Pembroke have point to proveMEN'S HOCKEY WEEKEND PREVIEW: THE MEETING in Serpentine Avenue between two of Leinster's top sides, Pembroke and Three Rock …Fri Oct 03 2008 - 01:00
Earls back in harness for big show at RDSKEITH EARLS looks likely to reclaim the fullback position for Munster this week following his three-try haul two weeks agoThu Sept 25 2008 - 01:00
Henson and Williams available to face UlsterAS THE Ulster team once again adjust to the booing that had become such a disfiguring part of their disappointing season last…Wed Sept 24 2008 - 01:00
Railway through to last fourMEN'S HOCKEY: RAILWAY UNION will face Glenanne and Three Rock Rovers meet YMCA in the Neville Cup semi-finals.Mon Sept 22 2008 - 01:00
Ulster to finally fire against DragonsUlster v Dragons THE MORE elusive the first win, the longer Matt Williams is going to feel the pressureFri Sept 19 2008 - 01:00
IHA may seek compensation if players transferHOCKEY ULSTER PLAYERS CHANGING ALLEGIANCE TO BRITAIN THIS WAS the offending paragraph that appeared on the Ulster Hockey website…Fri Sept 19 2008 - 01:00
Bradley wields the axe for visit of GlasgowConnacht v Glasgow CONNACHT COACH Michael Bradley has made six changes to the side that shipped 45 points last weekFri Sept 19 2008 - 01:00
Bowe makes his debut for OspreysTOMMY BOWE, one of the players coach Matt Williams would have desperately wanted to keep at Ulster this season, will make his…Thu Sept 04 2008 - 01:00
Four unions to join forces for World Cup bidRUGBY NEWS: AT A MEETING in Dublin yesterday, it was expected that WRU chief executive Roger Lewis would outline his ideas on…Thu Sept 04 2008 - 01:00
Taylor hoping to box in London GamesIRELAND'S ONLY boxing world champion went off with her friends yesterday morning to watch Ken Egan's final bout of this year'…Mon Aug 25 2008 - 01:00
Hickey hints equestrian sport could be droppedEQUESTRIAN: EQUESTRIAN SPORT will be fighting for its Olympic life when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) meet this …Sat Aug 23 2008 - 01:00
Showjumper may get long ban after positive drug testIRISH SHOWJUMPER Denis Lynch could face a lengthy ban from the sport after his horse tested positive for a prohibited substance…Fri Aug 22 2008 - 01:00
Hong Kong laboratory's key role in test dramaCAPSAICIN, the drug at the centre of yesterday's equine testing controversy in Beijing, is the compound that is responsible for…Fri Aug 22 2008 - 01:00
Five Ringed CircusPirates Paradise smoked out : THE Chinese have always been self-sufficient and enterprising, although in Beijing, Olympic fans…Wed Aug 20 2008 - 01:00
Spanish get it wrong againFIVE RINGED CIRCUS : THE SPANISH basketball team have been criticised by the IOC for their ill-conceived newspaper advert ahead…Sat Aug 16 2008 - 01:00
Seoul sister Mutola brings us tracking back the yearsOLYMPIC TV VIEW: Seeing Maria on screen was one of the high points of these Games.Sat Aug 16 2008 - 01:00
Five Ringed CircusWeaire, Phelan inspire Cube THE Water Cube, the groundbreaking development of the National Aquatic Centre in Beijing, is based…Wed Aug 13 2008 - 01:00
Weightlifters tipped to lead way in shame statisticsBETTING: WEIGHTLIFTING IS the sport of choice for cheats. So say the bookmakers.Thu Aug 07 2008 - 01:00
Golden days when our Cup almost ran overON TENNIS EVERY SPORT has a particular claim or boastWed Jul 23 2008 - 01:00
Ireland hoping to find rich vein againTENNIS: GIVEN THE way their Davis Cup match against Morocco turned out the last time Ireland stepped onto the carpet at Fitzwilliam…Fri Jul 18 2008 - 01:00
Nadal wins a classic, scintillating finalTHEY WILL talk about this one for years. It had swings. It had rain delaysMon Jul 07 2008 - 01:00
Nadal conquers in scintillating finalTENNIS: THERE WAS a point midway through the third set when fans looked to the malevolent skies funnelling over southwest London…Mon Jul 07 2008 - 01:00
