Famed Bennettsbridge aiming to be top Cats once againClub’s revival culminates in a return to the Kilkenny senior final for the first time since 1974Sat Oct 27 2018 - 06:00
American college football returns to Aviva Stadium from 2020Notre Dame’s clash with Navy the first of five games worth €250m to the local economyThu Oct 25 2018 - 13:04
Far from a lost cause – McManamon revels in St Jude’s underdog roleTempleogue club have never won Dublin SFC but have taken major scalps en route to finalThu Oct 25 2018 - 06:12
Champion jockey contender Blackmore still uneasy in the limelightModest Tipperary woman has proved her mettle during her rise to the top of Irish racingMon Oct 22 2018 - 06:00
Weekend GAA PreviewsKelly has Cratloe in his sights again in Clare hurling finalSat Oct 20 2018 - 07:00
Ireland’s Harry Arter sticks to his guns after Denmark returnCardiff City midfielder maintains decision to pull out of Wales clash was the right oneMon Oct 15 2018 - 06:17
Thomas Delaney affords a laugh as international incident is avoidedDanish midfielder was pick-pocketed by Jeff Hendrick as he tried to put ball out of playMon Oct 15 2018 - 06:00
O’Neill gets a friendly helping hand on a night of low dramaDenmark looked the ordinary team they are shorn of Tottenham's Christian EriksenSat Oct 13 2018 - 22:18
The data behind the proposed rule changes in Gaelic footballRob Carroll sat through 322 matches and pored over around 100,000 handpassesSat Oct 13 2018 - 09:00
Magnifique Molinari steps into Ryder Cup annalsWith five wins from five and not one down the 18th the Italian made his mark in ParisMon Oct 01 2018 - 06:00
Thomas Bjorn’s rich pickings prove the difference in the endEuropean captain’s picks outscored US rivals by more than the winning marginSun Sept 30 2018 - 19:41
Europe’s Ryder Cup team ethic again trumps US disunityEuropean team made it feel like Ryder Cups of old while US looked on with grim facesSun Sept 30 2018 - 11:43
Ryder Cup: Team Blue turns the screw on AmericansEurope dominate Saturday’s fourballs to take 8-4 lead over USA in ParisSat Sept 29 2018 - 13:15
Europe ride blue wave to take momentum into second dayPersistence proves the key for Thomas Bjorn's side in historic foursomes whitewashFri Sept 28 2018 - 20:50
Justin Rose gives Europe something to aim at by playing perfectly boring golfEurope’s Mr Dependable steadies the ship as Americans blown off courseFri Sept 28 2018 - 19:16
Storied tension of Ryder Cup first tee noticeably absentCreeping hand of PR wrapped its bony fingers around the Friday morning institutionFri Sept 28 2018 - 10:54
David Ginola rocks Electric Polo-Neck as Ryder Cup kicks offOpening ceremony was full of glitz, glamour and quietly-spoken Tidy Towns treasurersThu Sept 27 2018 - 20:17
Ryder Cup day one fourballs: Breaking down the matchesWhat are the strengths and weaknesses of each pairing and who will win the points?Thu Sept 27 2018 - 18:16
Peculiar Paul Casey glad his Ryder Cup career is back on trackThe Englishman is playing in his first Ryder Cup for a decade this week in ParisThu Sept 27 2018 - 13:04
Waiting for golfo until Bubba and his blue glove save the dayRyder Cup Wednesday was just moseying along until the American breezed inWed Sept 26 2018 - 18:10
Rory McIlroy: We’re looking to beat the US team not Tiger‘He’s one of 12. We’re not looking at any individuals, just trying to beat the US team’Wed Sept 26 2018 - 12:15
An eighth Ryder Cup caps improbable Tiger Woods revivalTour Championship winner was a museum piece a year ago - it is a remarkable turnaroundMon Sept 24 2018 - 07:14
Tipping Point: Seriously, who knew they played rugby in September?Every September since forever has been about the All-Ireland finals in hurling and footballMon Sept 24 2018 - 06:52
The Ryder Cup: as friendly and cordial as a cruise missileBirkdale in 1969 was probably the closest a match came to actual violence on the courseSat Sept 22 2018 - 07:00
Malachy Clerkin: Staunton’s fatal misstep at the heart of Mayo mireLeahy may not be a great manager but words like ‘unsafe’ should not be thrown aroundTue Sept 18 2018 - 18:18
