Cavan back on winning trailCavan: 1-14 P Reilly (0-3, free, pen), J Reilly (1-0), D McCabe (0-2), M Graham (0-2), P Galligan (0-2), F Reilly (0-2,frees), …Mon May 28 2001 - 01:00
Giants of the field speakThe Minister for Finance, Mr McCreevy, yesterday introduced TG4's impressive new sports series Laochra Gael with a jovial swipe…Thu May 24 2001 - 01:00
Donnellans return to Galway trainingThe Donnellan brothers, Michael and John, last night participated in Galway's first training session since the county dispatched…Wed May 23 2001 - 01:00
Galway are spoiled for choiceGalway -3-24 P Joyce 3-3, two points from frees; K Comer 0-4; T Joyce 0-3; J Bergin 0-3; J Fallon 0-2; A Kerins 0-2; K Walsh …Mon May 21 2001 - 01:00
Final act brings a twist in the plotFermanagh - 1-9 R Gallagher 0-7, one free; M O'Donnell 1-0; K Donnelly 0-1; T Brewster 0-1Mon May 21 2001 - 01:00
Red Robbie will never walk aloneIt was interesting to observe the differing interpretations of Liverpool FC in a week when the club experienced a re-birthMon May 21 2001 - 01:00
Britton's departure a disaster for the sportWhile the Irish Surfing Association (ISA) is riven over the decision to abandon its bid to host the 2004 World Championships, …Wed May 16 2001 - 01:00
Old warrior Hegarty steadies the shipDonegal 1-16 - A Sweeney 1-4; B Devenney 0-6, 3 frees; M Hegarty 0-2; P McGonigle, M Crossan, B Roper, J Gallagher (free) 0-1…Mon May 14 2001 - 01:00
Curly Kev the mane attractionIf David Icke ever teams up with Kevin Keegan, the world will be a much more dangerous - and interesting - placeMon May 14 2001 - 01:00
Longford primed to lead from the frontNone of the Longford players who will line out against Louth on Sunday have ever played in Croke ParkWed May 02 2001 - 01:00
Clough a hero in a different ageIn Sport, people are rarely canonised by virtue of their feats aloneMon Apr 30 2001 - 01:00
Baker and Clare burning brightlyNine thousand and forty brave hearts cowered under a maelstrom in Thurles yesterday to watch some shadow boxing from the All-…Mon Apr 30 2001 - 01:00
Motion to open Croke Park returnsThe Kilmore club in Roscommon last night moved to again forward a motion at Congress which would, if passed, give central council…Tue Apr 24 2001 - 01:00
Hurricane's force leaves lasting memoriesEven as the world championships begin in Sheffield this week, the tacit message in The Alex Higgins Story seemed to be that snooker…Mon Apr 23 2001 - 01:00
Mayo on for final assaultAfter the novelty of an all-Connacht semi-final series, some sense of tradition was restored as Mayo and Galway beat their neighbours…Mon Apr 23 2001 - 01:00
Mayo make progress at club and county levelThe final whistle of last Monday's All-Ireland club final resonated clearly across MayoSat Apr 21 2001 - 01:00
Rock steady Mayo advanceWord of a Mayo revolution had spread through the midlands yesterday evening as the children of the Maughan era visited a memorable…Sat Apr 21 2001 - 01:00
Athenry's wizard used a magic wandIf Eugene Cloonan ever tires of hurling, the Galway wonder-kid might consider running relaysWed Apr 18 2001 - 01:00
Mayo men take it home at long lastThe hex is broken. Yesterday in Croke Park, Crossmolina demonstrated to the rest of Mayo that All-Ireland finals do not necessarily…Tue Apr 17 2001 - 01:00
True revolutionaries riding the wavesThere is a tendency to dismiss surfing as little more than a lifestyle statement, the frivolous pursuit of a sect no less frothy…Mon Apr 16 2001 - 01:00
Galway late burst proves decisiveThey thronged the narrow streets of Tuam for this spring version of what will hopefully become the enduring gaelic football rivalry…Mon Apr 16 2001 - 01:00
Neary's team ready to follow Master's planIt is one of the unchanging rituals of Jim Neary's profession. On the day before the holidays, the children get giddySat Apr 14 2001 - 01:00
Special congress is unlikelySenior GAA figures say it is unlikely the association would call a special congress to vote again on opening up Croke Park to…Thu Apr 12 2001 - 01:00
