Bridge of sighs for blue brigade as Clattenburg takes centre stageTV VIEW: ‘ HE HASN’T too many friends around here,” said Niall Quinn as he listened to Stamford Bridge collectively and cacophonously…Mon Oct 29 2012 - 00:00
Investing in sport gives good returnHOLD THE BACK PAGE: IN TESTING economic times, State funding of sport has a habit of rising to the top of the list of budgets…Sat Oct 27 2012 - 01:00
Knight of the long knives grits his teeth as he ends Beeb boycottTV VIEW: IT WAS like spotting an airborne piggy last season when Alex Ferguson popped up for a post-match chat on Match of the…Mon Oct 22 2012 - 01:00
Brady bunched as Gilesie takes parochial viewVIEW FROM THE COUCH: IT’S NOT often, really, that you anticipate an Irish World Cup qualifying game with much the same yearning…Wed Oct 17 2012 - 01:00
Lowry provides a timely fillip to revive our drooping sporting spiritsTV VIEW: IT WASN’T, it has to be conceded, the most jolly of sporting weeks, Friday’s mishap at Lansdowne giving a pear-shaped…Mon Oct 15 2012 - 01:00
From 'Grandstand' to unending SkySPORT: Sit Down and Cheer: A History of Sport on TV, By Martin Kelner, Wisden Sports Writing, 282pp. £18.99Sat Oct 13 2012 - 01:00
Humiliated, hammered and caught in a TrapWORLD CUP QUALIFIER REPUBLIC OF IRELAND 1, GERMANY 6: OH DEARSat Oct 13 2012 - 01:00
Newcastle gamble on shirt sponsorHOLD THE BACK PAGE: IT WAS back in 2007 that then West Ham winger Matthew Etherington revealed he had a serious gambling addiction…Sat Oct 13 2012 - 01:00
Unreal display brings Jacob real rewardWHEN SHE captained Wexford last year to their second All-Ireland in a row, scoring 1-5 of her team’s 2-7 total against Galway…Wed Oct 10 2012 - 01:00
From Boland's Mills to managing Barcelona in the 1930s, it's a gemTV VIEW: SOME OF us who knew no better wondered when they lost to Tyrone in the 2010 quarter-finals, having won the previous…Mon Oct 08 2012 - 01:00
Kerry hope to make up for lost timeWOMEN’S FOOTBALL ALL-IRELAND SENIOR FINAL: Appearing in their first final since 1993, Kerry have it all to do against a Cork…Sat Oct 06 2012 - 01:00
It's trying keeping up with the JonesHOLD THE BACK PAGE: AMERICAN ATHLETE Lolo Jones often finds herself at the centre of, well, heated debate, her detractors long…Sat Oct 06 2012 - 01:00
Ireland enjoy some paybackWOMEN'S HOCKEY: IT WILL hardly have erased the pain of losing 4-1 to Belgium in March’s Olympic qualifying final in Antwerp, …Fri Oct 05 2012 - 01:00
Ireland face tough task at BelfieldWOMEN’S HOCKEY: WITH FIVE of the eight-nation line-up above them in the world rankings, four of them having competed at the …Fri Sept 28 2012 - 01:00
We'll be singing 'Jimmy's Winning Matches'TV VIEW: WELL, THAT was very, very lovely, all the more so because it was a whole 20 years in the makingMon Sept 24 2012 - 01:00
Hold the back pageNorman panned for delusions of grandeur: RORY McILROY could probably have done without Greg Norman’s intervention this week, …Sat Sept 22 2012 - 01:00
Hiding the remote control on Roy Keane : Rooney proves he's proper radio rentalALL IN THE GAME : A soccer miscellanyMon Sept 17 2012 - 01:00
It was history in the making though without the crowdsTV VIEW: ‘OooooOOoooohhhh,” howled Marty Morrissey and Cyril Farrell in almost perfect harmony, like they were living side by…Mon Sept 17 2012 - 01:00
Powerhouses have a lot to settle over 60 minutesBETWEEN THEM, Wexford and Cork have won the last seven senior All-Ireland camogie titles, Wexford’s 2007 victory over Cork giving…Sat Sept 15 2012 - 01:00
Gold medal shows she's Firth amongst equalsSPORTSWOMAN OF THE MONTH BETHANY FIRTH (Swimming) WELL, THAT was quite a summerWed Sept 12 2012 - 01:00
O man, could you not have got the anthems sortedTV VIEW: AFTER THE anthems, to be honest about it, no more entertainment was required, we’d already got more than our money’…Wed Sept 12 2012 - 01:00
Should we be relieved, gutted or exhilarated?TV VIEW: Liam O’Neill leads the conga line after blazing Joe shows some pluck with that final puckMon Sept 10 2012 - 01:00
All shuffle in your seats, it's only Germany nextTV VIEW: Bill O’Herlihy, lest we forget, was largely responsible for what proved to be an edgy enough opening 89 minutesSat Sept 08 2012 - 01:00
