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LILY AGG had a day to remember as she was the goalscoring hero on her debut for the Republic of Ireland women, who recorded a win over the Philippines in Antalya, Turkey, yesterday.
The story of the weekend? Knockout pressure brings mistakes. For Cork and Wexford, there’s now a long old summer ahead to contemplate them.
Westmeath cruised into a Tailteann Cup final with an emphatic win over Offaly in the second semi-final in Croke Park.
Dr Sonja Egan has been appointed as the new Head of Breeding, Innovation and Development at Horse Sport Ireland (HSI).
Swimming’s world governing body FINA has voted to ban athletes who have gone through male puberty from racing in women’s events.
Tipperary snatched victory from the jaws of defeat thanks to sub Senan Butler’s last-gasp goal at the TUS Gaelic Grounds in Limerick yesterday.
Olympian Kelly Holmes has announced that she is gay, saying she "needed to do this now".
Cavan will contest the inaugural Tailteann Cup final but they had to earn that right by seeing off a persistent Sligo in Croke Park.
Amber Barrett has backed Ireland to use their Euro 2022 heartbreak as motivation to qualify for a first World Cup.
I’ll admit it: I thought Clare would win handy against Wexford yesterday. But in the end, it proved one almighty struggle.
Portrush golfer Graeme McDowell has hit back at criticism of the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series, suggesting on social media there is a “smear campaign”.
TAILTEANN CUP SEMI-FINALS
Liverpool have completed the signing of Scotland Under-21 defender Calvin Ramsay from Aberdeen, subject to international clearance.
Dame Kelly Holmes has announced that she is gay, saying she “needed to do this now”.
Liverpool have completed the signing of Scotland Under-21 defender Calvin Ramsay from Aberdeen, subject to international clearance.
Manchester United chief executive Richard Arnold met disgruntled fans in a pub to address concerns about the future of the club.
Manchester United chief executive Richard Arnold met disgruntled fans in a pub to address concerns about the future of the club.
To the best of our knowledge, there is no 30-year reunion planned for the Boys of ’92. They flew out of Dublin in late May that year, just as one of the biggest news stories in Irish history was breaking — Bishop Eamonn Casey and his extra curricular activity — and it followed them to New Zealand. On the second game of a harrowing but instructive trip, a banner was unfurled in the crowd at Lancaster Park, then home of Canterbury: ‘The Bishop didn’t do it.’ Oh, he did it all right. But on a different pitch the rugby boys would get very little done.
With time running out against Armenia in Yerevan a fortnight ago they were putting the ball into the mixer like a karaoke act singing the greatest hits from the heyday of Big Cas and Big Niall.
Clare stared defeat in the face yesterday — six points down with 15 minutes left and many of their big names struggling to make any impact. But in the manner of a side that simply refused to allow their season to end they finished powerfully to see off a brave Wexford challenge.
Golf was a game of honour at the time, even for Greg Norman. The month was June 1995, and the game’s most dominant star was sitting in the clubhouse of the Tournament Players Club at Avenel, telling me about things that mattered in life.
On October 30, 1974, Muhammad Ali fought George Foreman in Kinshasa, Zaire, a dystopic country vividly depicted in Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness.
For aspirational professional rugby players the summer tour is often your best chance of breaking through from being an uncapped novice to winning that coveted first cap and hopefully becoming part of the furniture for the November series and Six Nations championships in the future.
Even as a slight 13 year-old, there was little doubt where Darwin Nunez would end up. “I still remember the first time I saw him play,” says Jose Perdomo, the man who first discovered Liverpool’s record signing. “Darwin was taller than most kids of his age, very skinny - a player made for Europe.”
A match defined by an extraordinary closing phase of play, victory having looked destined to go Wexford’s way when Mikie Dwyer sent over a score in the 57th minute to put them six points clear. Nothing in hurling, you say, but Clare looked dead on their feet, empty of ideas and drained of vitality.
Rory McIlroy could not win the US Open yesterday but he didn’t lose it as he produced a sensational short game display down the stretch and battled his way to a three-over 73 that left him just three shots behind Will Zalatoris and Matt Fitzpatrick at The Country Club.
On entering the media centre at Brookline last Tuesday, the first thing I noticed was the absence of paper. The customary table beside the registration desk laden with stapled details of every conceivable aspect of a Major event was no longer there.
Roscommon native Daire Feeley, riding for the Cork All Human VeloRevolution team, retained his yellow jersey as leader of Rás Tailteann today as sprinter Rory Townsend took a second consecutive stage victory for Team Ireland in a mass sprint finish into Kilbeggan at the end of stage four.
Clare survived an almighty scare to book their All-Ireland semi-final place with a stirring second-half comeback seeing off a valiant Wexford effort in Semple Stadium.
One of these Mondays, Damian Casey had planned to gather up the Nickey Rackard Cup, the Division 3A Cup, and bring them over from his Dungannon home, to Ballygawley Playing Fields.
GALWAY beat last year’s beaten finalists Cork in Thurles to earn a July 3 All-Ireland semi-final date against defending champions Limerick in Croke Park.
There is some serious star power on the pitch in Thurles today as the All-Ireland hurling quarter-finals take place in Semple Stadium - but there is a big name in the stand too.
Ireland’s 1-1 draw away to Sweden in April was a huge moment in their World Cup qualification campaign, defender Clare O’Riordan has said, adding the result was “very hard to put into words.”
Damien Duff was left to rue missed opportunities as Shelbourne were defeated 1-0 by ten-man Bohemians.
Arsenal striker Eddie Nketiah has ended speculation about his future by signing a new long-term contract at the Emirates Stadium, the Premier League club have announced.
TAKING on the burden of a price tag of €13million and the demands of becoming a first-choice goalkeeper at Premier League level could crush a player yet to turn 21.
Liverpool forward Sadio Mane’s impending departure to Bayern Munich means Jurgen Klopp’s famed original front three will be broken up.
The last time Wexford hurlers beat Clare in championship, they were keyed to a heat that all but begrudged their opponents the time of day.
Henry Shefflin has recalled David Burke, who lifted the Liam MacCarthy Cup as Galway’s victorious captain five years ago, for this afternoon’s All-Ireland SHC quarter-final against Cork in Thurles.
Galway and goals. Perfect alliteration, imperfect relationship.
Alex Maguire battled back from three down after seven holes before falling 3&1 to new South African star Aldrich Potgieter in the semi-finals of the Amateur Championship at Royal Lytham and St Anne’s.
Phil Mickelson’s miserable US Open ended in a missed cut and was compounded by an errant tee-shot from the left-hander that left a spectator prostrate on the ground.
Dark humour has been her coping mechanism, while Leah Scholes has always refused to bend to even the most disheartening diagnosis.
All eyes may be on Royal Ascot today as the five-day extravaganza wheels to its conclusion at the Berkshire track, but Down Royal is the only place to be on this side of the Irish Sea.
After three intense weeks in each other’s company at the end of a busy four-game international series this month, the Ireland management and players probably had little left to say to each other when going their separate ways after the midweek draw with Ukraine in Poland so it was left unsaid by Stephen Kenny that a batch of those players need to improve their club situation if they are to have an international career.
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