Five Ringed CircusPirates Paradise smoked out : THE Chinese have always been self-sufficient and enterprising, although in Beijing, Olympic fans…Wed Aug 20 2008 - 01:00
Seoul sister Mutola brings us tracking back the yearsOLYMPIC TV VIEW: Seeing Maria on screen was one of the high points of these Games.Sat Aug 16 2008 - 01:00
Spanish get it wrong againFIVE RINGED CIRCUS : THE SPANISH basketball team have been criticised by the IOC for their ill-conceived newspaper advert ahead…Sat Aug 16 2008 - 01:00
Five Ringed CircusWeaire, Phelan inspire Cube THE Water Cube, the groundbreaking development of the National Aquatic Centre in Beijing, is based…Wed Aug 13 2008 - 01:00
Weightlifters tipped to lead way in shame statisticsBETTING: WEIGHTLIFTING IS the sport of choice for cheats. So say the bookmakers.Thu Aug 07 2008 - 01:00
Golden days when our Cup almost ran overON TENNIS EVERY SPORT has a particular claim or boastWed Jul 23 2008 - 01:00
Ireland hoping to find rich vein againTENNIS: GIVEN THE way their Davis Cup match against Morocco turned out the last time Ireland stepped onto the carpet at Fitzwilliam…Fri Jul 18 2008 - 01:00
Nadal wins a classic, scintillating finalTHEY WILL talk about this one for years. It had swings. It had rain delaysMon Jul 07 2008 - 01:00
Nadal conquers in scintillating finalTENNIS: THERE WAS a point midway through the third set when fans looked to the malevolent skies funnelling over southwest London…Mon Jul 07 2008 - 01:00
Irish claim on Dellacqua would not be overly tribalON TENNIS: There is after all some Irish - and particularly Galway - interest in the main draw at WimbledonWed Jun 25 2008 - 01:00
Murray mania more hype than realistic hopeWIMBLEDON: THERE ARE some people in London who believe the world number one Roger Federer and his possible nemesis Rafael Nadal…Mon Jun 23 2008 - 01:00
Springbok Smal joins Kidney's coaching teamDECLAN KIDNEY has added a new name to his Ireland back room team with the appointment of former Springbok, and World Cup winning…Fri Jun 20 2008 - 01:00
McGahan is handed the task of leading Munster forwardRUGBY: TONY McGAHAN yesterday continued the successful relationship Munster have cultivated with Australian coaches over the…Thu Jun 19 2008 - 01:00
Munster faced with a very French campaignRUGBY EUROPEAN CUP AS SOON as the Heineken European Cup draw was made yesterday in Dublin's Ballsbridge, the Munster CEO, Garret…Wed Jun 18 2008 - 01:00
Sense of déjà vu as provinces pooled with familiar foesMUNSTER WILL reacquaint themselves with Clermont Auvergne while Leinster again meet Edinburgh at the pool stages in next season…Wed Jun 18 2008 - 01:00
Ivanovic unlikely to choke on this occasionTennis : WHEN DINARA Safina was 14 years old her older brother Marat was winning the US Open title in New York.Sat Jun 07 2008 - 01:00
Confident Monfils eyes final spotTENNIS: JUST WHAT Gael Monfils will make of Roger Federer standing across the net from him in the most famous court in France…Fri Jun 06 2008 - 01:00
Dementieva wobbles then buckles under pressureTENNIS FRENCH OPEN: IN AN interview conducted by an American magazine two years ago Russia's Elena Dementieva was asked about…Thu Jun 05 2008 - 01:00
New kids slam door on former powersON TENNIS: The European revolution could have benefits for Ireland in years to comeWed Jun 04 2008 - 01:00
Bree cleared by Fina to compete in BeijingSWIMMING NEWS ANDREW BREE, Ireland's only swimmer with an A standard time for this year's Olympic Games in Beijing, will be …Fri May 30 2008 - 01:00
De Villiers includes 11 black players in squadSPRINGBOK COACH Peter de Villiers has selected an unprecedented 11 black players in his 30-man squad for Test matches against…Fri May 30 2008 - 01:00
New Zealand squad contains nine uncapped playersALL BLACK coach Graham Henry may use the three-Test matches against Ireland (June 7th) and England (June 14th and 21st) to have…Thu May 29 2008 - 01:00
Twin Leona enters the record booksWOMEN'S CLOSE CHAMPIONSHIP THERE WAS no need to refer to the history books yesterday at WestportThu May 22 2008 - 01:00
