Ireland refocus for Argentina tripWOMEN'S HOCKEY: AFTER A rest period following August’s European Championships the Ireland squad are back in training ahead of…Fri Oct 28 2011 - 01:00
Cookstown tough tie for MonkstownMEN'S HOCKEY: THE SECOND round of the Irish Hockey League provides the focus this weekend, with eight of the 12 competing clubs…Fri Oct 28 2011 - 01:00
Pembroke repeat feat against ClontarfMEN’S HOCKEY ROUND-UP: TWO WEEKS ago they put seven goals past Clontarf in the first round of the Irish Senior Cup and, on Saturday…Mon Oct 24 2011 - 01:00
Leinster claim U-16 titleWOMEN’S HOCKEY NEWS: LEINSTER WON their first under-16 interprovincial title since 2005 in Belfast yesterday, Mount Anville’…Mon Oct 24 2011 - 01:00
Bid adieu to New Zealand and say hello to City's Johnnies-come-latelyTV VIEW: YOU KNOW, some of us had only just regained our composure after hearing Slim Dusty’s slightly harrowing, yet a little…Mon Oct 24 2011 - 01:00
Cas stakes a claim for Trap's job after inspiring Killeshin to victoryTV VIEW: WELL, THAT was a rather controversial week, the red-card-producing men-in-the-middle Alain Rolland and Eduardo Gonzalez…Mon Oct 17 2011 - 01:00
Beaney's brace crucial for PegasusWOMEN’S HOCKEY: PEGASUS OPENED the defence of their Irish Hockey League title with a hard-fought 2-1 win away to Catholic Institute…Mon Oct 17 2011 - 01:00
Scared, depressed, offended, painful . . . but we wonON THE COUCH: SO THEN, were we in for a “renaissance in Irish football”, Bill O’Herlihy wondered, or a “crushing disappointment…Wed Oct 12 2011 - 01:00
Inspirational leaders help pave the way to September gloryBETWEEN THEM, the camogie and football All-Ireland finals in September offered nigh on a dozen options for our sportswoman of…Wed Oct 12 2011 - 01:00
Through the back door: The Republic of Ireland's play-off historyONLY once in six play-off attempts have the Republic of Ireland won through, a 2-1 aggregate victory over Iran qualifying them…Wed Oct 12 2011 - 01:00
Hammers all deflated as we cancel those seats on the Setanta ExpressTV VIEW: IT WASN’T quite the welcome you’d have expected from Matt Williams on Setanta at the crack of dawn on Saturday morning…Mon Oct 10 2011 - 01:00
UCD and Loreto advance with easeWOMEN'S HOCKEY: UCD AND Loreto had comfortable away wins in the first round of the Irish Senior Cup on Saturday, the students…Mon Oct 10 2011 - 01:00
Pegasus a tough nut for Three RockWOMEN’S HOCKEY: HAVING TAKEN Bray’s place in the Leinster First Division at short notice Three Rock now have the formidable …Fri Oct 07 2011 - 01:00
Andorra will be difficult to break downTHE BARE statistics are rarely kind to Andorra, not least the one that has them tied for 203rd and last with Samoa, American …Thu Oct 06 2011 - 01:00
Kidney leaves us with that warm feeling, like a pot of Barry's teaTV VIEW: IT WAS a perfectly uplifting morning, until the camera picked out that tricolour in the Dunedin crowd.Mon Oct 03 2011 - 01:00
Russell the hero for Old AlexandraWOMEN’S HOCKEY: THREE ROCK suffered an agonising return to Division One hockey on Saturday when a last -minute goal from Emma…Mon Oct 03 2011 - 01:00
Ireland can plan for Argentina tripWOMEN'S HOCKEY: AT THE conclusion of his team’s European Championship campaign back in August, Irish coach Gene Muller was unsure…Fri Sept 30 2011 - 01:00
Glenanne capitalise on the doubleMEN’S HOCKEY: IT WAS a busy weekend for Leinster’s first division clubs, six of them had games on both Saturday and Sunday. …Mon Sept 26 2011 - 01:00
McDonnell to the rescue for RailwayWOMEN’S HOCKEY: RAILWAY UNION needed a late goal from Jean McDonnell to snatch a draw against UCD at Belfield on Saturday, the…Mon Sept 26 2011 - 01:00
Sporting stage (nearly) a boy-free zone as women enjoy the spotlightTV VIEW: “IT’S BEEN a long road, lads,” said Cork captain Amy O’Shea after she raised the Brendan Martin Cup in Croke Park yesterday…Mon Sept 26 2011 - 01:00
Cavan sisters show Solheim promiseBest of friends, best of rivals, the golfing Maguire twins have high standards, so this week’s tie with the US in the Junior …Sat Sept 24 2011 - 01:00
Clarke makes a quick impact on Loreto debutHOCKEY: SARAH CLARKE marked her league debut for Loreto with a goal on Saturday in the club’s 3-2 victory over defending champions…Mon Sept 19 2011 - 01:00
Pat's left shaken but Joe won't be stirredTV VIEW: MICHAEL LYSTER was a little ashen-facedMon Sept 19 2011 - 01:00
Champions Hermes without six internationalsWOMEN’S HOCKEY IT WILL be November before the Irish Hockey Association knows for certain which Olympic qualifying tournament…Fri Sept 16 2011 - 01:00
Upwards and onwards for Ryan following a highly successful summerSUCH HAS been Deirdre Ryan’s form the past few months, the 29-year-old Dubliner could have taken our July or August awards, while…Wed Sept 14 2011 - 01:00
