Hoping this year will be finally differentThere are few more traumatic championship records in recent years than that of Galway's under-21 hurlersFri Aug 24 2001 - 01:00
Derry again unchangedThe Derry team named last night for Sunday's All-Ireland football semi-final remains unchanged for the third successive time …Fri Aug 24 2001 - 01:00
O SΘ suspension opens the door for HassettKerry defender Tomβs ╙ SΘ yesterday received confirmation of the four-week suspension that will rule him out of the All-Ireland…Wed Aug 22 2001 - 01:00
Tipperary hold out just a little hopeTipperary are only hopeful at best that Brian O'Meara will be back in the picture for next month's All-Ireland hurling final …Tue Aug 21 2001 - 01:00
Cody will decide on the future in his own timeThe question of future commitment will always arise after a major championship defeat, but there was only the minimum of speculation…Tue Aug 21 2001 - 01:00
O'Neill takes his chance and earns the bouquets"Come on over here out of the way, lads. Let's do this over hereMon Aug 20 2001 - 01:00
Lane no lover of long lay-offNoel Lane may not have planned it, but since the quarter-final win over Derry last month, events elsewhere have mostly distracted…Fri Aug 17 2001 - 01:00
Yegorova runs the gauntletA dark afternoon in Edmonton on Saturday, and the world athletics championships went into the cold zoneMon Aug 13 2001 - 01:00
King keeps his crownHow entirely fitting that more theatrical distance running should conclude these world athletics championships yesterdayMon Aug 13 2001 - 01:00
Radcliffe lends support to Szabo's causeSo the stage is set for the most controversial showdown in the history of women's distance runningSat Aug 11 2001 - 01:00
Dennehy-Willis misses outThere was no fault with the effort, yet like the rest of the Irish this week, Breda Dennehy-Willis failed in her quest to gain…Sat Aug 11 2001 - 01:00
El Guerrouj can handle the pressureFew events are more finely balanced between strategy and pressure than the 1,500 metresSat Aug 11 2001 - 01:00
Drama as Kamathi reins in EmperorIn years to come the world of athletics will talk about the invincibility of the great Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie, why they…Fri Aug 10 2001 - 01:00
Irish trio hoping for easy paceThe prospect of a first World Championship experience on the track should have been enough to fill the thoughts of Maria McCambridge…Thu Aug 09 2001 - 01:00
Drugs are talk of the townYet more talk of the lab rather than the track surfaced in Edmonton yesterdayThu Aug 09 2001 - 01:00
Ethiopian coup ousts RadcliffeSometimes championship tactics go exactly to plan, the pre-race vision perfectly realised and the victory salute, secretly rehearsed…Thu Aug 09 2001 - 01:00
Moncur stars in 400m soap operaIt took 44.64 seconds to find a successor to Michael Johnson as the new leader in world 400 metre runningWed Aug 08 2001 - 01:00
Coghlan fastest loserIn an event where so much can go wrong, Peter Coghlan didn't have the smoothest of rides in yesterday's world championship heats…Wed Aug 08 2001 - 01:00
Jones must get over her BlockOne-word headlines ran across the newspapers in Canada yesterday: shocker, upset, and defeatWed Aug 08 2001 - 01:00
Greene the giantWhen Maurice Greene came to renew his licence as the fastest man on earth in Edmonton on Sunday night, there was only one question…Tue Aug 07 2001 - 01:00
Jones's spree for three ends in failureAnother burning evening in Edmonton yesterday, perfect for more sparks on the trackTue Aug 07 2001 - 01:00
Carroll's tactics backfireThis one hurt. For a little over 13 minutes, Mark Carroll stood in the mixed zone and nervously watched the second heat of the…Tue Aug 07 2001 - 01:00
Shinkins goes through to semi-finalsKaren Shinkins is no stranger to the world stage of athletics, but yesterday in Edmonton she played her finest part to date in…Mon Aug 06 2001 - 01:00
Bizarre twists in Yegorova sagaThe seemingly ill-fated drugs test of Russian distance runner Olga Yegorova took a succession of bizarre twists in Edmonton over…Mon Aug 06 2001 - 01:00
