GAA dismisses `crowd chaos' claimThe GAA has emphatically denied that the crowd difficulties at Sunday's International Rules finale at Croke Park presented a …Tue Oct 17 2000 - 01:00
Who's that beside Alf Ramsey?The old line still rings true: the world is in a terrible state of chassisMon Oct 16 2000 - 01:00
Donnellan's bad break a blow for IrelandGalway forward Michael Donnellan will miss the Sunday's crucial International Rules game due to a fracture of a bone in his foot…Wed Oct 11 2000 - 01:00
Gribic brothers block out Russian ambitionsOn the last day, it was a battle between two stalwarts of old EuropeMon Oct 02 2000 - 01:00
Opals dream of precious goldAs the last day closes in on this gargantuan sports festival, the home nation is making a late run for glory on the basketball…Sat Sept 30 2000 - 01:00
More kicks guaranteed if you don't get thickSome Olympic sports keep their own companyFri Sept 29 2000 - 01:00
Savon on a roll againA full house for fight night down on Sydney's waterfront and again they have come to pay respects to one manFri Sept 29 2000 - 01:00
Mixed doubles day as court lords draw a line and exitThe Woodies, peerless masters of the tramlines for over a decade, said goodbye yesterdayThu Sept 28 2000 - 01:00
Rezazadeh snatches world recordThe most fascinating aspect of the super heavyweight discipline in weightlifting is not so much the ogres that grunt and steam…Wed Sept 27 2000 - 01:00
Dream time for KiwisIt was perhaps the biggest mismatch of the entire OlympicsMon Sept 25 2000 - 01:00
Haworth fails to be weighed down by prejudiceCheryl Haworth is fat. When she goes home, she will probably be the fattest Olympic medal holder in NebraskaSat Sept 23 2000 - 01:00
Slow start ends Ireland's hopesThe week long fears that the Irish coxless four crew were off the pace were confirmed as they faded out of contention after the…Fri Sept 22 2000 - 01:00
Repechage reliefThe Irish lightweight coxless four are through to Friday's semi-finals after qualifying in third position in the repechage earlier…Wed Sept 20 2000 - 01:00
Girls from Romania do their duty wellWhat is it with the Olympics and women's gymnastics? As has always been the way, the competitors enchanted the crowds and cameras…Wed Sept 20 2000 - 01:00
New seeds are sown by WhitfieldSydney welcomed the athletes of the inaugural Olympic triathlon with open arms over the weekendMon Sept 18 2000 - 01:00
Beauty and the beast are bound for a happy endingThe bus route to Bondi roller-coasts through a suburban vista of small restaurants and boutiques before swinging around the periphery…Mon Sept 18 2000 - 01:00
Fast, loose and unchallengedThe Dream team wears make-up for the cameras. They braid their hair. They laugh a lotSat Sept 16 2000 - 01:00
Perfecting the art of pulling togetherNeville Maxwell stands in the shadows of the boathouse, devouring a jam sandwich and an appleWed Sept 13 2000 - 01:00
Kilkenny exorcise past-ghosts with an overwhelming spiritGreat teams do not crashMon Sept 11 2000 - 01:00
Kilkenny out to avoid historic defeatAfter the early stages of this year's hurling championship, the question of Kilkenny's previous two All-Ireland losses aroseWed Sept 06 2000 - 01:00
Derry dismiss Cork statementThe Derry minor trainer, Chris Byrne, has said that he holds in "utter contempt" a Cork County Board statement issued yesterday…Fri Sept 01 2000 - 01:00
Starting role for MarsdenDiarmuid Marsden is back on the Armagh team for tomorrow's Bank of Ireland football championship replay against KerryFri Sept 01 2000 - 01:00
McEvoy worry for KilkennyKilkenny midfielder Brian McEvoy has been unable to train with the county since sustaining a collar-bone injury during the All…Wed Aug 30 2000 - 01:00
`I hope we can win it for Ja now'The wise man from the west is smiling. John O'Mahony's thoughts have been wound back to the half-time break, a lifetime agoMon Aug 28 2000 - 01:00
Wary interloper becomes a talisman for KildareWhen Karl O'Dwyer was withdrawn from the Kildare team to face Offaly in the Leinster semifinal, the dismay of the all-white fans…Thu Aug 24 2000 - 01:00
Galway make no changesGalway manager John O'Mahony has named an unchanged team to face Kildare in the Bank of Ireland All-Ireland semifinal on Sunday…Thu Aug 24 2000 - 01:00
Dynamic of teams has shiftedReflecting on the 1998 All-Ireland final days before their respective provincial finals last month, both Mick O'Dwyer and John…Tue Aug 22 2000 - 01:00
Evolution: BasketballFirst Shot: Just about everyone knows the story behind the invention, when a Canadian named James Naismith got imaginative with…Mon Aug 21 2000 - 01:00
`Thank God for Maurice Fitzgerald'The brightest star still burns all right, tanned and brilliant and modest as everMon Aug 21 2000 - 01:00
Solid, serious and in controlWhen Kerry goalkeeper Declan O'Keeffe was a youngster, himself and his cousin, Denis Moynihan, would spend hours watching the…Sat Aug 19 2000 - 01:00
Marsden to start on the bench for ArmaghDiarmuid Marsden will not start for Armagh in Sunday's Bank of Ireland semi-final against Kerry.Fri Aug 18 2000 - 01:00
An early nightmare on the field of dreamsEven though Croke Park has long been the pinnacle of aspirations, it is also a venue that holds torments for players too numerous…Fri Aug 18 2000 - 01:00
Yellow just not Power's colourAll year long, Kilkenny have yearned and dreamt and laboured for this, for another shot, to just get back into an All-Ireland…Mon Aug 14 2000 - 01:00
Tierney gets starting rewardMattie Murphy has elevated impressive newcomer David Tierney to Galway's starting fifteen for Sunday's Guinness All-Ireland hurling…Wed Aug 09 2000 - 01:00
Ryan rewarded with starting placeAs widely anticipated, the Cork selectors have rewarded Pat Ryan for his exemplary performance after coming off the substitutes…Wed Aug 02 2000 - 01:00
All Star line-up for 2000 contestCork goalkeeper Donal Og Cusack will take part in this year's Poc Fada competition the day after his side contest Sunday's All…Wed Aug 02 2000 - 01:00
`Vital that we stamped our authority'No champagne in the Galway dressing room. Not much singing eitherMon Jul 31 2000 - 01:00
Connacht SFC Final: Galway v Leitrim, Hyde Park, 4.15 (Network 2)Few beyond the Leitrim dressing-room door will be expecting anything other than a handsome Galway win at Hyde ParkSat Jul 29 2000 - 01:00
Ever-improving Kildare to realise their potentialWhen Offaly reconstructed the perceived course of the Bank of Ireland All-Ireland championship by removing Meath early on, the…Sat Jul 29 2000 - 01:00
O'Mahony aware of potential pitfallsSuch was the sweeping, at times awesome, nature of Galway's destruction of Sligo in the semi-final that it has become the only…Fri Jul 28 2000 - 01:00
GAA to move goalposts - for hurling semi-finalsThe pitch at Croke Park will be lengthened ahead of the All-Ireland hurling semi-finalsTue Jul 25 2000 - 01:00
