Making a timely return to fitness and formSPORTSWOMAN OF THE MONTH YVONNE TRACY (SOCCER): WHEN STEPHANIE Curtis fell to the ground in agony 20 minutes in to the Republic…Wed Nov 11 2009 - 00:00
Same-o same-o as Goliath goes down and Diana packs downTV VIEW: THERE WERE, admittedly, a few bright spots, but, on the whole, that was a rubbish sporting weekMon Nov 09 2009 - 00:00
Smyth hits fine winner for RailwayWOMEN’S HOCKEY IRISH SENIOR CUP: WITH THE exception of a 4-2 victory for Pegasus over Randalstown, Saturday’s ESB Irish Senior…Mon Nov 09 2009 - 00:00
Hermes tie looks the pickTHE MEETING of Hermes and Railway Union in Booterstown tomorrow is the pick of the ESB Irish Senior Cup second round, the game…Fri Nov 06 2009 - 00:00
Pembroke stay on winning trailHOCKEY: THE TOP five in the Leinster first division all picked up wins on Saturday, with Pembroke Wanderers and Three Rovers…Mon Nov 02 2009 - 00:00
Fall classic is just epic as love rat stallion makes the headlinesTV VIEW: WE’D BEEN in the bullpen for days warming up for the World Series, making sure the right arm was loose enough to combat…Mon Nov 02 2009 - 00:00
Loreto and Railway Union continue to lead the wayLORETO AND Railway Union have still to drop a point in their Leinster League campaigns, the top two in the First Division table…Mon Nov 02 2009 - 00:00
Pembroke switch focusWEEKEND HOCKEY: IT’S EARLY days yet in the European Hockey League (EHL), but there was promising news this week with the release…Fri Oct 30 2009 - 00:00
Big names play catch-upHOCKEY: IT’S RARE to see Hermes and Old Alexandra propping up the Leinster First Division table, both still without a point …Fri Oct 30 2009 - 00:00
Pembroke and Glenanne push onHOCKEY: PEMBROKE WANDERERS and Glenanne are the only Leinster sides to maintain their perfect starts to the season after coming…Mon Oct 26 2009 - 00:00
King Rafa purring as United miss their magic dustTV VIEW: WE GOT a bit of sense of how important yesterday’s skirmish at Anfield was for Liverpool when their full-back Glen …Mon Oct 26 2009 - 00:00
McKean ends Ireland careerWOMEN'S HOCKEY AFTER WINNING 130 caps in her nine years playing for Ireland, Cathy McKean has announced her retirement from …Fri Oct 23 2009 - 01:00
A vintage year produces another joint awardSPORTSWOMAN OF THE MONTH - MADELINE PERRY AND MARY O'CONNOR: AFTER OPTING to make joint awards in March and July, the judging…Wed Oct 14 2009 - 01:00
UCD get off to flying start in defence of Senior CupWOMEN’S HOCKEY : UCD MADE an impressive start to the defence of the ESB Irish Senior Cup on Saturday when they beat Church of…Mon Oct 12 2009 - 01:00
Permutations now taking a firm holdSEVEN OF the nine World Cup qualifying groups have already been won, with Denmark, Germany, Spain, England, Serbia, Italy and…Mon Oct 12 2009 - 01:00
Mysterious girl plays on BrownPLANET SOCCER: THE week before last, you might remember, Hull City manager Phil Brown claimed that he had talked a woman out…Mon Oct 12 2009 - 01:00
The play-off race in EuropeGROUP ONE: Qualified : Denmark. Can reach play-offs : Portugal, Sweden, HungaryMon Oct 12 2009 - 01:00
Permutations now taking a firm holdTHE WINNERS of the nine European groups automatically qualify for the World Cup finals, with the eight best runners-up going …Sat Oct 10 2009 - 01:00
UCD begin defenceTHE FIRST round of the ESB Irish Senior Cup takes centre stage tomorrow with UCD beginning the defence of the trophy they won…Fri Oct 09 2009 - 01:00
Beckham's €135m is just peanuts beside moneybags MittalBACK IN 2004 steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal spent in and around €37 million on his daughter’s wedding in Paris, a budget, you’d …Thu Oct 08 2009 - 01:00
Chicago never stood a chance against Rio's naked womenTV VIEW: WATCHING THE American channels last week, we detected that native support for Chicago’s Olympic bid was a bit like …Mon Oct 05 2009 - 01:00
Glenanne produce stirring comebackWOMEN’S HOCKEY : THE SEASON may only be a few weeks’ old but it’s hard to imagine Glenanne’s extraordinary display against Ulster…Mon Oct 05 2009 - 01:00
Ireland await word on rested ReidWORLD CUP: HAVING RECALLED Steven Reid to the Republic of Ireland squad for the games against Italy (next Saturday) and Montenegro…Mon Oct 05 2009 - 01:00
Ulster chase interprovincial double at Grange RoadWOMEN’S HOCKEY: WITH SO many players on duty in the under-16 and under-18 interprovincial tournaments at Grange Road over the…Fri Oct 02 2009 - 01:00
Dubs on a downer as Cork take five and Dunne takes drubbingTV VIEW: “TYSON FURY”, of course, sounds like an account of the night Evander Holyfield lost his right ear, but as we now know…Mon Sept 28 2009 - 01:00
