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GAELIC GAMES
One victory from Paradise: Loughrea can re-establish Galway supremacy with final win
Influential midfielder Cullen Killeen unlikely to discover suspension fate until new year
Second-half surge sees Ballygunner to All-Ireland decider against Loughrea
Waterford champions prove too much for Wexford’s St Martin’s in Thurles
‘It would be a sin if he lost out’: Loughrea to appeal Cullen Killeen red card
Young midfielder set to miss All-Ireland club SHC final against Ballgunner following late dismissal
Subdued celebrations for Loughrea after late red sours win over Slaughtneil
St Martin’s don’t want winter to end as they build on decades of work to fly Wexford flag
Slaughtneil’s heartbreak will go on as Loughrea set to weather the storm
GAA to continue with Allianz sponsorship after Ethics and Integrity Committee report
RUGBY
Ulster hold off Connacht’s second-half fightback to take honours in Galway
Richie Murphy’s side secure bonus-point victory in Galway
Ulster smell blood after Connacht were burned by Dragons
Richie Murphy’s men also lost last time out, but there was much to admire in their performance against Leinster
Munster v Leinster: Festive goodwill parked as hosts steel themselves for backlash
Leinster have been steady but unspectacular since losing to their old rivals at Croke Park
Leinster’s Rónan Kelleher ready for revenge after Munster ‘mugging’ at Croke Park
Richie Murphy confident Ulster can bounce back for festive trip to Connacht
Andrew Porter returns for Leinster’s URC clash with Munster
Leinster coach admits he would be sad to see ‘outstanding bloke’ Ciarán Frawley leave
SOCCER
Diogo Jota’s two sons to join mascots at Anfield for Liverpool v Wolves
The late Portuguese striker’s two former English clubs meet on Saturday
Former Nottingham Forest and Scotland player John Robertson dies age 72
Robertson played an integral part in the club’s European Cup victories in 1979 and 1980
Kepa save breaks Palace hearts and sends Arsenal through to League Cup semi-final
The Premier League leaders will face London rivals Chelsea in the last four
Ger Nash steps down as Cork City manager ‘with immediate effect’
Thomas Frank hits back at Slot over claim of ‘reckless’ Van de Ven challenge on Isak
Liverpool striker Alexander Isak faces months out after surgery on fractured ankle
League of Ireland Premier Division attendances increase by 8 per cent
GOLF
‘It will stay with me the rest of my life’: Rory McIlroy says Irish Open was a high point of year
Masters champion says relationship with Ireland has been ‘a little complicated at times’
Rory McIlroy lost out on the PGA Tour’s Player of the Year. He was hard done by
For all Scottie Scheffler’s brilliance, McIlroy’s career grand slam trumps all
Shane Lowry: ‘I’ve always been conscious about my weight, I get obsessed with it at times’
The Ryder Cup hero is back on his home turf in Co Offaly and is still thinking about the putt to retain the cup
RACING
Patrick and Danny Mullins set to battle it out again for Limerick’s Grade One feature
Topweight Intense Raffles one of three Irish hopes in Saturday’s Welsh Grand National
Leopardstown races: Faux fur, fake tan and f-f-f-freezing temperatures
The going was yielding, the punters soft-to-heavy after Christmas excess
Gordon Elliott is King of the St Stephen’s Day racing jungle with six winners
Former football manager and reality star Harry Redknapp owns King George Chase hero The Jukebox Man
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It has been a long, tough year, but in the middle of it all, a lone hero stretches and yawns in a Colorado barn
Ian O’Riordan: Is the 10k and half-marathon just a gateway drug to the harder stuff?
Much of what Hunter S Thompson wrote about running still holds up 45 years later
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