Lapping it upAppreciating that Swim Ireland are anxious to start off on a good footing, is it not unusual that the Irish National Championships…Sat Jul 31 1999 - 01:00
Geordie justiceNewcastle United have sacked a 17-year-old apprentice who tested positive for heroin last seasonSat Jul 31 1999 - 01:00
Millennium racesNext year's list of Irish race meetings carries an interesting fixture on January 1st which will, uniquely, make Tramore the …Sat Jul 31 1999 - 01:00
Money for all as sponsors pay upThe golf correspondent of this newspaper, Dermot Gilleece, once asked International Management Group (IMG) boss Mark McCormack…Thu Jul 29 1999 - 01:00
De Bruin threatens legal actionIn another wrangle involving Ireland's triple Olympic gold medallist, the new governing body for swimming, Swim Ireland, could…Tue Jul 27 1999 - 01:00
Price of historyWhat price history? Mark McGwire's record for the most home runs in a season left a lot of little people quite rich and others…Sat Jul 24 1999 - 01:00
Trophy honours CarrollThe 20th running of the Dublin City marathon on October 25th will be marked by the introduction of the Noel Carroll Perpetual…Wed Jul 21 1999 - 01:00
Neptune make it five in a rowIt would have been something a seismic shock had anything other than a Neptune win in the men's senior eights occurred at the…Mon Jul 19 1999 - 01:00
Self-supporting soccer starWhen Brandi Chastain whipped off the top half of her kit after scoring the winner for the United States in the women's World …Sat Jul 17 1999 - 01:00
Wood set to returnGarryowen's hopes of having Irish hooker Keith Wood back in Limerick next season will depend on ongoing discussions with the …Sat Jul 17 1999 - 01:00
De Bruin records to be omittedThe 36 Irish records currently held by Michelle de Bruin will not be acceptable to Swim Ireland, the new governing body for the…Sat Jul 17 1999 - 01:00
50-metre pool to be ready by next yearAfter years of debate and disagreement with various sports ministers, it was announced yesterday that Ireland's first 50-metre…Thu Jul 15 1999 - 01:00
Graf bids farewell to WimbledonWhen Steffi Graf walked into the post-match interview after playing her 31st Grand Slam final, no one had envisaged that her …Mon Jul 05 1999 - 01:00
Sampras joins the greatsWe were given a glimpse of Andre Agassi yesterday after Peter Sampras out-punched him, out-ran him, out-served him and played…Mon Jul 05 1999 - 01:00
Yankee pair do the doubleTwo weeks of tennis and seven rounds of matches and it ended with a Californian smile from new Wimbledon ladies singles champion…Mon Jul 05 1999 - 01:00
Shy Davenport strides confidently to centre stageFinally Lindsay Davenport emerged from the shadows to take her place in the sunMon Jul 05 1999 - 01:00
Buoyant Stevenson dazzles DokicAll singing, all dancing, all conquering Alexandra Stevenson twinkled into the Wimbledon semi-finals yesterday with flapping …Sat Jul 03 1999 - 01:00
Nugent's odyssey endsIreland's Stephen Nugent finally bowed out of the Wimbledon junior event yesterday, but not without making a lasting impression…Sat Jul 03 1999 - 01:00
Devastating Agassi on course to `do a Borg'At one stage it looked like a scene from the television show ERSat Jul 03 1999 - 01:00
Graf holds nerve in lengthy rain danceSteffi Graf and Venus Williams came out to play their quarter-final match at noonFri Jul 02 1999 - 01:00
Schedule in tatters as rain stops playThe former England football manager, Glen Hoddle, was lodged in the crowd yesterday looking like he'd been taking the stuff that…Fri Jul 02 1999 - 01:00
Mum's protection racketIf all the talk about their parents is true, Alexandra Stevenson's quarter-final match against 16-year-old Jelena Dokic will …Thu Jul 01 1999 - 01:00
Nugent eases past BrooksAnother performance full of confidence and verve earned Ireland's Stephen Nugent a place in the third round of the junior competition…Thu Jul 01 1999 - 01:00
