Gary Neville has perfected the chipper Manc with Liverpool chip on his shoulderThe former Manchester United full back has aged into a kind of willing pantomime figureSat Jan 23 2021 - 06:00
‘We are down to the last penny’: Aran islanders on their pandemic yearCovid-19 led to a tense time for usually easygoing community amid rifts over reopeningMon Jan 04 2021 - 01:21
Spirit of the Leaving Cert class of 2021 an inspiration for the year aheadRoscommon minors’ triumph in a winter storm a fitting end to strangest GAA yearSat Jan 02 2021 - 06:00
Keith Duggan: Sports stars find their voices in a troubled yearIt’s the athletes rather than the owners who have the conch now. When did that happen?Tue Dec 29 2020 - 07:00
This is the age of Dublin’s empire and no end in sightMoney and population debates can rage, but thirst for success can’t be ignoredMon Dec 21 2020 - 05:45
Mayo’s hope of an alternative history vanishes into a perfect Dublin winter’s nightSilent assassin Niall Scully shows how Dublin go about killing off hope in their oppositionSat Dec 19 2020 - 20:45
Sideline Cut: Mayo will be a county of a hundred thousand vigils come 5pmMayo’s All-Ireland quest has ultimately been about the bloody mindedness of the playersSat Dec 19 2020 - 08:00
Summer 2012 – when Mayo ended Old Dublin’s reignThis Saturday James Horan’s men will attempt to repeat the feat of dethroning the championsSat Dec 19 2020 - 06:00
Final flourish helps Limerick complete a special season in fitting styleBrave Waterford outclassed as Kiely’s men deliver a second All-Ireland title in three yearsMon Dec 14 2020 - 06:00
Limerick shine brightly in the silence of Croke Park‘Hurling and football being able to give a bit of enjoyment to people. We’re really grateful to be able to do that’Sun Dec 13 2020 - 21:09
John Kiely delights in Limerick’s performance and just the chance to do it‘I am going to enjoy this one now anyway. Whatever will come after it, we’ll worry about it’Sun Dec 13 2020 - 20:47
Limerick comet burns bright as they breathe the rarified air of hurling kingpinsKiely’s team are in a rare and exalted place, going into an All-Ireland final as favouritesSun Dec 13 2020 - 06:00
Keith Duggan: Time to start paying more than lip-service to Irish women’s sportSideline Cut: Utter fiasco of ladies football semi-final shines harsh light on current state of playSat Dec 12 2020 - 06:00
Mayo emerge from the fog to set up old dance with DublinJames Horan’s remarkable re-calibration in the space of a year has lead to another finalMon Dec 07 2020 - 05:00
Mayo boss Horan praises pressure game but admits things need tightening up‘In the second half as well, the game was gone and maybe we got a little bit lackadaisical’Sun Dec 06 2020 - 19:24
How Tipperary football finally won its own war of independenceThe stars have aligned for Tipp as they face into an All-Ireland semi-final with MayoSun Dec 06 2020 - 08:30
Keith Duggan: Victims’ stories have turned the tables on George GibneyDisgraced swimming coach must now lie awake and fear them coming for himSat Dec 05 2020 - 06:00
Has Mike Tyson completed the least likely redemption story in American sport?When you see him this week it feels like a minor miracle that he has made it throughSat Nov 28 2020 - 09:00
Sordid murder of hurling brothers still resonates in south GalwayThe Loughnanes from Shanaglish, who hurled for Beagh, lost their lives 100 years agoSat Nov 28 2020 - 06:00
Keith Duggan: Through the glories and the disgraces, we were all Maradona addictsMaradona’s second goal against England in 1986 was one of the still points among all the chaosWed Nov 25 2020 - 20:30
Galway have a date with Limerick after Tipp run out of gasDefending All-Ireland champions go out on their shield as Tribesmen march into semisMon Nov 23 2020 - 06:00
Galway take full advantage of Barrett red card to finish off TipperaryLiam Sheedy proud of his side as All-Ireland champions bow out in LimerickSat Nov 21 2020 - 16:22
MacKenzie’s unwanted intervention the last thing Stephen Kenny needsAt worst video reportedly shown to players before England friendly was a naive mistakeFri Nov 20 2020 - 18:00
There’s nowhere for Tipperary to go and that suits Liam Sheedy just fineSaturday’s lunchtime battle with Galway might be just the kind of battle Tipp thrive onFri Nov 20 2020 - 17:00
