Pinder's strike proves decisiveSCHOOLS HOCKEY: ST ANDREW’S 1 MOUNT ANVILLE 0 ST ANDREW’S reached their fifth Leinster Senior Cup final in seven years with …Sat Feb 28 2009 - 00:00
UCD hold their nerve againWOMEN'S HOCKEY : ULSTER CLUBS will fill five of the quarter-final places in the ESB Irish Senior Cup after Lurgan, Ballymoney…Mon Feb 23 2009 - 00:00
Rafa's figures don't add upPLANET SOCCER: RAFA BENITEZ was off again last week complaining about how little money he’s had to spend in his time at Liverpool…Mon Feb 23 2009 - 00:00
Too much of a flawlessly roundy ball bad for the brainTV VIEW : IT COULD be that we were rugby-ed out the last couple of weeks, left pining for the flawlessly roundy ball instead…Mon Feb 23 2009 - 00:00
Malone hails Galway's success ahead of European tournamentWOMEN’S HOCKEY NEWS: WHILE HIS ultimate ambition is for several of the current crop of young Connacht players to go on and play…Fri Feb 20 2009 - 00:00
No wonder he's a misery guts, he vomits on his Jaffa CakesTV VIEW: WE COULDN’T but pray that the Wicklow woman who wrote to The Irish Times last week, complaining about the misery guts…Mon Feb 16 2009 - 00:00
PLANET SOCCERQuotes of the week “Why have Chelsea suffered so much since I left? Because I left.” - Jose Mourinho, with a grinMon Feb 16 2009 - 00:00
Glenanne keep title hopes aliveWEEKEND HOCKEY : GLENANNE KEPT their Leinster Division One title hopes alive on Saturday when they produced a superb comeback…Mon Feb 16 2009 - 00:00
C of I have chance to close the gapWOMEN’S HOCKEY WEEKEND PREVIEWS : THE CANCELLATION of this weekend’s under-21 interprovincial tournament, which was scheduled…Fri Feb 13 2009 - 00:00
Gloom and doom intro takes centre stageTV VIEW: PERHAPS IT would be true to say that the nation wasn’t quite a-tingle in anticipation of last night’s World Cup qualifier…Thu Feb 12 2009 - 00:00
Setting the standard in fine styleIRISH TIMES/IRISH SPORTS COUNCIL SPORTSWOMEN AWARD FOR JANUARY: Jessica Kürten (Equestrian): HARDLY HAD Katie Taylor been crowned…Wed Feb 11 2009 - 00:00
Holders Pegasus advanceWOMEN'S HOCKEY: HOLDERS PEGASUS and second division Ulster Elks advanced to the quarter-finals of the ESB Irish Senior Cup on…Mon Feb 09 2009 - 00:00
PLANET SOCCERAberdeen fans soon privy to new buy: WHEN Aberdeen fans read in the Daily Record newspaper last week that their club had made…Mon Feb 09 2009 - 00:00
Messy bird couldn't see the Wood for the treesTV VIEW: It was Gabby Logan on the BBC who first sensed it might be Ireland’s day, that the omens were tremendously positive…Mon Feb 09 2009 - 00:00
Holders Pegasus advanceWOMEN’S HOCKEY : HOLDERS PEGASUS and second division Ulster Elks advanced to the quarter-finals of the ESB Irish Senior Cup …Mon Feb 09 2009 - 00:00
Pegasus enter frayHOCKEY: AFTER RECEIVING a bye into the second round, Pegasus begin their quest for three Irish Senior Cups in a row tomorrow…Fri Feb 06 2009 - 00:00
Croker blow-out lifts the gloom before Duracell Bear strikesTV VIEW: WATCHING THAT Croke Park lights and fireworks display on Setanta on Saturday night, you couldn’t help but worry that…Mon Feb 02 2009 - 00:00
Loreto and Hermes keep top spotsWOMENS HOCKEY: LORETO AND Hermes remain top of their Irish Hockey League pools after maintaining their perfect records in the…Mon Feb 02 2009 - 00:00
L'Equipe wait for phonecallPLANET SOCCER: EVENTS IN the world of football can sometimes be stranger than fiction but, generally, it’s not too difficult…Mon Feb 02 2009 - 00:00
Pegasus need to rallyWOMEN’S HOCKEY IRISH LEAGUE : PEGASUS AND Randalstown get the third round of the Irish Hockey League under way this evening …Fri Jan 30 2009 - 00:00
Cookstown impress with comebackMEN’S HOCKEY: WHILE GLENANNE and Three Rock Rovers were cruising past their Irish Senior Cup opponents on Saturday, scoring…Mon Jan 26 2009 - 00:00
Hermes make an early cup exitWOMEN’S HOCKEY: HERMES, the 2005 and 2006 Irish Senior Cup winners, were the biggest name casualties of the first round of the…Mon Jan 26 2009 - 00:00
Muller's side takes centre stageWOMEN'S HOCKEY: AFTER THE Ireland A team produced two fine displays against Canada at Belfield earlier in the week, winning …Fri Jan 16 2009 - 00:00
Railway Union come back to earn a drawWOMEN'S HOCKEY: RAILWAY UNION'S lead at the top of the Leinster first division was narrowed to seven points on Saturday when…Mon Jan 12 2009 - 00:00
