Structures need changingMEN'S HOCKEY: With a Strategic Implementation Group meeting being held this Sunday as well as an Irish Hockey Association (IHA…Fri Sept 26 2003 - 01:00
Kelly's technical expertise to be testedBOXING / IBF flyweight title fight: The precedent in Irish boxing was set in 1995 when Wayne McCullough went to Nagoya, Japan…Fri Sept 26 2003 - 01:00
Ella's team begins to take shapeRugby Interview: Barely a month into the Celtic League and Cup and Leinster coach Gary Ella moves closer to a settled group …Thu Sept 25 2003 - 01:00
Pusey gets an early baptismRugby Team news: Munster are wasting no time to get familiar with former Australian Schools and Under-21 international David…Thu Sept 25 2003 - 01:00
Three Rock surrender advantage in final minuteMens Hockey: There is little doubt Three Rock Rovers have developed into one of the most forward-thinking sides in their approach…Mon Sept 22 2003 - 01:00
Munster withdraw from interprovincialsMunster have officially pulled out of this year's interprovincial tournamentFri Sept 19 2003 - 01:00
Cardiff in good shape to calm stormCeltic League Cardiff 33 Connachat 17 Undercurrents of dissatisfaction still wash around the issue of amalgamation of traditional…Mon Sept 15 2003 - 01:00
Moment of inexperience costs Leinster pointsCeltic League Celtic Warriors 29 Leinster Lions 22 The challenge for Leinster in Pontypridd was as much to sustain their tempo…Mon Sept 15 2003 - 01:00
Confusion gathers over IRB rankingsRUGBY/ World Cup: There was mixed reaction to Ireland's position of third in the world when the International Rugby Board's (…Fri Sept 12 2003 - 01:00
Munster give Wallace solaceRUGBY/ Celtic League news: It will be the first opportunity for David Wallace, since selection took place last Sunday, to show…Thu Sept 11 2003 - 01:00
Cullen to lead out Leinster in Warriors clashRUGBY/Celtic League news Weekend fixtures: Leo Cullen, who narrowly missed out on a berth in Ireland's 30-man World Cup squad…Wed Sept 10 2003 - 01:00
Sherriff fit to join Irish in BarcelonaHOCKEY: Ireland travel to Barcelona tomorrow for the men's European Championship finals with the same 18-man squad that participated…Wed Aug 27 2003 - 01:00
O'Connor strikes a blow for youthSpoiled by the hot, humid and low-scoring conditions of the semi-final, 30 women once more descended on picturesque Glasson Golf…Tue Aug 26 2003 - 01:00
Foster fumes as Cherono fast tracks way to financial rewardTV View The BBC take a proprietorial view of athletics, tennis and the other sporting events they have not lost to rival commercial…Mon Aug 25 2003 - 01:00
Clarke eyes slot in US OpenNews: Irish Davis Cup player Peter Clarke stands on the brink of becoming the first Irish player to compete in the main draw…Sat Aug 23 2003 - 01:00
McCullough hopes for title fight against Ayala within weeksBoxing: Wayne McCullough wants the fight and IBO super-bantamweight champion Paul Ayala said last week he wants the fightFri Aug 22 2003 - 01:00
Wood and Wallace set for dutyMunster v Rotherham : Again the international requirements of Irish coach Eddie O'Sullivan will influence how Munster coach …Thu Aug 21 2003 - 01:00
A testing time for the playersRecent root-and-branch pruning of Welsh rugby has not yet allayed the fears of those who see red as the dragon continues to puff…Fri Aug 15 2003 - 01:00
Bourke gives Masters class at GlassonMitsubishi/Irish Times Ladies' Masters In 1993, Tom Reid, a second-generation farmer and his wife, Breda, decided to completely…Tue Jul 22 2003 - 01:00
Players' body back SheahanAlthough the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) have decided not to comment on the two-year ban handed to Irish hooker Frankie…Thu Jul 17 2003 - 01:00
The public get their say on the futureIRFU strategy document: The possibility of representative honours for amateur players was just one of the suggestions outlined…Sat Jul 12 2003 - 01:00
Bigger game all pain for HenmanWimbledon Championships :The under-10s with the painted faces looked shocked. No one elseFri Jul 04 2003 - 01:00
Feet of clay no longer impediments to victorySince Bjorn Borg's last Wimbledon win in 1980, only three natural baseline players have won the title: Jimmy Connors in 1982, …Mon Jun 30 2003 - 01:00
