Timing proves everything for our MasterchefYOU’VE BEEN slaving in the Golf Masters’ kitchen for years, experimenting with your ingredients, trying to find the perfect combination…Thu Sept 10 2009 - 01:00
Silver medal a fitting reward for determined fighterIrish Times/Irish Sports Council Sportswomen Award For August - OLIVE LOUGHNANE (Athletics): IT WAS precisely a year ago that…Wed Sept 09 2009 - 01:00
Planet SoccerWhat you got cooking Damien - WE wondered if Damien Richardson read last week about neighbours calling the fire brigade to a…Mon Sept 07 2009 - 01:00
Norn Iron singing, Dunphy hands wringing and Cats just grinningTV VIEW: OVER ON BBC Northern Ireland the crowd they tracked down in a Belfast bar were singing “We’re all going to Cape Town…Mon Sept 07 2009 - 01:00
It's down to the wire as Masters hits final stretchIT’S 21 weeks and 36 tournaments since we started out on our 2009 Golf Masters’ voyage and we still have no idea who will cross…Thu Sept 03 2009 - 01:00
Transfers may undo old Mister BrennanIT WASN’T long after we began studying the line-ups of our leading contenders, going in to the final week of the competition, …Thu Sept 03 2009 - 01:00
Lance sends cyclists a-twitter but Pat and Joe just witter onTV VIEW: TRUE, THERE were probably some who didn’t see the point in the wheel when it was invented, insisting it would never…Mon Aug 31 2009 - 01:00
Cram left speechless as Spillane finds the right words for BrollyTV VIEW: THAT WAS a lively weekMon Aug 24 2009 - 01:00
Happy daysPLANET SOCCER: WHEN Aston Villa bought Senegalese defender Habib Beye from Newcastle this summer they were also getting, as …Mon Aug 24 2009 - 01:00
Don't hold your breath, AntonPLANET SOCCER: PERHAPS inspired by Mayo man Conor Mortimer’s tribute to Michael Jackson after scoring in the Connacht final, …Mon Aug 17 2009 - 01:00
Stubbsie struggles not to make a fourthmeal of his new gigTV VIEW: IT WAS, literally, a whole new ball game for Ray Stubbsie Stubbs on Saturday when, during ESPN’s coverage of their …Mon Aug 17 2009 - 01:00
Agents to Zzzzzz: A to Z of the Premier LeagueA Agents. “Alberto to Liverpool? Don’t talk nonsenseSat Aug 15 2009 - 01:00
Grab a spot on the couch and relax, the telly footie is backTV VIEW: A WORLD Cup-less summer, without even the solace of a European Championship, is, of course, a wasteland in time, a …Mon Aug 10 2009 - 01:00
An 80-caps manEUROHOCKEY: The Irish hockey team is dreaming of the Olympics and World Cup. Meet its captain, Ronan GormleySat Aug 08 2009 - 01:00
A devilishly hard week to pick up prize moneyWE WERE reading a preview of the Bridgestone Invitational by Brett Ogle the other day, the Australian, who is concentrating on…Thu Aug 06 2009 - 01:00
Still plenty of time for a late sprint to the winning lineA MIGHTILY impressive 2,118 of our teams have now passed the million euro earning mark in the competition, and while the newcomers…Thu Aug 06 2009 - 01:00
Loughnane hardly bowled over and Willis hurls rare old abuseTV VIEW: UNBEKNOWN TO themselves, perhaps, it was a lively contest between Ger Loughnane and Bob Willis on Saturday, both of…Mon Jul 13 2009 - 01:00
Go on, make us laugh with tales of woe and win a polo shirtWE’VE BEEN inundated with requests from, well, two managers asking for an email address where they can send us accounts of their…Thu Jul 09 2009 - 01:00
Shay's Seven shoot up ranks with weekly winIF LAST week, when the Travelers Championship was our only counting tournament, proved to be a bit unrewarding for the vast majority…Thu Jul 09 2009 - 01:00
Taylor now in contention to scoop a three in a rowSPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR JUNE AWARD: SHE WAS our 2007 and 2008 Sportswoman of the Year, and by retaining her European Union Championship…Wed Jul 08 2009 - 01:00
The king is dead, long live the king after a Wimbledon to cherishTV VIEW: SUE BARKER let John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg in on the secret: Pete Sampras was on his way from Los Angeles and would…Mon Jul 06 2009 - 01:00
Wolves break record to sign DoyleSOCCER: KEVIN DOYLE recalled with a grin yesterday watching the 1990 World Cup finals as a six-year-old and, later, reading …Wed Jul 01 2009 - 01:00
Sport can bring the worst out of you. It's the pressureTV VIEW: WE THOUGHT of the North Korean goalkeeper on Saturday as Morne Steyn was readying himself to take that last-minute …Mon Jun 29 2009 - 01:00
Poor Lions never stood a chance with their boyband namesTV VIEW: IT WAS hard not to fear the worst when the teams introduced themselves to Sky Sports’ viewers on Saturday afternoon…Mon Jun 22 2009 - 01:00
