Weekend GAA previews: Allianz Football LeagueDublin travel to MacHale Park in Mayo, while Galway visit KerrySat Feb 01 2020 - 06:04
How the friendship between Davy Fitzgerald and Brian Lohan unravelledThe one-time dynamic goalkeeper-full back partnership will meet at Wexford Park on SundaySat Feb 01 2020 - 06:00
Dessie Farrell may have the best job in football but success is not a givenSaturday showed the kind of assertive, self-motivated bunch of players he has taken overMon Jan 27 2020 - 06:00
David Clifford sends everyone back to their corners unbeatenIt was a belter of a game for a January night. At times, it felt like we’d never been awaySat Jan 25 2020 - 21:55
NHL Division 1A: Malachy Clerkin’s team-by-team guideLimerick could have a point to prove after New York, Tipp likely to keep powder drySat Jan 25 2020 - 07:00
NHL Division 1B: Malachy Clerkin’s team-by-team guideDublin putting together a formidable side with Wexford likely to be there at the endSat Jan 25 2020 - 07:00
Liam Cahill uses playing regrets to drive him as Waterford bossCahill admits he used to spend weeks beating himself up over missing chancesSat Jan 25 2020 - 06:00
NFL Division Two: Malachy Clerkin’s team-by-team guideKildare look to live up to potential while Roscommon will have an eye on the titleFri Jan 24 2020 - 18:00
NFL Division One: Malachy Clerkin’s team-by-team guideDessie Farrell looking for early success with the Dubs but there’s plenty of competitionFri Jan 24 2020 - 16:00
NFL Division Three: Malachy Clerkin’s team-by-team guideLooming Tier Two Championship means Cork will be banking on strong campaignFri Jan 24 2020 - 06:00
NFL Division Four: Malachy Clerkin’s team-by-team guidePaul Galvin and Davy Burke are two interesting appointments in the bottom tierFri Jan 24 2020 - 06:00
Shane Lowry agreeing to play in Saudi Arabia is an unfortunate choiceTipping Point: Golfer could have done a small thing here at no real personal costMon Jan 20 2020 - 06:00
Corofin and Ballyhale frank their greatness at headquartersGalway kingpins make it three-in-a-row of football titles while Kilkenny men secure back-to-back hurling crownsMon Jan 20 2020 - 01:03
Corofin combine total football with dark arts for three-in-a-rowIn Kilcoo they found nutty opposition determined to make them grind for their glorySun Jan 19 2020 - 20:03
Coaching colleague out to spoil Michael Fennelly’s last standBallyhale captain looks to finish in style before joining Borris-Ileigh’s Kelly on sidelineSat Jan 18 2020 - 06:00
True-blue vegan Mannion’s appetite for success undiminishedAll Star forward says Dublin have no intention of fading away after five-in-a row featFri Jan 17 2020 - 06:00
Paul Geaney sees advanced mark as an unnecessary additionKerry forward says it is a change that has come in to alter a game already changingThu Jan 16 2020 - 06:00
Joe Brolly explains about-turn on decision to work on subscriber-based TVAnalyst talks of his hurt at how his 20-year stint ended at RTÉ and doesn’t rule out working with SkyThu Jan 16 2020 - 01:11
Tipping Point: Defeat looks like the end for Tom Brady and the hated PatriotsInteresting times ahead if the serial Super Bowl winner moves to another teamMon Jan 06 2020 - 07:00
The sporting decade that was: The greatest hurling final everHow many games in any sport made you feel the need to claim a state of wonder?Tue Dec 31 2019 - 15:00
Sporting Year roundtable: Our panel discuss the highs and lows of 2019Marie Crowe and Colin Byrne join some of our writers to look back on the highs and lowsSat Dec 28 2019 - 06:00
Éire Óg back in the game and looking to emulate their eldersA first Leinster final in 21 years beckons for the Carlow side who once ruled LeinsterSat Dec 07 2019 - 07:00
Dublin expect to have Jim Gavin successor in place by the weekendEither Gilroy or Farrell the likely successor to all-conquering former boss GavinMon Dec 02 2019 - 01:00
Conor Laverty inspires Kilcoo to first Ulster club football titleDown club were coasting until they let Glenties in for two goals just before half-timeSun Dec 01 2019 - 16:25
Jim Gavin leaves Dublin with history made and Gaelic football transformedMalachy Clerkin: Modest manager would have you believe his role was minimalSat Nov 30 2019 - 13:32
