The World Cup has split people into three buckets. In one, the maniacs
This has been a tournament of late starts and even later finishes and not all of us have been up to the challenge
World Cup 2026: Time to write off Germany, who have become an international Spurs
An incredible night sees Brazil beat Japan and penalty shoot-out wins for Paraguay and Morocco over Germany and Netherlands
Dublin face Kerry and Louth take on Mayo in football semi-finals after electrifying weekend
Louth reach the last four of All Ireland for the first time since 1957 by overcoming a harsh red card against Monaghan
Brian Fenton: ‘As a player, I’d be thinking, how good are Donegal? What did we actually beat?’
Dublin’s seven-time All-Ireland winning midfielder on the impact of last week’s win and the need to return to Parnell Park
Weekend GAA fixtures: All-Ireland football quarter-finals throw-in times and TV details
Kerry meet Tyrone in the last eight, resurgent Dublin face Galway; Limerick and Tipperary contest minor hurling decider
Malachy Clerkin: It’s All-Ireland quarter-final weekend – Operation Anyone But Kerry starts here
We bow to no one in our admiration of David Clifford and all the rest of them but sport needs variety above all else
Wins for Kerry and Mayo in football, Clare hammer Dublin in hurling
Clare play Dublin the All-Ireland SHC quarter-final later
Malachy Clerkin: Every team is flawed in the football championship, so every team is hopeful
The format change has given us a brilliant slate of games this weekend, including Kerry v Armagh and Dublin v Donegal
Weekend’s football fixtures, throw-in times and TV details, including Armagh v Kerry and Dublin v Donegal
A blockbuster football weekend sees All-Ireland favourites face off, while the Tailteann Cup semi-finals take place in Croke Park
Armagh’s recovery from kickout demolition faces decisive Kerry stress test
Kieran McGeeney’s side need to turn the tables on their hosts in Saturday’s make-or-break clash in Killarney
Pat Spillane on the 1996 Meath-Mayo row: ‘I wasn’t the angry fella. Anybody who knows me knows I’m a piss-taker’
After 30 years as a Sunday Game pundit, Spillane’s legendary send-up of the All-Ireland final brawl remains one of the things he gets asked about most
World Cup 2026, Day 2: The Yanks have entered the chat
Katy Perry, Ted Lasso, Tom Cruise – it wouldn’t be the USA without a galaxy of star power as the hosts open their account in LA
Weekend’s football fixtures, throw-in times and TV details, including Donegal v Cork
Football championship moves into knock-out territory
Rory Beggan: ‘Why are we only suddenly starting playing the football of our lives whenever we’re 10 or 11 down?’
Goalkeeper’s evolution continues as Monaghan fight for survival against Roscommon
Ciara Mageean: ‘I probably won’t make my 40th birthday. That’s rough’
The Co Down athlete and reigning European 1,500m champion was diagnosed with stage four cancer just over a year ago














