Coakley all set for defenceThe Irish Women's Amateur Open Strokeplay Championship in Birr this weekend has attracted a record entry of almost 80 with the…Fri Jul 27 2001 - 01:00
Wallace aiming to face Ulster on returnIt was Harry Williams' final match as coach of UlsterFri Jul 27 2001 - 01:00
Munster take on eliteIreland's top players can forget about easing their way into the new season as the provincial sides have drawn up busy schedules…Thu Jul 26 2001 - 01:00
Ivanisevic holds nerve to survive the end gameThis was never a case of who deserved to win the biggest tennis tournament in the world but who might not survive if they lost…Tue Jul 10 2001 - 01:00
No love lost as champion holds courtEverybody knows Goran Ivanisevic says more than his prayersTue Jul 10 2001 - 01:00
Majestic Williams retains crownRespectful, if a little cool, the obedient Centre Court crowd rose to applaud Venus Williams for the second successive year after…Mon Jul 09 2001 - 01:00
Rafter rewrites the script to dispose of the leading manThe end finally came with a twistSat Jul 07 2001 - 01:00
Williams power is too hot to handle"Once you win here it's pretty addictive," said Venus Williams yesterday after she shredded the game of number three seed Lindsay…Fri Jul 06 2001 - 01:00
Ivanisevic takes a giant step closer to titleJust a match away from his fourth Wimbledon final, Goran Ivanisevic may thank the charitable view taken by the championship organisers…Thu Jul 05 2001 - 01:00
Henin and Capriati set to duelAt the beginning of this year Justine Henin was ranked 45th in the worldThu Jul 05 2001 - 01:00
Henman keeps the home flag flyingSo Tim Henman yesterday earned the right to be the first player to have a slug at the man who felled the heavyweight champion…Wed Jul 04 2001 - 01:00
Capriati holds her nerve and her serveYesterday, after Jennifer Capriati out-smoked Serena Williams on Centre Court, tennis offered up dramatic possibilities as the…Wed Jul 04 2001 - 01:00
Williams sisters waste little timeMagdalena Maleeva, the 14th ranked player in the world fled court 18 in tears. She had just been thrown into the lions cageTue Jul 03 2001 - 01:00
Week two will serve up a whole new ball gameThe sight of Lleyton Hewitt departing from the Wimbledon stadium on Saturday evening arm in arm with Kim Clijsters just about…Mon Jul 02 2001 - 01:00
Goran's guys come back big timeHe's back again. Goran is back. Goran "I've lost my mind" Ivanisevic arrived back on Centre Court with a bang. LiterallySat Jun 30 2001 - 01:00
Win leaves Serena coldAn English writer recently described Serena Williams as grand and impassive, like an Aztec idol on which votaries have hung their…Sat Jun 30 2001 - 01:00
Old head tells it like it isWhen you look for sense, sophistication and intelligence both on and off the court, Lindsay Davenport invariably deliversFri Jun 29 2001 - 01:00
Hewitt hit hard by DentThe young American pups have certainly made their mark. On Wednesday it was Andy RoddickFri Jun 29 2001 - 01:00
Johansson dumped by virile RoddickThey say that Andy Roddick has gotten bigger since the French Open two weeks ago, physically, mentally, his stature, his aura…Thu Jun 28 2001 - 01:00
Capriati cruises throughThe two probable quarter-finalists in the top half of the women's draw, Jennifer Capriati and Serena Williams, lined up their…Thu Jun 28 2001 - 01:00
Usual suspects Hewitt, Agassi and Rafter waltz through opening roundTake your pick of a possible winner: Andre Agassi, Lleyton Hewitt, Pat RafterWed Jun 27 2001 - 01:00
Venus finds off-court battle tougherAs often happens at Wimbledon when the seeded players cruise through the first round and nothing but the expected takes place…Wed Jun 27 2001 - 01:00
Hingis falls at the firstThe tennis world of Martina Hingis was once again blown to smithereens yesterday.Tue Jun 26 2001 - 01:00
Hot Sampras eyes up the record booksIt is becoming harder to mount an argument against Pete Sampras becoming the first player to win eight Wimbledon titlesTue Jun 26 2001 - 01:00
Kuerten makes it three colours redThe Brazilian artist and the Spanish artisan played out their specifically appointed roles at Roland Garros yesterdayMon Jun 11 2001 - 01:00
Capriati on top in power playJennifer Capriati's victory in the French Open in Paris on Saturday has proved that the future of the women's game is moving …Mon Jun 11 2001 - 01:00
Kuerten's performance approaches perfectionThere were a number of certainties before yesterday's semi-finals at Roland GarrosSat Jun 09 2001 - 01:00
Capriati holds the acesLast year Kim Clijsters and Jennifer Capriati lost in the first round at Roland GarrosSat Jun 09 2001 - 01:00
Form in Ferrero's favourDespite Sebastien Gorsjean's defeat of Andre Agassi in the quarter-finals, the feeling is that the probable winner of the second…Fri Jun 08 2001 - 01:00
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 08 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 07 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 07 2001 - 01:00
Ferrero roars through as Hewitt is silencedLleyton Hewitt was muzzled yesterday at Roland GarrosWed Jun 06 2001 - 01:00
Capriati up where she belongs a decade onJennifer Capriati has arrived at where she was 11 years agoWed Jun 06 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 05 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 04 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 02 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 01 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
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
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
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
