Hawking looks up to the starsPARALYMPICS: OPENING CEREMONIES are like water slidesThu Aug 30 2012 - 01:00
Donegal have just final leg to climbCHAMPIONSHIP 2012 ALL-IRELAND SFC SEMI-FINAL: STRIP AWAY the frenzy and park the emotion just for a minuteMon Aug 27 2012 - 01:00
At the heart of the ParalympicsThe Paralympic Games are about to take off, and Irishwoman Daráine Mulvihill is right at the heart of Channel 4’s extensive coverage…Sat Aug 25 2012 - 01:00
'The guys are fit but they could improve their work-rate'MATCH REACTION : DECLAN RYAN was jigging when it was all over. You don’t often see Declan Ryan jiggingMon Jul 16 2012 - 01:00
It's the short way for TipperaryGAA : SLOWLY, SLYLY and without any great measure of fuss, Tipperary are fitting the season for sizeMon Jul 16 2012 - 01:00
Clinical Tipperary complete first taskTipperary 2-17 Waterford 0-16 : THE BARE maths of the closing verdict says that this was the most one-sided encounter in this…Mon Jul 16 2012 - 01:00
Momentum to push Tipp throughIF GALWAY’S win over Kilkenny did nothing else, it put everyone on notice. Tipperary especially.Sat Jul 14 2012 - 01:00
Galway blow summer wide openGAELIC GAMES: WELL NOW. Turns out the championship isn’t a one-model catwalk after allMon Jul 09 2012 - 01:00
Wexford flatter to deceive yet againLEINSTER SFC SEMI-FINAL: Dublin 2-11 Wexford 1-10 THIS IS beginning to amount to cruel and unusual punishment if you’re a Wexford…Mon Jul 02 2012 - 01:00
Sending off leaves just one man downPOST-MATCH TALK: In the ecosystem of a team defending an All-Ireland, a day like this does no harm at allMon Jul 02 2012 - 01:00
Dismal Dublin reap Kilkenny whirlwindKilkenny 2-21 Dublin 0-9: IF A single moment crystallised this Leinster semi-final it was TJ Reid’s goal for Kilkenny on 18 …Mon Jun 25 2012 - 01:00
A Triggs'-eye view: 'You'll never see a dog doing that on Britain's Got Talent'Roy Keane’s dog Triggs didn’t get the beautiful game at first, but after watching United beat Liverpool in 1998 her career in…Sat Jun 23 2012 - 01:00
Error-prone Faithful make it easy for GalwayGalway 5-23 Offaly 3-15: AN ERRATIC old hotch-potch of a game that won’t do much to alter the sleeping patterns of either Brian…Mon Jun 18 2012 - 01:00
Tyrone keep calm in a tight finishULSTER SFC QUARTER-FINAL: Tyrone 0-19 Armagh 1-13: THE NAMES change and the faces get fresher by the year but for as long as…Mon Jun 11 2012 - 01:00
Determined O'Neill rewarded after long road back to the topMUNSTER SFC SEMI-FINAL: To come back once from a cruciate injury and be a successful intercounty footballer is one thingSat Jun 09 2012 - 01:00
Tipperary empty the bench to spare the horror showGAELIC GAMES: STUDIES INTO quite what explains the popularity of horror movies tend to find their way to one of two conclusions…Mon May 28 2012 - 01:00
Lethargic Kingdom leave plenty in the tankKerry 0-16 Tipperary 0-10: AS JACK O’Connor stood in the centre of the pitch afterwards with his players circled around him, …Mon May 28 2012 - 01:00
Hannigan and company braced for the annual uphill struggleTipperary’s midfielder knows they must pick up the pieces again following a disastrous league campaign and the departure of former…Fri May 25 2012 - 01:00
Nothing shocking about Longford's victoryLEINSTER SFC FIRST ROUND: Longford 1-10 Laois 0-12 : IT WAS reasonable to wonder in the build-up to this Leinster championship…Mon May 21 2012 - 01:00
Stage set for summer of swings and roundaboutsTwo things you need to know about Tomás O’Connor and his place in the world, both of them to do with his afternoon in Croke Park…Mon May 14 2012 - 01:00
How war in the Pacific brought madness to these shoresSAIPAN - TEN YEARS ON Roy and Mick had an argument and the entire country lost the run of itself – 10 years on, the only thing…Sat May 12 2012 - 01:00
'Cork were strong today, they were very good'IT MUST feel like a lonely road at times being a Cork footballerMon Apr 30 2012 - 01:00
Kildare kick on to claim titleKildare 0-16 Tyrone 0-11: A flurry of points in the closing 10 minutes was enough to secure Kildare their first piece of silverware…Sun Apr 29 2012 - 01:00
Dunne's fitness a big worry for TardelliEURO 2012: THE SLOWER-than-expected return to fitness of Richard Dunne was the most pressing matter on the mind of Republic …Fri Apr 20 2012 - 01:00
