Donal Vaughan knows Mayo need to turn up heat on DublinSurprise loss to Galway may have been a blessing in disguise, admits midfielderTue Sept 13 2016 - 05:00
Mayo players determined to leave the past behindAll-Ireland football final: Dublin may seem unbeatable but Mayo are in no mood to loseSat Sept 10 2016 - 06:00
No looking back in amber for Tipperary after six years of hurtThe All-Ireland win that the Premier County have craved for so long finally came aboutMon Sept 05 2016 - 06:00
Michael Ryan’s men have learned from hardships handed out by KilkennyIn work rate and scores from turnovers, Tipperary mirrored the best of KilkennyMon Sept 05 2016 - 03:00
All-Ireland final: Tipping point reached as Kilkenny succumbTipperary finally better great rivals thanks to performance fuelled by fire of intentMon Sept 05 2016 - 00:00
Kilkenny: where the irreplaceable are replaced with little fussWhen people say ‘this Kilkenny team’ they are talking about the force Cody sends outSun Sept 04 2016 - 11:21
Sideline Cut: Kerry will not take All-Ireland defeat lying downKingdom are living through the Dublin golden years as they’ve never had to beforeSat Sept 03 2016 - 09:00
Rio breathes sigh of relief as Olympics packs up its troublesFor good and for bad these Games will remain a vivid chapter in Irish sportMon Aug 22 2016 - 07:13
Rings a bell - Our writers’ memories of RioFrom Thomas Barr’s heroics, to the lows of Michael Conlon and Katie Taylor’s exitsMon Aug 22 2016 - 07:00
USA basketballers stick to usual dazzlingly brilliant scriptDomestic upheaval left at home as Kevin Durant and co light up world stage and see off SerbiaSun Aug 21 2016 - 22:27
Badass water polo hombres make for kick-ass final in RioSerbia get the better of Croatia in cracking Olympic decider between Balkan rivalsSun Aug 21 2016 - 17:05
Ryan Lochte’s frat boy stroke hits the jugular vein of Rio’s discontentWhat gave these preppy, sauntering Americans the belief they could behave like this?Sat Aug 20 2016 - 05:00
Olympic boxing: France wins title in Katie Taylor’s divisionEstelle Mossely takes light middleweight gold as Billy Walsh boxer fires up for finalFri Aug 19 2016 - 23:35
Pat Hickey: Godfather of Olympic Council of Ireland falls from graceUltimate insider Pat Hickey could face up to seven years in jail on ticket touting chargesFri Aug 19 2016 - 22:20
Pat Hickey taken into police custody over Olympic tickets rowShane Ross says senior counsel or judge to be appointed to inquiry into saga todayFri Aug 19 2016 - 09:13
Tom Daley: Boy who became man in front of worldBritish diver ready to steal show again as he seeks gold in the 10m platformFri Aug 19 2016 - 09:02
OCI ticket touting inquiry could cover 2012 Olympics - RossMinister for Sport says terms of reference to be decided at meeting with Attorney GeneralFri Aug 19 2016 - 01:00
Pat Hickey released from hospital in Brazil for police questioningShane Ross says he will appoint either a lawyer or judge to investigate tickets controversyThu Aug 18 2016 - 20:13
IOC distances itself from Hickey’s arrest in Brazil hotelExecutive says matter is for Olympic Council of Ireland but will co-operate with probeThu Aug 18 2016 - 01:00
Pat Hickey profile: From nearing ‘sainthood’ to a surreal Rio arrestJudo loving OCI president astutely plotted his progress through the Olympic ranksWed Aug 17 2016 - 19:49
Oliver Dingley impresses with brave display off the boardsThe Ireland diver finished eight in the 3m springboard final, surpassing expectationsWed Aug 17 2016 - 00:27
Oliver Dingley finishes in eighth to round-off stunning 24 hoursFor three rounds in he cast a spell and then it broke - like seeing magic dust disappearingTue Aug 16 2016 - 23:54
Annalise Murphy banishes London agony with silver finishDún Laoghaire sailor euphoric but boxer Michael Conlan suffers contentious defeatTue Aug 16 2016 - 23:38
Annalise Murphy: ‘It hasn’t sunk in. I’m so happy’The Irish sailor is just the fourth Irish woman to ever claim an Olympic medalTue Aug 16 2016 - 21:15
Oliver Dingley delivers some cheer at last amidst the wind and noiseDingley survives the elements to reach semi-final with a confident displayTue Aug 16 2016 - 01:14