Relentless Mayo turn their eyes to the main prize againHoran’s men pip Galway to reclaim Connacht title while Dubs issue a warningMon Nov 16 2020 - 01:00
Galway fall short as Mayo youngsters edge Connacht finalProvincial decider becomes a game of half chances, crunching tackles and errorsSun Nov 15 2020 - 19:46
No crowd and no rats: Galway and Mayo meet again, 21 years after TuamAfter meeting on the pitch in 1999, Horan and Joyce now face off on the sidelineSun Nov 15 2020 - 08:00
Keith Duggan: Rory McIlroy now more aware of the bigger pictureFatherhood brings a big paradigm shift for a man once dedicated to golfing glorySat Nov 14 2020 - 06:00
Mayo ignoring the noise with Galway in their crosshairs againJames Horan preaching focus and serenity in camp after semi-final win over RoscommonMon Nov 09 2020 - 05:00
Mayo smother Roscommon from the off to book Connacht final spotJames Horan’s side gave rivals no chance with Keegan and O’Connor at their bestSun Nov 08 2020 - 16:33
Under the radar Roscommon could end Mayo’s hopesDefending Connacht champions have barely been discussed and that could well suit themSat Nov 07 2020 - 07:30
Keith Duggan: Tyrone in need of Mickey Harte more than everManager’s record of achievement pivotal in guiding county back to vanguard of top sidesSat Nov 07 2020 - 06:00
Arsène Wenger and Jürgen Klopp pitch up on the pageReviews: Arsène Wenger: My Life in Red and White and Klopp: My Liverpool RomanceSat Nov 07 2020 - 06:00
Donegal see off Tyrone on a day for mad dogs and Ulster menWet and wild afternoon in Ballybofey made for a dramatic clash between two old rivalsSun Nov 01 2020 - 17:16
Trump endorsement by Jack Nicklaus leads to avalanche of dismayFor many fans, but not all, his reputation has been instantly damaged overnightSat Oct 31 2020 - 07:00
Pádraic Joyce: ‘It is massively important this All-Ireland final goes ahead’‘GAA keeps an awful lot of people in this country going,’ Galway football manager saysSat Oct 31 2020 - 06:00
Limerick’s warning loud and clear despite the eerie silence in ThurlesKelly’s inspirational display for Clare in vain as Kiely’s men rack up impressive 36 pointsMon Oct 26 2020 - 06:00
Limerick score 36 points to overpower Tony Kelly’s solo actIn the most unique league final the GAA has ever staged Limerick prove far too strongSun Oct 25 2020 - 19:48
Touching response to Marcus Rashford’s clarion call reveals very best of EnglandLocal communities step up to provide free meals to needy schoolchildren in lockdownSat Oct 24 2020 - 07:00
Disciples of Brian Cody spreading the wordMichael Fennelly's appointment as Offaly manager a bold moveSat Oct 24 2020 - 06:00
Barry Geraghty: What the queen taught me about horse racingThe recently retired jockey on the wise words that helped him through a fabulous careerSat Oct 24 2020 - 06:00
O’Neill steps into the unknown as Galway eye silverwareEverything is different as hurling championship starts, even press conferencesWed Oct 21 2020 - 05:00
Masks, loads of parking and no people: Covering GAA in a pandemicOur GAA writers reflect on a different working environment over the weekendMon Oct 19 2020 - 17:24
A Sunday of contrasts as silent GAA season hangs in the balanceMayo fans must be wondering just what their team could achieve after stunning win in TuamMon Oct 19 2020 - 01:00
Mayo look a team reborn as they thrash old enemies GalwayAidan O’Shea wreaks havoc in Tuam after battered hosts lose Damien Comer early onSun Oct 18 2020 - 17:53
Kevin Barry: ‘John Lennon at 80 would have been the crankiest auld bastard alive’Author Kevin Barry on the places, voices and events that inspire his storiesSun Oct 18 2020 - 06:00
GAA should be thanked for performing a national serviceThis year people ‘need’ the All-Irelands in a way they’ve never needed the games beforeSat Oct 17 2020 - 06:00
Keith Duggan: Ireland cruelly denied the possible prospect of a beautiful summerManner of defeat deeply frustrating for the luckless Kenny – and absent ConnollySat Oct 10 2020 - 07:00
Bubble bursts as LeBron James leads American sport’s fight for real changeIt started when Colin Kaepernick took a knee but this summer has seen an explosion of protestSat Oct 10 2020 - 06:00
St Thomas’ work their way to three in a row in GalwayInjury to Daithi Burke doesn’t help Turloughmore’s chances in hurling deciderSun Oct 04 2020 - 17:51
