In amateur sport no one is unbeatable, not even the great DublinNo one is giving Tyrone a prayer but that’s exactly the reason they can do as they pleaseSat Sept 01 2018 - 08:00
Everyone loves to hate Tyrone, but they don’t careSurrounded by close football rivals, the county remains unloved – North and SouthSat Sept 01 2018 - 06:00
Out of nothing all the voices starting calling out the babies’ names togetherNames of 796 infants buried in Tuam read aloud at site of former Mother and Baby homeSun Aug 26 2018 - 19:18
Can hurling now become the true national game?Keith Duggan: Or will it always be the same eight-nine counties at the banquet?Sat Aug 25 2018 - 08:00
Limerick, hurling’s forgotten county blazes back into gloryShrewd guidance of John Kiely ensured this young team shook off baggage of the pastMon Aug 20 2018 - 06:21
Limerick banish ghosts amid hurling final bedlamKeith Duggan: Final minutes reminded the world of hurling’s mysterious powersMon Aug 20 2018 - 00:07
Limerick 3-16 Galway 2-18: Five match defining momentsKeith Duggan looks at the key incidents as Limerick ended a 45-year wait for glorySun Aug 19 2018 - 19:35
One day in September 1980: Galway’s day of deliveranceVictory over Limerick signalled Galway’s arrival as an enduring hurling forceSat Aug 18 2018 - 11:46
Canning and Galway still determined to silence the criticsLong years of frustration ensure Tribesmen feel they have unfinished business to attend toSat Aug 18 2018 - 09:30
Galway hurling in rude health and blossoming from the bottom upStreamlined approach at national school and underage level yielding desired resultsFri Aug 17 2018 - 06:34
Galway pushed aside by Dublin’s relentless pursuit of excellenceNo clouds in Dubs’ blue sky as hungry reigning champions look untouchableMon Aug 13 2018 - 06:00
Monaghan go down fighting as old foes Tyrone scramble clearCruel Tyrone goal late on in tight affair leaves Monaghan in mood of bitter reflectionMon Aug 13 2018 - 06:00
Survival instinct made Dunphy the establishment’s favourite bad boyIronically the highly-paid controversialist had way more to give than acerbic one-linersSat Jul 28 2018 - 08:00
Galway's Conroy accentuating the positive as he recovers from bad breakUntimely injury against Kerry has robbed Tribesmen of one of their leading lightsSat Jul 28 2018 - 06:00
Majestic Murphy brings the magic for Donegal at Hyde ParkRoscommon’s Kevin McStay could find himself in hot water after altercation with linesmanMon Jul 23 2018 - 06:00
Murphy returns to his devastating best as Donegal put Roscommon awayGlenswilly man scores nine points in masterclass at Dr Hyde ParkSat Jul 21 2018 - 20:43
Conor McGregor ends up as Vladimir Putin’s playthingFor all his unimaginable riches, MMA superstar looked a lost soul in MoscowSat Jul 21 2018 - 08:00
Tyrone seek revenge against Dublin and their many criticsAfter their heavy defeat to Dublin last year, the Ulster men look renewed and potentSat Jul 21 2018 - 06:00
Kerry facing treacherous trek north to ClonesSuper 8 stage may ignite with eagerly anticipated clash between Dublin and TyroneSat Jul 21 2018 - 06:00
Keith Duggan: Jury's out on grand Super 8 experimentHard to know if new competition will invigorate championship or kill it stone deadMon Jul 16 2018 - 06:00
Jim Gavin knows Dublin’s Super 8 road goes uphill after Donegal winTyrone’s scoring spree adds to sense that Omagh clash will define Group 2Sun Jul 15 2018 - 14:34
Football may not have come home, but then it never really leftDeep down, the English probably know that the past few weeks were a glorious blipSat Jul 14 2018 - 08:30
Keith Duggan: Super 8s will bring about scenes previously unimaginableControversial new format offers mouth-watering series of matches from todaySat Jul 14 2018 - 07:00
Have Galway found the perfect way to showcase Shane WalshFour years on from his startling arrival, Walsh is flourishing within the collectiveSat Jul 14 2018 - 06:00
Declan Bonner has achieved the unimaginable at DonegalManager has changed mentality of squad and transformed them into an attacking unitSat Jul 14 2018 - 06:00
