There’s too much at stake for the Premier League not to finishKeith Duggan: It's not only matters at the top that make voiding the league impossibleSat May 02 2020 - 06:00
Enda McNulty on standing guard at the door of your own mindFormer Armagh player talks to Keith Duggan about advice, learnings and lifeSat May 02 2020 - 06:00
Joe Burrow’s speed-of-light ascent is every bit of the American dreamFrom back-up quarterback to Heisman Trophy winner to No 1 pick in the NFL draftSat Apr 25 2020 - 08:00
Hair cuts to square cuts: How cricket became part of life in BallaghaderreenClub has survived through thick and thin in the famous football border townSat Apr 25 2020 - 06:00
Michael Jordan set to have centre stage all to himself once again10-part documentary on basketball star’s final season with Chicago Bulls starts on SundaySat Apr 18 2020 - 08:00
Is it even fair to ask GAA players to perform in empty stadiums?It’s one of the many questions that the GAA must ask ahead of any Championship actionSat Apr 18 2020 - 08:00
Two Irish sporting evangelists wait out the storm in the city that doesn’t sleepJohn Riordan and Simon Gillespie on life in New York during the coronavirus pandemicSat Apr 11 2020 - 06:00
FAI may have stumbled on right choice again in Stephen KennyDubliner confident that Ireland can develop a more expressive football styleSat Apr 11 2020 - 06:00
My favourite sporting moment: Donegal and Kildare’s high summer street operaAn unexpected epic of an All-Ireland quarter-final provides magic escapism in July 2011Mon Apr 06 2020 - 06:00
Sideline Cut: The fascinating final chapter in Tiger’s tale left in limbo for nowNext week we should have all been transfixed with sport’s version of the Truman ShowSat Apr 04 2020 - 11:06
Pat Critchley: ‘You teach or coach the person first and the subject or the game second’A lifetime in the classroom and on the sidelines has brought rich dividends for Laois manSat Apr 04 2020 - 06:00
A beautiful, happy accident - Moneyball is the best sports movie everA gorgeous study of human frailty and the ways in which people are under-valuedSat Mar 28 2020 - 10:00
Coronavirus: Galwegians adjust to a new traffic-free realityOn a sunny Thursday in Salthill’s near-empty promenade, the mood is quiet and terseSat Mar 28 2020 - 06:00
Nicholas Quinn: ‘Swimming became how I dealt with grief’Olympic swimmer on the tragic death of his father and his dilemma over postponement of GamesSat Mar 28 2020 - 06:00
Sideline Cut: He had to ask himself the hardest question: Could I be missing Pat Spillane?Absence starkly illuminates the real point and genius behind the GAASat Mar 21 2020 - 07:00
St Jarlath’s legacy continues to course through veins of Galway footballMayo’s history also richly endowed by the Tuam school’s glorious contribution to the gameSat Mar 14 2020 - 06:00
Cheltenham's horsey set unmoved by some poxy little global pandemicOutside world can only look on aghast as festival continues amid coronavirus crisisFri Mar 13 2020 - 17:20
Morality of holding the Olympic Games now seriously open to questionWorldwide battle to contain coronavirus means organisers have a huge call to makeSat Mar 07 2020 - 09:00
The Boys in Green: ‘It felt as if we had been in recession my entire life when Italia ’90 happened’A new two-part documentary looks back on Ireland and the Jack Charlton eraSat Mar 07 2020 - 06:00
Galway far from perfect but do enough to stay in the mixCork exit the league quietly after one campaign despite putting it up to their hostsSun Mar 01 2020 - 17:09
Sun Yang both casualty and culprit but China will move onWhat chance did swimmer have in country with such warped attitude to doping?Sat Feb 29 2020 - 09:00
Allianz Hurling League: Previews, throw-ins and verdictsKeith Duggan looks at the final round of games in Division 1A and 1BSat Feb 29 2020 - 06:00
After Tuam humbling and injury toll, can Tyrone turn the tide?Mickey Harte’s side have been pushed out to 20/1 for the All-Ireland and now meet DublinSat Feb 29 2020 - 06:00
Galway’s ‘massacre of a beating’ on Tyrone a statement of intent to DublinPadraic Joyce’s side’s irresistible attacking display yielded 2-25 in Tuam StadiumMon Feb 24 2020 - 06:00
Galway prove their winning quality with Tyrone demolitionVisitors to Tuam suffer heaviest defeat in the Mickey Harte era as Tribesmen flourishSun Feb 23 2020 - 18:15
