O'Dwyer alchemy may not be enoughPreview/Laois v Mayo: This All-Ireland football quarterfinal has its attractions but it also illuminates the unsatisfactory …Sat Aug 12 2006 - 01:00
'In fairness to Donegal, we stole it in the end'All-Ireland SFC Quarter-Final/Cork v Donegal: Billy Morgan called it bestMon Aug 07 2006 - 01:00
Campbell a victim of random justiceSideline Cut: So, Paddy Campbell, Donegal's full back, has become the latest GAA player to feel the power of the Central Disciplinary…Sat Jul 22 2006 - 01:00
Respect among peers as deja vu kicks inConnacht SFC Final: All football is localMon Jul 17 2006 - 01:00
Intense rivalry should produce a crackerGalway v Mayo: Contrarians could complain that the Connacht final is no useSat Jul 15 2006 - 01:00
Head-first exit true to Zidane codeSideline Cut: About 10 years ago, Mike Murphy - he of The Live Mike and RTÉ's original renaissance man - was interviewing the…Sat Jul 15 2006 - 01:00
Armagh can just nick the rumble in the ParkUlster Final : Once again in Ulster the forces of light and dark convergeSat Jul 08 2006 - 01:00
May Zidane enjoy a last glorious encoreSideline Cut: There is always something heavily anti-climactic and even sad about the World Cup finalSat Jul 08 2006 - 01:00
Exuberant Limerick put troubles behind themLimerick 2-29 Offaly 2-19: Was this the rebirth? Limerick hurling people have known too much trauma and disappointment in the…Mon Jul 03 2006 - 01:00
Think 1990 before you knock UkraineSideline Cut: It is common for people to salivate over the thrilling, guilty pleasure of watching two countries reduced to the…Sat Jul 01 2006 - 01:00
Zidane rages against fading of the lightSideline Cut: Zinedine Zidane has become well acquainted with Lionel Messi through the hypnotic turns the slouching Argentinian…Sat Jun 24 2006 - 01:00
Shevchenko should see Ukraine safely throughGroup H Ukraine v Tunisia He waited long enough to get here but this afternoon in Berlin Andriy Shevchenko has a great chance…Fri Jun 23 2006 - 01:00
Germans' gut feeling impossible to resistSideline Cut: A week into this whistle-stop tour of Germany's pulsing football cities there is the blossoming sense that the…Sat Jun 17 2006 - 01:00
Time for France to find their feet and the netFrance v Sth Korea: Surely, surely, the ongoing saga of French stage fright in front of the posts will end tomorrow night in…Sat Jun 17 2006 - 01:00
Sweden hoping to get back to winning waysSweden's World Cup is threatening to unravelThu Jun 15 2006 - 01:00
McIver breathes easily after tight callThe exit from the pitch in MacCumhaill Park is strangeMon Jun 05 2006 - 01:00
Huddled handful brave Limerick delugeSideline Cut: It may be grim up north, posh in the east and sunny down south but by God, it is certainly wet in the west.Sat May 27 2006 - 01:00
Black days aplenty in black or whiteGaelic Games / Focus on Sligo footballers: Sligo football may have had its share of disappointments but at least it is never…Sat May 20 2006 - 01:00
Ronaldinho not the Ronald we knowSideline Cut: Jimmy Greaves, the popular pundit from middle England, never failed to draw a laugh in the days when he turned…Sat May 20 2006 - 01:00
Lonely hurling outposts need nurturingSideline Cut: One of the best sporting boasts I ever heard was by a man who claimed to be "the worst hurler in Ireland"Sat May 13 2006 - 01:00
You'd be mad to take eyes off ArmaghSideline Cut: Has their been a richer time in the football championship? Tomorrow Cavan and Down spark it all off up in Clones…Sat May 06 2006 - 01:00
Play the game or our heads will explodeSideline Cut: This Munster-against-Leinster business is starting to make those of us from the many other provinces a little …Sat Apr 22 2006 - 01:00
Ferguson rally must be rattling MourinhoSideline Cut: The speed with which another Premiership year has all but disappeared is frightening.Sat Apr 15 2006 - 01:00
