Contracts get the seal of approvalContrary to what is widely believed, Murray Consultants are not the official agents for the Croke Park sanctioned GAA Players…Thu Aug 10 2000 - 01:00
Athletes await OCI verdictTwo athletes who have achieved the Aqualification standard for the Olympic 5,000 metres will not travel to Sydney for the Games…Wed Aug 9 2000 - 01:00
Foster stays composed as the putter catches fireStep up Johnny Foster and put it all into perspectiveTue Aug 8 2000 - 01:00
High principlesCuban high jump champion Javier Sotomayor was cleared last week to compete in the Olympics when his suspension for cocaine use…Mon Aug 7 2000 - 01:00
Blood simple?Once the chest thumping has stopped the IOC might concentrate their minds on a number of other issues which surround blood testing…Mon Aug 7 2000 - 01:00
Olympic Venues: No 3 Bondi BeachSize: Around 10,000 people around a single court with a set of practice and warm-up courts along side.Mon Aug 7 2000 - 01:00
IOC who's whoSo just who are the International Olympic Committee? The IOC president is elected by IOC members for an initial term of eight…Mon Aug 7 2000 - 01:00
If the suit fitsThe new bodysuit used by most top swimmers has the capacity to become the single biggest story in Olympic swimming this yearMon Aug 7 2000 - 01:00
For and Against: WeightliftingThere have been 48 positive drug tests in the summer games since Hans-Gunnar Lijenwall was snagged on alcohol in the modern pentathalon…Mon Aug 7 2000 - 01:00
Sportspeak"The GAA wishes to state emphatically that there is no truth in the assertion that Phase 2 of the redevelopment (of Croke Park…Sat Aug 5 2000 - 01:00
Kenyan blendA recent documentary on Kenyan distance runners throws some light on why they have dominated the sport so comprehensively in …Sat Aug 5 2000 - 01:00
Making wavesIn Britain, they are currently involved in a similar type of argument to that which has kept the Olympic Council of Ireland (…Sat Aug 5 2000 - 01:00
Wright movesA tough defender in his years with Leinster, Offaly, Kildare, Daingean and Celbridge football, Mick Wright will be bringing all…Sat Aug 5 2000 - 01:00
Brain BoxThe Irish Amateur Boxing Association have not only lost one of their true amateur boxing presidents in Brendan O'Connaire, but…Sat Aug 5 2000 - 01:00
Teen green queenFancy a trip to Sydney? If so don't try the 5,000 metres at the Kenyan Olympic trials, it's the hardest route to the Antipodes…Sat Aug 5 2000 - 01:00
Place kickers obliged to trim theirPlayers will be asked to trim their penalty kicking rituals next season if they wish to avoid their team being penalisedFri Aug 4 2000 - 01:00
EPO drug tests may be in place for OlympicsAthletes at this year's Olympic games in Sydney may have to undergo combined blood and urine tests after the International Olympic…Wed Aug 2 2000 - 01:00
Omitted O'Hare calls it a dayNick O'Hare's competitive career was brought to a close yesterday when the Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) announced the final…Wed Aug 2 2000 - 01:00
IOC approve blood test for EPONeedles as well as specimen jars may be added to the drug tester's paraphernalia after yesterday's decision by the International…Wed Aug 2 2000 - 01:00
Holland appointed Munster managerThe Munster Branch have appointed former international Jerry Holland to succeed Brian O'Brien as manager of the provincial squad…Mon Jul 31 2000 - 01:00
SailingSailing is a technical sport and as such boats have evolved, changed and even disappeared since the first events were run around…Mon Jul 31 2000 - 01:00
Coakley races away to six shot winning marginThe undulating Birr course may have to wait some time before another woman comes along and crushes it so comprehensivelyMon Jul 31 2000 - 01:00
For and against Taekwondo"Tae" means "to kick or smash with the foot"; "Kwon" means "to destroy with the fist" and "do" means "the art or way of"Mon Jul 31 2000 - 01:00
Games book takes goldReference books are, by nature, arid reads. Occasionally one comes along and breaks the mouldSat Jul 29 2000 - 01:00