Irish claim on Dellacqua would not be overly tribalON TENNIS: There is after all some Irish - and particularly Galway - interest in the main draw at WimbledonWed Jun 25 2008 - 01:00
Murray mania more hype than realistic hopeWIMBLEDON: THERE ARE some people in London who believe the world number one Roger Federer and his possible nemesis Rafael Nadal…Mon Jun 23 2008 - 01:00
Springbok Smal joins Kidney's coaching teamDECLAN KIDNEY has added a new name to his Ireland back room team with the appointment of former Springbok, and World Cup winning…Fri Jun 20 2008 - 01:00
McGahan is handed the task of leading Munster forwardRUGBY: TONY McGAHAN yesterday continued the successful relationship Munster have cultivated with Australian coaches over the…Thu Jun 19 2008 - 01:00
Sense of déjà vu as provinces pooled with familiar foesMUNSTER WILL reacquaint themselves with Clermont Auvergne while Leinster again meet Edinburgh at the pool stages in next season…Wed Jun 18 2008 - 01:00
Munster faced with a very French campaignRUGBY EUROPEAN CUP AS SOON as the Heineken European Cup draw was made yesterday in Dublin's Ballsbridge, the Munster CEO, Garret…Wed Jun 18 2008 - 01:00
Ivanovic unlikely to choke on this occasionTennis : WHEN DINARA Safina was 14 years old her older brother Marat was winning the US Open title in New York.Sat Jun 07 2008 - 01:00
Confident Monfils eyes final spotTENNIS: JUST WHAT Gael Monfils will make of Roger Federer standing across the net from him in the most famous court in France…Fri Jun 06 2008 - 01:00
Dementieva wobbles then buckles under pressureTENNIS FRENCH OPEN: IN AN interview conducted by an American magazine two years ago Russia's Elena Dementieva was asked about…Thu Jun 05 2008 - 01:00
New kids slam door on former powersON TENNIS: The European revolution could have benefits for Ireland in years to comeWed Jun 04 2008 - 01:00
Bree cleared by Fina to compete in BeijingSWIMMING NEWS ANDREW BREE, Ireland's only swimmer with an A standard time for this year's Olympic Games in Beijing, will be …Fri May 30 2008 - 01:00
De Villiers includes 11 black players in squadSPRINGBOK COACH Peter de Villiers has selected an unprecedented 11 black players in his 30-man squad for Test matches against…Fri May 30 2008 - 01:00
New Zealand squad contains nine uncapped playersALL BLACK coach Graham Henry may use the three-Test matches against Ireland (June 7th) and England (June 14th and 21st) to have…Thu May 29 2008 - 01:00
Leona takes her turn to enter record booksWOMEN'S CLOSE CHAMPIONSHIP THERE WAS no need to refer to the history books yesterday at WestportThu May 22 2008 - 01:00
Twin Leona enters the record booksWOMEN'S CLOSE CHAMPIONSHIP THERE WAS no need to refer to the history books yesterday at WestportThu May 22 2008 - 01:00
Low-key finale not without its subplotsAS LEINSTER backs Fionn Carr and Ian Keatley move west and scrumhalf Frank Murphy returns to Ireland from Leicester Tigers for…Fri May 09 2008 - 01:00
The final curtain call for Humphreys"YOUV'E GOT to look at it as the glass half full, don't you," says Ulster and Ireland's David HumphreysFri May 09 2008 - 01:00
Fringe players get last chance to stake claimMAGNERS LEAGUE: DRAGONS BEAT their Welsh rivals Ospreys on Tuesday night to guarantee they will finish above Connacht in the…Fri May 09 2008 - 01:00
Dunne sets his sights on shot at world titleBOXING NEWS DUBLIN'S BERNARD Dunne has given himself 12 months to land a crack at a world championship fight following a surprise…Thu May 08 2008 - 01:00
Free weekend in Butlins lives long in Ruane's memoryTENNIS INTERVIEW WITH CAITRÍONA RUANE: Sinn Féin Assembly member Caitríona Ruane recalls her successful tennis careerWed May 07 2008 - 01:00
Kidney in balancing actMAGNERS LEAGUE PREVIEWS/Llanelli V Munster : MUNSTER ARE not about to cough up another Magners League match in the way they …Sat May 03 2008 - 01:00
Ulster out to complete missionUlster V Glasgow: WELL AFTER Ulster's winning match against Munster in Belfast in midweek, coach Matt Williams expressed significant…Sat May 03 2008 - 01:00
