Beware the managerial merry-go-roundSideline Cut: In the fickle environment of big-time soccer, a manager's worth is a volatile commoditySat Dec 03 2005 - 00:00
What a pity nobody shouted stopSideline Cut : Snow swept from Manchester across to Belfast as people held vigil for George Best on Thursday night.Sat Nov 26 2005 - 00:00
Remembering a dark and murderous day in the capitalBloody Sunday 85th Anniversary: Keith Duggan on how the events in Croke Park ultimately brought a farewell to arms.Sat Nov 19 2005 - 00:00
Rugby needs the All Blacks just nowSideline Cut: Around teatime on Saturday, as they were turning the lights out in Lansdowne Road, Irish rugby coach Eddie O'Sullivan…Sat Nov 19 2005 - 00:00
Frankie, my dears, he does give a damnRoscommon Football: Keith Duggan asks one of the country's most gifted forwards about his intercounty career with RoscommonSat Nov 19 2005 - 00:00
A rapturous homecoming in RameltonRUGBY/All Blacks visit Donegal: A black, cold November evening had set in by the time the famous guests finally reached the …Thu Nov 10 2005 - 00:00
The Follower: likes will not be seen againSideline Cut: It is a pity The Follower was not around to post his views on yesterday's farce in Australia.Sat Oct 29 2005 - 01:00
Munster by grace of fortuneEuropean Cup: 'That's why no one drives decent cars hereSat Oct 29 2005 - 01:00
Eager for a fresh challengeGAELIC GAMES/Interview/Mickey Moran: "That's the first question I was asked in the interview," Mickey Moran laughs when considering…Thu Oct 27 2005 - 01:00
Kerr's dream job was a poison chaliceSideline Cut : And so the deed has been doneSat Oct 22 2005 - 01:00
Connacht set to overcome SiciliansHeineken Cup / Pool Five Preview / Connacht v Amatori Catania : The visit of the Sicilians could not have come at a more perfect…Sat Oct 22 2005 - 01:00
All passion spent for Boys in GreenSideline Cut: Like the old chant goes, you'll never beat the IrishSat Oct 15 2005 - 01:00
Cork make their case for the defenceHurling All Stars: Nominations: Cork's watertight defence proved all but unbreakable at the Vodafone GAA All Star hurling nominations…Fri Oct 14 2005 - 01:00
Thurles waiting for a breakTipperary SHC final: It is one of the oldest themes in sport, the death of a dynastyFri Oct 14 2005 - 01:00
Few enough laughs in this funny old gameSoccer drama isn't what it used to be. The grand old soap opera of Irish soccer is flagging as badly as EastendersSat Oct 08 2005 - 01:00
GAA must learn from Northern exposureSideline Cut : Outside a Dublin pub on Sunday evening last, a tipsy Aughnacloy man took great delight in announcing to a Kerry…Sat Oct 01 2005 - 01:00
Even Gooch could not wither himKey man: In the life of Ryan McMenamin, nothing is ever simpleMon Sept 26 2005 - 01:00
Tomorrow's final has an epic feel about itSideline Cut: Those of us privileged enough to hear John McGahern reading in the Town Hall theatre in Galway on Thursday evening…Sat Sept 24 2005 - 01:00
Scoring prodigy has youth on his sideGalway Player Ger Farragher: In Galway this week, there is a shortage of replica hurling shirts, let alone ticketsThu Sept 08 2005 - 01:00
Sparkling reflections in the wake of The MasterSideline Cut: He arrived in the colds of December, 1928, and by the time he passed away on August 27th last, the life and times…Sat Sept 03 2005 - 01:00
Beefy still in wicket form at 50Cricket interview: Keith Duggan talks to the great all-rounder about family, friends, career and how England needs the drama…Sat Aug 27 2005 - 01:00
Diffident Hanahoe looks back in languorSideline Cut: Watching the regal and vaguely frightening Tony Hanahoe reminisce on the glory days with Dessie Cahill on RTÉ …Sat Aug 27 2005 - 01:00
France joust may restore Kerr twinkleSideline Cut: The appearance of France at Lansdowne Road looms and without any warning the defining hour of the Brian Kerr administration…Sat Aug 20 2005 - 01:00
