Staunton supplies cutting edgeA team yearning to evolve perhaps more quickly than is possible, struggling Blackrock still believe that they have a future but…Mon Mar 15 1999 - 00:00
Want to buy a referee?GERMAN soccer referees should wear advertisements on their shirts, their spokesman argued this weekSat Mar 13 1999 - 00:00
Soccer moves forwardRUGBY'S 10-yard advancement rule to punish dissent might be adopted by FIFA within two years after a successful pilot scheme …Sat Mar 13 1999 - 00:00
Snooker misses the redLOVE and understanding in the board room appears to be the last thing on the minds of the board of the World Professional Billiards…Sat Mar 13 1999 - 00:00
Tennis strokesTENNIS fans who missed the conundrum earlier in the week can now try their luck at answering triviaSat Mar 13 1999 - 00:00
Sydney transports of joySYDNEY are hopeful that their organisation will be better than poor Atlanta's for the Olympic games next yearSat Mar 13 1999 - 00:00
Top five push for final berthDivision three teams go into the final phase of their season when the table is split into two groups of five teams - an A and…Wed Mar 10 1999 - 00:00
English pressure pays offSquandered chances in the opening 20 minutes saw this game trail away from the Irish Universities at College Park yesterdaySat Mar 06 1999 - 00:00
Laois cry foulThere was apparently enough revenge, cries of betrayal and melodrama to engage a team of Jacobean playwrights at last weekend…Sat Mar 06 1999 - 00:00
No go for motoring logo this timeThe infamous car manufacturer's logo that had some players reaching for the makeup remover in Ireland's opening game against …Thu Mar 04 1999 - 00:00
Blackrock knock out valiant Clongowes in cup thrillerOccasionally you watch a schools match and leave the ground thinking that such was the quality it should have been the finalMon Feb 22 1999 - 00:00
Classic commentIt appears that jockey and newspaper columnist Norman Williamson is no real thoroughbred when it comes to diplomacySat Feb 20 1999 - 00:00
Abandon plan for stadium says AllenFormer Minister for Sport Bernard Allen TD (FG) told an Oireachtas committee yesterday that any plans for a government-funded…Fri Feb 19 1999 - 00:00
McCullough has title shotWayne McCullough's performance against Naseem Hamed in his failed WBO featherweight title fight last October in Atlantic City…Wed Feb 17 1999 - 00:00
Irish cyclist in dispute over test on sampleA dispute has broken out between an Irish cyclist, Theresa Quinlan, and the governing body of her sport the Union Cycliste Internationale…Wed Feb 17 1999 - 00:00
Malone in total controlMalone are beginning to look settled at the top of division twoMon Feb 15 1999 - 00:00
Records give sleepy season a timely joltAthletics' sleepy season woke up prematurely and with a considerable jolt over the weekendMon Feb 15 1999 - 00:00
Garryowen smitten in St Valentine's Day muggingThey invited 200 women up to Dooradoyle for lunch to celebrate St Valentine's Day and it was Garryowen who left with a Lansdowne…Mon Feb 15 1999 - 00:00
Clongowes gallop awayA score-line which speaks for itself unfolded in two acts yesterday at DonnybrookMon Feb 15 1999 - 00:00
The no-go logoLittle doubt Irish soccer team sponsor Arnold O'Byrne and his Opel comrades were delighted to see the Nissan logo still plastered…Sat Feb 13 1999 - 00:00
Claim on test container confirmedThe Black and Decker company which makes the Versapak containers used to transport urine samples from tested athletes yesterday…Fri Feb 12 1999 - 00:00
De Bruin heartened by test findingsMichelle De Bruin's legal team yesterday expressed satisfaction following revelations by a doctor in England that the containers…Thu Feb 11 1999 - 00:00
McDaid asks for explanationThe attitude adopted by three international sports federations towards athletes caught using performance enhancing drugs is causing…Wed Feb 10 1999 - 00:00