Lesser lights get a chance to shineTHERE IS something of a contrast between the tournaments on the Golf Masters’ schedule this week, the US Open on Long Island …Thu Jun 18 2009 - 01:00
Little movement in week of few opportunitiesWITH JUST the St Jude Classic in the schedule, week 10 proved to be a largely unproductive one for the majority of our teams, …Thu Jun 18 2009 - 01:00
Any videos from RTÉ should be thrown in Guantanamo BayTV VIEW: THERE WERE times yesterday that it seemed as if RTÉ’s pundits were losing the will to live, to the point where you …Mon Jun 15 2009 - 01:00
Invaders measly purse keeps Lorraine on topAFTER HER Irish Invaders won a measly €40,611 in week nine Lorraine O’Brien might be a bit surprised to see that she has held…Thu Jun 11 2009 - 01:00
Loyalty to Howell goes unrewarded as he suffers Wales woeTHE DUBIOUS among you might put it down to managers deciding it’s not worth their while making transfers, a bit of tweaking here…Thu Jun 11 2009 - 01:00
Lisa's turn in Maguire twin-track approachIN MAY of 2007 and 2008 we made joint awards to the Maguire twins from Co Cavan, Lisa and LeonaWed Jun 10 2009 - 01:00
Billo dons his pith helmet to ward off the party poopersTV VIEW: BILL O’HERLIHY, we’re guessing, is having himself fitted for his safari suit as we speakMon Jun 08 2009 - 01:00
This is what it sounds like when Doves flyWHEN WE were watching Christian Cevaer celebrate his European Open win last weekend, we noted he was obliged to consume champagne…Thu Jun 04 2009 - 01:00
Managers retaining their faith in unlucky HoeyMICHAEL HOEY has had a fairly miserable time of it in recent weeks, the Ballymoney native disqualified from the Irish Open for…Thu Jun 04 2009 - 01:00
Saint's alive! Greavsie too as Setanta play generation gameTV VIEW: DID YOU ever wonder what happened Saint and Greavsie? No? Well, some of us have been curious about their whereabouts…Mon Jun 01 2009 - 01:00
Kiely leaves Irish squadSOCCER/REPUBLIC OF IRELAND v NIGERIA: A YEAR after coming out of international retirement at the request of Giovanni Trapattoni…Fri May 29 2009 - 01:00
Miller eager for a fresh start after his 'worst' seasonSOCCER NEWS: LIAM MILLER would have been forgiven for watching last night’s Champions League final with a sense of “what might…Thu May 28 2009 - 01:00
George not one for dwelling on special occasionsTV VIEW: IT WAS in or about two and half hours since the game had endedMon May 25 2009 - 01:00
Feeney holds on to lead despite rocky weekendWE’LL TRUST that our managers were gracious enough to be happy for Shane Lowry when he triumphed at Baltray last Sunday, rather…Thu May 21 2009 - 01:00
Managers get another lesson in medical practiceTWO HEADLINES we read yesterday summed up the rollercoaster nature of Golf Masters managementThu May 21 2009 - 01:00
Clara Cyclone blows away the rest and breaks a bookie's heartTV VIEW: “A BEAUTIFUL view of the mountains of Mourne,” said Shane O’Donoghue as the camera panned across the course at Baltray…Mon May 18 2009 - 01:00
Leona moves firmly into Curtis radarSPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR: THE 2009 season had already opened brightly for Leona Maguire, as the 14-year-old beat a field of internationals…Wed May 13 2009 - 01:00
Ireland produce mixed bag against GermanyWOMEN’S HOCKEY INTERNATIONALS: IRELAND LOST both their games against Germany in Nuremberg over the weekend, going down 3-0 …Mon May 11 2009 - 01:00
New-born Villa buff Hanks can't compete with Newbon varietyTV VIEW: WHEN IT comes to this football-supporting lark Tom Hanks, you have to believe, has the right ideaMon May 11 2009 - 01:00
Muller gets chance to gauge matters against GermanyWOMENS HOCKEY: WITH THE domestic club season concluding last weekend Gene Muller’s players can turn their attention to preparations…Fri May 08 2009 - 01:00
Padraig sets classy example for many to followREMEMBER three years back when Liverpool’s Robbie Fowler created an international incident by trying to persuade a referee that…Wed May 06 2009 - 01:00
All a bit fractious as someone takes the biscuitUEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMI-FINALS, SECOND LEGS: PARK JI-SUNG? Johnny Giles always pronounces the South Korean’s name like it…Wed May 06 2009 - 01:00
Croker clash just a little bit of an Armageddon between friendsTV VIEW: THERE WE were, thinking this was going to be the tamest of friendlies, divil a crunching tackle to behold, lots of …Mon May 04 2009 - 01:00
