From Mayo to Ruan Pienaar- here’s to the sporting ‘losers’Here’s to everyone who tried and came up short – i.e. the vast majority of sportspeopleMon Dec 19 2016 - 07:00
Michael Parkinson on his encounters with Muhammad Ali: ‘I lost 4-0’Iconic chat show host could not bring himself to interview Ali in his declining yearsSat Dec 17 2016 - 07:00
Women’s sport in Ireland: a lot has been done but a lot more to doSarah Rowe, Mary Hannigan, Natalya Coyle and Evanne Ní Chuilinn give their viewsThu Dec 15 2016 - 07:00
Gender quotas for sporting boards an odd fight to pickInvesting in women’s sport at grassroots level a much more effective policy to pursueTue Dec 13 2016 - 09:16
Tipping Point: Rio Olympics fiasco proves AA Gill was right about golfBuilt in a protected forest reserve, the Rio course is likely to fall into ruin by early 2017Mon Dec 12 2016 - 06:30
Kieran Donaghy undecided on Kerry future after winning Sports Book of the YearKingdom stalwart picked up award for autobiography ‘What Do You Think Of That?’Mon Dec 05 2016 - 15:55
Cathal McCarron’s interview a gamble the Tyrone player lostYou want to have sympathy for McCarron the addict but it’s harder to have it for the personMon Dec 05 2016 - 10:28
Donaghmoyne secure back-to-back titlesScoreline flatters defending champions as they defeat Foxrock-Cabinteely by sevenSun Dec 04 2016 - 18:41
Malachy Clerkin’s sports books of the yearMuhammad Ali, Adrian Doherty, Paul O’Connell, others make up 2016’s best readsSat Dec 03 2016 - 08:32
Martin Comerford still has sleepless nights over 2011 club finalThe six-time All-Ireland winner lost his appetite for the intercounty sceneWed Nov 30 2016 - 01:00
Cuala’s Con O’Callaghan puts football ambitions on long fingerDublin champions hoping to atone for last season’s defeat in Leinster hurling finalTue Nov 29 2016 - 01:02
Come on now, sports fans, show some cop on and put phone awayDivide between players and public will deepen as long as all those cameras are aroundMon Nov 28 2016 - 06:30
Daithí Casey leads rout for clinical Dr Crokes v The NireWaterford champions unable to provide a test for Kerry opponents in Munster finalSun Nov 27 2016 - 20:28
St Vincent’s and Rhode can edge way to Leinster club finalWeekend club football previews: Dr Crokes should progress from Munster while Corofin can seal Connacht titleSat Nov 26 2016 - 09:00
Tipping point: Dispatches from nether regions of European TourEddie Pepperell retains his card while getting to know darker, more insidious side of golfMon Nov 21 2016 - 06:30
Bloody Sunday victim Daniel Carroll finally gets a headstoneThe 13th victim killed at Croke Park gets fitting memorial after 96 years in an unmarked graveSat Nov 19 2016 - 10:00
After Trump’s victory I’m abandoning ‘real’ news, give me sport insteadIf sport is the opium of the masses, it’s a lot more fun than the US electionMon Nov 14 2016 - 06:30
Austria 0 Ireland 1: Ireland player ratingsMalachy Clerkin runs the rule over the team that made Irish football history in ViennaSat Nov 12 2016 - 19:23
Martin O’Neill’s journeyman army full of fighters who never surrenderIreland’s players are not world-beaters but they are no easy touch for any side eitherSat Nov 12 2016 - 13:18
Dundalk duo not ‘token gestures’ in Martin O’Neill’s squadDaryl Horgan and Andy Boyle get warm welcome on first day in international set-upWed Nov 09 2016 - 08:07
Strong second half gets St Vincent’s over the line against CastleknockMarino club pick up 28th Dublin title but Castleknock no pushovers in first finalSat Nov 05 2016 - 17:05
Weekend fixtures: Club football and hurling Championship previewsIt’s hard to imagine St Vincent’s coming up against a better side than Ballymun this side of ChristmasSat Nov 05 2016 - 07:32
Castleknock GAA knocking on heaven’s doorWest Dublin club may have been in existence for just 18 years but have certainly made markSat Nov 05 2016 - 07:00
Dick Clerkin’s Indian summer was richly deservedMonaghan midfielder rides off into sunset after career spent fighting in the trenchesWed Nov 02 2016 - 07:00
Pádraic Maher and Thurles Sarsfields keen to push onTipperary kingpins determined to improve on their pretty modest record in MunsterMon Oct 31 2016 - 15:45