Few things in sport beat a closely-fought Ryder CupIt doesn’t matter whether Europe or the USA wins, it only matters that it’s a close battleMon Sept 17 2018 - 06:30
Unfinished business brings McGrath back to Dublin foldLong-serving defender walked away in 2014 but is back for another All-Ireland finalSat Sept 15 2018 - 06:00
Centre cannot hold as Mayo football beset by turbulent timesUnseemly end to Rochford’s reign while bitter Carnacon row doesn’t augur wellSat Sept 15 2018 - 06:00
Paying for Dublin’s post-training meals made ‘Blue Sisters’ happenManager Bohan explains the background to last year’s eye-opening film on women’s teamWed Sept 12 2018 - 06:00
Roy Keane saga was a pound-shop Saipan and Poland game was just as dullMuch like Stephen Ward’s leaked message you were left wondering what it all boiled down toTue Sept 11 2018 - 22:33
Even Serena Williams can on occasion be wrongThere are times when Williams comes across as petty and self-involvedMon Sept 10 2018 - 07:16
Glory days of blazing camogie finals well and truly overNo goals, points from placed balls and two teams who know each other too wellMon Sept 10 2018 - 06:00
Darragh Ó Sé: Hats off to Dublin – they’re a country mile better than the restDublin do everything better and quicker than their opponents and it’s hard to see that changingWed Sept 05 2018 - 07:30
An eternal Dublin empire is nothing to be excited aboutAny way you spin it, no sport is helped at all by the outright domination of one teamMon Sept 03 2018 - 06:30
Dublin ruthlessly turn Tyrone’s early dream into a rude awakeningThree bad kick-outs and a stupid free, and Tyrone went from four up to five down in 10 minutesMon Sept 03 2018 - 06:00
Dublin 2-17 Tyrone 1-14: Dublin player ratingsMalachy Clerkin runs the rule over Jim Gavin’s side after All-Ireland final victorySun Sept 02 2018 - 18:47
20 moments that lit up 2018 All-Ireland football championshipFootball the poor relation at the end of summer where complaining is true national sportSat Sept 01 2018 - 08:00
How Limerick’s trip to hurling paradise brought its people along for the rideFour stories from the weekend when Limerick managed to end 45 years of hurtSat Aug 25 2018 - 06:00
Limerick hold on to dethrone Galway and end 45 years of hurtJohn Kiely’s heroes do just enough to see off Tribesmen and seal a historic, deserved winMon Aug 20 2018 - 12:28
Limerick and Hickey can cast the heartbreak on to the bonfireTowards the end, it seemed as if Limerick would falter, but all ghosts are laid to restMon Aug 20 2018 - 06:22
Casey doesn't play ball as Glynn gets no change from LimerickThe question was what had Galway left once Glynn’s aerial threat was coolly neutralisedMon Aug 20 2018 - 06:21
Limerick shutting it all down so that hype and history rhymeThe county has got carried away in the past and is paranoid about doing it againSat Aug 18 2018 - 10:00
Monaghan come close but All-Ireland final still for other peopleThe buzz in the county last week was in the hope of a once-in-a-lifetime opportunityMon Aug 13 2018 - 07:00
Jim Gavin’s true genius is Dublin's regeneration gameManager is going the right way about building his team into a permanent empireMon Aug 13 2018 - 06:00
Mickey Harte ready to give Tyrone fans what they’ve been waiting forMonaghan manager Malachy O’Rourke frustrated at referee Anthony Nolan’s decisionsMon Aug 13 2018 - 06:00
Dublin wait it out and watch Galway fade in front of their eyesGalway pay penalty for missed first half chances as champions return to the finalSat Aug 11 2018 - 19:44
Dublin’s style has evolved to make their dominance last longerJim Gavin’s team is patient, methodical and has no fear of facing packed defencesSat Aug 11 2018 - 08:00
Mannion up for the challenge as Galway thoughts turn to final hurdle‘You don’t need any extra motivation, just try and get the body right and go again’Tue Aug 07 2018 - 07:56
Clare left to regret their misses as Galway get home by a pointCanning again in princely form as he turns in another Man of the Match performanceMon Aug 06 2018 - 06:00
Micheál Donoghue says his big players ‘stood up and saw us home’‘Normally our efficiency is much, much higher than that,’ insists Clare’s co-managerSun Aug 05 2018 - 21:10
