Hard to watch as whipping boys take second-half hidingTV View: George Hamilton: "Milan have split Liverpool apart! Like an axe-man cleaving a trunk of a tree! Liverpool burst asunder…Mon May 30 2005 - 01:00
Yesterday had its gooda moments and bada momentsTV View: There's a song by the name of Everyday is like Sunday, one that celebrates the loveliness of English seaside towns …Mon May 23 2005 - 01:00
Planet FootballMiller the cause of it all: The opening line of a report on tribalfootballMon May 16 2005 - 01:00
The Sunday Game returns and is fast out of the trapsTV View: A new season of The Sunday Game. Where does the time go? Lots of innovations, tooMon May 16 2005 - 01:00
Hermes make history todayWomen's Hockey European Trophy Hermes become the first Irish women's club to host a European club competition when the European…Fri May 13 2005 - 01:00
Perry closes on world top-10 placeSportswoman of the Month: When it comes to the business of choosing winners of monthly sporting awards there can be a natural…Wed May 11 2005 - 01:00
Moments of madness as RTE stir up ancient passionsTV View: In a somewhat inflammatory, gloating, provocative and unnecessarily antagonistic manner a Liverpool-supporting pal …Mon May 09 2005 - 01:00
Carey back in the foldWomen's Hockey Almost five years after she won the last of her 36 caps, Caitríona Carey is back in the international fold, having…Fri May 06 2005 - 01:00
Team bonding gets out of handPlanet Football : A friend of Planet Football , whom we will call Mustang Sally, was left wondering quite what our under-19 …Mon May 02 2005 - 01:00
Gazza ready and willing for secret fishing mission in FijiTV View: Saturday was very nearly the 14th anniversary of Nottingham Forest beating Chelsea 7-0 in a fixture in the old first…Mon May 02 2005 - 01:00
Hermes and Pegasus set for deciderWomen's Hockey/All-Ireland Club Championship: Between them Hermes and Pegasus have dominated the club finals for the past seven…Fri Apr 29 2005 - 01:00
Fans are banking on LeesonPlanet Football: Hearty thanks to Diarmuid Burke for this offering, which, we reckon, is already the chant of the season.Mon Apr 25 2005 - 01:00
Provincial leaders get the bootWOMENS HOCKEY: The net result of the drama over the weekend in the Club Championship quarter-finals is neither the Leinster …Mon Apr 25 2005 - 01:00
Championships shaping up to a familiar lookWomen's Hockey: Short of Ballymoney and Cork Harlequins overturning first-leg deficits and Randalstown getting the better of…Fri Apr 22 2005 - 01:00
Loreto take difficult routeWomen's Hockey/ All-Ireland Club Championship : While Hermes, Pegasus and Railway Union could be more than content with their…Mon Apr 18 2005 - 01:00
An okey dokey, open Pairc an Chrocaigh, day for Bill and usTV View : There we were, in a daze, trying to figure out one of life's great imponderables - how could that Liverpool team, …Mon Apr 18 2005 - 01:00
Hermes will be wary of Ballymoney testWOMEN'S HOCKEY: Just a fortnight after they produced an absorbing Irish Senior Cup final at Belfield, Ballymoney and Hermes …Fri Apr 15 2005 - 01:00
Carberry is bred to be a winnerIrish Times/Mitsubishi Electric Sports Woman award for March: Nina Carberry (Horse Racing): "Along with Catherine Gannon on …Wed Apr 13 2005 - 01:00
Aintree Carrie-on hits bum note with Ginger's reparteeTV View : Nothing, evidently, was going to spoil her big day, despite all the controversy in the build-upMon Apr 11 2005 - 01:00
Hermes carry onWomen's Hockey : A week after winning the Irish Senior Cup Hermes carried their form in to their final two league fixtures of…Mon Apr 11 2005 - 01:00
Crunch time for Railway and HermesWOMEN'S HOCKEY: While Connacht champions Galway and Munster runners-up Church of Ireland meet in the preliminary round of the…Fri Apr 08 2005 - 01:00
Mulch ado about nothing but we're so prooooooooooudTV View: "Let me say this Tom," said George Hook solemnly, as Tom McGurk smiled that 'here we go again' smileMon Apr 04 2005 - 01:00
Hermes depth should win outHockey/Women: After what has been a productive week for Irish hockey, with the announcement that RTÉ will cover August's European…Fri Apr 01 2005 - 01:00
Eamo and the boys positively negative about Kerr's tacticsTV View: Cheer up, it could be worse. We could, for example, be ScotlandMon Mar 28 2005 - 01:00
Pegasus secure first trophy comfortablyWOMENS HOCKEY: With the Ulster league title yet to be mathematically sealed, even if it is all but secured, Pegasus collected…Mon Mar 21 2005 - 00:00