Combative Clare to bring best out of championsCork v Clare Preview The forecast of a Cork-Kilkenny All-Ireland final started long before the present season and nothing the…Sat Aug 13 2005 - 01:00
Morgan looking forward to reunionAll-Ireland quarter final follow-up: Even as Kerry took the field on Sunday afternoon, Billy Morgan found himself surrounded…Tue Aug 09 2005 - 01:00
Armagh don't seek love, they seek respectSideline Cut: Almost a fortnight after the Ulster final replay, Armagh and Tyrone are coming to terms with the consequences …Sat Aug 06 2005 - 01:00
Morgan's latest flames starting to spark againAll-Ireland SFC Quarter-final: Cork and Billy Morgan are back in Croke Park and the only thing that feels wrong is the timeSat Aug 06 2005 - 01:00
United front conceals stormy weatherSideline Cut: Whatever the truth about the public disagreement between Alex Ferguson and Roy Keane, that the Manchester United…Sat Jul 30 2005 - 01:00
Listless Wexford fall to ClareGAELIC GAMES All-Ireland SHC Quarter-final: Clare 1-20, Wexford 0-12 A good day for Clare hurling but a terribly disappointing…Mon Jul 25 2005 - 01:00
Ulster serves up a real scorcherSummer burned through all the provinces yesterday, and, after the broiling GAA grounds finally cooled, the list of championship…Mon Jul 11 2005 - 01:00
Continuing story of stubborn resistanceAll-Ireland SFC Qualifiers/Leitrim v Meath : No football people gripe less about hardships than the faithful in Leitrim, the…Sat Jul 02 2005 - 01:00
All Blacks dance on an honourable pastSideline Cut: Will Welshman Gareth Thomas be crazy enough to re-enact the controversial blade-of-grass gesture in front of the…Sat Jul 02 2005 - 01:00
Exposing mind and body to the ultra testExtreme Sports Many people idly dream of one day running a marathon but few imagine completing it along one of the earth's polar…Fri Jul 01 2005 - 01:00
White knights a red rag to All BlacksSideline Cut: By Monday morning, Clive Woodward will either be the toast of Fleet Street or its latest figure of ridicule.Sat Jun 25 2005 - 01:00
Rainmaker back to his old tricksLeinster SFC Semi-final/Kildare v Laois: Although Mick O'Dwyer will always be regarded with great affection in Kildare, the …Sat Jun 18 2005 - 01:00
Plight of a Kingdom doomed to conquerSideline Cut: It is hard not to feel a pang of sympathy for the loyal men and women of Kerry football as they brace themselves…Sat Jun 18 2005 - 01:00
Ali's shadow still looms large in ringSideline Cut: Although boxing fans of a certain generation pine after the magnificent era when Muhammad Ali was in his prime…Sat Jun 11 2005 - 01:00
Grafters rather than supermenClare v Tipperary: There is a code of conduct on these daysMon Jun 06 2005 - 01:00
Aristocrats struck dumb by Gerrard heroicsSideline Cut: No one will ever truly work out how, but on Wednesday night in Istanbul, Liverpool Football Club managed to take…Sat May 28 2005 - 01:00
Shades of Loman at Theatre of DreamsSideline Cut: As with athletes, the toughest decisions for sports managers and icons come with realising the right time to leave…Sat May 21 2005 - 01:00
'Flagship of the northern fleet'Ulster SFC/Down v Tyrone: Keith Duggan on why Down's reputation as the aristocrats and radicals of Gaelic football, dating back…Sat May 21 2005 - 01:00
The night Anfield spoke volumesSideline Cut: Had Eidur Gudjohnsen scored with that breath-stealing opportunity 95 minutes into the drama at Anfield on Wednesday…Sat May 07 2005 - 01:00
McMahon enjoying a Clare view of the futureNational Hurling League Final/Clare v Kilkenny, Monday, Thurles, 4Sat Apr 30 2005 - 01:00
Anfield ghosts may yet spook ChelseaSideline Cut: Even if Liverpool do somehow conspire to make a last stand against all conventional football rationale and the…Sat Apr 30 2005 - 01:00
'Easy to remember day I was elected'Presidential election: After the high drama of the early afternoon, the presidential election came as something of a shockMon Apr 18 2005 - 01:00
Wexford need to find path to goal for victoryTyrone v Wexford: Portlaoise, Sunday, 2Sat Apr 16 2005 - 01:00
