Women in Sport

Ciarán Kilduff’s side can secure their first league title with a game to spare if they beat struggling Bohemians

The decision to allow women players to compete with men in the popular franchise’s Ultimate Team initially sparked a backlash, but it has driven extra interest in the real careers of the women represented in the game

The win over the World Cup winners moves Ireland up a place to sixth in the world rankings

Kerry lead the way with 15 nominations followed by beaten finalists Galway win nine

Erin King grabbed her second try to level the game in the last minute before Dannah O’Brien converted

Athlone held 3-3 at home by Shamrock Rovers as Shels reduced the gap to league leaders to three points

Victories also for champions Loreto, Catholic Institute and Old Alexandra

Scott Bemand makes one change in the backline and one in the pack for Sunday’s game in Vancouver

Ireland take on world champions New Zealand first in WXV tournament in Vancouver on Sunday

Galway club topped the list of hockey clubs receiving funds with €443,700 to help build new pitch

Guidelines given on supportive clothing for female players, of whom there are nearly two million worldwide

Defeat in consecutive All-Ireland League finals ensures there’s a steely determination to return to the Aviva and prevail on the big day

Super League gets under way In Britain, and of the Republic of Ireland players only Katie McCabe, Courtney Brosnan and Anna Patten started for their clubs

Ireland manager Eileen Gleeson will have 15 players to keep an eye on in the English top-flight this season

Head coach Scott Bemand is just one of the shrewd appointments made by the IRFU since it started backing the women’s team more effectively

Eye-catching performance from Scott Bemand’s side sets scene for Test against world champions New Zealand in two weeks

Orla Prendergast had hit career-best 80 from 51 balls but was bowled by Kate Cross off the last ball of 19th over, leaving Ireland needing seven runs from final six balls

The Kerry Gaelic football star is no longer the greatest player never to have won an All-Ireland

Munster fullback to start for Ireland against Australia after spell on the sidelines

Scott Bemand names side for Saturday’s IRFU 150th Anniversary Test in Belfast

Women's rugby: Game against Australia in Belfast to further Scott Bernard’s squad’s preparation for the WXV1 tournament in Vancouver where Ireland face New Zealand, Canada and the USA

England blew Ireland away with 275 runs

Goalkeeper Niamh Reid-Burke played key role in keeping out Belarusian side during game in Croatia

England’s Georgia Hall and Dutch woman Anne van Dam also likely to be in contention on Kildare course well suited to long hitters

Back-to-back Olympic gold medal winner Kellie Harrington claims the Irish Times/Sport Ireland Sportswoman Award for July

Brazil and USA look forward to final as fatigue and injuries raise questions about tournament format

The Kerry player says one of the keys to her team’s win over Galway in Sunday’s All-Ireland final was their focus in the build-up

Louise Ní Mhuircheartaigh’s football career has not continued with more disappointment but with a standing ovation

Finding the net; Leitrim take a bow; Armagh to the fore yet again; northern neighbours Fermanagh turn on the style; living the dream; and the numbers game

Goals from Aoife Dillane, Hannah O’Donoghue and Emma Dinneen help Kingdom to victory in front of over 30,000 in Croke Park

Silver adds to the fantastic medal haul for Ireland following Friday night’s gold in mixed 4x400m relay and Ciara Mageean’s triumph in the 1,500m

Manager reporting fully fit squad available for Tuesday’s game, including Katie McCabe, who had hamstring problem in Thursday’s 3-0 defeat to Sweden

Having come back from serious injury, the versatile Republic of Ireland player says she’s grateful to have a chance to appear in the upcoming matches against Sweden

Hockey has followed the global trend of enabling women to continue to compete internationally into middle-age, and the Masters format is thriving so much that Ireland now fields six international age-group teams

We appear to be nearing the time when a woman will run the 800m faster than Jarmila Kratochvílová somehow did in 1983

Blues claim a fifth successive league title with a 6-0 hammering of United at Old Trafford

The college basketball star is already one of the most famous faces in the sport, but now that she’s turned professional, she could bring it to a new level

Republic manager was in the stands as former international (34) notched up her 100th goal for Shelbourne. Plus: record attendance for Galway win

Cavan golfer has the Olympics and four Majors on her upcoming busy agenda

Caitlin Hayes has been named in the Scottish Premier League’s team of the year