Railway open defence at AlexandraWOMEN’S HOCKEY LEINSTER SENIOR LEAGUE: RAILWAY UNION open the defence of their Leinster League title against Old Alexandra at…Fri Sept 25 2009 - 01:00
No freesias for all like Páidí's day but Kerry animals are still manlyTV VIEW: AFTER RECALLING his favourite memory from his days playing against Kerry, Jimmy Barry Murphy was asked by Marian Finucane…Mon Sept 21 2009 - 01:00
Tale of a god, a man, sardines and trawlersBIOGRAPHY: Cantona: The Rebel Who Would Be King By Philippe Auclair, Macmillan, 469pp, £17.99Sat Sept 19 2009 - 01:00
Poor Serena, but then who gives a duck; certainly not TedTV VIEW: WE FEARED for the little line judge, sensing she would indeed need that tennis ball surgically removed from her throat…Mon Sept 14 2009 - 01:00
Ireland look good for play-offs - but they'll be toughSOCCER WORLD CUP 2010 QUALIFYING: IT’S NEVER, of course, safe to make assumptions, but Italy’s 2-0 win over Bulgaria on Wednesday…Fri Sept 11 2009 - 01:00
Kerr and Faroes celebrate famous winGROUP SEVEN : THE CELEBRATIONS would have been lively but for the fact that “it’s midweek and everything closes up at midnight…Fri Sept 11 2009 - 01:00
Tiger Economy proves lucrative for MurnaghanIT DIDN’T seem all that long ago when a Golf Masters manager sent us a photo of his son Mark, aged three and three quarters (…Thu Sept 10 2009 - 01:00
Timing proves everything for our MasterchefYOU’VE BEEN slaving in the Golf Masters’ kitchen for years, experimenting with your ingredients, trying to find the perfect combination…Thu Sept 10 2009 - 01:00
Silver medal a fitting reward for determined fighterIrish Times/Irish Sports Council Sportswomen Award For August - OLIVE LOUGHNANE (Athletics): IT WAS precisely a year ago that…Wed Sept 09 2009 - 01:00
Planet SoccerWhat you got cooking Damien - WE wondered if Damien Richardson read last week about neighbours calling the fire brigade to a…Mon Sept 07 2009 - 01:00
Norn Iron singing, Dunphy hands wringing and Cats just grinningTV VIEW: OVER ON BBC Northern Ireland the crowd they tracked down in a Belfast bar were singing “We’re all going to Cape Town…Mon Sept 07 2009 - 01:00
Transfers may undo old Mister BrennanIT WASN’T long after we began studying the line-ups of our leading contenders, going in to the final week of the competition, …Thu Sept 03 2009 - 01:00
It's down to the wire as Masters hits final stretchIT’S 21 weeks and 36 tournaments since we started out on our 2009 Golf Masters’ voyage and we still have no idea who will cross…Thu Sept 03 2009 - 01:00
Lance sends cyclists a-twitter but Pat and Joe just witter onTV VIEW: TRUE, THERE were probably some who didn’t see the point in the wheel when it was invented, insisting it would never…Mon Aug 31 2009 - 01:00
Happy daysPLANET SOCCER: WHEN Aston Villa bought Senegalese defender Habib Beye from Newcastle this summer they were also getting, as …Mon Aug 24 2009 - 01:00
Cram left speechless as Spillane finds the right words for BrollyTV VIEW: THAT WAS a lively weekMon Aug 24 2009 - 01:00
Don't hold your breath, AntonPLANET SOCCER: PERHAPS inspired by Mayo man Conor Mortimer’s tribute to Michael Jackson after scoring in the Connacht final, …Mon Aug 17 2009 - 01:00
Stubbsie struggles not to make a fourthmeal of his new gigTV VIEW: IT WAS, literally, a whole new ball game for Ray Stubbsie Stubbs on Saturday when, during ESPN’s coverage of their …Mon Aug 17 2009 - 01:00
Agents to Zzzzzz: A to Z of the Premier LeagueA Agents. “Alberto to Liverpool? Don’t talk nonsenseSat Aug 15 2009 - 01:00
Grab a spot on the couch and relax, the telly footie is backTV VIEW: A WORLD Cup-less summer, without even the solace of a European Championship, is, of course, a wasteland in time, a …Mon Aug 10 2009 - 01:00
An 80-caps manEUROHOCKEY: The Irish hockey team is dreaming of the Olympics and World Cup. Meet its captain, Ronan GormleySat Aug 08 2009 - 01:00
Still plenty of time for a late sprint to the winning lineA MIGHTILY impressive 2,118 of our teams have now passed the million euro earning mark in the competition, and while the newcomers…Thu Aug 06 2009 - 01:00
A devilishly hard week to pick up prize moneyWE WERE reading a preview of the Bridgestone Invitational by Brett Ogle the other day, the Australian, who is concentrating on…Thu Aug 06 2009 - 01:00
Loughnane hardly bowled over and Willis hurls rare old abuseTV VIEW: UNBEKNOWN TO themselves, perhaps, it was a lively contest between Ger Loughnane and Bob Willis on Saturday, both of…Mon Jul 13 2009 - 01:00
