There’s a world outside the World Cup, in fact several worlds, full of nostalgiaNovak Djokovic was second to George Hamilton for the weekend’s top performanceMon Jul 07 2014 - 06:00
World Cup TV: Poor divil Blerim Dzemali better not forget to put the bins outThe Hamman man predicts France will (Thomas) muller them in quarter-finals because Germany are rubbishWed Jul 02 2014 - 08:00
TV View: Gooch reveals his love of Costa Rica as Kenny continues to say noCunningham continues to paddle his own canoe to the bafflement of his fellow panellistsTue Jul 01 2014 - 07:05
Samba Soccer: Airlines high on something and fruity flagsWhat is it with airlines and Twitter and the World Cup?Mon Jun 30 2014 - 17:50
Snarling pundits left to chew over unsavoury tournament anticsEamo puts the boot in on his British peers while Gordon on ITV depresses all with his game devoid of moralsThu Jun 26 2014 - 23:55
Luis and Lionel – the contrasting fortunes of the Vampire and the VirtuosoAll Kay wanted to know was whether anything could be done to help Suarez stop chompingThu Jun 26 2014 - 06:30
TV View: It was a game that needed some bite . . . and Suarez obligedOnly one topic up for discussion as Teethgate dominates the airwavesWed Jun 25 2014 - 07:00
Click, Click . . . five goals missed as real challenge beginsMary Hannigan rises to challenge of trying to watch two matches at the same timeTue Jun 24 2014 - 02:00
Copacabana: music and passion and Cavan signs fashionedYou can’t keep a Cavan man down, not even on Rio’s famous beachMon Jun 23 2014 - 12:59
England kiss Brazil goodbye but no smacker for BalotelliMario’s blank saves Queen’s blushes as Costa Rica send Roy’s boys homeSat Jun 21 2014 - 01:00
Italy have Ballytelly but Uruguay have Luis’s cannonBullets over Glenn Hoddle and rockets over Joe Hart as Suarez outguns RooneyThu Jun 19 2014 - 23:07
N’do does not drop any F bombs on panel debutCameroon’s finest pleases the puntersThu Jun 19 2014 - 08:00
Samba Soccer: Mexican newspaper Razon the barGrandpa van Persie gets in on the act, Dunphy outdone by MowbrayWed Jun 18 2014 - 17:50
Pale faces in RTÉ as Eamon Dunphy makes it a bleepy dayImmortal words of ‘We’re not on air are we?’ with poor Didi stuck in the middleWed Jun 18 2014 - 15:19
World Cup TV View: Shearer, Shearer should have kept it shutAndrea Pirlo’s beard alone was enough to strike terror into English heartsMon Jun 16 2014 - 06:00
Ronnie sighs as he wonders where former champions Spain have goneMary Hannigan’s TV View from Day Two of Brazil 2014Sat Jun 14 2014 - 00:21
We’ve only just begun and Dunphy might be in this dress“David Luiz is silly, he’s a nuisance. He would be a liability even if he played in the League of Ireland”Thu Jun 12 2014 - 23:38
Puspure sportswoman of the monthRower ended Ireland’s long wait for major rowing championship medalWed Jun 11 2014 - 01:00
Sky the limit for sizzling sliotars but how about some info for GAA newcomers?Rachel and Brian need to raise the bar for tweeters such as Mike from ManchesterMon Jun 09 2014 - 06:00
It’s a lub-in for RTÉ’s World Cup panelSome new signings for the tournament but Billo is there for his last standFri Jun 06 2014 - 01:00
Argentina - Team ProfileTwice champions, twice runners-up, and only Brazil, Italy and Germany have appeared in more finalsThu Jun 05 2014 - 18:11
Nigeria - Team ProfileThey first qualified for the World Cup finals in 1994, and made a heckuva an impactThu Jun 05 2014 - 18:06
Iran - Team ProfileIran reached their first World Cup in 1978 but that was it for 20 yearsThu Jun 05 2014 - 17:55
Switzerland - Team ProfileHaving been regular qualifiers in the early years, Switzerland endured a drought in the 1970s and 1980sThu Jun 05 2014 - 17:26
Ecuador - Team ProfileEcuador made their World Cup finals debut in 2002, drawn with Italy, Mexico and CroatiaThu Jun 05 2014 - 16:56
Honduras - Team ProfileQuite a debut in ‘82, when they drew 1-1 with hosts Spain, before picking up another point against Northern IrelandThu Jun 05 2014 - 16:56
France - Team ProfileFrance have qualified for 13 World Cups through the ages, although, as we know, it would have been 12 if . . .Thu Jun 05 2014 - 16:56
South Korea - Team ProfileSouth Korea first qualified for the World Cup finals in 1954, one of eight times they’ve made itThu Jun 05 2014 - 16:46
Russia - Team ProfileTheir World Cup story hasn’t been a happy one since the break-up of the Soviet UnionThu Jun 05 2014 - 16:33
Algeria - Team ProfileThis will be their fourth finals, their finest hour came in 1982 when they beat West GermanyThu Jun 05 2014 - 16:25
Belgium - Team ProfileThis will be Belgium’s 12th appearance in the finals, their only success of note coming in 1986Thu Jun 05 2014 - 16:06
Bosnia and Herzegovina - Team ProfileThe only debutants at this year’s finals, Bosnia and Herzegovina qualified at their fifth attemptWed Jun 04 2014 - 14:05
Germany - Team ProfileThey’re handy enough at this World Cup lark, only Brazil (five) and Italy (four) have won moreWed Jun 04 2014 - 13:15
Portugal - Team ProfileSurprisingly enough, this will only be Portugal’s sixth World Cup finalsWed Jun 04 2014 - 13:11
Rory’s victory may see a heap of players declaring themselves single for PinehurstDivil a sign of Joe Brolly on RTÉ panel, incidentally. Did something happen?Mon May 26 2014 - 01:00
Baywatch Wyse crack leaves Joe Brolly all at seaBeing a beautiful woman doesn’t necessarily mean you’re as thick as a brickWed May 21 2014 - 22:09
Grand day out for Arsenal Titans as ‘woeful’ Down are not out just yetJoe Brolly yet again manages to endear himself further to Tyrone folk with Seán Cavanagh remarksMon May 19 2014 - 06:00
All this inner chimp theory would have you hopping mad around snooker tableThe inner chimp can pop up anywhere, even at a penalty shootout in BrazilMon May 05 2014 - 06:00
Turns out that Premier League football really is a funny old gameIt was a week of surprises – some of which were just plain weirdMon Apr 28 2014 - 01:00
Share volatility and players’ fallibility lead to ruin of MoyesUnited manager has been thwarted by both players’ form and club’s share priceTue Apr 22 2014 - 01:00
TV View: Niall is happy to plug hurling but Alan may need more timeNiall Quinn talks hurling on Sky Sports - again and againMon Apr 21 2014 - 06:00
UCD defeat Pembroke Wanderers to win Irish Junior CupUlster Elks book place in Irish Hockey LeagueMon Apr 14 2014 - 01:00
Sarah Greene and her UCD colleagues going from strength to strengthCaptain takes Sportswoman of the Month award for March after leading club to three trophies this seasonWed Apr 09 2014 - 01:00
One out of three ain’t bad but it seems as if Ireland is clean out of ‘glück’Lots of wind being spoken by Sky and assisting against our girls in greenMon Apr 07 2014 - 09:00
Railway Union and UCD clash again in battle to claim Pool A top spotIn Pool B, Cork Harlequins can seal third if they beat BallymoneyFri Mar 28 2014 - 01:00