Grass is always greener on Munster sideSideline Cut: On weekends like this, it is always tempting to dream of what it must be like to be a Munster manSat Apr 01 2006 - 01:00
Dumping of Duke marks the MadnessSideline Cut: In the small hours of Friday morning, a sporting miracle occurredSat Mar 25 2006 - 00:00
Rowing over rules is a GAA recreationSideline Cut: The Gael is only truly happy when he is fighting with his fellow GaelSat Mar 11 2006 - 00:00
Return to the good old days bodes wellSideline Cut: Republic of Ireland soccer is much like a family theatre troupe; the chief actors do not really move on, they …Sat Mar 04 2006 - 00:00
Colleges GAA stars gleam mostly unseenSideline Cut: Back in 1992, UCG, as they were then known, won the Sigerson Cup for the first time since 1984Sat Feb 25 2006 - 00:00
What's the best thing on ice? Go figureSideline Cut: Of all the weird sports in the Winter Olympics, the last one I expected to fall for was the figure skating - and…Sat Feb 18 2006 - 00:00
All in the ethos when push comes to shoveSideline Cut: GAA brawls just ain't what they used to beSat Feb 11 2006 - 00:00
Steeltown dreamers evoke different timeSideline Cut: It is funny how things overlapSat Feb 04 2006 - 00:00
Connacht must rediscover formConnacht v Montpellier: Today marks a welcome return to the comparative glory of European competition for Connacht, who are …Sat Jan 14 2006 - 00:00
Touring Gael outstanding in his fieldSideline Cut: January is the touring season for the GaelSat Jan 07 2006 - 00:00
Big-time sport the unsubtle thief of timeSideline Cut: It is all the fault of sport, this business of the years getting faster and faster. I am convinced of itSat Dec 31 2005 - 00:00
Irish memoirs add to boxing's lore GeneralSports Books 2005 : The best books frequently have nothing to do with the ball sports which tend to dominate the airwaves and…Sat Dec 10 2005 - 00:00
Beware the managerial merry-go-roundSideline Cut: In the fickle environment of big-time soccer, a manager's worth is a volatile commoditySat Dec 03 2005 - 00:00
What a pity nobody shouted stopSideline Cut : Snow swept from Manchester across to Belfast as people held vigil for George Best on Thursday night.Sat Nov 26 2005 - 00:00
Frankie, my dears, he does give a damnRoscommon Football: Keith Duggan asks one of the country's most gifted forwards about his intercounty career with RoscommonSat Nov 19 2005 - 00:00
Remembering a dark and murderous day in the capitalBloody Sunday 85th Anniversary: Keith Duggan on how the events in Croke Park ultimately brought a farewell to arms.Sat Nov 19 2005 - 00:00
Rugby needs the All Blacks just nowSideline Cut: Around teatime on Saturday, as they were turning the lights out in Lansdowne Road, Irish rugby coach Eddie O'Sullivan…Sat Nov 19 2005 - 00:00
A rapturous homecoming in RameltonRUGBY/All Blacks visit Donegal: A black, cold November evening had set in by the time the famous guests finally reached the …Thu Nov 10 2005 - 00:00
The Follower: likes will not be seen againSideline Cut: It is a pity The Follower was not around to post his views on yesterday's farce in Australia.Sat Oct 29 2005 - 01:00
Munster by grace of fortuneEuropean Cup: 'That's why no one drives decent cars hereSat Oct 29 2005 - 01:00
Eager for a fresh challengeGAELIC GAMES/Interview/Mickey Moran: "That's the first question I was asked in the interview," Mickey Moran laughs when considering…Thu Oct 27 2005 - 01:00
Kerr's dream job was a poison chaliceSideline Cut : And so the deed has been doneSat Oct 22 2005 - 01:00
Connacht set to overcome SiciliansHeineken Cup / Pool Five Preview / Connacht v Amatori Catania : The visit of the Sicilians could not have come at a more perfect…Sat Oct 22 2005 - 01:00
All passion spent for Boys in GreenSideline Cut: Like the old chant goes, you'll never beat the IrishSat Oct 15 2005 - 01:00