David, Verne and Gary leave us feeling a little greenEMERALD ISLE CLASSIC : YOU HAVE to say, Verne Lundquist and Gary Danielson earn their money, by the end of Saturday’s Emerald…Mon Sept 03 2012 - 01:00
Hitting the right tone - and missing itTV VIEW: IT WAS a week of extraordinary life stories, but it’s unlikely anyone at the Paralympics came to London with one quite…Mon Sept 03 2012 - 01:00
Noren not in nets Hyland €15,000KIERON HYLAND treated himself to a brandy on Sunday night, and never in the history of fantasy sport competitions, you’d have…Thu Aug 30 2012 - 01:00
Donegal may be in a league of their own, but no it's not rugbyTV VIEW JIM McGUINNESS must be dizzyMon Aug 27 2012 - 01:00
Blue sky thinking: Cassano switches sides and shirtsALL IN THE GAME: A quick search of the All in the Game archives found one of the lovelier footballing quotes of our time.Mon Aug 27 2012 - 01:00
Down to the wire at GleneaglesWITH ALMOST 300 players on our list not in action in the penultimate week of the competition, another 70 missing the cut at the…Thu Aug 23 2012 - 01:00
Meadow already outstanding in her own field but June proves to be a bit specialSPORTSWOMAN OF THE MONTH STEPHANIE MEADOW: IT WAS already proving to be a successful summer for 20-year-old Alabama University…Wed Jul 11 2012 - 01:00
They think it's all over . . . it is now with goal-line technologyIT WAS, by most historical accounts, the 1870s when soccer introduced a major technological change that, presumably, left aghast…Fri Jul 06 2012 - 01:00
Just like their anthem, we've no words to describe this Spanish sideVIEW FROM THE COUCH: LIFE’S mysteries: could it really have been 24 days since we were treated to the delights of the Euro 2012…Mon Jul 02 2012 - 01:00
Mario and Obama: White House makes space for starMario Balotelli’s goal celebrations in the Germany game had the world’s wizardly Photoshoppers hard at work – it was hard to …Mon Jul 02 2012 - 01:00
Super Mario abandons the ridiculous for the sublimeVIEW FROM THE COUCH: RIGHT THEN, Germany v ItalyFri Jun 29 2012 - 01:00
Plane cheek: Bild give Italian 'team' early boarding passesTHE EURO ZONE A SOCCER MISCELLANYFri Jun 29 2012 - 01:00
Shrewd transfers stand to top threeWITH 344 of our players either not in action at the Travelers Championship or, worse, missing the cut and costing their managers…Thu Jun 28 2012 - 01:00
Ronaldo out of spot-light in extra scratchy Iberian affairVIEW FROM THE COUCH: BY HALF-TIME Vicente del Bosque looked a worried man, but in fairness, he always does, even when his lads…Thu Jun 28 2012 - 01:00
England feel the fickle finger of fate yet againVIEW FROM THE COUCH: THE EVENING had started with Gary Lineker advising his viewers to “feel the weight of history, but do not…Mon Jun 25 2012 - 01:00
Economipolitical kind of thing is all Greek to usVIEW FROM THE COUCH: GERMANY V GREECE and John Giles was joined on the RTÉ panel by Constantin Gurdgiev, his cat, Brian Lucey…Sat Jun 23 2012 - 01:00
Calamitous collapse for KayWE EXPECTED a spot of musical chairs on our overall leaderboard after the US Open, but maybe not quite as many dramatic movements…Thu Jun 21 2012 - 01:00
Liverpudlian Pele proves Roy knows his onionsVIEW FROM THE COUCH: A BIG day for England, then. And the supporters were well up for itWed Jun 20 2012 - 01:00
'Over-the-top' Trapattoni incurs Keano's wrathVIEW FROM THE COUCH: SO, HOW many of you missed the key moments in the Czech Republic v Poland, Greece v Russia, Denmark v Germany…Mon Jun 18 2012 - 01:00
Rain stopped play, and then the real match kicked offVIEW FROM THE COUCH: STORMY WEATHER. And that was just in the RTÉ studioSat Jun 16 2012 - 01:00
Reality check all right but really Roy . . . shut upVIEW FROM THE COUCH: ‘You’ll never beat the Irish,’ the crowd roared, at which point Torres scoredFri Jun 15 2012 - 01:00
God, or any higher power up there, help usVIEW FROM THE COUCH: DAY SIX, but it’s only felt like 90 minutes, unless you’re Dutch, in which case it feels like the tournament…Thu Jun 14 2012 - 01:00
Johnson gamble brings rewardRORY McILROY’S double bogey mishap on the final hole at the St Jude Classic last Sunday brought Michael Connolly’s Fantasy Golf…Thu Jun 14 2012 - 01:00