Motivation no problem for long-serving coach Mickey MoranDerry native doing his best to help Down kingpins Kilcoo get over the provincial lineSat Nov 30 2019 - 06:00
Malachy Clerkin’s sports books of the yearRichie Sadlier and Donald McRae feature among others in the best of 2019Sat Nov 30 2019 - 06:00
Malachy Clerkin's guide to the best sports books for childrenRugby, soccer and a colouring book of Ireland's best female sports starsFri Nov 29 2019 - 21:00
Too old. No legs. Memories of a good lad gone way too soonWithout Carl’s name attached the tournament might well have faded from view by nowMon Nov 25 2019 - 06:07
Ballyboden swat Garrycastle aside to reach another Leinster finalRobbie McDaid outstanding as Dublin champions remain unbeaten in 2019Sun Nov 24 2019 - 17:27
Doireann O’Sullivan and Mourneabbey taking nothing for grantedAll-Ireland club champions from Cork know how hard it is to conquer the summitSat Nov 23 2019 - 07:00
‘I was afraid that our future stars would fall through the cracks’When the ground opened up at Magheracloone GAA club, the community didn’t buckleSat Nov 23 2019 - 07:00
Tipping Point: Japan consigned to history as World Cup veterans get back on the horseJacob Stockdale’s heroics a reminder of the ceaseless chug of the sporting trainMon Nov 18 2019 - 10:41
Unfinished business beckons for Clontibret as they bid to reach Ulster finalMonaghan champions in bonus territory having almost lost their senior status a year agoSat Nov 16 2019 - 10:00
Ireland’s do or die games: The nights we did - and the nights we diedFrom McAteer against the Netherlands to, yep, Henry against us (and the rules)Sat Nov 16 2019 - 06:00
Greece clash could open up a world of possibility for Irish women’s footballTipping Point: win would put Ireland in a good position to qualify for the 2021 EurosMon Nov 11 2019 - 06:30
Leinster SFC quarter-final: Ballyboden finally boot the door downLouth’s Newton Blues are competitive but Dublin champions pull away at the deathSun Nov 10 2019 - 18:41
Malachy Clerkin: Let’s not overstate importance of club championshipsA county final is a day in the life of a place by itself, but it only matters to who it matters toWed Nov 06 2019 - 08:23
Tipping point: Young Irish women should know the truth - sport is hellSport is sitting in the pissings of rain with your hands too cold to get purchase on the zipMon Nov 04 2019 - 06:00
Borris-Ileigh end 33-year wait for Tipperary county titleThis victory was made all the more special after a year of tragedy off the field in 2019Sun Nov 03 2019 - 18:55
‘The little village’ team Thomas Davis back in the big timeManager Paul Kelly sees his Tallaght team head to Parnell Park as massive underdogsSat Nov 02 2019 - 06:00
Tipperary backbone 2019 Hurling All Stars with seven awardsBrian Hogan, Diarmuid O’Keeffe and Lee Chin win their first awardsThu Oct 31 2019 - 07:00
Sun finally shines on Ferbane and Johnson is a leading lightCian Johnson is aiming to inspire his side to a first county title in 25 years on SundaySat Oct 26 2019 - 07:00
Richie Sadlier: Recovering – Far more than just another sports bookBook review: Former footballer’s deeply personal tale is storytelling of highest calibreMon Oct 21 2019 - 06:00
Switzerland 2 Ireland 0: How the Irish players ratedNot a night to remember in Geneva as Malachy Clerkin hands out the marksTue Oct 15 2019 - 21:57
My first thought when Gordon D’Arcy asked me to do a kid's book: how do I get out of this?The children’s book by D’Arcy and Howard is a boy’s own story, a kind of abridged version of the rugby player’s careerSat Oct 12 2019 - 06:03
Drawn-out process for picking new Clare manager provokes anger on all sidesWhoever finally emerges, it promises to be a rocky start to life for the incoming bossSat Oct 12 2019 - 06:00
Rugby World Cup: Think of the storm if it was Ireland and not Scotland getting turfed outIt would have made the Thierry Henry carry-on seem like a typhoon in a teacupThu Oct 10 2019 - 18:00
Proposal for second-tier championship still a hard sell within the GAAHoran’s plan will need to amount to more than a rehashed Tommy Murphy CupSat Oct 05 2019 - 01:00
Rugby World Cup TV View: Tommy Bowe every bit as ruthless as the All Blacks‘Kiwi commentary is the best commentary. The sense of superiority is constant and absolute’Wed Oct 02 2019 - 18:31
