Pickering vows not to leave without titleBOXING/European Super Bantamweight title: You might think Bernard Dunne would feel a little out of place being sandwiched in…Fri Nov 10 2006 - 00:00
World Cup ticket sales set recordOver 60,000 tickets were sold in one hour in the third phase of allocations for the Rugby World Cup 2007 in France, when they…Fri Nov 10 2006 - 00:00
Restructure on the wayMEN'S HOCKEY: This is one of those weekends when you cast your mind back to last year and see what hockey almost achieved and…Fri Nov 10 2006 - 00:00
Ulster system finally pays dividends for IrelandMischievously, a journalist put it to Ulster flanker Neil Best that an Irish team was not really an Irish team without Ulster…Thu Nov 09 2006 - 00:00
Everyone a winner as O'Driscoll signs upAfter yesterday's commitment to effectively play out the rest of his career in Ireland, Irish captain Brian O'Driscoll is set…Thu Nov 09 2006 - 00:00
IHA release plan to increase participationMen's hockey As Ulster triumphed again in the interprovincial series last weekend, the Irish Hockey Association released their…Fri Oct 27 2006 - 01:00
Fitzgerald one of four uncapped in Irish squadAutumn International Series Ireland coach Eddie O'Sullivan has drafted four uncapped players into his 32-man squad for the autumn…Wed Oct 25 2006 - 01:00
Ulster have the unity and strengthEuropean Cup Pool Five : There is evidence of some revisionism taking place around the provincesSat Oct 21 2006 - 01:00
Leinster strike force can cause problems for allMEN'S HOCKEY/Interprovincial Championship: The weekend's interprovincials at Lisnagarvey's ground should help Irish coach Dave…Fri Oct 20 2006 - 01:00
European Cup fixturesPool Two/Agen v Edinburgh: Edinburgh will brace themselves for a big French welcome from Agen, led by captain and fullback Luc…Fri Oct 20 2006 - 01:00
Ulster out to extend winning home runUlster v Cardiff: At the back of minds this weekend is the start of the Heineken European Cup next weekSat Oct 14 2006 - 01:00
Senior Cup begins in the foothillsMen's Hockey : It might be the foothills of the competition, but the Irish Senior Cup gets moving this weekend with some of …Fri Oct 13 2006 - 01:00
Pembroke maintain early-season momentumWomen's Hockey: Pembroke continued their good start to the season with a 3-0 win over the UCD students, Wendy Hobson, Dawn Kelly…Mon Oct 09 2006 - 01:00
Sothern on the mark for PembrokeMen's Hockey: All of a sudden at Serpentine Avenue, the name returning the goals for Pembroke is not Justin Sherriff but a player…Mon Oct 09 2006 - 01:00
Kerr steers charitable course amid car-crash viewingTV View: Ronnie Whelan, John Aldridge and Matt Holland were all pleasantly relaxed at 5pm on SaturdayMon Oct 09 2006 - 01:00
Injuries force Ulster to changeCeltic League: Ulster make three changes to the team that lost last week to Munster, and Connacht bring in two new faces to …Fri Oct 06 2006 - 01:00
Cunningham's loss keenly felt by clubsMen's Hockey: With the second week of the new hockey season upon us Glenanne and UCD will continue on a sad note due to the …Fri Oct 06 2006 - 01:00
Time set for Dunne to make his pointBOXING: Although for some time most observers have agreed that Bernard Dunne is probably Ireland's most talented professional…Thu Oct 05 2006 - 01:00
Connacht plan to thrive under the floodlightsCeltic League News: This is fast becoming a week of ticket-hunts and record attendances as Leinster line up Munster and a hoped…Wed Oct 04 2006 - 01:00
Irish trio on elite IRB panelOnce again three Irish referees have been appointed to the International Rugby Board's elite panel of 20 officialsWed Oct 04 2006 - 01:00
Railway buried under Rock delugeHOCKEY/Leinster Senior League: Let's hope this is not the shape of things to come in LeinsterMon Oct 02 2006 - 01:00
Walton leads way at Botham eventFresh from spending every day of last weekend welded to the Ryder Cup, Philip Walton yesterday took some of the winning K Club…Wed Sept 27 2006 - 01:00
Fitzgerald in line for Leinster startCeltic League Preview: A place has been left vacant on the Leinster wing for either Ross McCarron or Blackrock teenager Luke…Fri Sept 08 2006 - 01:00
Connacht look for run of home comfortsCeltic League Preview : So begins the run of Connacht's six home games in succession and doubtlessly their coach, Michael Bradley…Fri Sept 08 2006 - 01:00
Ireland to face China in DublinMen's Hockey: The Irish senior men will take on China later this month in a two-series Test match, played over the weekend of…Thu Sept 07 2006 - 01:00