For and against: Synchronised swimmingBe honest. When they come up like a missile from the depths of the swimming pool, smiles pasted to their faces, your first urge…Mon Jul 24 2000 - 01:00
Olympic evolution: No 1 - TennisRally to the cause: A little over a century ago, Ireland's John Pius Boland was a student at Christ's College, Oxford when he…Mon Jul 24 2000 - 01:00
What's in a name?Vere Thomas "St Leger" Goold, the Bud Collins tennis encyclopaedia will tell you, was a Wimbledon finalist in 1879Mon Jul 10 2000 - 01:00
Sampras claims record winAfter a tournament fraught with doubt and a final fractured with interminable rain delays, Pete Sampras yesterday burst into …Mon Jul 10 2000 - 01:00
Sampras savours slice of historyAt three minutes to nine last night, Pete Sampras officially became the best player to ever set foot on a tennis court when he…Mon Jul 10 2000 - 01:00
Athletic display marks birth of Venus as a true championVenus Williams finally got what she neededMon Jul 10 2000 - 01:00
Davenport has brawn - and brainLindsay Davenport has been in three Grand Slam finals and won them allSat Jul 8 2000 - 01:00
Flying Rafter sends Agassi crashingPat Rafter stepped into the spotlight. He sang, he danced, he knew all his lines and in the end he took the curtain callSat Jul 8 2000 - 01:00
Rafter set to test AgassiIt is time now for Pat Rafter to come out from the shadowsFri Jul 7 2000 - 01:00
The elder sister gets her wayIt is further away than most people can imagine from the icecream trucks of the black projects of Compton, Los Angeles, to Wimbledon…Fri Jul 7 2000 - 01:00
Sisters usher out the oldDoubles on outside courts don't normally figure very highly when Wimbledon moves into the quarter-final stages of the championship…Thu Jul 6 2000 - 01:00
Power puts out lightLast year at the Key Biscayne tournament in Florida, Richard Williams claimed he was going to buy the Rockerfeller Centre for…Thu Jul 6 2000 - 01:00
Rampant Agassi brings tennis to another level in ruthless winWe say that Andre Agassi can occasionally push his tennis beyond the limits and return with a match in his palmThu Jul 6 2000 - 01:00
Williams sisters arrange a day outRichard Williams danced down the aisle adjacent to the royal box like a happy, crazy old fool.Wed Jul 5 2000 - 01:00
Seles is foiled by a lack of fitnessMonica Seles, hoping that the fitness training of track and field coach Bob Kersee would take her to a level high enough to contest…Wed Jul 5 2000 - 01:00
Williams sisters make it a family affair for Wimbledon semi-finalRichard Williams danced in the aisle of Wimbledon Centre Court as his daughter Venus Williams (20) popped a 118m.p.hWed Jul 5 2000 - 01:00
Brandi is taken but Dokic stays coldThe 17-year-old Australian Jelena Dokic defied her Grand Slam form and the seeding committee to battle her way into her second…Tue Jul 4 2000 - 01:00
Australian serves time on weary HenmanThe blood drained from his face as he smashed his racquet off the side of his footTue Jul 4 2000 - 01:00
Big names and issues remainSweeping along on off-court controversies, the first week has been both kind and unkindMon Jul 3 2000 - 01:00
Sampras shows his steelWe are all transfixed. The transformation of John McEnroe is completeMon Jul 3 2000 - 01:00
Agassi lives on the edge to fashion amazing fightbackThe allure of Andre Agassi. Put him on Centre Court against Todd Martin, one of the biggest servers in world tennisSat Jul 1 2000 - 01:00
Bad feeling still on boilWe are contemplating adding a polygraph to the essential list of journalistic toolsSat Jul 1 2000 - 01:00
Sampras to tough it outPete Sampras popped down to the local ankle specialist on Wednesday night for an MRI scanFri Jun 30 2000 - 01:00
Tennis sidelined by an off-court racketDads and mums. It was another day in the women's event when tennis was pushed to the back court and parents and players showed…Fri Jun 30 2000 - 01:00
Norman fails to live up to promiseMagnus Norman made another stab yesterday at entering the public consciousness and this time succeededThu Jun 29 2000 - 01:00