Leona takes her turn to enter record booksWOMEN'S CLOSE CHAMPIONSHIP THERE WAS no need to refer to the history books yesterday at WestportThu May 22 2008 - 01:00
Low-key finale not without its subplotsAS LEINSTER backs Fionn Carr and Ian Keatley move west and scrumhalf Frank Murphy returns to Ireland from Leicester Tigers for…Fri May 09 2008 - 01:00
The final curtain call for Humphreys"YOUV'E GOT to look at it as the glass half full, don't you," says Ulster and Ireland's David HumphreysFri May 09 2008 - 01:00
Fringe players get last chance to stake claimMAGNERS LEAGUE: DRAGONS BEAT their Welsh rivals Ospreys on Tuesday night to guarantee they will finish above Connacht in the…Fri May 09 2008 - 01:00
Dunne sets his sights on shot at world titleBOXING NEWS DUBLIN'S BERNARD Dunne has given himself 12 months to land a crack at a world championship fight following a surprise…Thu May 08 2008 - 01:00
Free weekend in Butlins lives long in Ruane's memoryTENNIS INTERVIEW WITH CAITRÍONA RUANE: Sinn Féin Assembly member Caitríona Ruane recalls her successful tennis careerWed May 07 2008 - 01:00
Kidney in balancing actMAGNERS LEAGUE PREVIEWS/Llanelli V Munster : MUNSTER ARE not about to cough up another Magners League match in the way they …Sat May 03 2008 - 01:00
Ulster out to complete missionUlster V Glasgow: WELL AFTER Ulster's winning match against Munster in Belfast in midweek, coach Matt Williams expressed significant…Sat May 03 2008 - 01:00
Connacht might be able to do Leinster a big favourRUGBY MAGNERS LEAGUE CONNACHT v CARDIFF: IN THEORY, if Cardiff earn 10 points from their final two games and Leinster get no…Fri May 02 2008 - 01:00
Brown bows out of international sceneMEN'S HOCKEY NEWS: IRISH CAPTAIN Paddy Brown has announced his retirement from the international hockey scene after nearly a…Fri May 02 2008 - 01:00
Ulster facing a formidable taskCardiff V Ulster GIVEN ULSTER'S patchy form, a win this evening against the second -placed team in the league is a long shot…Sat Apr 19 2008 - 01:00
Ospreys equipped to avail of an ideal opportunityMunster V Ospreys NEITHER SIDE have serious Magner's League ambitionsSat Apr 19 2008 - 01:00
Dunne makes way for NathanMAGNERS LEAGUE - Dragons V Connacht: CONNACHT HAVE made just one change to the side that lost to Ulster in Belfast last Friday…Fri Apr 18 2008 - 01:00
Surprise package Monkstown may turn a few more headsMEN'S HOCKEY: IF THE season had gone as most expected it to go, we would be watching either Three Rock Rovers or Lisnagarvey…Fri Apr 18 2008 - 01:00
Outhalf looking forward to Ulster returnIAN HUMPHREYS will leave Leicester Tigers at the end of the season and return to Ulster on a two-year dealThu Apr 17 2008 - 01:00
Irish fans are in for a rare summer treat at BelfieldHOCKEY: PAKISTAN, BRITAIN and Canada are the three teams to face the men's Irish side this summer in the Setanta Sport Trophy…Wed Apr 16 2008 - 01:00
Bree looks to Fina for mercySWIMMING: ANDREW BREE, the Olympic Games-qualified swimmer, has thrown himself at the mercy of world governing body Fina's disciplinary…Wed Apr 16 2008 - 01:00
RFU eye a novel romanceRUGBY: IT COULD be a glittering, romance-filled launch and the start of a relationship that could burn brightly foreverWed Apr 16 2008 - 01:00
Rock v Wanderers winner takes it allMEN'S HOCKEY COLUMN : IN A WINNER-takes-all scenario, Three Rock Rovers make the short journey to Serpentine Avenue, where they…Fri Apr 11 2008 - 01:00
Williams puts pressure on refereeMAGNERS LEAGUE : MICHAEL BRADLEY and his players probably looked at the run-in to the end of the Magners League and said 'well…Fri Apr 11 2008 - 01:00
Monkstown dump out LisnagarveyMEN'S HOCKEY : MONKSTOWN WILL play Pembroke Wanderers in the Irish Senior Cup finalMon Apr 07 2008 - 01:00
Monkstown aim for another upsetMEN'S HOCKEY IRISH SENIOR CUP: MONKSTOWN HAVE to cast their minds back to the side-burned days of the 1970s for the last time…Fri Apr 04 2008 - 01:00