'Late Late' guest list leaves the fifth cousin fumingTV VIEW: PITY THE folk who had the task of choosing who to invite to the Late Late Show's celebration of the GAA's 125th anniversary…Mon Jan 12 2009 - 00:00
Railway on trackWOMEN'S HOCKEY: RAILWAY UNION resume their quest tomorrow for the Leinster Division One title when they take on Old Alexandra…Fri Jan 09 2009 - 00:00
Ghost Town comes back to haunt analysts Tony and AndyTV VIEW: IF WE have this right the last time Munster were beaten by an Irish team at Thomond Park was the same month that Ireland…Mon Jan 05 2009 - 00:00
Glenanne take full advantageMEN'S HOCKEY : GLENANNE TOOK full advantage of the draw between Three Rock Rovers and Pembroke Wanderers on Saturday to go top…Mon Dec 22 2008 - 00:00
Early days, but Railway do look title partWOMEN'S HOCKEY : WITH EIGHT matches still to play when the Leinster League resumes following the Christmas break, Railway Union…Mon Dec 22 2008 - 00:00
Storm in a teacup as El Tel manages to slip up once againTV VIEW: REMEMBER BACK when Terry Venables was, seemingly, in the running for the Republic of Ireland post but one or 12 of …Mon Dec 22 2008 - 00:00
Muller calls up Under-18sWOMEN'S HOCKEY: GENE MULLER has named a 32-player panel, which covers both the Ireland senior and A teams, for next month's …Fri Dec 19 2008 - 00:00
Loreto complete good weekendWOMENS HOCKEY: LORETO AND UCD took the points from their rearranged Irish Hockey League fixtures in Dublin yesterday, beating…Mon Dec 15 2008 - 00:00
Battle for places hots upWOMEN'S HOCKEY: A FORTNIGHT after their Irish Hockey League fixtures against Loreto and UCD were postponed Pegasus and Ballymoney…Fri Dec 12 2008 - 00:00
ITV reveal more than bargained forPLANET SOCCER: DID anyone watch ITV's live coverage last week of Leeds' FA Cup defeat by Histon? No? Well, it went fine, apart…Mon Dec 08 2008 - 00:00
Loreto ready to track league leadersWOMEN'S HOCKEY : ONCE AGAIN the weather played havoc with the weekend schedule, the chief casualty the under-16 interprovincial…Mon Dec 08 2008 - 00:00
Keane's €90 million transfer outlay far from successfulROY KEANE'S RESIGNATION: WHILE several of the transfer fees for players brought to Sunderland by Roy Keane were undisclosed, …Fri Dec 05 2008 - 00:00
Ireland travel to Russia in June for challenge eventWOMEN'S HOCKEY WEEKEND PREVIEW: IRELAND'S SCHEDULE for 2009 will include a trip to Kazan, Russia in June for the inaugural Champions…Fri Dec 05 2008 - 00:00
Dolan doesn't much like tone of SundIreland's shoddy rebellionTV VIEW: THAT WAS a wintry old weekend, enough to have you pining for a trip to somewhere sultry, like, say, West Cocoa Beach…Mon Dec 01 2008 - 00:00
Glenanne take their chanceMEN'S HOCKEY : JUST TWO matches in the second round of the Irish Hockey League (IHL) survived the weekend elements, with the…Mon Dec 01 2008 - 00:00
Railway Union claim bonus pointWOMEN'S HOCKEY: THE SCHEDULE of matches for the second round of the women's Irish Hockey League might have proved more weather…Mon Dec 01 2008 - 00:00
Loreto set to test old rivalsWOMEN'S HOCKEY: ROUND TWO of the Irish Hockey League gets under way tomorrow with 10 teams in action, before Loreto and Pegasus…Fri Nov 28 2008 - 00:00
Ireland go down to their third defeatWOMEN'S HOCKEY: IRELAND WENT down to their third defeat of the weekend by Scotland at Banbridge yesterday, the visitors adding…Mon Nov 24 2008 - 00:00
'Maradona of the Crumlins' to herald new era in Irish soccerTV VIEW: IT WOULDN'T be entirely accurate to say that last week marked the launch of the "Bring Back Steve Staunton and Eddie…Mon Nov 24 2008 - 00:00
Muller has chance to survey optionsWOMEN'S HOCKEY: WITH SEVERAL of Gene Muller's more established players missing from his squad for the three games against Scotland…Fri Nov 21 2008 - 00:00
Sidwell's vows have lasting appealPLANET SOCCER: WHEN WE read last week about Jermaine Pennant proposing to his Page Three girlfriend in a graveyard we were going…Mon Nov 17 2008 - 00:00
Brent can't bare it as All Blacks haka all over our pipe dreamsTV VIEW : "NOTHING IS impossible, impossible is nothing" had been our mantra for the day that was in it, but by the time we …Mon Nov 17 2008 - 00:00
Irish start season against ScotlandHOCKEY: THE IRELAND women's team will get the international season under way in Banbridge next week with three matches against…Fri Nov 14 2008 - 00:00
Perry powers her way back to the topIRISH TIMES/IRISH SPORTS COUNCIL SPORTSWOMEN AWARD FOR OCTOBER: Madeline Perry (Squash) : SOME FAMILIAR names to our sportswomen…Wed Nov 12 2008 - 00:00
