Mark Tumilty appointed Ireland hockey head coachFormer Banbridge player has been in charge of team and position has now been extendedWed Oct 21 2020 - 16:11
Tokyo dreaming: Ireland’s Olympics team slowly taking shapeIreland could send as many as 90 athletes to Japan – an increase on Brazil four years agoMon Oct 19 2020 - 06:00
Sport still grappling with the question of fair play for trans athletesWorld Rugby has banned trans women from playing in the women’s game for safety reasonsFri Oct 16 2020 - 06:00
Irish Hockey League matches postponed after Covid-19 restrictions tightenedIrish senior men and Irish senior women’s teams can continue to operate as usualThu Oct 15 2020 - 18:46
Ryder Cup 2027 allocated almost €6m as part of increased budget spend on sportSport Ireland funding increased by €36m with big emphasis on Olympic and Paralympic athletesWed Oct 14 2020 - 17:42
Ministers made aware of Cork hockey clubs’ concerns about travel to away gamesHockey Ireland issue provisional sanctions to three women’s teams for not fulfilling fixturesTue Oct 13 2020 - 18:43
Magnificent Rafa Nadal seals his rightful place in tennis historySpaniard ripped a page from Federer’s play book and was almost flawless in beating DjokovicMon Oct 12 2020 - 06:10
Tommy Bowe still on his game and alert to all possibilitiesFormer Lions, Ireland and Ulster winger has never been one to settle for the comfort zoneSat Oct 10 2020 - 09:30
Discomfort in hearing George Gibney story should be felt by us allJohnny Watterson: John Mullins and Peter Banks feel swimming coach’s presence againFri Oct 09 2020 - 06:00
Swim Ireland accept resignation of board member over contribution to Gibney podcastJohn Mullins admitted to standing bail for former Olympic swimming coach in 1993Thu Oct 08 2020 - 06:00
One step forward for Ulster, but uphill climb lies aheadSkills coach Dan Soper feels a change of mindset in squad prior to Ospreys gameTue Oct 06 2020 - 06:47
Johnny Watterson: Sometimes it seems that the rules are just for suckersWhat does playing within the spirit of the law really mean in professional sport?Fri Oct 02 2020 - 06:09
Sargent labels Hockey Ireland approach to Covid-19 return to play as ‘tone deaf’International player says level of sanctions ‘putting so much stress on so many people’Wed Sept 30 2020 - 17:28
Hockey Ireland’s Covid-19 postponement policy questionedCliodhna Sargent has hit out at the zero tolerance policy for teams with concernsTue Sept 29 2020 - 15:55
Sporting Upsets: When Katie Taylor was stunned in AstanaQueen of the amateur ranks suffered a shock defeat to America’s Estelle Mossley in 2016Tue Sept 29 2020 - 06:00
Teen snooker ace Aaron ‘The Breeze’ Hill no overnight sensationCork 18-year-old beat Ronnie O’Sullivan in just his second game as a professionalFri Sept 25 2020 - 16:37
Leinster need to follow Munster’s lead and sign some marquee namesThe province’s European successes have seen key inputs from world starsFri Sept 25 2020 - 06:00
Let’s face it, Saracens don’t really care that they are rugby’s most hated teamOften used as motivation, the club and supporters are aware of their pariah statusSat Sept 19 2020 - 08:00
Misfiring Ulster facing a torrid time in ToulouseFormidable pack and outstanding backline ensure French aristocrats hold all the acesSat Sept 19 2020 - 06:00
Tour de France offers magical escape but is it all make believe?Watching these extraordinary athletes has been therapeutic but questions lingerFri Sept 18 2020 - 06:00
Dan McFarland backs the real Ulster to stand up and be counted for Toulouse tripHead coach admits Leinster final defeat took 48 hours to put behind himWed Sept 16 2020 - 06:00
Growing appeal of sporting life ‘across all age groups’Irish Sports Monitor notes uptick of 3% in activity since previous survey compiled 2017Mon Sept 14 2020 - 18:46
Personal exercise the most popular form of sport for people in IrelandSwimming, running, cycling and soccer make up the top-five in latest ISM surveyMon Sept 14 2020 - 13:01
IOC needs to wake up if they consider themselves wokeThe banning of all protest at next year’s Olympics is flying in face of the new realityFri Sept 11 2020 - 06:00
Sporting Upsets: Niland comes agonisingly close to a date with FedererIrish tennis usually watches Wimbledon from afar but that nearly changed in 2011Fri Sept 11 2020 - 05:00