Katie Taylor: ‘I’m not finished yet ... It’s just very hard to take’Loss of Olympic boxing gold medal status follows loss of her world championship titleTue Aug 16 2016 - 01:00
Katie Taylor departs Olympic Games amid shock and disbeliefKeith Duggan reports from Rio - defending champion and coaches felt she had done enoughMon Aug 15 2016 - 19:54
Olympic golf comes up smelling like a RoseCritics may change their minds as a new champion is crowned after 112 years in RioSun Aug 14 2016 - 23:14
Andy Murray chases history after making Olympic tennis finalWorld number two looking to become first man to defend singles titleSat Aug 13 2016 - 21:23
O’Donovan brothers pull through pain to Olympic glorySkibbereen’s pride end decades of heartache for Irish rowing and put smiles on facesSat Aug 13 2016 - 09:55
Letter from Rio: Games a fractured dream wonderful and awful to beholdChief sports writer Keith Duggan reflects on the first week at the 2016 Rio Olympic GamesSat Aug 13 2016 - 08:00
O’Donovan brothers seal hero status with brilliant silver in RioSkibbereen rowers deliver nation its first medal having already captured its heartSat Aug 13 2016 - 01:02
No room for regrets as proud Lynch and Lambe row into historySinead Lynch and Claire Lambe are the first female Irish crew to contest Olympic finalSat Aug 13 2016 - 00:38
Irish men and women rowers surge to Olympic finalsDream hour of high accomplishment for Irish lightweight double sculls teamsFri Aug 12 2016 - 08:00
Rio 2016: Both Irish crews into rowing finalsSinead Jennings, Claire Lambe and the O’Donovan brothers will go for gold on FridayThu Aug 11 2016 - 13:33
Rio 2016: Bradley Wiggins aims for place in record booksCyclist is going for a fifth gold medal and is already eyeing more in TokyoThu Aug 11 2016 - 01:14
Rio 2016: Japan’s Uchimura set to extend grip on gymnasticsCountry’s venerated superstar who simply cannot rise any higher in Land of the Rising SunWed Aug 10 2016 - 05:30
Rio 2016: Simone Biles leads USA to emphatic team victoryOlympic icon Nadia Comaneci on hand to witness the new superstar of gymnasticsWed Aug 10 2016 - 00:04
Rio 2016: Russia’s Efimova booed as USA’s King claims goldQuestions of doping and politics surface on night of deep unease in Aquatics stadiumTue Aug 09 2016 - 08:41
Rio 2016: Michael Phelps claims 19th gold as US delivers a superpower performanceBaltimore Bullet completes fastest 100m freestyle leg of his life in relayMon Aug 08 2016 - 22:48
Rio 2016: Paddy Barnes devastated as Olympic dream diesSplit-decision defeat to Spaniard hurts as brave Belfast fighter simply runs out of gasMon Aug 08 2016 - 20:30
Rio 2016: After ugly drugs shadow, Irish boxing back to what it does bestSteven Donnelly and David Oliver Joyce both advanced in their preliminary rounds in RioSun Aug 07 2016 - 22:45
Rio 2016: Stephen Donnelly picks off Kadache in opening boutThe Ballymena man jabbed his way to a comfortable win against his Algerian opponentSun Aug 07 2016 - 17:21
Katie Ledecky: record-breaking swimmer is one to watchTeenager who stunned London in 2012 looks set to dominate in the pool in RioSat Aug 06 2016 - 01:00
Letter from Rio: No ordinary Friday night as locals wait for the Games to beginIs it not a bit much to ask Rio’s citizens to get up for Olympics in a year of domestic strife?Fri Aug 05 2016 - 22:35
Pampered NBA stars in Rio and meaning businessAnything other than ultimate victory unthinkable for dominant United StatesFri Aug 05 2016 - 06:00
Ireland’s Olympic rowers close in on their holy grailSanita Puspure, Sinead Lynch, Claire Lambe and the O’Donovan brothers know the meaning of the word sacrificeFri Jul 29 2016 - 20:00
Wexford’s new Model army provide reasons to be cheerfulThe rise of a new generation is sparking enthusiasm but they still have a way to goSat Jul 23 2016 - 11:00
Mickey Harte looking forward to Tyrone’s next challengeVeteran Red Hand boss pleased with the grit they showed in an exciting win over DonegalMon Jul 18 2016 - 00:00
Tyrone conquer Donegal and Ulster right at the deathStunning late points from Peter Harte and Ciaran McGeevy win an epic provincial finalSun Jul 17 2016 - 16:07
