Cork selector Diarmuid O’Sullivan avoids sideline ban
Sports March 9, 2020
Cork senior hurling selector Diarmuid O’Sullivan will be free to fulfil his role as maor foirne in the Munster senior hurling championship having avoided a sideline ban.
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Galway hoping for return of captain Louise Ward for top-of-the-table clash with Cork
Sports March 9, 2020
Galway manager Tim Rabbitt praised his side’s back-to-back wins over Dublin and Tipperary as they closed in on a spot in the Lidl National Football League Division 1 Final.
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Coronavirus: Ireland-France Six Nations clash in doubt
Sports March 9, 2020
The French government have issued a ban on gatherings of over 1,000 people in reaction to the further spread of the coronavirus.
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‘They killed us in the middle third’: Galway complete 16-point turnaround to topple Tipperary
Sports March 9, 2020
The proverbial game of two halves in Salthill but a wind-assisted half-time lead of seven points wasn’t nearly enough for Tipperary to hang on.
Read morePentland Hills can be high flyer in Champion Hurdle
Sports March 9, 2020
Pentland Hills can put himself back in the limelight by winning the Unibet Champion Hurdle on day one of the Cheltenham Festival.
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Every sportswriter is a trader in nostalgia. It comes with the territory: Instant memories. Even if you file a match report on the whistle it’s already fading into the past — “matches previously played” was Christopher Hitchens’ phrase.
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Joe Marler’s attempt to emulate Vinny Jones’ notorious ‘nut-cracker’ grab at a teenaged Paul Gascoigne (Wimbledon v Newcastle, February 1988) exposes the England prop to the risk of a 12-week ban at the very least.
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Jack Anderson: Hurling shares India’s approach to traffic laws: Don’t mind the rules
Sports March 9, 2020
I played hurling into my 40s, the last decade with a terrific club in Belfast called Bredagh.
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Coronavirus forces F1 organisers to stage Bahrain Grand Prix behind closed doors
Sports March 8, 2020
This month’s Bahrain Grand Prix will take place behind closed doors due to the coronavirus outbreak, organisers have announced.
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World number one Rory McIlroy kept himself in contention heading into the final round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational, where England’s Tyrrell Hatton holds a two-shot lead after another testing day at Bay Hill.
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Manu Tuilagi red card however overshadows England’s Six Nations win over Wales.
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LGFA choose Micheál Naughton as President-elect
Sports March 7, 2020
The Sligo native, representing Donegal and Ulster, was voted in by delegates attending LGFA Congress
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“I wish to confirm that Donie Buckley is no longer a member of the Kerry Senior Football Management Team.”
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The awards were judged by a team of national GAA media.
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England’s Tyrrell Hatton carded a 69 to put himself into contention at the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill as overnight leader Matt Every tumbled down the leaderboard.
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Matt Every shot an opening-day 65 to claim the overnight lead in the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill in Orlando.
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Seven Corofin players make Club Team of the Year
Sports March 3, 2020
Three-in-a-row winning Corofin have seen seven of their players make the AIB GAA Club Team of the Year.
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Bonner hails Donegal’s vital win over Monaghan
Sports March 2, 2020
Having blown promising positions against Mayo, Galway and then Dublin, Donegal made some amends yesterday in Ballyshannon to blow Monaghan away with a degree of comfort.
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GAA: Division 1 games in both codes survive the weather; Fermanagh v Armagh off
Sports March 1, 2020
The re-scheduled meeting of Mayo and Kerry will get underway in Castlebar from 1pm.
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Tyrone wipes out Dublin’s unbeaten start under Dessie Farrell
Sports February 29, 2020
An outrageous night for a game of football finished with a cracking Rory Brennan goal as Tyrone wiped out Dublin’s unbeaten start under Dessie Farrell.
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