James Horan takes positives but Mayo’s old sins came back to haunt themIn four of their last six All-Ireland finals the opposition’s first score has been a goalSun Dec 20 2020 - 14:22
Dublin tie a bow around it as they complete the six-in-a-rowDogged Mayo finally fell away in the last 10 minutes at Croke ParkSat Dec 19 2020 - 19:24
Bernard Brogan: ‘Finances didn’t win five All-Irelands in a row’Capital Gains: The former Dublin star on why the money debate needs to find some middle groundSat Dec 19 2020 - 06:00
Déise wilt under the sustained power play of Limerick’s twin towersBetween them, Gearóid Hegarty and Tom Morrissey plundered 12 points from playSun Dec 13 2020 - 21:10
Limerick’s rolling wave leaves Waterford drowning in its wakeJohn Kiely’s side show that the gap back to the rest is growingSun Dec 13 2020 - 17:42
Crystal clear why Tadgh de Búrca is the centre of Waterford’s universeLimerick found a way to avoid him in the Munster final and they’ll need to do it againSat Dec 12 2020 - 09:30
Tipping Point: It’s zero degrees as Waterford come in from the coldLiam Cahill preparing team for All-Ireland final is an outcome few could have predictedMon Dec 07 2020 - 06:00
Dublin happy to outwait and then outwit CavanMickey Graham says it’s up to other counties to get up the level of the championsMon Dec 07 2020 - 05:00
Dublin pick Cavan off with precision and turn it into a procession by the endBrian Fenton, Ciarán Kilkenny and Con O’Callaghan run the show at Croke ParkSat Dec 05 2020 - 19:41
Malachy Clerkin’s sports books of the year for 2020Live sport may have gone missing during the pandemic but there was always plenty to readSat Dec 05 2020 - 06:00
Pride, passion and a bit of madness - football runs through Cavan’s soulTo understand Cavan people, football is the only starting place that makes senseFri Dec 04 2020 - 19:00
It’s shocking how men have driven women away from exercising in publicFor women, going out for a run brings on a spectrum of feelings, from discomfort to fearMon Nov 30 2020 - 06:00
Limerick edge out Galway to book place in finalHighest scoring game without a goal in championship history makes for sterile tieSun Nov 29 2020 - 21:44
John Kiely grateful for impact of ‘the boys coming off the bench’Galway manager Shane O’Neill reflects on slow start after both water breaksSun Nov 29 2020 - 20:45
Big four ready to rumble on hurling’s special weekendDespite the absent fans, headquarters set to witness two fascinating clashesSat Nov 28 2020 - 09:30
It’s good to have Richie Hogan back, he was missedHe was building a legacy - one of the Kilkenny greats - before four cruel years of injurySat Nov 28 2020 - 06:00
Every kind of wind imaginable was against Tipperary football - and they came throughTipping point: Beams of light were provided to footballing communities of Tipperary and CavanMon Nov 23 2020 - 06:00
Tipperary and Cavan deliver two earthquakes in one dayCavan lift first Ulster title in 23 years as Tipp end 85-year wait for Munster crownMon Nov 23 2020 - 06:00
After 23 years tigerish Cavan tear up the script to claim the Ulster titleDonegal came in hot favourites and for most of the time played like they were already throughSun Nov 22 2020 - 20:29
Lockdown rekindles Killian Clarke’s love for football and he’s glad to be backCavan are without some key players this year but Clarke’s return has been a major boostSun Nov 22 2020 - 07:00
Weekend GAA previews: TV details, throw-in times and verdictsThere are three provincial football finals and two All-Ireland hurling quarter-finalsSat Nov 21 2020 - 06:00
Malachy Clerkin: Being up close to the live sporting action is more of a privilege than everThe footballers and hurlers are doing their best to enliven one of our darkest periodsMon Nov 16 2020 - 01:00
Dublin beat Laois in the usual Leinster semi-final cakewalkLaois hang in their for the first quarter before the champions cruise to 22 point winSun Nov 15 2020 - 19:05
Richie Hogan brings the magic as Kilkenny steal the year’s first epicGalway left shellshocked as Brian Cody’s Cats secure the Leinster title at Croke ParkSat Nov 14 2020 - 20:32