IRFU due to hold talks with TaoiseachAs the GAA yesterday insisted its negotiations with Government representatives regarding Croke Park were at no time connected…Wed Apr 11 2001 - 01:00
Cork fine-tune engine then bask in its reassuring roarA soothing passage for Cork on a misty day by the Lee as Waterford were, for the second consecutive Sunday, culled by one of …Mon Apr 09 2001 - 01:00
Aintree everything Augusta ain'tAny doubts that may have lingered about the Aintree Grand National being a gloriously parochial affair were dispersed by BBC'…Mon Apr 09 2001 - 01:00
Worth opening gates for windfallA combination of financial pragmatism and an underlying degree of goodwill inform the motions for an end to the GAA's Rule 42…Thu Apr 05 2001 - 01:00
`There are many layers to this'"It is such a complex issue," says Jarlath Burns, the former Armagh captain and now chairman of the GAA Players' Committee.Wed Apr 04 2001 - 01:00
Tipperary forwards cut teeth on WaterfordAfter a month in the darkness, the hurlers of Tipperary and Waterford stretched their limbs in Nenagh yesterday and it was the…Mon Apr 02 2001 - 01:00
Joy of travel is in the getting thereThe Republic of Ireland team may have finished Wednesday evening as the standard bearers for Group Nine of the World Cup qualifying…Mon Apr 02 2001 - 01:00
Higgins falls to Ebdon's finesseReigning Irish Masters champion John Higgins was coolly dismissed by the lethally-sharp Peter Ebdon in the first of yesterday…Sat Mar 31 2001 - 01:00
No beauty in eyes of beholdersAs a nation, we seem destined to only half master the globally celebrated "beautiful game"Mon Mar 26 2001 - 01:00
Battle recommencesThe GAA takes its first tentative steps towards a full resumption of fixtures with Sigerson Cup action in Clones today and the…Sat Mar 24 2001 - 00:00
Sherlock banDublin forward Jason Sherlock has been given a 12week suspension by the Games Administration CommitteeFri Mar 23 2001 - 00:00
Counties anticipate joys of return - except LondonConfirmation that the GAC has drafted a provisional fixture list which will see the hurling and football leagues resume in April…Fri Mar 16 2001 - 00:00
Door stays open for ConnollyMick McCarthy will announce his squad today for the Republic's coming series of the World Cup qualifying games against Cyprus…Tue Mar 13 2001 - 00:00
O'Driscoll keeps hand in, legallyOnly in these strange days of foot-and-mouth could Brian O'Driscoll find himself sitting around a college campus discussing the…Fri Mar 09 2001 - 00:00
The fatal attraction of Formula OneThe element of danger is central to the increasingly obscure appeal of Formula OneMon Mar 05 2001 - 00:00
Injury-time to be public knowledgeStand-by linesmen will be used to indicate how much injury-time is to be played in all senior championship matches this summer…Sat Mar 03 2001 - 00:00
Fitzgerald may not play for Kerry againThere are strengthening rumours that Kerry's Maurice Fitzgerald, the most gifted and revered Gaelic football player of his generation…Tue Feb 27 2001 - 00:00
Donnellan directs subtle Galway playThis was a match that seemed out of time in these nothing days of FebruaryMon Feb 26 2001 - 00:00
Primed to go one step furtherOn St Patrick's Day last year, the footballers of Crossmolina discovered there were few things worse than falling just shortThu Feb 15 2001 - 00:00
Old reliables still pull strings up northWere we looking at title contenders in Omagh yesterday? It was hard to figureMon Feb 12 2001 - 00:00
When darts missed the bullseyePerhaps, in this time of narcissism, material obsession and continued fascination with our precious "boom", we might do well …Mon Feb 12 2001 - 00:00
Mannion return a boon for GalwayGalway's 1998 All Star defender Tomas Mannion took part in county training on Tuesday night after reconsidering his decision …Thu Feb 08 2001 - 00:00
Hook has O'Driscoll wrigglingRTE opened their Six Nations season on a decidedly temperate note, revisiting the gallows days of Ireland's recent past.Mon Feb 05 2001 - 00:00