UCD strong favourites for Colours clashFor the first time in the history of the Colours match between Trinity and UCD the match will be contested by two bona fide rugby…Wed Feb 10 1999 - 00:00
St Mary's on trackBigger, stronger and with pace down the flanks, particularly the right where winger James Norton did so much damage, St Mary'…Mon Feb 08 1999 - 00:00
Irish bluesFrench domination of Ireland in the Five Nations is the most complete between any two teams in the competition according to match…Sat Feb 06 1999 - 00:00
Minister still keen on criminal sanctionsMinister for Tourism and Sport Dr Jim McDaid yesterday reiterated that he is considering applying criminal sanctions against …Fri Feb 05 1999 - 00:00
Blackrock stage a late show of superiorityTo say Blackrock were fortunate would be to stretch the truth and to declare St Michael's were easily beaten would be a fallacy…Tue Feb 02 1999 - 00:00
Garryowen hold the lineA second successive defeat, the third of the season, and Shannon find themselves in the rare position of struggling to keep up…Mon Feb 01 1999 - 00:00
UCC survive early scare to experience just a perfect dayThe Irish played like the French, running, hitting, passing, full of passion and invention and the French played an Irish pattern…Mon Feb 01 1999 - 00:00
The Magnificent SevenPeters 1972, Seville 1982, McGuigan 1985. Ulster has had its fair share of sporting victories to celebrate over the years.Sat Jan 30 1999 - 00:00
UCC also face French testIn a pleasant aperitif to the main match of the weekend in Lansdowne Road today, UCC should provide an entertaining game at Donnybrook…Sat Jan 30 1999 - 00:00
Old spiceMaeve Kyle, the three times Olympic sprinter and former international hockey player, is successfully striking a blow against …Sat Jan 30 1999 - 00:00
Swim Ireland report awaitedWhile there was a representative from the Irish Sports Council at Sunday's meeting in Dublin when the Irish Amateur Swimming …Tue Jan 26 1999 - 00:00
New body is born in bitternessYesterday's bitter Irish Amateur Swimming Association (IASA) a.g.mMon Jan 25 1999 - 00:00
Difficult birth for Swim IrelandYesterday, amid anger and recrimination, the Irish Amateur Swimming Association (IASA), founded over 100 years ago, went out …Mon Jan 25 1999 - 00:00
D'Arcy outstanding in Lansdowne victoryHeadquarters produced a one-sided game that said more about Blackrock's difficulties than Lansdowne's potential to be challenging…Mon Jan 25 1999 - 00:00
De Bruin appeal delayed furtherMichelle De Bruin's appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has again been deferred, probably until MaySat Jan 23 1999 - 00:00
In the Brazilian campTop Brazilian soccer team Corinthians are having difficulty restricting their players' extra-curricular activitiesSat Jan 23 1999 - 00:00
As depressed as a parrotPaolo Di Canio's hot temper clearly doesn't extend to him burning himself when it comes to his own moneySat Jan 23 1999 - 00:00
On a sticky wicketIs a racist tendency sneaking into cricket? What, again you ask? Sri Lanka's master spinner Muttiah Muralitharan is now finding…Sat Jan 23 1999 - 00:00
The £3m testimonialWhile Republic of Ireland players are finding it hard to persuade the FAI to grant them testimonial matches, Manchester United…Sat Jan 23 1999 - 00:00
Fair play to BlatterSo the FIFA Fair Play prize for 1998 has been awarded jointly to the national associations of Iran, the USA and Northern Ireland…Sat Jan 23 1999 - 00:00
Articles of new body are disputedFurther disquiet has surfaced over Sunday's Irish Amateur Swimming Association's (IASA) a.g.m. in DublinFri Jan 22 1999 - 00:00
New body may not be legalThere are growing doubts that the Irish Amateur Swimming Association (IASA) can deliver on the most important annual general …Thu Jan 21 1999 - 00:00
Swimmers react as McDaid puts £30,000 into a.g.m.The Minister for Tourism and Sport has given £30,000 to fund this weekend's a.g.mWed Jan 20 1999 - 00:00