Weekend football previews: TV details, throw-in times and verdictsMalachy Clerkin looks ahead to four provincial semi-finals and the Connacht deciderSat Nov 14 2020 - 09:00
Whelan and Concannon keeping the burden off Joe Canning’s shouldersFormer Galway selector Francis Forde explains how forwards’ work rate is crucialSat Nov 14 2020 - 06:30
Cork relish breakthrough after dramatic win over KerryRonan McCarthy says he is ‘delighted’ and praises players after last-gasp victoryMon Nov 09 2020 - 06:04
With Trump gone, can we have our golf back from elitist, entitled idiots, please?Golf doesn’t deserve the bad name it gets from the likes of Trump and ‘golfgate’Mon Nov 09 2020 - 06:00
After Fungie, Kerry’s year gets even worse as Cork strike at the deathKingdom left stunned by late drama at Páirc Uí Chaoimh as Rebels book spot in finalSun Nov 08 2020 - 20:28
Kerry are meaner, tighter and less leaky since football came backFormer player Sean O’Sullivan explains how Kerry are now set up for winter footballSun Nov 08 2020 - 08:00
All-Ireland SFC 2020: TV details, throw-in times, team newsMalachy Clerkin and Seán Moran look ahead to a weekend of quarter-finals and semi-finalsFri Nov 06 2020 - 20:08
Malachy Clerkin: Sport feels like the only true thing in a world of spoofTipping Point: Pain of championship exit felt as keenly as ever during a pandemicMon Nov 02 2020 - 08:00
Davy Fitzgerald pulls no punches after Galway hammer Wexford‘I’m not involved in f*****g hurling to go out there and put up the white flag’Mon Nov 02 2020 - 05:00
Galway expose Wexford’s lack of Plan B to reach Leinster finalWexford were unrecognisable from last year. Even Davy Fitzgerald was quietSat Oct 31 2020 - 20:36
All-Ireland SFC 2020: Throw-in times, TV details, team newsMalachy Clerkin and Sean Moran look at the opening weekend of football championshipFri Oct 30 2020 - 21:00
All-Ireland Senior Football Championships: a county-by-county guideMalachy Clerkin previews every side as the provincial action finally gets underwayFri Oct 30 2020 - 18:00
Football 2020: It’s a knockout revisited – ‘You played, you lost, you went home’Darragh Ó Sé and Kevin McStay recall days when teams got no second chanceThu Oct 29 2020 - 16:10
League title just a stepping stone for formidable KerryConvincing win over understrength Donegal shows Kingdom in rude health for championshipMon Oct 26 2020 - 06:00
Kerry cruise to Division 1 title – now for the bigger businessClear that Donegal were focused on Tyrone as Kingdom took care of business earlySat Oct 24 2020 - 16:37
Limerick well primed for a hectic tilt at three titlesFive games in seven weeks could bring a clean sweep of league, Munster and All-Ireland crownsSat Oct 24 2020 - 06:00
Weekend GAA: Throw-in times, team news, TV detailsThe hurling championship gets underway as the football league comes to a conclusionSat Oct 24 2020 - 06:00
Fifty days to rediscover the 2020 Championship – with apologies to Paul SimonIt’s a small bridge over troubled water, but at least it’s preferable to the sound of silenceSat Oct 24 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
Clifford shines, Kerry win and some normality is felt in MonaghanHome side were pedestrian with Conor McManus adding some spark off the benchSat Oct 17 2020 - 17:02
Monaghan’s Conor McManus: ‘We’re lucky to be allowed to go out and do this’With the county moving up to Level 4, the footballer is not taking anything for grantedSat Oct 17 2020 - 06:00
Allianz Football Leagues: Previews, throw-in times and TV detailsIntercounty season restarts with plenty still at stake in all four divisionsSat Oct 17 2020 - 05:00
Keeping Covid from piercing the Donegal team bubbleDr Kevin Moran believes the benefits of team sport far outweigh the pandemic pitfallsMon Oct 12 2020 - 06:00
Eve McCrystal interview: ‘the lockdown is the reason I won that medal’At 42 the Dundalk woman has become national time trial championMon Oct 12 2020 - 06:00
Legends of the past still happy to contribute to the causeFormer greats like DJ Carey, Fitzgerald and McDonald continue to play their partSat Oct 10 2020 - 01:00
Euro 2020 playoff: Republic of Ireland player ratingsMalachy Clerkin hands out the marks for Stephen Kenny’s sideThu Oct 08 2020 - 23:15
