Pat's left shaken but Joe won't be stirredTV VIEW: MICHAEL LYSTER was a little ashen-facedMon Sep 19 2011 - 01:00
Clarke makes a quick impact on Loreto debutHOCKEY: SARAH CLARKE marked her league debut for Loreto with a goal on Saturday in the club’s 3-2 victory over defending champions…Mon Sep 19 2011 - 01:00
Champions Hermes without six internationalsWOMEN’S HOCKEY IT WILL be November before the Irish Hockey Association knows for certain which Olympic qualifying tournament…Fri Sep 16 2011 - 01:00
Upwards and onwards for Ryan following a highly successful summerSUCH HAS been Deirdre Ryan’s form the past few months, the 29-year-old Dubliner could have taken our July or August awards, while…Wed Sep 14 2011 - 01:00
Apocalypse now, George? Naw, it's a helluva lot worse than thatTV VIEW: RTÉ opened up yesterday with a snippet from President Obama, speaking over slow motion clips of the rugby lads in action…Mon Sep 12 2011 - 01:00
Gnawing suspicion that this is going down to the wireTV VIEW: “IT’S BEEN harrowing,” said a drained Darragh Moloney, and that was with 50 minutes – plus added time – still to go…Wed Sep 7 2011 - 01:00
Roy Keane linked with Iceland job“ROY KEANE on his way to the country!” read the headline in Iceland’s Visir yesterday, but while the paper claimed he would attend…Tue Sep 6 2011 - 01:00
Cyril purrs as Cats prove Tipp-tipping panellists wrongTV VIEW: IT MIGHT be an idea now for Brian Cody and his men to re-do that Meat Loaf tune, something along the lines of “Five…Mon Sep 5 2011 - 01:00
Night of doomy gloom as midfield statues are unmovedTV VIEW: Cripes, sometimes 90 minutes can feel interminableSat Sep 3 2011 - 01:00
Andrews in a happier placeSOCCER: “FOOTBALL IS a horrible business, and if your face doesn’t fit, you have to move on,” Keith Andrews was left concluding…Tue Aug 30 2011 - 01:00
A load of Shi'ite as Donegal Taliban have Spillane heading for the hillsTV VIEW: SUCH WAS the RTÉ panel’s mood come full-time yesterday there really wasn’t any danger of them giving us a lusty rendition…Mon Aug 29 2011 - 01:00
Bank on the Barclays to take you to the endGOLF: THE END is nigh. The end of our 2011 Fantasy Golf competition that is, nothing more dramatic than thatThu Aug 25 2011 - 01:00
An unprofitable week as Jimenez Czechs outGOLF: WE HAD a notion that week 20 had proved less than profitable for the vast majority of our managers when we received word…Thu Aug 25 2011 - 01:00
Quicksilver Cooper strikes while the iron is hotTV VIEW: WELL, AT least there was one triumph for Irish rugby on Saturday, and, frankly, after his majestic display in the extreme…Mon Aug 22 2011 - 01:00
Country cousins come out on top as Neville slots in nicelyTV VIEW: Another one of those Sundays, the channel-hopping-induced befuddlement hardly helped by Tipp hurler Shane Long scoring…Mon Aug 15 2011 - 01:00
Stars of the County Down do doubleSPORTSWOMAN OF THE MONTH (JULY) SYCERIKA McMAHON (SWIMMING) MADELINE PERRY (SQUASH): JULY PROVED to be another memorable month…Wed Aug 10 2011 - 01:00
Alliss' rant on Arnie's golden era leaves Nantz stuck for wordsTV VIEW: THERE WERE more than a few who’d just about regained their composure after watching the reception the young Rory fella…Mon Jul 18 2011 - 01:00
Cobb pitches in as top of the despised athletesHOLD THE BACK PAGE: ‘THE 101 Most Despised Athletes in Sports History” is not, it has to be said, the most positive of sporting…Sat Jul 16 2011 - 01:00
'Perfect fight' ends with European titleThe Irish Times/Irish Sports Council sportswoman of the month (June): Boxer Katie TaylorWed Jul 13 2011 - 01:00
Welcome to the real world of 'proper paparazzi' RoryTV VIEW: THUNDER, LIGHTNING, landslides, floods. Summer in Scotland. A bit like our own, reallyMon Jul 11 2011 - 01:00
Djokovic's victory in Killarney leaves modern Ali speechlessTV VIEW: APART FROM relegating a couple of Serena and Venus Williams matches to the backyard (well, Court Two), the Wimbledon…Mon Jul 4 2011 - 01:00
Designer rugby shirts to make giants of World Cup playersWHEN THEY take on Ireland in next month’s rugby World Cup warm-up match in Bordeaux, the French won’t know what’s hit them…Fri Jul 1 2011 - 01:00
Poet laureate Hugh is right on cueGOLF: NEWCOMERS TO our Fantasy Golf competition might not be aware that we have an unofficial poet laureate by the name of Hugh…Thu Jun 30 2011 - 01:00
Claire's New Bike suffers slow punctureGOLF: AFTER THE bonanza that was the US Open – well, for some of you – week 12 proved less than profitable, with only three …Thu Jun 30 2011 - 01:00
Sun shines on the sons of Galileo but Pat and Colm are gloomyTV VIEW: WHO’D HAVE thought that Gerry McIlroy could possibly be overtaken in the battle for the June “Sporting Da of the Month…Mon Jun 27 2011 - 01:00
