Capriati puts an end to Hingis's runNot for the first time has Martina Hingis departed Roland Garros with whistles and booing refusing her a respectable interment…Fri Jun 8 2001 - 01:00
Agassi falls to the local heroPost-lunch Roland Garros is always a narrative of shrieks, whistles, grunts, mobile phones, crowd tremour and partisan explosions…Thu Jun 7 2001 - 01:00
Belgian pair get chance to flirt with fameMartina Hingis is in her fifth consecutive Roland Garros semi-final and Jennifer Capriati in her second, her first coming back…Thu Jun 7 2001 - 01:00
Capriati up where she belongs a decade onJennifer Capriati has arrived at where she was 11 years agoWed Jun 6 2001 - 01:00
Ferrero roars through as Hewitt is silencedLleyton Hewitt was muzzled yesterday at Roland GarrosWed Jun 6 2001 - 01:00
Agassi and Hewitt hit different notesLleyton Hewitt is a personality who inflicts himself on you like a kitchen corrosive. Andre Agassi is a soothing balm.Tue Jun 5 2001 - 01:00
`Guga' just survives in Paris heat?????in Paris "Guga" scraped a heart with his racquet on the clay of Centre CourtMon Jun 4 2001 - 01:00
Hewitt sends Roddick tumbling outA tearful Andy Roddick limped off the show court at Roland Garros yesterday, his French Open finished but his first Wimbledon…Sat Jun 2 2001 - 01:00
Sampras points to his feats of clayThe image of a dispirited Pete Sampras leaving the show court at Roland Garros yesterday was an uncomfortable oneFri Jun 1 2001 - 01:00
Gilded youth find courtly love in ParisSo women's golf have discovered a 13-year-old who will play as an amateur in this week's US Women's Open ChampionshipThu May 31 2001 - 01:00
Sampras shaken but spared the guillotineBy the end of it all, a shaken Pete Sampras looked like the aristocrat who had just been spared the guillotineWed May 30 2001 - 01:00
Venus brought down to earth in major crashIt is the day all top seeds fear - the first day, the day not to show feet of clayTue May 29 2001 - 01:00
Dogged Hewitt has snap at organisersIf Lleyton Hewitt were a dog he'd be a Jack Russell or a wire-haired terrier, one of those little killers you'd send into the…Tue May 29 2001 - 01:00
Safin shatters more than just reputationsA year ago on Court Central, Marat Safin walloped a forehand so far wide of the tramlines the French Open crowd giggledMon May 28 2001 - 01:00
Celtic route the way forwardThe final between Cork Constitution and Dungannon at Lansdowne Road tomorrow could mark the end of big club matches in Ireland…Fri May 25 2001 - 01:00
Video replays in use for finalAIL Final: A video replay system will be used at Lansdowne Road on Saturday to assist referee Alain Rolland in the All-Ireland…Thu May 24 2001 - 01:00
Rallying troops for final surgePaddy Johns sits in his chair and gives the media his faraway stareThu May 24 2001 - 01:00
Byrne's cap thrown into ringShane Byrne's nerves have long ago been shredded, repaired and shredded againThu May 24 2001 - 01:00
Ireland to name squad todayThe Ireland squad concluded their two-day training session in Limerick yesterday but the 22man travelling party for next week…Wed May 23 2001 - 01:00
Preparing to play through the painUltan O'Callaghan is a cauldron of enthusiasmWed May 23 2001 - 01:00
Hickey must wait on O'Callaghananother week of vigil outside the physiotherapist's surgery for Cork Constitution coach Brian HickeyTue May 22 2001 - 01:00
O'Gara in a different leagueCork Constitution can call, they can ring, they can beg but Ronan O'Gara will not be playing next week in the All-Ireland League…Mon May 21 2001 - 01:00
Treacy's sporting briefEver been to a meeting of the Joint Committee on Tourism, Sport and Recreation in Leinster House? No? It's probably one of the…Fri May 18 2001 - 01:00
Kelly set to switch to the wingCork Constitution's centre and wing John Kelly will move to the wing in the absence of the injured Anthony Horgan, who has a …Fri May 18 2001 - 01:00
