Hard-working Galway find a waySigns, on a day of Biblical misery in Castlebar, that the grand old days of provincial epics no longer pull on people's hearts…Mon Jul 01 2002 - 01:00
Lyons gives lesson in converting pressure into energyThe little general is explaining the secrets of life. Same Tom Lyons, same philosophy and the same resultMon Jun 24 2002 - 01:00
Celtic pitch gathering momentumEURO 2008/Bids: Delegates from UEFA yesterday heard a presentation from the Ireland/Scotland Euro 2008 bid team in Geneva.Thu Jun 20 2002 - 01:00
Locals hail victory for good cheerTV View: So we would have played South Korea. What a fascinating cultural smorgasbord that would have presentedWed Jun 19 2002 - 01:00
Trevor leaves no Stones unturnedTV VIEW: With the world champions, France, on the brink, it was time for serious questionsFri Jun 07 2002 - 01:00
Pundits beginning to lose their touchTV View : Asia Day. By now the novelty of endless football has given way to the actuality of endless footballWed Jun 05 2002 - 01:00
Joyce's late strike denies brave MayoGalway 0-12 Mayo 1-7: Mayo laid a perfect ambush at Castlebar but somehow at the end, it was the indomitable lions in maroon…Mon Jun 03 2002 - 01:00
Duffy enjoys first moment in big timeCHAMPIONSHIP 2002: Barry Duffy is beaming. First day of hitting the big timeMon May 27 2002 - 01:00
Indomitable Moran could turn Garden greenSIDELINE CUT : Madison Square Garden went Irish the night Eamon Coghlan won his seventh Wanamaker Mile in February 1987Wed May 22 2002 - 01:00
Sven proves a real Nancy boy over Ulrika affairAll things considered, we are for NancyWed Apr 24 2002 - 01:00
Kilkenny's 13 need no luckKilkenny 2-14 Limerick 0-15 NATIONAL HURLING LEAGUE/Semi Final: Kilkenny arrived on the Shannon and delivered a quietly unforgiving…Mon Apr 22 2002 - 01:00
Cody sees team take shapeDown in the muddy corridors of the Gaelic Grounds and Brian Cody is allowing escape the gentle words of praise he normally reserves…Mon Apr 22 2002 - 01:00
It takes balls to play soccer in AmericaSideline Cut: Is this really the US in Lansdowne Road tonight? Oh, they speak in American accents, and if the Star Spangled …Wed Apr 17 2002 - 01:00
GAA's conservatism has a royal tingeSIDELINE CUT: The GAA probably won't be thrilled to acknowledge this but they share many traits with the English monarchyWed Apr 10 2002 - 01:00
Mayo and Tyrone set for EnniskillenNEWS: Mayo will travel to Enniskillen for their Alliance NFL semi-final against Tyrone on Sunday, April 14th.Fri Apr 05 2002 - 01:00
Kildare miss the pointNEWS: The Kildare County Board said yesterday they were disappointed with - but accepted - the GAC decision to deduct the point…Thu Mar 21 2002 - 00:00
Ballinderry enjoy their journey of a lifetimeIt may take quite a while before they make it back north to BallinderryMon Mar 18 2002 - 00:00
McIver hails his history makersAt pitch-side, while watching Adrian McGuckin in the midst of an emotional captain's speech, Ballinderry manager Brian McIver…Mon Mar 18 2002 - 00:00
Limerick see win as a step up on ladderGAA: For the Limerick players, it was business as usual at the Gaelic Grounds after a fourth successive National League win, …Tue Mar 05 2002 - 00:00
Moran thrives on reboundsUS BASKETBALL: Irish basketball phenomenon Susan Moran crowned a remarkable US college career at St Joseph's, Philadelphia, …Wed Feb 27 2002 - 00:00
Shefflin shows he's a cut aboveKilkenny 1-12 Waterford 0-12: Clifton Wrottesley ain't the only guy that can slide for IrelandMon Feb 25 2002 - 00:00
Ballinderry edge closer to the big-timeThe difference between Rathnew and Ballinderry? The Leinster village is a metropolis in comparison to the Derry club which is…Wed Feb 20 2002 - 00:00
McCarthy dispenses respect and protectionManagers' reaction: Outside, the night air may belong to Moscow but in the cosy little bandbox at Lansdowne Road, the laughter…Thu Feb 14 2002 - 00:00
Schooled in rugby's field of dreamsSIDELINE CUT : Almost didn't make it to Donnybrook yesterday, which was beset by the kind of showers that the good people at…Wed Feb 06 2002 - 00:00
