Manchester United’s stars ensure that the Solskjaer comedy rumbles onNostalgia is a powerful force in sport and it means Norwegian will keep getting his chanceMon Nov 01 2021 - 06:00
How Knockmore ended Carnacon’s two decades of Mayo dominanceFiona McHale, Cora Staunton and co were finally dispatched by Cormac Reape’s sideSun Oct 24 2021 - 07:00
Malachy Clerkin: Format changes fall short of addressing football’s real structural issueDisparity in finances will continue to be the main issue regardless of Saturday’s voteSat Oct 23 2021 - 06:00
Republic of Ireland 0 Sweden 1: How the Irish team ratedMalachy Clerkin runs the rule over Vera Pauw’s side after a spirited performanceThu Oct 21 2021 - 21:36
How Paddy Power always have the inside track on puntersNew book shows that behind the guerilla marketing and laddish adverts lies a tech giantSat Oct 16 2021 - 06:00
Life as an intercounty manager – a job where the outer boundaries aren’t stakedDavy Burke and Ryan McMenamin keen to return despite all-consuming nature of it allSat Oct 16 2021 - 06:00
Ireland 4 Qatar 0: How the Irish players rated at the Aviva StadiumMalachy Clerkin hands out the marks after a comprehensive win in Dublin.Tue Oct 12 2021 - 22:13
Dressingroom restrictions looking more and more ridiculous but there’s not long to goAll across the island last weekend players were forced to change wherever they couldSun Oct 10 2021 - 06:00
Malachy Clerkin: Callum Robinson pile-on has all been a bit purer than pureWhy should any of us care why a young footballer will not take a Covid-19 vaccine?Wed Oct 06 2021 - 17:51
Jack O’Connor’s appointment as Kerry manager strongly defended by county boardKerry chair says reports that decision had been made early are ‘totally erroneous’Mon Oct 04 2021 - 21:51
‘It was nice to hear an Irish accent’: Punters form unlikely college football unionGAA and rugby skills allow men from Kerry and Dublin to step into the unkownSat Oct 02 2021 - 10:30
Another dance with Jack O’Connor an offer Kerry could hardly refuseThe county has appointed O’Connor manager for the third time – will it be a charm?Mon Sept 27 2021 - 06:00
Dublin’s synchronised swim team: ‘We’ve done lots of swimming but this is so different’A mix of complete beginners and experts have spent six weeks training for charity showSat Sept 25 2021 - 06:00
Third time’s a charm as Kerry go with safe pair of hands in Jack O’ConnorThree-time All-Ireland winning manager’s elevation comes after a week of entertaining intrigueFri Sept 24 2021 - 19:14
Malachy Clerkin: The Ryder Cup shouldn’t work but we wouldn’t miss it for the worldContrary to logic it remains an unignorable, thoroughly irresistible weekend of sportMon Sept 20 2021 - 06:00
Ryder Cup: Steve Stricker will load the dice in US favour with Whistling Straits set-upNothing new under the Ryder Cup sun when it comes to using home advantageSun Sept 19 2021 - 08:00
Joe McMahon hails unity of purpose as Tyrone relish a triumph for the agesIn victory, winners always praise wider panel – but that rings truer this year more than everSat Sept 18 2021 - 10:30
Tyrone’s success gives Feargal Logan relief from the pain of 1995Saturday’s win was particularly sweet for Tyrone’s joint-manager after past experienceMon Sept 13 2021 - 06:00
Malachy Clerkin: Mayo have seen it all before but where do they go from here?James Horan needs to find a role for Aidan O’Shea or end his torment once and for allSun Sept 12 2021 - 15:16
James Horan accepts that Mayo were well below par when it mattered most'Today is very disappointing but there was a lot of development this year'Sat Sept 11 2021 - 21:15
Tyrone break Mayo hearts to become All-Ireland championsRyan O’Donoghue misses a second half penalty as Mayo’s barren run continuesSat Sept 11 2021 - 19:30
Feargal Logan and Brian Dooher a perfect match for TyroneSuccess at under-21 level paved the way for the pair to make move up to seniorSat Sept 11 2021 - 07:00
All-Ireland Football Final: Mayo v Tyrone - By The NumbersMalachy Clerkin opens the record books ahead of Saturday night’s deciderFri Sept 10 2021 - 16:44
The teacher was driving me to A&E, my nose a Niagara of blood. But then he stopped the carMalachy Clerkin on a hospital dash in a wheezing Ford SierraFri Sept 10 2021 - 06:00
Malachy Clerkin: Regrets, the rest will have a few - but this is Mayo and Tyrone’s weekAll-Ireland finalists have flaws and it could mean an enthralling, Dublin-free showpieceMon Sept 06 2021 - 06:00