Henman volleys out of this world"Tim - alien abduction." Jim Courier knows how to feed headlines to the tabloidsThu Jul 01 1999 - 01:00
No stopping WilliamsBoris Becker put a moment aside yesterday to point out that Venus Williams would some day become the best women's player in the…Thu Jul 01 1999 - 01:00
No play as clouds openEven the most optimistic spectators could tell yesterday that the skies were never going to clearWed Jun 30 1999 - 01:00
Davenport prepares for high jinksThe virtually invisible number three seed Lindsay Davenport yesterday advanced to the quarter-finalsTue Jun 29 1999 - 01:00
Agassi dodges hold-upsThey loved it the first time. Even gave it a Mexican wave. Second time so, so. Third time ughhTue Jun 29 1999 - 01:00
Beautiful stranger to victoryThey are saying now that Anna Kournikova is too beautiful for her own goodMon Jun 28 1999 - 01:00
Ultimate test for ArthursAndre Agassi will probably have heard the drum beat around the locker room about the half Irishman who has not dropped a serve…Mon Jun 28 1999 - 01:00
Nugent going strongIreland's Stephen Nugent played himself into a strong position in the first round of the junior singles at Wimbledon this weekend…Mon Jun 28 1999 - 01:00
Seles is latest victim of teen armyWhat is bad for Monica Seles is good for Steffi GrafSat Jun 26 1999 - 01:00
Courier pays for gruelling shootA fitting start at high noon yesterday in Wimbledon saw Jim Courier come through the most extraordinary shoot out of the day …Sat Jun 26 1999 - 01:00
Respect for the big hitting Las Vegan reaches new levelThese days Wimbledon is full of respect. It wasn't always that waySat Jun 26 1999 - 01:00
Agassi is calm but deadlyThere's an American love-in going on. A rootin', tootin' push for the boys and the star-spangled bannerFri Jun 25 1999 - 01:00
Little attempt at image changePeople don't warm to Mary Pierce. She walks through the crowd to outside show court three and people simply stare.Fri Jun 25 1999 - 01:00
Dokic fairytale continues for nowTrouble on an outside court and it wasn't Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario packing her bagsFri Jun 25 1999 - 01:00
Former star swept asideYesterday four minders escorted Anna Kournikova from the players lounge to show-court two through a crowd of several hundred …Thu Jun 24 1999 - 01:00
Courier delivers the goodsProving that there is life after reading novels between change overs, Jim Courier revitalised his failing Wimbledon career yesterday…Thu Jun 24 1999 - 01:00
Steffi struggles as Monica cleans upWorld order was restored yesterday: Steffi Graf won, Monica Seles won, Anna Kournikova won and Venus Williams wonThu Jun 24 1999 - 01:00
Delicate build-up pays for NovotnaJana Novotna dispelled doubts about her ankle injury by coasting to a two-set win over the rhythmically named Shi-Ting Wang in…Wed Jun 23 1999 - 01:00
Becker back from the deadWimbledon has never been able to ignore Boris Becker, nor Becker WimbledonWed Jun 23 1999 - 01:00
Sampras serves up a treatPete Sampras ran his fingers through his thick black hair and grinnedTue Jun 22 1999 - 01:00
Making image payA Wimbledon crowd will never let you down. You make the prediction, they will carry it out. In arrives a pin-up clicheTue Jun 22 1999 - 01:00
The `facts' on androMore confusion and misleading conclusions from Ireland On Sunday regarding legal and illegal drugsSat Jun 19 1999 - 01:00
De Bruin to keep medals won in SevilleMichelle Smith de Bruin will keep the four European medals she won in Seville at the 1997 European ChampionshipsFri Jun 18 1999 - 01:00
First Sunday match for IrishIreland are set to play their first Six Nations rugby match on a Sunday when they face France at Stade Francais next yearWed Jun 16 1999 - 01:00
Three in a row for McKiernanCatherina McKiernan yesterday became the first athlete to win the 10 kilometre Women's Mini Marathon three years in succession…Mon Jun 14 1999 - 01:00
