John Kiely delights in Limerick’s performance and just the chance to do it‘I am going to enjoy this one now anyway. Whatever will come after it, we’ll worry about it’Sun Dec 13 2020 - 20:47
Limerick comet burns bright as they breathe the rarified air of hurling kingpinsKiely’s team are in a rare and exalted place, going into an All-Ireland final as favouritesSun Dec 13 2020 - 06:00
Keith Duggan: Time to start paying more than lip-service to Irish women’s sportSideline Cut: Utter fiasco of ladies football semi-final shines harsh light on current state of playSat Dec 12 2020 - 06:00
Mayo emerge from the fog to set up old dance with DublinJames Horan’s remarkable re-calibration in the space of a year has lead to another finalMon Dec 07 2020 - 05:00
Mayo boss Horan praises pressure game but admits things need tightening up‘In the second half as well, the game was gone and maybe we got a little bit lackadaisical’Sun Dec 06 2020 - 19:24
How Tipperary football finally won its own war of independenceThe stars have aligned for Tipp as they face into an All-Ireland semi-final with MayoSun Dec 06 2020 - 08:30
Keith Duggan: Victims’ stories have turned the tables on George GibneyDisgraced swimming coach must now lie awake and fear them coming for himSat Dec 05 2020 - 06:00
Has Mike Tyson completed the least likely redemption story in American sport?When you see him this week it feels like a minor miracle that he has made it throughSat Nov 28 2020 - 09:00
Sordid murder of hurling brothers still resonates in south GalwayThe Loughnanes from Shanaglish, who hurled for Beagh, lost their lives 100 years agoSat Nov 28 2020 - 06:00
Keith Duggan: Through the glories and the disgraces, we were all Maradona addictsMaradona’s second goal against England in 1986 was one of the still points among all the chaosWed Nov 25 2020 - 20:30
Galway have a date with Limerick after Tipp run out of gasDefending All-Ireland champions go out on their shield as Tribesmen march into semisMon Nov 23 2020 - 06:00
Galway take full advantage of Barrett red card to finish off TipperaryLiam Sheedy proud of his side as All-Ireland champions bow out in LimerickSat Nov 21 2020 - 16:22
MacKenzie’s unwanted intervention the last thing Stephen Kenny needsAt worst video reportedly shown to players before England friendly was a naive mistakeFri Nov 20 2020 - 18:00
There’s nowhere for Tipperary to go and that suits Liam Sheedy just fineSaturday’s lunchtime battle with Galway might be just the kind of battle Tipp thrive onFri Nov 20 2020 - 17:00
Relentless Mayo turn their eyes to the main prize againHoran’s men pip Galway to reclaim Connacht title while Dubs issue a warningMon Nov 16 2020 - 01:00
Galway fall short as Mayo youngsters edge Connacht finalProvincial decider becomes a game of half chances, crunching tackles and errorsSun Nov 15 2020 - 19:46
No crowd and no rats: Galway and Mayo meet again, 21 years after TuamAfter meeting on the pitch in 1999, Horan and Joyce now face off on the sidelineSun Nov 15 2020 - 08:00
Keith Duggan: Rory McIlroy now more aware of the bigger pictureFatherhood brings a big paradigm shift for a man once dedicated to golfing glorySat Nov 14 2020 - 06:00
Mayo ignoring the noise with Galway in their crosshairs againJames Horan preaching focus and serenity in camp after semi-final win over RoscommonMon Nov 09 2020 - 05:00
Mayo smother Roscommon from the off to book Connacht final spotJames Horan’s side gave rivals no chance with Keegan and O’Connor at their bestSun Nov 08 2020 - 16:33
Under the radar Roscommon could end Mayo’s hopesDefending Connacht champions have barely been discussed and that could well suit themSat Nov 07 2020 - 07:30
Arsène Wenger and Jürgen Klopp pitch up on the pageReviews: Arsène Wenger: My Life in Red and White and Klopp: My Liverpool RomanceSat Nov 07 2020 - 06:00
Keith Duggan: Tyrone in need of Mickey Harte more than everManager’s record of achievement pivotal in guiding county back to vanguard of top sidesSat Nov 07 2020 - 06:00
Donegal see off Tyrone on a day for mad dogs and Ulster menWet and wild afternoon in Ballybofey made for a dramatic clash between two old rivalsSun Nov 01 2020 - 17:16
Trump endorsement by Jack Nicklaus leads to avalanche of dismayFor many fans, but not all, his reputation has been instantly damaged overnightSat Oct 31 2020 - 07:00