Time to support LevovaOn Tennis: Nobody can say Ireland has been slow on picking up on tennis talent that was not born and raised here but because…Wed Sept 06 2006 - 01:00
Loughnane articulates lure of hurling's populist appealTV View: The GAA ought to extend the half-time break in hurling finalsMon Sept 04 2006 - 01:00
Doyle lives up to her tag as tournament favouriteTennis/ Masters finals : Yvonne Doyle capped off a remarkable season at Castleknock over the weekend when she beat 16-year-old…Mon Sept 04 2006 - 01:00
Levova to meet Doyle in finalTENNIS/Masters' Series: In much better conditions than Thursday, the Danone Masters Series progressed to the final stages last…Sat Sept 02 2006 - 01:00
Teenager Levova puts her foot down earlyTennis Master's Finals The best thing with teenagers is always to let them have their wayFri Sept 01 2006 - 01:00
Doyle aiming to confirm her superiorityIn effect today, tomorrow and Saturday is the culmination of a summer's work for a number of the players who will be taking part…Thu Aug 31 2006 - 01:00
Hogan one of injured as Bradley names 22Connacht will hope to lead Irish involvement from the front when they kick off their Magner's Celtic League season this yearWed Aug 30 2006 - 01:00
Passmore gives youth a chance in Celtic CupMEN'S HOCKEY: Irish coach David Passmore has named a young squad to compete in the annual Celtic Cup tournament this weekend…Fri Aug 25 2006 - 01:00
Lack of props causes cancellationThe first competitive evening of the season in Donnybrook has been disrupted with the cancellation of the Leinster 'A' match …Fri Aug 25 2006 - 01:00
Liggan on cusp of US Open debutOn Tennis: When Ireland assembled a Federation Cup team earlier in the year, they knew before a ball was hit that, a little …Wed Aug 23 2006 - 01:00
Tournament on show down to a teeThis September's Ryder Cup in the K Club in tandem with the World Hall of Fame exhibition, which opened yesterday at the National…Thu Aug 17 2006 - 01:00
Tournament on show down to a teeThis September's Ryder Cup in the K Club in tandem with the World Hall of Fame exhibition, which opened yesterday at the National…Thu Aug 17 2006 - 01:00
Wrexham odyssey has lots of allure for NilandTennis: Wrexham, for all its undoubted virtues, does not readily conjure up images of the exotic and the far-flung.Wed Aug 16 2006 - 01:00
Life's a riot for hooligan hordes World Cup PR sidesteppedTV View: They swarmed across towards the bar en masseMon Aug 07 2006 - 01:00
Cheating costly for brazen PuertaOn Tennis: Taking drugs to win in sport can be looked at in purely gambling terms. A roll of the dice for huge rewardWed Aug 02 2006 - 01:00
Kiddies having porridge with smash-face wrestling on topTV View: Isn't it interesting how some of the shows that are shown at weekends before 8am should be X-rated?Mon Jul 31 2006 - 01:00
Tough opener for MunsterRUGBY/Rugby European Cup: Munster have never taken the view that there are easy Heineken European Cup matchesFri Jul 21 2006 - 01:00
Ireland can expect tough weekendTENNIS/ Davis Cup: If rankings alone are to decide Ireland's fate against Slovenia in this Davis Cup match at Fitzwilliam, then…Fri Jul 21 2006 - 01:00
Cup has its value despite cracksOn Tennis: The Davis Cup is a mishmash of a competitionWed Jul 12 2006 - 01:00
Kim sees big pictureKim Clijsters has never had the pulling power of Maria Sharapova or Venus Williams. Nor has she ever sought itThu Jul 06 2006 - 01:00
Nadal insists drug slurs without substanceThe accusations flying around appear to be without substance, but Rafael Nadal should have other things on his mind than having…Wed Jul 05 2006 - 01:00
No real shock as Venus fails to sparkleSo Venus Williams, who mixes tennis with interior design, gets beaten by a 21-year-old Serbian, Jelena Jankovic, ranked 29 in…Mon Jul 03 2006 - 01:00
Divas keep it short and sweetThe queens, the princesses and the high priestesses of world tennis graced the sun-kissed lawns for the first time yesterdayThu Jun 29 2006 - 01:00
Irish Open waiting for Wimbledon windfallOn Tennis: Unsurprisingly, the frenetic activity in Irish tennis in Limerick and now at Brookfield Tennis Club in Dublin has…Wed Jun 28 2006 - 01:00
Federer takes centre stage in bid to crash the partyTennis/ Wimbledon Championships: The feeling in London about Wimbledon is that this year's championship is a string quartet …Mon Jun 26 2006 - 01:00
