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
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
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
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
Rule 21 may go despite North's viewsThe result of tonight's vote on Rule 21 in Derry will provide the first indicator of the inclination towards change among the…Tue Oct 30 2001 - 00:00
Vindication for 'written off' team pleases O'MahonyOh, the places they have seenMon Sept 24 2001 - 01:00
Final verdict: Score-by-score1st: Cormac Sullivan collects a short ball and Meath work the ball swiftly upfield through Evan Kelly and Ollie Murphy before…Mon Sept 24 2001 - 01:00
Meath can't let Savage go wildHe's the thorn in your side. The wasp you can't swatThu Sept 20 2001 - 01:00
Not at all backward in coming forwardOne of the most consistent features of the current Galway squad has been the tendency of their half-back line to go a rovin'.Wed Sept 19 2001 - 01:00
Rising high above the level of understudyIt was only after John McDermott's hiatus that people began to comment on the qualities of Nigel CrawfordTue Sept 18 2001 - 01:00