Mr Irrelevant restores his clean reputationHOLD THE BACK PAGE: IT’S ONE of the more unkind tags in sportSat Jun 25 2011 - 01:00
Rory, Rory Hallelujah: American tales of a star shining brightGOLF : MEDIA REACTION NBC SPORTS’ website probably stole the award for headline of the day – “Rory, Rory Hallelujah: McIlroy…Tue Jun 21 2011 - 01:00
Game's greats line up to praise the new chosen oneGOLF: SPARE A thought for South African golfer Rory SabbatiniTue Jun 21 2011 - 01:00
Why settle for burger when you can watch Rory filleting CongressionalTV VIEW: THAT WAS a bit of a shock last week, learning that it’s 30 years this month since John McEnroe’s “you cannot be serious…Mon Jun 20 2011 - 01:00
Italian duo prove worthy signings on home soilGOLF: THE PICKINGS weren’t exactly rich for our managers in week 10 of the competition, when the Italian Open and the St Jude…Thu Jun 16 2011 - 01:00
Dodging points can be a tricky businessGOLF: FAR BE it for us to make assumptions about the intentions of Stephen, Alan, Eugene, Jody, David, another David, Kevin, …Thu Jun 16 2011 - 01:00
Heaven for Haven is whizzing round Le Mans for 48 hoursTV VIEW: WELL, HATS off to Andre Lotterer, Marcel Fassler and Benoit Treluyer for sharing shifts in that Audi to win the Le …Mon Jun 13 2011 - 01:00
Salmon Leap stalwart following a rich family traditionSportswoman of the Month (May): Canoeist Jenny Egan: WITH BOTH her parents involved in canoeing for as long as she can remember…Wed Jun 8 2011 - 01:00
Giants Stadium here we come againSOCCER: YOU COULD tell last night that the international season is winding down just a little when Sky gave their viewers a …Wed Jun 8 2011 - 01:00
Giles and Co have a Macedonia; good job Trapattoni's boys didn'tTV VIEW: WELL, AT least from here on in we can take ‘I had a Macedonia’ as meaning ‘didn’t quite make John Giles purr, but got…Mon Jun 6 2011 - 01:00
Back in the Hunt after a season of frustrationSOCCER : HAVING ENDURED the frustration of missing a large chunk of the season with Wolves, with injuries ruling him out for…Fri Jun 3 2011 - 01:00
'Chopper' McShane hoping someone is watchingSOCCER : WITH SPELLS at seven clubs in as many seasons, Paul McShane could do with putting down some football rootsWed Jun 1 2011 - 01:00
The greatest team ever? Better ask Northampton TownTV VIEW: THERE’S RARELY a consensus about these things, but the Brazil side of 1970 has a habit of topping those polls asking…Mon May 30 2011 - 01:00
Small wonder as Hoey rewards the minorityGOLF: WITH MOST of the game’s big names on duty at the World Matchplay Championship last week, a tournament that couldn’t be…Thu May 26 2011 - 01:00
Keeping up to date with players on TwitterGOLF: AS WE mentioned last week, it’s more than a little useful to be familiar with the playing plans of the members of your…Thu May 26 2011 - 01:00
Faithful feel the rapture as they ascend to heavenTV VIEW: AMERICAN PREACHER Harold Camping had predicted that Jesus Christ would return to earth on Saturday and true believers…Mon May 23 2011 - 01:00
Queen back in castle for Porto's crowning momentTV VIEW: YOU have to hope someone had a word with the Porto and Braga fans in Dublin this week for the Europa League final, …Thu May 19 2011 - 01:00
Put Jedward lipstick on Ulster opener, it's still a pig of a gameTV VIEW: IT WAS probably the gut-wrenching disappointment of Jedward not winning the night before, but for the start of a brand…Mon May 16 2011 - 01:00
Home can be the advantageHOCKEY: A YEAR after losing their senior interprovincial title to Ulster at Grange Road by a single score on goal difference…Fri May 13 2011 - 01:00
Superest title race not now as tight as Jamie's outfitsTV VIEW: IT WAS hard not to think of absent Sky friends yesterday on what was the Superest of Super SundaysMon May 9 2011 - 01:00
Fergie wields the whip as his charges jump and buck to finalON THE COUCH: Johnny gets it spot on; the Dog and Duck would have beaten this woeful German sideThu May 5 2011 - 01:00
Bliss is it in this blue dawn to be alive as world turns upside downTV VIEW: GO ON, own up, you watched from start to finish, despite vowing you’d boycott the whole thing because it’s just not…Mon May 2 2011 - 01:00
Railway Union on track for leagueWOMEN’S HOCKEY: A WEEK after winning bronze at the EuroHockey Club Champions Trophy in Dublin, Railway Union will attempt to…Fri Apr 29 2011 - 01:00
What's in a name? They often tell a taleGOLF: WHEN WE spotted Pat Halpin’s team impressively rising from 17th to fourth overall last week it struck us as a bit inappropriate…Thu Apr 28 2011 - 01:00