Keeping Donegal on the road to success a costly businessCounty chairman McGrath battled to keep spending on team under the €1m mark in 2019Sat Feb 22 2020 - 07:00
Keith Duggan: Liverpool’s charming man casting a shadow over GuardiolaChampions League success now an imperative for Guardiola and Manchester CitySat Feb 22 2020 - 06:00
Ministerial disregard for Irish basketball symptomatic of shameful history of neglectRelevant Ministers were too busy to meet with Basketball Ireland CEO – for 18 monthsSat Feb 15 2020 - 07:00
On healing and wild hurling: The re-education of Diarmuid Lyng‘We ran a lot of creatives out of the GAA. I’ve met them. And they do feel wronged’Sat Feb 15 2020 - 05:00
Andy Farrell is facing an impatient mood for proof of changeShort honeymoon for new Ireland coach due to his close links with the old regimeSat Feb 08 2020 - 06:00
Pádraic Joyce’s blunt ambition already shaking things up in GalwayManager makes bold statement of intent in early stages of tenureSat Feb 08 2020 - 06:00
Dublin put the squeeze on as 14-man Mayo run out of juiceMayo fans jeer referee Barry Cassidy over ‘harsh’ early sending-off of Jordan FlynnMon Feb 03 2020 - 06:00
Same as it ever was as Dublin see off Mayo againDessie Farrell’s side win comfortably at MacHale ParkSat Feb 01 2020 - 21:28
Keith Duggan: Kobe Bryant’s darkness and light all part of the same kaleidoscopeHis version of basketball was sweatier, nastier and more meaningful than the restSat Feb 01 2020 - 11:31
James Horan interview: Ruthless perhaps, fearless certainlyThe Mayo manager has a belief in his county that goes beyond logic and reasonSat Feb 01 2020 - 05:00
Dublin and Kerry bring the glamour as Allianz football league returnsTesty 80-minute extravaganza leaves old rivals all square and hot under the collarMon Jan 27 2020 - 06:00
Padraic Joyce begins reign with promising win over MonaghanMore of a direct, expansive style adapted by Galway under new managementSun Jan 26 2020 - 19:13
In Donegal Michael Murphy is seen, simply, as a godsendGlenswilly man speaks to Keith Duggan about reaching the highs and feeling the lowsSat Jan 25 2020 - 06:00
Weekend hurling previews: Hard to call as Waterford and Cork square upMeanwhile, Shane O'Neill begins his competitive term with Galway as they face WestmeathSat Jan 25 2020 - 06:00
Irish football hoping Quinn can help plot path to a brighter futureThe game here can’t afford any more hot air or wrong turns or bold plans that come to nothingSat Jan 25 2020 - 06:00
Pitchfork pundit Joe Brolly taking the subscription TV dollar? Say it ain’t so!After RTÉ axed him, it's no suprise Eir offered him a slot, but did he have to take it?Sat Jan 18 2020 - 09:00
Kilcoo well used to facing a mountain and knowing the challenge involvedThe club from the foothills of the Mourne mountains face mighty Corofin in Sunday’s deciderSat Jan 18 2020 - 06:00
Sideline Cut: Impractical GAA calendar needs to be torn up and reimaginedGAA calendar sort of mathematical puzzle that would have defeated Hawking and GatesSat Jan 11 2020 - 08:00
True-blue Farrell enthusiastic as he assumes Dublin mantle‘I love football, and I love coaching, and I’m passionate about Dublin football’Sat Jan 11 2020 - 06:00
Dessie Farrell planning an injection of new blood as he begins his Dublin reignVisit to Longford in January a low-key start for five-in-a-row champions’ new bossSat Jan 11 2020 - 06:00
Dessie Farrell speaks to the media for the first time as Dublin managerFarrell confirms goalkeeper and captain Stephen Cluxton is ‘very keen to stay involved’Fri Jan 10 2020 - 12:31
The sporting decade that was: Two semi-finals, one unforgettable weekendKeith Duggan looks back an unexpected and electrifying 48 hours in Gaelic footballFri Dec 27 2019 - 12:00
Glittering Irish day in muddled murky sporting year of 2019Keith Duggan: Ireland continues to exceed expectation across a variety of sportsFri Dec 27 2019 - 07:30
Keith Duggan: Families being asked to accept Hillsborough just happenedAfter 30 years campaigners have been failed yet again but they won’t quit nowSat Nov 30 2019 - 06:00
Prince Andrew patronage presents a right royal problem for PortrushSideline Cut: The prince’s BBC interview betrayed a damaged moral compassSat Nov 23 2019 - 07:00