Pádraic Joyce: ‘It is massively important this All-Ireland final goes ahead’‘GAA keeps an awful lot of people in this country going,’ Galway football manager saysSat Oct 31 2020 - 06:00
Limerick’s warning loud and clear despite the eerie silence in ThurlesKelly’s inspirational display for Clare in vain as Kiely’s men rack up impressive 36 pointsMon Oct 26 2020 - 06:00
Limerick score 36 points to overpower Tony Kelly’s solo actIn the most unique league final the GAA has ever staged Limerick prove far too strongSun Oct 25 2020 - 19:48
Touching response to Marcus Rashford’s clarion call reveals very best of EnglandLocal communities step up to provide free meals to needy schoolchildren in lockdownSat Oct 24 2020 - 07:00
Disciples of Brian Cody spreading the wordMichael Fennelly's appointment as Offaly manager a bold moveSat Oct 24 2020 - 06:00
Barry Geraghty: What the queen taught me about horse racingThe recently retired jockey on the wise words that helped him through a fabulous careerSat Oct 24 2020 - 06:00
O’Neill steps into the unknown as Galway eye silverwareEverything is different as hurling championship starts, even press conferencesWed Oct 21 2020 - 05:00
Masks, loads of parking and no people: Covering GAA in a pandemicOur GAA writers reflect on a different working environment over the weekendMon Oct 19 2020 - 17:24
A Sunday of contrasts as silent GAA season hangs in the balanceMayo fans must be wondering just what their team could achieve after stunning win in TuamMon Oct 19 2020 - 01:00
Mayo look a team reborn as they thrash old enemies GalwayAidan O’Shea wreaks havoc in Tuam after battered hosts lose Damien Comer early onSun Oct 18 2020 - 17:53
Kevin Barry: ‘John Lennon at 80 would have been the crankiest auld bastard alive’Author Kevin Barry on the places, voices and events that inspire his storiesSun Oct 18 2020 - 06:00
GAA should be thanked for performing a national serviceThis year people ‘need’ the All-Irelands in a way they’ve never needed the games beforeSat Oct 17 2020 - 06:00
Keith Duggan: Ireland cruelly denied the possible prospect of a beautiful summerManner of defeat deeply frustrating for the luckless Kenny – and absent ConnollySat Oct 10 2020 - 07:00
Bubble bursts as LeBron James leads American sport’s fight for real changeIt started when Colin Kaepernick took a knee but this summer has seen an explosion of protestSat Oct 10 2020 - 06:00
St Thomas’ work their way to three in a row in GalwayInjury to Daithi Burke doesn’t help Turloughmore’s chances in hurling deciderSun Oct 04 2020 - 17:51
Diarmuid Connolly guilty of one thing - breaking the borders of footballing geniusThere has always been the sense that he couldn’t fully give into the idea of uniformitySat Oct 03 2020 - 07:00
Kevin Walsh and colleagues lifting the lid on football coaching methods30-minute clinics aimed at coaches take a detailed look at specific skills of the gameThu Oct 01 2020 - 06:00
If soul-searching was a sport, today’s GAA teams would all be championsIt is the stock response of losing sides, but when did this quasi-mystical guff creep in?Sat Sept 26 2020 - 06:00
Superfan John Murphy keen to keep streak going and make it 80 not out in DonegalA fire was started at the age of five when he witnessed the Mayo homecoming in 1936Sat Sept 26 2020 - 06:00
Paul Galvin’s Wexford departure takes a little of the shine off thingsFormer Kerry star’s move to the west of Ireland puts an end to management career for nowSat Sept 19 2020 - 06:00
Keith Duggan: Surreal story of John Delaney needs to act as a wake-up call for FAIChampagne Football works as both a jaw-dropping chronicle and a morality taleSat Sept 19 2020 - 06:00
Elish Kelly doing her bit to get everything up and running again in ItenKenya has done well battling coronavirus but for young athletes the future is uncertainThu Sept 17 2020 - 06:00
Snap Shots: Charting a tumultuous year through the eyes of a football clubHistorian David Kynaston’s year-long diary chronicles the fate of Aldershot Town FCWed Sept 16 2020 - 06:00
Bernard Brogan’s story shaped by a savage internal refusal to quitSo long the star, Brogan had to graft his way back from injury and fight for every minuteSat Sept 12 2020 - 06:00
Wiggins lobbing identity grenades? Keep calm and carry on . . .‘Bantz’? The truth is Brits can’t conceive of anyone not wanting to be BritishSat Sept 12 2020 - 05:30