Greene lightning strikes thriceOnce again the rest of the world was left chasing Maurice Green, still an unstoppable bullet of light over 100 metres, and killing…Mon Aug 06 2001 - 01:00
Greene keen to make it threeIt's been said that Canadian sport has been defined by three key moments; Paul Henderson's goal against the Russians in 1972; …Sat Aug 04 2001 - 01:00
Men's marathon perfectly timed to spark interest as games beginThe organisers of the eighth World Athletics Championships have shown plenty of imagination and look to be on a winner from the…Fri Aug 03 2001 - 01:00
Carr sees Fitzgerald omission as tacticalThe absence of Maurice Fitzgerald from Kerry's starting line-up for Saturday's All-Ireland quarter-final against Dublin has caused…Wed Aug 01 2001 - 01:00
Fitzgerald has been droppedMaurice Fitzgerald has been dropped from the Kerry team for Saturday's keenly awaited All-Ireland quarter-final with Dublin.Tue Jul 31 2001 - 01:00
Galway not much the wiser after thisIf this was a no-win situation for Galway then at least they broke evenMon Jul 30 2001 - 01:00
Pearse stadium receives £650,000Six major GAA grounds around the country have benefited from grants totalling just over £1Fri Jul 27 2001 - 01:00
Limerick drop O'ConnorLimerick manager Eamonn Cregan has sprung some big surprises for Sunday's All-Ireland hurling quarter-final against Wexford at…Wed Jul 25 2001 - 01:00
Waterford manager's position set to be filled by another McCarthyJustin McCarthy is set to become the new Waterford hurling manager, succeeding his fellow Corkman Gerald McCarthy.Wed Jul 25 2001 - 01:00
Lane gives key roles to three championship debutantsCalling on the younger generation has fast become the trend in championship hurling this summerWed Jul 25 2001 - 01:00
Dublin set to occupy Town End in ThurlesDublin are expecting to get the Town End, the bigger terrace, in Semple Stadium in Thurles for their football championship quarter…Wed Jul 25 2001 - 01:00
Time for EU to back sport says HickeyPat Hickey, the president of the Olympic Council of Ireland, has criticised the European Union for their failure to include an…Tue Jul 24 2001 - 01:00
McHugh chosen as last year's mark taken into accountThe inclusion of Terry McHugh was the only surprise element of the Irish team announced yesterday for the World Athletics Championships…Tue Jul 24 2001 - 01:00
Leen pickings as English schools are dominantEoin Leen has become the biggest performer - literally - in Irish schools competition this summerMon Jul 23 2001 - 01:00
Nolan and Caulfield finish their jobsSo much of championship running is a test of the head rather than the heartMon Jul 23 2001 - 01:00
Santry showcase could be decisiveJust 13 days before the opening of the World Athletics Championships in Edmonton, a couple of places on the Irish team are still…Sat Jul 21 2001 - 01:00
Limerick selector gets 12-month banEamonn Cregan's preparations for Limerick's All-Ireland hurling quarter-final with Wexford on Sunday week have been upset by …Wed Jul 18 2001 - 01:00
Carroll shows progressAnother world-class 5,000 metres for Mark Carroll saw him improve his season's best to 13 minutes 8Sat Jul 14 2001 - 01:00
GAC to rule on Reynolds and Connelly appeals todayThe GAA's Games Administration Committee last night heard the appeal of two players eager to maintain their interest in this …Thu Jul 12 2001 - 01:00
Rigorous drugs test for GAA playersThe GAA will be "just another customer" in the Irish Sports Council's anti-doping programme according to Al Guy, the operations…Thu Jul 12 2001 - 01:00
Corkery returns for final clashTeam captain Colin Corkery is back in the Cork side for Sunday's Munster football final against Kerry at Pβirc U∅ ChaoimhWed Jul 11 2001 - 01:00
Power likely to miss World ChampionshipsIrish interest in next month's World Championships in Edmonton looks set to be reduced further with news that Seamus Power is…Tue Jul 10 2001 - 01:00
Kilkenny wasps sting before they can be stungTrust those tricky old Cats to spoil a good storyMon Jul 09 2001 - 01:00
Sligo add to the western sagaIn the end it wasn't about playing in Croke Park or those 26 lost yearsMon Jul 09 2001 - 01:00
