Category: Sports
Mighty oak trees fail to grow from tiny acorns
Courtesy of countless TV re-runs of the memorable 1995 Ryder Cup matches, the 18th at Oak Hill CC has become one of the game’s mos...
Flirting with relegation always likely to happen for Le...
All life, Valeriy Lobanovskyi once said, is a number. This might have made sense for the groundbreaking Dynamo Kyiv manager, with ...
Eamonn Sweeney: The Premier League manager of the year ...
Is Sam Allardyce really better than Pep Guardiola? Perhaps not. Yet Big Sam has faced challenges someone like Guardiola, who went ...
Paul Kimmage meets Seamus Power, Part 2: McIlroy and Lo...
Seven years ago, on a crisp afternoon in March 2016, I pulled up a chair with Shane Lowry at the offices of his management company...
Joe Brolly: Why Rory Gallagher had to step down
I am thinking of three small children. Three small children with their Derry kits folded by their bedsides, wondering why they can...
Jack Crowley nails dramatic late drop-goal to end Leins...
LEINSTER’s dreams of a double are gone, instead Munster march on to Cape Town for the final of the United Rugby Championship after...
Davy Fitzgerald: ‘I’m used to getting battered over the...
Waterford manager Davy Fitzgerald delivered a defiant message in the wake of his team’s exit from the hurling championship at Semp...
‘The gentleman involved.. I wouldn’t pass the slightest...
Meath GAA manager Colm O’Rourke has dismissed the criticism levelled at the Tailteann Cup by his former colleague on the Sunday Ga...
Mauricio Pochettino agrees terms to become Chelsea’s ne...
Mauricio Pochettino has agreed terms to become Chelsea's new manager, with the contract to be signed in the next few days.
Meath cruise to victory against meek Tipperary in Tailt...
Meath began life as a Tailteann Cup team with their anticipated easy win over fellow strugglers Tipperary in Páirc Tailteann, Nava...
‘We knew were taking a bit of a risk’ – Leo Cullen lame...
Leo Cullen lamented his side’s lack of cohesion in the aftermath of Leinster’s dramatic URC semi-final defeat to Munster at the Av...
Bernard Jackman: How Jack Crowley channelled spirit of ...
How do you analyse this fantastic Munster win? Well, if we look back to the start of the year, Graham Rowntree and Mike Prendergas...
Munster v Leinster player ratings: Beirne and Crowley l...
MUNSTER RATINGS
Waterford’s summer comes to an end with tame championsh...
Waterford, desperately needing to jump-start their summer and breathe life into their season, tamely exited the championship befor...
How the Connacht players rated in United Rugby Champion...
Tiernan O’Halloran – Premature departure after poorly executed tackle attempt after limp clearance and chase – 5