIt was a week of dynamic phenomena, ejected matter and ionised plasma swirling around in the sun's shooting coronaMon Aug 16 1999 - 01:00
Baize battlesChief Executives at the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) could be forgiven recently for being fatalistic…Sat Aug 14 1999 - 01:00
Sports Speak - Quotes of week"Ireland is considered backwards internationally in terms of drug testing."Sat Aug 14 1999 - 01:00
Jockey fallsJockey Darryll Holland (above) appears to have gotten a roasting from trainer Mark Johnston because he had taken too much on …Sat Aug 14 1999 - 01:00
Age handicapWhat with the US PGA on this weekend, some of you may have polished up the clubs with dreams of turning that bit of usefulness…Sat Aug 14 1999 - 01:00
Hickey raises testing delaysThe Government and the Irish Sports Council (ISC) were the targets for severe criticism at a meeting yesterday between the Olympic…Fri Aug 13 1999 - 01:00
Bad wind blows at the BBCCaught Sailworld by mistake on Eurosport on Thursday. Just had to look in and see all that wealthMon Aug 09 1999 - 01:00
Smooth Ulster machine sweep Connacht asideThe sun on their backs, Galway Bay in the background and Ulster made hayMon Aug 09 1999 - 01:00
Giving them the slipThey say you haven't got a dog's chance of tackling a charging All Black if he is wearing one of the tight-fitting lycra bodysuits…Sat Aug 07 1999 - 01:00
Sports Speak: The Week In Quotes"He has two years left in his contract and I expect him to play with Leeds for the duration of that agreement."Sat Aug 07 1999 - 01:00
Upmarket AberdeenBritish Open winner Paul Lawrie is fortunate to live in AberdeenSat Aug 07 1999 - 01:00
Winning formulaBernie Ecclestone, the man who controls formula One racing, is once again demonstrating why he is one of the richest men in sport…Sat Aug 07 1999 - 01:00
End of an eraIrish Rugby League selectors have decided to axe Shaun Edwards, perhaps bringing to a close the career of one of the game's best…Sat Aug 07 1999 - 01:00
Small crowd, big moneyAthletics tried it and it failed with Donovan Bailey and Michael Johnson running against each other in the Toronto Sky Dome for…Sat Aug 07 1999 - 01:00
Rice keeps a cool head to master conditionsFrom Caddy to champion all in the space of a weekTue Aug 03 1999 - 01:00
Coughing up the truth on tobaccoThere was something disturbing about BBC presenter Michael Buerk sitting there in his hopelessly inadequate hospital pinafore…Mon Aug 02 1999 - 01:00
Threeball play themselves to top of the leaderboardPortmarnock's Paul Byrne surrendered nine shots between his morning and afternoon rounds yesterday in the Mullingar Friends First…Mon Aug 02 1999 - 01:00
Sports Speak: The week in quotes"I'm going to leave it to the new generation, to the crash-it-up robots that dominate the game."Sat Jul 31 1999 - 01:00
Lapping it upAppreciating that Swim Ireland are anxious to start off on a good footing, is it not unusual that the Irish National Championships…Sat Jul 31 1999 - 01:00
Among royaltyWhat exalted company our illustrious Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) president Pat Hickey is keepingSat Jul 31 1999 - 01:00
Having a ballThe ball Greg Norman used to win his first British Open in 1986 has been sold in Australia for US $13,000 at a charity auction…Sat Jul 31 1999 - 01:00
Geordie justiceNewcastle United have sacked a 17-year-old apprentice who tested positive for heroin last seasonSat Jul 31 1999 - 01:00
Millennium racesNext year's list of Irish race meetings carries an interesting fixture on January 1st which will, uniquely, make Tramore the …Sat Jul 31 1999 - 01:00
Money for all as sponsors pay upThe golf correspondent of this newspaper, Dermot Gilleece, once asked International Management Group (IMG) boss Mark McCormack…Thu Jul 29 1999 - 01:00
De Bruin threatens legal actionIn another wrangle involving Ireland's triple Olympic gold medallist, the new governing body for swimming, Swim Ireland, could…Tue Jul 27 1999 - 01:00
Price of historyWhat price history? Mark McGwire's record for the most home runs in a season left a lot of little people quite rich and others…Sat Jul 24 1999 - 01:00
Trophy honours CarrollThe 20th running of the Dublin City marathon on October 25th will be marked by the introduction of the Noel Carroll Perpetual…Wed Jul 21 1999 - 01:00
Neptune make it five in a rowIt would have been something a seismic shock had anything other than a Neptune win in the men's senior eights occurred at the…Mon Jul 19 1999 - 01:00
Self-supporting soccer starWhen Brandi Chastain whipped off the top half of her kit after scoring the winner for the United States in the women's World …Sat Jul 17 1999 - 01:00
Wood set to returnGarryowen's hopes of having Irish hooker Keith Wood back in Limerick next season will depend on ongoing discussions with the …Sat Jul 17 1999 - 01:00
De Bruin records to be omittedThe 36 Irish records currently held by Michelle de Bruin will not be acceptable to Swim Ireland, the new governing body for the…Sat Jul 17 1999 - 01:00
50-metre pool to be ready by next yearAfter years of debate and disagreement with various sports ministers, it was announced yesterday that Ireland's first 50-metre…Thu Jul 15 1999 - 01:00
Sampras joins the greatsWe were given a glimpse of Andre Agassi yesterday after Peter Sampras out-punched him, out-ran him, out-served him and played…Mon Jul 05 1999 - 01:00
Graf bids farewell to WimbledonWhen Steffi Graf walked into the post-match interview after playing her 31st Grand Slam final, no one had envisaged that her …Mon Jul 05 1999 - 01:00