All too easy as Cork have stroll in the ParkCork 2-17 Down 1-12 THIS IS all becoming very habit-forming for CorkMon Apr 16 2012 - 01:00
McCartan regrets costly late errorsIN THE end it was all just a bit of housekeeping for Cork, although Conor Counihan is far too well-mannered to allow such an …Mon Apr 16 2012 - 01:00
Mayo do their best to rouse summerA PRE-SUMMER sleepwalk of an afternoon in Croke Park yesterday, where the action came dropping slow and at times came not at …Mon Apr 16 2012 - 01:00
Please, please, please, let me get what I want - to watch some golfTV VIEW: DAY TWO of watching the Masters but not watching the Masters (because the all-powerful blazers who run the Masters …Sat Apr 07 2012 - 01:00
Majorless Monty has to sit and suffer like us poor viewersTV VIEW: THE THING with watching the Masters is that you spend most of your time not watching the MastersFri Apr 06 2012 - 01:00
Harrington and Byrd under par - so are SkyTV VIEW: USED TO be the Masters was only fed to us in little bits and piecesThu Apr 05 2012 - 01:00
Old firm on top gives hint of summerGAELIC GAMES: FOR ALL the warp and weave thrown up by the 2012 hurling league, the final table tells the oldest story in the…Mon Apr 02 2012 - 01:00
Cats maul Galway to top divisionNHL round-up: Kilkenny will meet the winners of the Division 1B final in the Allianz hurling league semi-final after their 3…Sun Apr 01 2012 - 01:00
Gilroy emphasises importance of optionsGAELIC GAMES: WHEN THE candy-floss fog settled over McHale Park back in February and nixed the second half of the original stab…Sat Mar 31 2012 - 01:00
Eddie Jordan gets honorary OBEMOTOR SPORT: EDDIE JORDAN was sitting in a Lisbon café having a late lunch a couple of hours before Chelsea’s Champions League…Thu Mar 29 2012 - 01:00
GAA expect 45,000 to roll up for great Croker double-headerGAELIC GAMES: THE SPRING of Keats and Wordsworth never dawned like thisSat Feb 04 2012 - 00:00
Wales look to turn the page on that dark dayON THE Sunday morning after Wales went out of the World Cup last October, Alan Edmunds arrived in work and switched on his computer…Wed Feb 01 2012 - 00:00
Cooney stresses GAA not in favour of 'penning people in'GAELIC GAMES: GAA PRESIDENT Christy Cooney has said the association does not want to get to a stage where security fencing is…Wed Jan 25 2012 - 00:00
Garrycastle turn their focus to pals across the waterWHEN THE ground is soft and the sky is low, delicacy is never the order of the dayTue Dec 20 2011 - 00:00
'Probably my best sporting moment', says DolanYOU KNOW the years are turning to dust when someone as fresh -faced and dashing as Dessie Dolan is playing the role of seen-it…Mon Dec 19 2011 - 00:00
You don't need to be mad to work here, but it certainly helpsRACING: JOCKEYS ARE mad. We know this. We’re told it at every turn by every good soul who comes into contact with themSat Dec 17 2011 - 00:00
St Brigid's good enough to complete the jobBEFORE WE delve too deeply here, let’s take a moment this winter day to give a thought to Seán Murray, the ponytailed St Brigid…Sat Dec 17 2011 - 00:00
Many phases later, Rog still deliveringPROFILE: RONAN O'GARA: Fourteen years after his Heineken Cup debut, Ronan O’Gara is still deftly dictating playSat Dec 10 2011 - 00:00
Bilic and Co an ideal opening dishNOT THE worst draw for Ireland to get out of the pot of third seeds. Four years ago maybe, but not so much anymoreSat Dec 03 2011 - 00:00
The one Trap and Tardelli really wantedIRELAND HAVE played Italy three times under our grey old Italian manager and haven’t been beaten yetSat Dec 03 2011 - 00:00
Cox pleased to have laid down a strong markerPOST-MATCH REACTION: SIMON COX strolls through the mixed zone happy as a dad at a christeningWed Oct 12 2011 - 01:00
Determined walker chasing his goals one step at a timeATHLETICS: AFTER 21 of the 50 kilometres that made up Rob Heffernan’s attempt to qualify for the London Olympics a fortnight…Wed Oct 05 2011 - 01:00
'I think it will stand to our lads'GAELIC GAMES: THIS OLD game makes Anthony Daly pulse just by being what it is. Hairy, unpredictable, tetchy, tenseMon Aug 15 2011 - 01:00