Apocalypse now, George? Naw, it's a helluva lot worse than thatTV VIEW: RTÉ opened up yesterday with a snippet from President Obama, speaking over slow motion clips of the rugby lads in action…Mon Sept 12 2011 - 01:00
Gnawing suspicion that this is going down to the wireTV VIEW: “IT’S BEEN harrowing,” said a drained Darragh Moloney, and that was with 50 minutes – plus added time – still to go…Wed Sept 07 2011 - 01:00
Roy Keane linked with Iceland job“ROY KEANE on his way to the country!” read the headline in Iceland’s Visir yesterday, but while the paper claimed he would attend…Tue Sept 06 2011 - 01:00
Cyril purrs as Cats prove Tipp-tipping panellists wrongTV VIEW: IT MIGHT be an idea now for Brian Cody and his men to re-do that Meat Loaf tune, something along the lines of “Five…Mon Sept 05 2011 - 01:00
Night of doomy gloom as midfield statues are unmovedTV VIEW: Cripes, sometimes 90 minutes can feel interminableSat Sept 03 2011 - 01:00
Andrews in a happier placeSOCCER: “FOOTBALL IS a horrible business, and if your face doesn’t fit, you have to move on,” Keith Andrews was left concluding…Tue Aug 30 2011 - 01:00
A load of Shi'ite as Donegal Taliban have Spillane heading for the hillsTV VIEW: SUCH WAS the RTÉ panel’s mood come full-time yesterday there really wasn’t any danger of them giving us a lusty rendition…Mon Aug 29 2011 - 01:00
An unprofitable week as Jimenez Czechs outGOLF: WE HAD a notion that week 20 had proved less than profitable for the vast majority of our managers when we received word…Thu Aug 25 2011 - 01:00
Bank on the Barclays to take you to the endGOLF: THE END is nigh. The end of our 2011 Fantasy Golf competition that is, nothing more dramatic than thatThu Aug 25 2011 - 01:00
Quicksilver Cooper strikes while the iron is hotTV VIEW: WELL, AT least there was one triumph for Irish rugby on Saturday, and, frankly, after his majestic display in the extreme…Mon Aug 22 2011 - 01:00
Country cousins come out on top as Neville slots in nicelyTV VIEW: Another one of those Sundays, the channel-hopping-induced befuddlement hardly helped by Tipp hurler Shane Long scoring…Mon Aug 15 2011 - 01:00
Stars of the County Down do doubleSPORTSWOMAN OF THE MONTH (JULY) SYCERIKA McMAHON (SWIMMING) MADELINE PERRY (SQUASH): JULY PROVED to be another memorable month…Wed Aug 10 2011 - 01:00
Alliss' rant on Arnie's golden era leaves Nantz stuck for wordsTV VIEW: THERE WERE more than a few who’d just about regained their composure after watching the reception the young Rory fella…Mon Jul 18 2011 - 01:00
Cobb pitches in as top of the despised athletesHOLD THE BACK PAGE: ‘THE 101 Most Despised Athletes in Sports History” is not, it has to be said, the most positive of sporting…Sat Jul 16 2011 - 01:00
'Perfect fight' ends with European titleThe Irish Times/Irish Sports Council sportswoman of the month (June): Boxer Katie TaylorWed Jul 13 2011 - 01:00
Welcome to the real world of 'proper paparazzi' RoryTV VIEW: THUNDER, LIGHTNING, landslides, floods. Summer in Scotland. A bit like our own, reallyMon Jul 11 2011 - 01:00
Djokovic's victory in Killarney leaves modern Ali speechlessTV VIEW: APART FROM relegating a couple of Serena and Venus Williams matches to the backyard (well, Court Two), the Wimbledon…Mon Jul 04 2011 - 01:00
Designer rugby shirts to make giants of World Cup playersWHEN THEY take on Ireland in next month’s rugby World Cup warm-up match in Bordeaux, the French won’t know what’s hit them…Fri Jul 01 2011 - 01:00
Poet laureate Hugh is right on cueGOLF: NEWCOMERS TO our Fantasy Golf competition might not be aware that we have an unofficial poet laureate by the name of Hugh…Thu Jun 30 2011 - 01:00
Claire's New Bike suffers slow punctureGOLF: AFTER THE bonanza that was the US Open – well, for some of you – week 12 proved less than profitable, with only three …Thu Jun 30 2011 - 01:00
Sun shines on the sons of Galileo but Pat and Colm are gloomyTV VIEW: WHO’D HAVE thought that Gerry McIlroy could possibly be overtaken in the battle for the June “Sporting Da of the Month…Mon Jun 27 2011 - 01:00
Mr Irrelevant restores his clean reputationHOLD THE BACK PAGE: IT’S ONE of the more unkind tags in sportSat Jun 25 2011 - 01:00
Game's greats line up to praise the new chosen oneGOLF: SPARE A thought for South African golfer Rory SabbatiniTue Jun 21 2011 - 01:00
Rory, Rory Hallelujah: American tales of a star shining brightGOLF : MEDIA REACTION NBC SPORTS’ website probably stole the award for headline of the day – “Rory, Rory Hallelujah: McIlroy…Tue Jun 21 2011 - 01:00
Why settle for burger when you can watch Rory filleting CongressionalTV VIEW: THAT WAS a bit of a shock last week, learning that it’s 30 years this month since John McEnroe’s “you cannot be serious…Mon Jun 20 2011 - 01:00