Henman makes progress without a hitchWimbledon Championship/Day 4: All is well. Greg Rusedski's act of contrition has been acceptedFri Jun 27 2003 - 01:00
Rusedski cursed by temper tantrumWimbledon Championships : British calm and restraint took a hammering on Centre Court last night from Greg Rusedski.Thu Jun 26 2003 - 01:00
Upset as Hantuchova is sent crashingWimbledon Championships: Daniela Hantuchova - the ninth seed - departed Wimbledon last night after an astonishing match with…Thu Jun 26 2003 - 01:00
Clijsters shows the way to winWimbledon Women's singles: Just minutes after the soil on Lleyton Hewitt's Wimbledon plot had been patted down and the mourners…Tue Jun 24 2003 - 01:00
Top Irish swimmers train in only half of Olympic-size poolAfter years of complaints about the lack of an Olympic-size swimming pool here, Ireland's top swimmers are doing half of their…Fri Jun 20 2003 - 01:00
Build up begins in earnest for Irish teamHOCKEY: With only 74 days to go until the Irish senior men take on hosts Spain in the opening match of the European Nations …Fri Jun 20 2003 - 01:00
Duval confirms entry for The K Club Golf NewsGOLF/News: The 2001 British Open winner David Duval has confirmed that he will make his professional debut in Ireland next month…Wed Jun 18 2003 - 01:00
The long weekend takes toll on IrelandHockey: Ireland - 1 England - 5 A tiring Irish side, trailing 2-1 at half-time, capitulated to a slick England team in the final…Mon Jun 16 2003 - 01:00
England show better techniqueMen's Hockey International Series: Shirtsleeves night at Belfield and Ireland went down in their first of a series of three …Sat Jun 14 2003 - 01:00
Triple boost for IrelandMEN'S HOCKEY / International series: This weekend's men's Irish hockey squad will be strengthened by the addition of three Munster…Fri Jun 13 2003 - 01:00
'Serena Slam' ends in tearsTennis/French Open: One of the crowns has finally fallen but not without tears and acrimonyFri Jun 06 2003 - 01:00
Verkerk leaving his markTennis: This time last year the animated Dutch player Martin Verkerk was in Italy winning a Challenger event while the world…Fri Jun 06 2003 - 01:00
Clijsters has nothing to hide and little to fearThere is a carefree openness in the way Kim Clijsters engages in interviewsThu Jun 05 2003 - 01:00
Agassi's hope executed by young gunTENNIS/French Open: Given Andre Agassi arrived in Paris last week as Australian Open champion, it would be premature to begin…Wed Jun 04 2003 - 01:00
Poor Dokic at a loss for answersTennis/French Open: One of those days in Paris, muggy and hot, when even the act of stretching for your first afternoon absinthe…Fri May 30 2003 - 01:00
Hewitt's feats of clay slightedTennis: Juan Carlos Ferrero may not have meant to slight Lleyton Hewitt, but when he was asked to choose a big name he would…Fri May 30 2003 - 01:00
Agassi sees off brave AncicTENNIS/French Open: Mario Ancic, a loose limbed, gangling teenager in ill-fitting shorts and a baggy shirt, arrived on court…Thu May 29 2003 - 01:00
Carlow create piece of historyRUGBY: You don't expect games like this on a wet night in MayFri May 16 2003 - 01:00
Toulouse without JeanjeanRugby European Cup: Toulouse will be without full back Nicolas Jeanjean for the Heineken European Cup final against Perpignan…Fri May 16 2003 - 01:00
French not sold on away-day final ideaRUGBY: In France they have no salary cap restrictions, which may in some part explain why Irish lock Mick O'Driscoll, Harlequin…Wed May 14 2003 - 01:00
Harlequins swoop for four Irish playersRUGBY: Harlequins, having spoken over the past number of months, to Leinster's Ben Willis, Andy Dunne and Simon Keogh, as well…Wed May 14 2003 - 01:00
Doherty's heroics fall just shortPick your word to fit the man. Remarkable. Phenomenal. Emotional. Majestic. Pick them all.Tue May 06 2003 - 01:00
Dubliner beaten 18-16 in world snooker finalIreland's Ken Doherty was beaten 18-16 in the final of the World Snooker Championships in Sheffield last night, despite performing…Tue May 06 2003 - 01:00
Cork C of I face Ulster stalwartsMEN'S HOCKEY: It's a little like Perpignan and Toulouse in the European Cup final at Lansdowne Road as three Ulster teams and…Fri May 02 2003 - 01:00
