Strategy in place to create elite playersTENNIS: Ireland may be chasing the rest of Europe in developing elite players capable of competing at world level, but over …Wed Oct 16 2002 - 01:00
Snow puts wind in the sails of compelling contestTV VIEW: The insomnia beat begins around 11.30 p.mMon Oct 14 2002 - 01:00
Rovers continue to impressHOCKEY: Both Corinthians and Glenanne are looking for a result that will suggest that recent scorelines that have gone against…Fri Oct 11 2002 - 01:00
Athletes look to lawATHLETICS: The Athletes Commission, a body of current and former Olympic athletes set up to advise the Olympic Council of Ireland…Fri Oct 11 2002 - 01:00
Sonia always resonates while some sound offTV VIEW: Resonance. Paul McGinley has it. He didn't before two weeks ago, does this weekMon Oct 07 2002 - 01:00
Late starters UCD must hit the ground runningHOCKEY: With five teams - UCD, Avoca, Monkstown, YMCA and Railway Union - yet to get off the mark, the bottom of the Leinster…Fri Oct 04 2002 - 01:00
Wood out for a monthRUGBY: Ireland captain Keith Wood will be out of rugby for a month with a neck injury, according to his club, English Premiership…Thu Oct 03 2002 - 01:00
Celtic League: Team newsULSTER: UIlster, battling with Swansea and Llanelli for the final Pool A quarter-final slot, travel to Caerphilly on Saturday…Wed Oct 02 2002 - 01:00
Butler and Sherriff move to BelgiumMEN'S HOCKEY: Two of Ireland's top players, Glenanne's Stephen Butler and Pembroke's Justin Sherriff, have agreed to play their…Mon Sept 30 2002 - 01:00
Stand-off may end in courtATHLETICS: The Olympic Council of Ireland's (OCI) Athletes' Commission are to meet tonight in the West County Hotel, Chapelizod…Fri Sept 27 2002 - 01:00
Gap likely to widenHOCKEY: After a lively start, week two could further demonstrate the gap between the top tier of Leinster teams and those at…Fri Sept 27 2002 - 01:00
Ireland wait on WoodRugby: Georgia have named a 25-man squad for their World Cup qualifier against Ireland at Lansdowne Road on Saturday, with only…Thu Sept 26 2002 - 01:00
Rovers get their act togetherHOCKEY: Week one and already the scorelines suggest a division in the Leinster Senior League, with Corinthians, from their point…Mon Sept 23 2002 - 01:00
Cool Tiger can't match Croker's emotional pitchTV VIEW: Switch from RTÉ 1 to Network 2, from the Tiger Woods procession around the well-tended, protocol-sensitive Mount Juliet…Mon Sept 23 2002 - 01:00
Glenanne set new goalsMENS HOCKEY: It was quite a year last year for GlenanneFri Sept 20 2002 - 01:00
Staunton crucial to Munster plansMunster coach Alan Gaffney has been forced to make nine personnel and two positional changes in his unbeaten Connacht side to…Thu Sept 19 2002 - 01:00
Norton gets Connacht callJames Norton will make his debut for Connacht, at full back, in their fourth round Celtic League encounter against Newport at…Wed Sept 18 2002 - 01:00
Higher quality opposition needed to raise standardsHOCKEY: As the Budweiser Tournament at Grange Road ignites the new domestic season this weekend, the Irish squad may well look…Fri Sept 13 2002 - 01:00
Plan to improve TV coverageHOCKEY: In an interesting development on the international stage, the International Hockey Federation (FIH) is making efforts…Fri Sept 06 2002 - 01:00
Nationals leave provinces depletedRUGBY/Celtic League: The predicted changes to the provincial squads because of Ireland's match against Romania on Saturday forcefully…Wed Sept 04 2002 - 01:00
Liverpool to get ball rolling for TV3SPORT ON TELEVISION: Liverpool will kick off TV3's live coverage of the Champions League as the network prepares to broadcast…Wed Sept 04 2002 - 01:00
Windsor of discontent plays up tribal divisionsTV VIEW: You wanted to see soccer players this week? You wanted to see Premiership lads, international stars, big club players…Mon Aug 26 2002 - 01:00
IRFU agree three-year deal with RTERUGBY: The IRFU have struck a new three-year deal with RTÉ regarding the broadcasting of domestic and international rugby.Sat Aug 17 2002 - 01:00
O'Sullivan takes full advantageMullingar Scratch Cup: As motorbike racers strip off their leathers and look at their scarred bodies, they can identify each…Tue Aug 06 2002 - 01:00
O'Sullivan overcomes heavy conditionsGOLF: Irish selectors were out in force to watch the elite amateur field not only compete for the first 36 holes of the Mullingar…Mon Aug 05 2002 - 01:00