Constable can work all the optionsThe image might have been pulled from the list of sports' top ten cliches but still, it is irresistibleThu May 17 2001 - 01:00
Hoey falls to McEvoy in play-offHaving threatened at one stage to unravel in his final round, England's Richard McEvoy yesterday became the first overseas winner…Mon May 14 2001 - 01:00
Stephens brace helps DLSP live to fight another seasonA good hanging always carries a certain prurient appealMon May 14 2001 - 01:00
Fox and Barrett set a new standardThe framed score-card of Eamon Brady's round of 67 hanging in the locker-room at Royal Dublin has had short enough exposure to…Sat May 12 2001 - 01:00
Wind is taken out of SwailWorking on the assumption that lightning doesn't strike twice, Joe Swail's interest in the World Championships at the Crucible…Sat May 5 2001 - 01:00
Doherty's fighting spirit not enoughIn touch until the final session last night, Ken Doherty's run in this year's World Championship finally came to an end at the…Thu May 3 2001 - 01:00
Clarkes can count on WallaceLast June golfer Darren Clarke rang Patrick Wallace to inquire into how his snooker career was progressing, whether his world…Wed May 2 2001 - 01:00
Irish pals must fight to the deathFraught with conflicting emotions Patrick Wallace yesterday prepared himself for the biggest match of his life in the quarter…Tue May 1 2001 - 01:00
Braveheart Wallace on course to topple KingIreland could have three representatives in the quarter-finals of the World Championship this evening if Patrick Wallace can …Mon Apr 30 2001 - 01:00
Doherty looks strongest of IrishQuite an Irish procession at the Crucible yesterdaySat Apr 28 2001 - 01:00
Isle of Man forced to cancel TT eventThe Isle of Man TT motorcycle races have become the latest casualty of the foot-and-mouth outbreak.Wed Apr 25 2001 - 01:00
Feeding the appetite for a fightYou like your steak rare and your baby sweet-corn al dente? The Burlington Hotel tomorrow night might just be your hill of beans…Thu Apr 19 2001 - 01:00
Disease fears put damper on victoryDespite this pivotal league win for Ballymena, an air of pessimism shrouded Eaton ParkMon Apr 16 2001 - 01:00
Racing returns in a busy sporting weekendAfter seven weeks of waiting due to foot-and-mouth, racing makes a return to what is a full sporting Easter weekend involving…Thu Apr 12 2001 - 01:00
Irish body splits over 2004 plansThe surf isn't up for everyone in the Irish Surfing Association (ISA)Wed Apr 11 2001 - 01:00
Blackrock fail to keep paceThere was a moment in the match that transfixed the crowd at StradbrookMon Apr 9 2001 - 01:00
Officials try to hoodwink the Chinese checkersSports officials hoping to snag the Olympic Games are currently engaged in the usual illusion of painting over the cracks as …Sat Apr 7 2001 - 01:00
You really can dream of becoming an athleteYou can even do this one at home folks - in the care-free environment of your own bedSat Apr 7 2001 - 01:00
Insight into inflationary costs of Bertie BowlAccording to written answers to a series of questions asked by Brian O'Shea TD, the total estimated cost of relocating the Department…Sat Apr 7 2001 - 01:00
New greening of Exiles is just a little bit richOne wonders what the IRFU think of this week's fragrant offer by Brendan Venter for London Irish to become the "fifth province…Sat Apr 7 2001 - 01:00
SportsSpeak: The week in quotes"I hit the ball right now on this golf course almost as far as I did when I was winning and I'm not even going to be remotely…Sat Apr 7 2001 - 01:00
Carr drives with style after a long lay-offRoddy Carr, the former Walker Cup golfer, has now settled comfortably into life in BarbadosSat Apr 7 2001 - 01:00
Glenanne breaking the mouldAsk Graham Shaw if he ever regrets going with hockey rather than soccer and there is a slight pauseFri Apr 6 2001 - 01:00
Castle walls fall to raidersAny thoughts of a Castle Avenue fortress were quickly dispelled on a breezy evening yesterdayThu Apr 5 2001 - 01:00