Sportspeak"He was a beggar to ride out at home. He'd pull you arms out all day if you let him."Sat Oct 28 2000 - 01:00
ISC to drive sports reviewThe Minister for Sport, Dr McDaid, has formalised the post-Sydney, pre-Athens review in which he has asked the main sporting …Fri Oct 27 2000 - 01:00
Baker's hunger still not satedThe Irish kick-boxing team returned this week from the European Championships in Jesolo, Italy, with six medals (one gold, one…Wed Oct 25 2000 - 01:00
McKiernan doubtful for world cross event 3rd parIn the wake of Sonia O'Sullivan's Olympic success, little notice has been taken of the athlete who should have been in Sydney…Sat Oct 21 2000 - 01:00
Another opinion on scans to be soughtInevitably the health of former world champion Wayne McCullough took precedence over his boxing career when he was advised to…Sat Oct 21 2000 - 01:00
Wayne's world collapses after cyst is revealedThe former world bantamweight champion and Olympic silver medallist Wayne McCullough yesterday broke down in tears at a press…Fri Oct 20 2000 - 01:00
Fine Gael will abandon National StadiumCurrent plans for the building of a National Stadium will be abandoned if Fine Gael are returned to government between now and…Thu Oct 19 2000 - 01:00
Limerick inspired by the AlgarveLimerick County golf club are obviously inspired by warm weather golf and the allure of the Algarve in OctoberTue Oct 17 2000 - 01:00
Sonia to focus on the short routeContrary to some expectations that Olympic 5,000 metre silver medallist Sonia O'Sullivan would be winding down now that she is…Mon Oct 09 2000 - 01:00
`Unfair' result leaves a bitter tasteThe Portuguese press had only one perspective on the 1-1 result: paper Jogo blasted "Unfair" across their front page, before …Mon Oct 09 2000 - 01:00
Silver Sonia comes home to fanfare welcomeFirst she came home as a European champion in 1994. Then it was as a World Champion a year laterSat Oct 07 2000 - 01:00
Sonia to benefit as Qatar opens upThree years ago when the International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF) set about winning over the Middle East to the delights…Thu Oct 05 2000 - 01:00
IRB deny welfare of players is ignoredThe International Rugby Board (IRB) have denied their principal concerns were the marketing and managing of the game rather than…Wed Oct 04 2000 - 01:00
McCullough's first in BelfastBoxing: Wayne McCullough will have his first fight in Belfast since boxing as an amateur when he takes on Hungary's Sandor Koczak…Wed Oct 04 2000 - 01:00
King Of The World, by David Remnick (Picador, £6.99 in UK)Taken into the febrile years surrounding the civil rights movement in America and filtered through the eyes of the greatest boxer…Sat Sept 30 2000 - 01:00
Perec's Olympics end with Singapore swingOlympic champion Marie-Jose Perec has withdrawn from the Sydney Games after a bizarre series of events which saw her flee Sydney…Fri Sept 22 2000 - 01:00
National bodies `sold tickets to scalpers'The organising committee of the Olympics, SOCOG, have accused the national Olympic committees of the US, Switzerland, Spain, …Fri Sept 22 2000 - 01:00
Two more weightlifters fail drug testsBulgaria's 52kg weightlifting silver medallist Ivan Ivanov was stripped of his medal on Wednesday.Fri Sept 22 2000 - 01:00
Canadian show jumper banned from eventEric Lamaze, the Canadian show jumper who tested positive for cocaine in an out of competition dope test last month, has been…Thu Sept 21 2000 - 01:00
Perec out of Games after hotel incidentFrench three-time Olympic champion MarieJose Perec has pulled out of the Olympic Games, her main sponsor Reebok said early this…Thu Sept 21 2000 - 01:00
Defending 100-metres champion ill with fluDefending 100-metres Olympic champion Donovan Bailey's morale is in terrible shape after falling ill with flu his agent Ray Flynn…Thu Sept 21 2000 - 01:00
New seating arrangementChastened by poor performances in their two races so far, the Irish lightweight four rowers have decided to change the way the…Thu Sept 21 2000 - 01:00
Popov turns tables on van den HoogenbandAlexander Popov, who missed out on a third gold in the 100-metres freestyle, turned the tables on his conqueror Pieter van den…Thu Sept 21 2000 - 01:00