Colm Cavanagh confident Tyrone now have the experience to winFormer midfielder was the only one with any final experience to call upon in 2018Sat Sept 04 2021 - 06:00
Niall Sludden delighted Tyrone’s commitment to perform got to play out on the pitch‘I thought we might not get the chance, lucky enough we got it and we are in the final’Tue Aug 31 2021 - 06:00
Typically thorny Tyrone tear up the prescribed All-Ireland scriptDooher defends county’s Covid reprieve as defiant display shocks favourites KerryMon Aug 30 2021 - 06:00
Old failings apparent again as Kerry suffer another devastating defeatKingdom have had a shortage of reliable, knotty defenders for the best part of a decade nowSun Aug 29 2021 - 16:10
Feargal Logan shares delight and appreciation after Tyrone’s ‘horrendous’ month‘Two weeks ago we were potentially out of the competition and that’s the relief I feel’Sat Aug 28 2021 - 19:51
Niall Morgan and Tyrone are pulling together in the most trying of times'For me it was, the one thing that I wanted to do was make the kids proud'Sat Aug 28 2021 - 05:30
‘You want your best performance to be in an All-Ireland final’Final flourish proves fitting reward for Limerick’s ravenous work-rate and hungerMon Aug 23 2021 - 01:00
Kieran Kingston: ‘It was like trying to stop the tide with a bucket’Cork manager says there was not a lot they could do to stop ‘exceptional’ LimerickSun Aug 22 2021 - 20:10
Awesome Limerick rout the Rebels to win another All-IrelandCork have no answers to defending champions who secure third title in four yearsSun Aug 22 2021 - 18:14
All-Ireland Hurling Final: Limerick vs Cork By The NumbersMalachy Clerkin opens the record books ahead of the meeting of Limerick and CorkSat Aug 21 2021 - 07:00
Rebel rising: The story of how Cork turned the ship away from stormy watersAfter a long time in the wilderness, Cork are eyeing up a hurling treble this weekendSat Aug 21 2021 - 06:00
What now for Dublin as their dominance comes to an end?Mick Fitzsimons and Philly McMahon are the only members of the Dublin panel over 31Mon Aug 16 2021 - 06:00
After years of hurt, Lee Keegan finally gets the better of DublinMayo player has been there for all of the defeats but was always confident it would turnMon Aug 16 2021 - 06:00
Dublin’s Dessie Farrell praises Mayo and says ‘the best team won’James Horan says half-time team talk focused on lifting the team’s effort across the pitchMon Aug 16 2021 - 05:00
Dessie Farrell: ‘We never got that extra score ahead and you could see it building then’Dublin manager points to lack of consistency from his side and Colm Basquel’s black cardSat Aug 14 2021 - 22:25
A drama in 10 acts: Remembering Dublin and Mayo’s greatest battleThe 2017 All-Ireland final had it all and, ultimately, ended in the same resultSat Aug 14 2021 - 06:00
Malachy Clerkin: Gold medals and fantastic, fearless failure – Tokyo, it was emotionalBy most measures, being an Olympian is an insane thing to do with your lifeMon Aug 09 2021 - 06:00
‘We have to take our hats off to both sets of players’O’Sullivan thrilled as Cork show real resilience to finally see off their great rivalsSun Aug 08 2021 - 22:00
Patrick Horgan: Primed and ready to take another chance at gloryThe Cork star has gone long enough without an All-Ireland medal – this could be his timeSun Aug 08 2021 - 06:00
Relentless and ruthless Limerick grind Waterford to smithereens at Croke ParkDefending All-Ireland champions show they have lost none of their hungerSat Aug 07 2021 - 19:50
Tokyo 2020: Relaxed Paul O’Donovan taking all the hype in his strideSkibbereen native getting used to the inevitable extra attention an Olympic gold bringsFri Aug 06 2021 - 06:00
Dublin breeze to victory, but leave a few straws to clutch ontoLeinster final: Dubs may have swept Kildare away, but where was the tidal wave of old?Mon Aug 02 2021 - 06:00
Farrell says key to Dublin’s better second half was patience‘I certainly thought we could have made it a lot closer,’ says Kildare manager O’ConnorSun Aug 01 2021 - 21:50
Tyrone do it the hard way as they claim Ulster honoursNever-say-die Monaghan’s second-half comeback comes up agonisingly shortSun Aug 01 2021 - 19:46
Tyrone hold on for 16th Ulster title as Monaghan comeback runs out of steamFive points up at half-time, Tyrone took their eye off the ball at Croke ParkSat Jul 31 2021 - 19:04