Class acts ready to line up for intriguing Dublin hurling finalColáiste Eoin can take credit for anything up to 26 players on Kilmacud and Cuala panelsSat Oct 29 2016 - 09:00
Stephen Kenny interview: Progress in Europe the icing on the cakeDundalk manager has long plotted his side’s eventful campaign on the European stageSat Oct 29 2016 - 01:00
Limits to growth of Tipperary football may well come from withinMalachy Clerkin: Each and every county prioritises one code over the otherWed Oct 26 2016 - 09:33
Sport unites us in grief at loss of Anthony FoleyFor Anthony Foley and Cormac McAnallen sport didn’t need to be put in perspectiveTue Oct 18 2016 - 18:30
Donal Moloney and Gerry O’Connor taking Clare on a natural progressionNew hurling management team stepping up to finish venture of helping boys become menSat Oct 15 2016 - 06:00
Weekend fixtures: Club football and hurling Championship previewsMonaleen should have enough to see off Dromcollogher-Broadford in LimerickSat Oct 15 2016 - 01:00
Dublin could be set for the road in 2017 championshipThe draws for the football and hurling championships took place on Thursday nightThu Oct 13 2016 - 22:55
True Gael will always find a way to deepen his winter of discontentIn GAA world of extremes black card can’t just be an irritant. It has to be blight on gameWed Oct 12 2016 - 06:00
Analysis: Mayo could have won war if they hadn’t lost battle of kick-outsRob Hennelly struggled as Dublin attacked his restarts right from the get-goMon Oct 03 2016 - 08:42
Cormac Costello proves rabbit in the hat on a magical day for DublinJim Gavin’s changes come up trumps as his brilliant side claim back-to-back titlesMon Oct 03 2016 - 08:00
Mayo ripped up script – now they can write own endingDublin victory seemed only possible outcome two weeks ago but all that’s changed nowFri Sept 30 2016 - 22:46
Dublin can be thankful for their fearless young gunsKilkenny, Fenton and Small dragged champions from their slumbers in drawn gameFri Sept 30 2016 - 21:01
Jim Gavin expects Dublin to improve as he puts all pieces in placeMayo will have grown in confidence since drawn All-Ireland final, believes rival managerFri Sept 30 2016 - 01:02
Dublin boss Jim Gavin dismisses Lee Keegan conspiracyBrushes off suggestion of an orchestrated attempt to direct focus onto Mayo defenderThu Sept 29 2016 - 13:25
Concession of key goals continues to cost Mayo dearlyKeeping a clean sheet would go a long way to ensuring Sam Maguire goes westWed Sept 28 2016 - 07:00
Rare moment in sun for women’s football overshadowed by farceMinority sports spend their time pushing against the consensus and then this happensMon Sept 26 2016 - 18:28
By the numbers: Playing it again for SamMalachy Clerkin looks back on a history of All-Ireland football final replaysMon Sept 26 2016 - 07:00
All-Ireland final replays: The second time is never the sameTeams, prize, venue may be identical, hardly anything else resembles All-Ireland finalSat Sept 24 2016 - 07:00
Dublin and Mayo are peers but they are not seen as equalsClose your eyes and imagine Mayo had given away a three point lead in injury timeWed Sept 21 2016 - 07:00
Malachy Clerkin: A collective stinker from Dublin forwardsIt had never occurred to anyone that Mayo’s forwards would outscore the Dublin onesMon Sept 19 2016 - 05:50
An All-Ireland final that defied logic on a damp day in CrokerTwo own goals and an eventual draw were all the ingredients few were expecting on SundaySun Sept 18 2016 - 21:27
All-Ireland SFC Final: Mayo Player ProfilesMalachy Clerkin looks at the 15 players looking to help county win a first title in 65 yearsSat Sept 17 2016 - 14:50
All-Ireland SFC Final: Dublin Player ProfilesMalachy Clerkin runs the rule over Jim Gavin’s all-conquering sideSat Sept 17 2016 - 14:50
Dublin on the brink of becoming one of great Irish sports teamsMayo’s path to victory at Croke Park looks to be obstructed by too many maybesSat Sept 17 2016 - 14:49
Supersub Kevin McManamon gets to shine from the startDublin forward will start his first All-Ireland final against Mayo after upping his work-rateSat Sept 17 2016 - 07:00