Mature Madigan comfortable back in the spotlightExperienced outhalf pleased to be playing his part for McFarland’s Ulster regimeWed Sept 09 2020 - 06:00
Dan McFarland: Ulster in with ‘a puncher’s chance’ of denying Leinster three-in-a-row‘I’m not planning on them making any mistakes. We go in believing we can win the game’Tue Sept 08 2020 - 06:00
Dan McFarland kicking himself and Andy Friend kicking onConnacht prove they’re far from misfits with winning return at ghostly Aviva StadiumMon Aug 24 2020 - 05:00
Connacht too sharp for Ulster in bonus point victoryBundee Aki marked his 100th Connacht appearance with a try at the Aviva StadiumSun Aug 23 2020 - 19:51
Katie Taylor closes Persoon chapter to tee up another spectacleTaylor keeps on winning as brutal encounter leaves Eddie Hearn purring with satisfactionSun Aug 23 2020 - 13:11
Verbal sparring done, Taylor keen to avoid another dust-up with PersoonLast summer’s dogfight must be avoided if Irish fighter wants to add to unbeaten runSat Aug 22 2020 - 06:00
George Gibney’s story a cautionary tale we still need to heedFormer Irish Olympic swimming coach’s destructive life is a fitting subject for 10-part BBC podcastFri Aug 21 2020 - 06:09
Ronan O’Gara: ‘Anyone who likes a bit of certainty, it’s gone, and I’d say for a long time’‘I think the people who are very capable or very open to adapting may prosper in the long run’Tue Aug 18 2020 - 06:00
Fergus McFadden in race against time to add to Leinster capsFelipe Contepomi says Ireland international suffered a ‘bad luck injury’Tue Aug 18 2020 - 06:00
Munster boosted as no new positive Covid-19 tests returnedAcademy player who tested positive in isolation while close contacts were negativeMon Aug 17 2020 - 18:51
Irish roots with the bit of Jo’burg dog: Curtis Campher has arrivedHe made an empowering, mature debut against England last week with bat and ballFri Aug 14 2020 - 06:00
Acute disillusionment the only response to growing FAI debacleDivision and discord over key governance issue revives memories of OCI implosionFri Aug 14 2020 - 06:00
Corkery stays the distance with a Bull’s notionSea swimmer completes first ever swim around Bull IslandThu Aug 13 2020 - 06:00
Heroic insanity: When Michael Dunlop raced home in memory of his fatherAfter Robert Dunlop was killed in practice, his two sons defied organisers to raceTue Aug 11 2020 - 05:00
Róisín Upton: Ireland women adding flair to their steel with Tokyo callingThe 2018 World Cup run was built on defence but Sean Dancer’s side are looking to adaptFri Aug 07 2020 - 06:00
The game they loved so well: How cricket united Hume, McGuinness and McCannAlthough they disagreed on many things, the most English of games was common groundFri Aug 07 2020 - 06:00
Nhat Nguyen rallies round his family as dreams put on hold for nowIrish badminton targets place in world’s top-50 when competition starts up againWed Aug 05 2020 - 06:00
Hockey Ireland hope to have new men’s coach in place by end of yearMark Tumility had filled the role for Tokyo Olympic qualifying seriesTue Aug 04 2020 - 14:19
The Offload: Schools rugby talk in the Seanad appears tone deafVincent Martin believes Newbridge College and Clongowes Wood should be allowed playMon Aug 03 2020 - 09:00
An unforgettable pilgrimage to Caesars Palace to see Barry McGuiganSporting Cathedrals: In the stifling heat of the Nevada desert the Clones Cyclone sufferedFri Jul 31 2020 - 06:00
Comeback sporting trail littered with broken dreamsFrom chain-blue lightening fighters to centre court maestros, time waits for no manFri Jul 31 2020 - 05:00
Round Ireland yacht race cancelled for first time since it began in 1980Entry numbers for the rescheduled race set for August held around the 50-boat markTue Jul 28 2020 - 12:52
Hard to see a place for sporting exceptionalism during a pandemicWe can only hope that the rush to return to international competition doesn’t backfireFri Jul 24 2020 - 08:00
Sporting Cathedrals: Wimbledon is the very heartbeat of an English summerNot afraid to modernise, the All England club always keeps one eye on its long historyThu Jul 23 2020 - 06:00
Chloe Watkins: ‘It’s hugely important that this Irish team gets to go to an Olympics’The Ireland women’s team should have been moving into the athletes’ village in Tokyo this weekWed Jul 22 2020 - 06:00