Moriarty out to maintain his crownGOLF NEWS: South of Ireland Championship-winner Colm Moriarty may already have impressed Ireland selectors with his win over…Fri Aug 02 2002 - 01:00
Big money laid out with Olympic medals in mindGRANTS: Four of Ireland's most successful sports at Olympic level, sailing, boxing, equestrian events and rowing, yesterday …Thu Jul 11 2002 - 01:00
Capriati is muscled out by MauresmoTENNIS/Wimbledon Championships : Three rain delays, an injury to Jennifer Capriati's shoulder and the full-on, consistent intensity…Thu Jul 04 2002 - 01:00
Krajicek in twilight zoneTENNIS/Wimbledon Championships : In the crepuscular light of Centre Court Richard Krajicek finally out-blasted Australian serve…Thu Jul 04 2002 - 01:00
US Open coverage may be back on trackTENNIS: Members of the International Tennis Writers' Association (ITWA) appear to have averted a serious clash with US security…Thu Jul 04 2002 - 01:00
Venus rises but rival Henin lies in waitTENNIS/Wimbledon Championships : There was a Venus to Earth moment yesterdayWed Jul 03 2002 - 01:00
Rusedski fails to hold nerve in shoot-outTENNIS/Wembledon Championships : Rusedseki's Ridge, the picnickers' favourite location at the All England Club and just outside…Wed Jul 03 2002 - 01:00
The real tournament beginsTENNIS/Wimbledon : The curtain closes on week one and another tournament begins. That's how the players see itMon Jul 01 2002 - 01:00
Rusedski swings into actionTENNIS: The swinging King Salsa replaced the Carousel String Quartet outside the Wimbledon Museum yesterdaySat Jun 29 2002 - 01:00
Ferrero joins an ever-growing listTENNIS: Another men's seed failed to take root yesterdayFri Jun 28 2002 - 01:00
McEnroe 'disappointed' by former wife's claim that he took performance drugsBRITAIN: Three times former Wimbledon champion John McEnroe claimed yesterday accusations that he took performance enhancing…Thu Jun 27 2002 - 01:00
Dokic pushed to the brinkSerena Williams blew away Francesca Schiavone 6-3, 6-3 and then complained about her gameThu Jun 27 2002 - 01:00
Williams deals with wild cardTENNIS/Wimbledon championships : The Anatomy of a Wimbledon champion facing a wild card entryWed Jun 26 2002 - 01:00
Ancic raises expectationsTENNIS/Wimbledon Championship : PERHAPS we're grasping at straws. But Goran Ivanisevic's replacement may well have arrivedWed Jun 26 2002 - 01:00
Wayne cleared and set to fightBOXING: Former WBA world bantamweight champion and 1992 Olympic silver medallist Wayne McCullough has been granted a licence…Tue Jun 25 2002 - 01:00
Philippoussis displays real characterTENNIS/Wimbledon championships: The sun shoneTue Jun 25 2002 - 01:00
Kehoe namedGOLF: The eight players to represent Britain and Ireland in the sixth staging of the Palmer Cup against the US were named yesterday…Fri Jun 21 2002 - 01:00
Historic victoryHOCKEY: Ireland finished off a highly successful weekend in Manchester with a timely 3-1 win over England yesterday, the first…Mon Jun 17 2002 - 01:00
Leinster and Munster face major tests from English opponentsEUROPEAN CUP DRAW : No sooner has Leicester's Neil Back slapped the ball out of the distraught Peter Stringer's hands than it…Fri Jun 14 2002 - 01:00
FAI to cash in on successDespite the controversies surrounding FIFA's sunken agreement with former marketing partner ISL-ISMM, which collapsed when ISL…Thu Jun 13 2002 - 01:00
Deane to play a central roleSale's Mel Deane comes into the Irish line-up at inside centre to partner Leinster's Brian O'Driscoll for the touring side's …Thu Jun 06 2002 - 01:00
Wallace fails to make squadNEWS : The most glaring omission from Irish coach Eddie O'Sullivan's 26-strong squad for the upcoming three-match tour to New…Fri May 17 2002 - 01:00
Leinster move for WarnerRUGBY/News round-up: Leinster have confirmed that they expect to add Australian outhalf Christian Warner to their ranks.Thu May 16 2002 - 01:00
Munster must wait on fitness of O'ConnellWhile Munster remain non-committal about the fitness of Irish second row Paul O'Connell, he could be considered doubtful for …Wed May 15 2002 - 01:00
Growing anger over ticket salesThere is growing annoyance in Munster over the allocation of European Cup final ticketsWed May 15 2002 - 01:00