Baumann ruled out as Ottey returnsTrack and Field, which begins on Friday, is already causing ripples in the Olympic villageTue Sept 19 2000 - 01:00
`Big Brother' to keep an eye on judgesAfter the charade of the Houston World Championships last year and corrupt decisions in previous games boxing's own `Big Brother…Fri Sept 15 2000 - 01:00
Maher link with Christie unclearOne of the current issues in athletics is whether Emily Maher, the talented young Irish sprinter, has teamed up with Linford …Thu Sept 14 2000 - 01:00
Gold pursuit no longer child's playThey are like the mayfly - ephemeral and fragileWed Sept 13 2000 - 01:00
Donegal woman joins greats in torch relayAn Irish woman from Milford, Co Donegal, has joined a number of world sporting greats such as golfer Greg Norman and 1980 and…Wed Sept 13 2000 - 01:00
Flag honour for SoniaThe Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) president Pat Hickey yesterday made a popular choice in nominating Sonia O'Sullivan as the…Wed Sept 13 2000 - 01:00
As boxing hits the canvas Cubans vow to rise againWord was out last summer that the Cubans were going to be trimmed in HoustonWed Sept 13 2000 - 01:00
Sydney stereotypesKatie Couric, co-host on the NBC Today Show, American's highest-rating breakfast programme, nursed a kangaroo with the Sydney…Wed Sept 13 2000 - 01:00
Souvenir flag returnsOlympic bronze medallist Hal Haig-Pireste should feel at home with members of the IOC committee when he officially hands back…Wed Sept 13 2000 - 01:00
Website clarifies drugsIf ignorance was once a reason for testing positive for an over-the-counter drug, it is becoming less so as an Irish internet…Wed Sept 13 2000 - 01:00
IOC warns GreeceSome years after Dublin was hilariously mooted as an Olympic venue and before Sydney has even begun, Athens 2004 organisers are…Wed Sept 13 2000 - 01:00
Replica doll of Keane proves a bit of a wind-upDiadora, the company that makes Roy Keane's boots, has come up with an idea which is sending the Manchester United memorabilia…Sat Sept 09 2000 - 01:00
McConnell missed as Connacht steamrolledThe seven-week suspension handed out to the Connacht captain Mark McConnell may well be a greater blow to his side's interprovincial…Sat Sept 09 2000 - 01:00
Chinese Olympic squad decimated by drug testsAs many as 30 athletes, representing almost a tenth of the Chinese Olympic team, are believed to have been pulled out of the …Wed Sept 06 2000 - 01:00
Motorcyclists' wounds heal fastWounds in road racing heal quickly. It is a genetic thingMon Aug 28 2000 - 01:00
Painful realityCatherina McKiernan is known as one of the hardest people in the business to interview, partly because of shyness and modesty…Sat Aug 26 2000 - 01:00
Equipped: How a tight squeeze helps swimmersEnergy maintenance is how they describe swimming togs these daysMon Aug 21 2000 - 01:00
First sea victory for O'BrienThe stage and screen actress Siobhan McKenna used to locate herself by the band stand on Dun Laoghaire Pier and shout encouragement…Mon Aug 21 2000 - 01:00
Dunne steps into breachLeinster named their starting line-up to meet Swansea this afternoon with only one position left undecidedSat Aug 19 2000 - 01:00
Welsh aim for Celtic LeagueThe beginnings of a new Celtic League were claimed yesterday by the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) secretary-general JB Moffat who said…Fri Aug 18 2000 - 01:00
Miller to take his place in packEric Miller's shoulder injury, sustained in Leinster's 32-20 win over Bridgend on Wednesday night, is not expected to keep him…Fri Aug 18 2000 - 01:00
O'Driscoll is latest Leinster casualtyFollowing the many fretful discussions surrounding the condition of Brian O'Driscoll's hamstring, the Blackrock player yesterday…Wed Aug 16 2000 - 01:00
Farrell to miss early seasonLeinster and Blackrock's Emmet Farrell will be out of the game for a number of months but should play again before the end of…Mon Aug 14 2000 - 01:00
Olympic Evolution: Number 4 - RowingGround rules: There are two kinds of rowing events. In sculling each rower pulls two oars (sculls)Mon Aug 14 2000 - 01:00