Welsh rugby Delilah as the Irish sail off to Botany BayTV View: Cheer up, it could be worse. We could, for example, be ScotlandMon Mar 21 2005 - 00:00
Bend it like BrendanAston Villa supporter Brendan Gleeson is in Dublin filming Studs, the tale of a hapless football teamSat Mar 19 2005 - 00:00
Kerr calls on experience to test Israeli defencesSoccer/World Cup Qualifying Group Four: While conceding the outcome of next week's trip to Tel Aviv, for the fifth match of …Wed Mar 16 2005 - 00:00
Planet FootballYoung Duff from Bally B: We're always pleased to get news of ESPN football commentator Tommy Smyth, the man from Knockbridge…Mon Mar 14 2005 - 00:00
Loreto retain league titleWomen's Hockey: Played 17, won 15, drew two - and with that record Loreto retained their Leinster League first division title…Mon Mar 14 2005 - 00:00
All omens bode well for LoretoWomen's Hockey Leinster Senior League Unlike previous years when Loreto and Hermes were neck and neck in the race for the Leinster…Fri Mar 11 2005 - 00:00
Even George can't stop Al and Dave's golden takeawayTV View: No more than ourselves, George Hamilton got a little bit excited about events in MadridMon Mar 07 2005 - 00:00
Hermes and Ballymoney in final dateWOMEN'S HOCKEY: Two of Ireland's most experienced internationals, Lynsey McVicker and Linda Caulfield, put paid to Randalstown…Mon Mar 07 2005 - 00:00
Hermes have the pedigreeWomen's Hockey/Irish Senior Cup: The Irish Senior Cup has reached the semi-final stage, and if cup pedigree, experience and …Fri Mar 04 2005 - 00:00
Grania Willis rises to Everest challengeGrania Willis has a mountain to climb. A rather lofty one, too: none other than EverestFri Mar 04 2005 - 00:00
Alexandra roll back the yearsSCHOOLGIRLS HOCKEY Leinster Senior Cup Final: Alexandra College 4; The High School 2: To most, probably all, of the current …Wed Mar 02 2005 - 00:00
Planet FootballBuyers fall for no diving band: By all accounts you're just not a happening dude/chick this weather unless you're wearing one…Mon Feb 28 2005 - 00:00
History made, by George, he got it right at lastTV View: Lansdowne Road, February 27th, 2005: the Munster man made history but, predictably enough, he was modesty personified…Mon Feb 28 2005 - 00:00
Loreto stay on courseWomen's hockey: Loreto bounced back in some style over the weekend to bury the memory of last week's Irish Cup exit, beating…Mon Feb 28 2005 - 00:00
Loreto try to regain the winning threadWOMEN'S HOCKEY: After experiencing defeat for the first time this season at the hands of Ballymoney in last Saturday's Irish…Fri Feb 25 2005 - 00:00
Ballymoney find that little extraWomen's Hockey/Round-up : After the drama of Saturday's Irish Senior Cup quarter-finals the competition is assured of a Leinster…Mon Feb 21 2005 - 00:00
SAS Ginger fails to intercept mobile as the penny droppedTV View: A six foot, five inch, 20 stone former SAS soldier called Ginger was hired, we learnt last week, by Manchester United…Mon Feb 21 2005 - 00:00
Diamond geezer exoneratedPlanet Football: With so many footballers getting themselves into bother these days it was nice to see a happy ending to former…Mon Feb 21 2005 - 00:00
Ulster hold advantageWOMENS HOCKEY: After Munster's interest in the competition was ended in the third round last month Leinster and Ulster, with…Fri Feb 18 2005 - 00:00
Fortune favours Leinster sideWOMEN'S HOCKEY Under-21 interprovincials: Annette Fortune is developing something of a Midas touch in the Leinster under-21 …Mon Feb 14 2005 - 00:00
French and Davies jubilated as rose wilts without JonnyTV View: As Jonathan Davies put it at full-time at Twickenham yesterday, "the French are jubilated"Mon Feb 14 2005 - 00:00
Ulster have edge at homeWomen's hockey Under-21 interprovincials With a squad that includes three current senior Irish panellists, Hannah Bowe and Emma…Fri Feb 11 2005 - 00:00
High-level challenge awaits AlexandraHOCKEY/Leinster Schools Senior Cup: A year after losing out to St Andrews in the Leinster Schoolgirls Cup final, Alexandra College…Thu Feb 10 2005 - 00:00
Kissane's hoop dreams lead Killester to cup winBASKETBALL: When a team produces a performance such as Killester's in the National Basketball Cup final against the University…Wed Feb 09 2005 - 00:00
Glorious triumph delights the very saintsTV View: "The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumphWed Feb 02 2005 - 00:00