Donegal defend late call-offGAA NEWS: The Donegal county board has defended its handling of Sunday's postponement of the county's National League Division…Tue Feb 05 2002 - 00:00
England game not on RTEDespite attempting to enter into negotiations with Sky Sport, RTÉ will not have the rights to broadcast Ireland's crucial Six…Tue Feb 05 2002 - 00:00
The end of Dublin in rare oul' timesIt is understandable, in these dark times of trauma and identity crisis, that the bewildered Dub would interpret the cleaving…Wed Jan 23 2002 - 00:00
George W raises profile of armchair fanSideline Cut: If George "Dubya" Bush had, in the end, shuffled off this mortal coil after tongue wrestling with a pretzel, sports…Wed Jan 16 2002 - 00:00
Finding a place in the sunGAELIC GAMES: Ah, the incessant woes and worries of the inter-county GAA manager. They never stop, even in JanuaryThu Jan 03 2002 - 00:00
Wexford call on Carr for adviceGAELIC GAMES: The former Dublin manager Tom Carr has confirmed he will act in an advisory capacity to the Wexford football team…Thu Jan 03 2002 - 00:00
Sport needs more soul and less hypeA friend was adamant that the runaway television sports highlight of the past year was Goran Ivanisevic serving for the Wimbledon…Mon Dec 24 2001 - 00:00
Ruthless Na Fianna can thrive without FarrellThe suspicion must be that Na Fianna learned more from last week's gameSat Dec 22 2001 - 00:00
Dismissed Farrell draws no comfortNot since the first World War has there been as much fuss about a Christmas football matchMon Dec 17 2001 - 00:00
Davies not in tune with Trevor BrennanThe only genuinely contented man in the BBC studio at Lansdowne Road on Saturday was David WallaceMon Dec 17 2001 - 00:00
Bumper Christmas draw pulls in puntersBah, humbug. This brings a whole new meaning to the traditional GAA Bumper Christmas DrawMon Dec 17 2001 - 00:00
The romantic fate of Liverpool defendersThe BBC sports department has a reputation for securing the flashiest commentary positions at all the major meetings in world…Mon Dec 10 2001 - 00:00
Bopping and twirling with AnastasiaThe only guarantee that a World Cup draw brings is the presence of both Pele and Johann Cryuff, smiling benignly and twirling…Mon Dec 03 2001 - 00:00
Kirwan not happy to go againWill they or won't they? After watching Birr gradually scythe down his side's six-point half-time lead to restore parity at full…Mon Dec 03 2001 - 00:00
Arena erupts as Irish hoop dreams come trueIt will not be most famous Irish sports story of this new century but it is probably the greatestThu Nov 29 2001 - 00:00
Aim high, with or without starsAs the cold days grow more bitter, so have John Courtney's preoccupations been stripped awayWed Nov 28 2001 - 00:00
Ireland leap to Europe's noticeIrish basketball crossed a threshold in the National Arena on Saturday nightMon Nov 26 2001 - 00:00
Still no sign of a resolutionTime for these clubs to either flip a coin or just amalgamate. It looks like the only way forward for us allMon Nov 19 2001 - 00:00
Hamster hits a new high at the Tehran partyAll week long we had been warned that Ireland's visit to Iran would be a trip into the deep unknownFri Nov 16 2001 - 00:00
Cork delegates to ensure demise of Rule 21The conversion of the Cork County Board to the pro-abolitionist camp ahead of this weekend's special congress would seem to signal…Thu Nov 15 2001 - 00:00
MacKenzie Smith the saving graceWe gathered at Dr Cullen Park, a pretty little bandbox straight from the set of On Home Ground, and left wondering why the fictional…Mon Nov 12 2001 - 00:00
Derry and Armagh go against abolitionReports of bomb scares at two Derry GAA clubs following the emphatic rejection of president Seβn McCague's initiative to remove…Thu Nov 01 2001 - 00:00
Only one Joyce includedGalway forward Tommy Joyce is the main casualty on the 2001 Eircell All-Star nominations listThu Nov 01 2001 - 00:00
Bad timing for league play-offsThe ghost of last season's Allianz league will go on a post-Hallowe'en roam this weekend with the delayed hurling and football…Wed Oct 31 2001 - 00:00
The grand wizard is backLast night in New York, Michael Jordan gave his blessingWed Oct 31 2001 - 00:00