England football team remains Ireland’s dark obsessionOur neighbour threatening to win a World Cup still raises the hackles of many IrishSat Jul 07 2018 - 07:00
Armagh slowly closing in on another shot at the big timeVictory over Roscommon would seal McGeeney’s men a coveted place in the Super-8sSat Jul 07 2018 - 06:00
Colombia could block England's ‘easy’ path to finalDecision to rest players could come back and haunt Gareth SouthgateSat Jun 30 2018 - 08:00
World Cup fans in Russia agree ‘this is nothing like I expected’Visitors to Russia’s host cities have responded to the local warmth and prideSat Jun 30 2018 - 05:00
Januzaj swings night of inconsequence to BelgiumGareth Southgate gets drawn into playing Russian roulette with his team’s chancesThu Jun 28 2018 - 22:27
Letter from Kaliningrad: A World Cup venue where no one caresEngland play their final group game in the Russian enclave which has a strange historyThu Jun 28 2018 - 06:00
Gareth Southgate refuses to indulge in Belgian waffleGaffe-free manager’s message is simple: England will go out to beat BelgiumThu Jun 28 2018 - 05:00
Iago Aspas earns Spain top spot after dramatic Morocco drawSpanish come from behind twice in Kaliningrad to set up last-16 clash with RussiaMon Jun 25 2018 - 21:37
Belgium drop big hint they are building something specialRomelu Lukaku and Eden Hazard both score twice in five-star rout of Tunisia in MoscowSat Jun 23 2018 - 15:19
Still time for Messi and Argentina to turn things aroundVictory over Nigeria now could see Sampaoli’s disjointed side grasp a lifelineSat Jun 23 2018 - 08:00
Russia 2018: Thanks Vlad for a World Cup full of contradictionsThis World Cup has shown that it’s possible to separate Putin’s Russia from the people living in itSat Jun 23 2018 - 07:00
Croatia keep Messi quiet and watch Argentina fall apartCroatia tear Argentina to pieces and leave them facing early group stage exitThu Jun 21 2018 - 21:19
Nizhny Novgorod letter: A city that came in from the coldMost fans have been sideswiped by how their prejudices about Russia have been stripped awayWed Jun 20 2018 - 21:49
Lionel Messi’s missed penalty hangs over ArgentinaSampaoli hopes to exploit magnetism of his superstar in crunch clash with CroatiaWed Jun 20 2018 - 21:21
Russian pubs not exactly hopping with World Cup feverIn Nizhny Novgorod there was no sense this was Russia’s ‘a nation holds its breath’ momentWed Jun 20 2018 - 05:00
German sophistication undone by Mexican passionMexico manager says they ‘played for the love of winning, not fear of losing’Mon Jun 18 2018 - 06:00
Mexico create seismic shock to take down holders GermanyHirving Lozano’s first-half goal shows up poor Germany defending in MoscowSun Jun 17 2018 - 18:49
Iceland expose Argentina’s feet of clayLionel Messi misses penalty as Iceland eke out famous draw in MoscowSat Jun 16 2018 - 16:27
World Cup: Moscow proves a surprise to travelling fansThe city is too big, too haughty, too fast to be knocked out of synch by a mere World CupSat Jun 16 2018 - 09:00
Iceland ready to fulfil World Cup destiny - Hu!Saturday’s match against Argentina the most important in Iceland’s historySat Jun 16 2018 - 05:00
Russia whipped into a frenzy as World Cup hosts find perfect pitchVladimir Putin shares his congratulations after five-star opening night performanceThu Jun 14 2018 - 20:39
World Cup fever grabs Russia as it prepares to open its armsDoubts and concerns about the host nation are being consigned to the peripheryThu Jun 14 2018 - 04:00
Laois end Carlow march as Leinster final with Dublin loomsLaois made to work hard for openings against organised and physical Carlow sideSun Jun 10 2018 - 18:21
World Cup 2018: Football the constant of Iran’s revolution yearsThe 1998 defeat of the US in France still holds a special place in Iran’s football folkloreSun Jun 10 2018 - 07:00
Hurling rhapsodies and football laments: it's an Irish summerIs life a joyride or a slog? Depends if you’re the Hurling Crowd or the Football CrowdSat Jun 09 2018 - 09:00
