Sky Sports and RTÉ prepare for a championship like no otherAll has changed from schedules to practicalities of social distancing in commentary boxesSat Oct 03 2020 - 06:00
Malachy Clerkin: Nothing compares to rich tapestry of sound offered up by GAA matchRTÉ and Sky best get busy if they are to echo the roars and sounds of a Champo occasionMon Sept 28 2020 - 06:00
Kevin Babington: Learning to live again after life changed forever on Long IslandIrish showjumper and wife Dianna keep faith after he was paralysed at event in 2019Sat Sept 26 2020 - 05:30
Sporting Upsets: The summer that London tore up the script of two and outThe summer of 2013 was golden for a hotchpotch collection of footballers in LondonWed Sept 23 2020 - 06:00
Tipping point: GAA facing a second earthquake, the cost of a split seasonFinding a way to fund sport will be much trickier than getting it up and running wasMon Sept 21 2020 - 05:00
Cuala sink stout-hearted Ballyboden in titanic championship battleBoden take lead in the first half at Parnell Park but rue letting it slip away too easilySun Sept 20 2020 - 20:29
Dual ambitions: Loughmore-Castleiney and Ballyboden St Enda’s dreaming bigFrom city superclub to country parish powerhouse the elusive dual remains the targetSat Sept 19 2020 - 06:00
What’s in the new roadmap for sports fans?Malachy Clerkin picks through the details of the latest Government stricturesTue Sept 15 2020 - 18:53
New Covid-19 plan allows up to 200 to attend sporting eventsThe government has announced its medium-term plan Living With Covid-19Tue Sept 15 2020 - 13:07
New Covid-19 plan will allow fans to attend sporting eventsLimit likely to be 500 with up to 5,000 possibly attending larger grounds in coming monthsTue Sept 15 2020 - 01:00
Ideal opportunity for the Women’s Super League to prosperRecent influx of world-class talent shows women’s football in England is thrivingMon Sept 14 2020 - 06:00
Fantasy football: A simple and deeply stupid obsession for so manyMalachy Clerkin: Here we go again as teams are picked and inevitable hours are wastedSat Sept 12 2020 - 07:00
Irish Film Institute release treasure trove of GAA archiveAll-Ireland films from the 1940s onwards will be available on the IFI PlayerWed Sept 09 2020 - 06:00
Ulster Championship planning for crowds of 400 at games in the NorthUlster Council chief Brian McAvoy believes numbers could be higher for semi-finals and finalTue Sept 08 2020 - 06:00
Longford club breathe sigh of relief as ‘draconian’ ban quashed by DRAClub chairman says Killoe Emmets’ faith in the GAA’s disciplinary system fully restoredMon Sept 07 2020 - 18:58
Cowardly Government hide behind Nphet as fans remain locked outAbility to be in charge of everything without being to blame for anything is almost admirableMon Sept 07 2020 - 06:00
Liam Hayes keeping on moving in a world which has seized upHero Books - telling stories that deserve to be told to communities who want to hear themSat Sept 05 2020 - 06:00
Sporting upsets: When Donegal sent Jim Gavin and Dublin back to the drawing boardMcGuinness’s men were long shots to take down the champions in 2014 All-Ireland semisTue Sept 01 2020 - 06:27
Sporting teachers on Covid-19 challenge: ‘You can’t keep living in the fear’It’s impossible to know yet how or where sport is going to fit into the pictureSat Aug 29 2020 - 06:00
Worst sporting moment: Rain-soaked racket at 2010 Ryder CupEvent is magnificent if you’re playing or working but otherwise stay on the couchTue Aug 18 2020 - 06:00
Rugby on the rebound must have impact - journalists writing at home won't helpDecision to keep written press out of the Aviva won’t help promote sport’s returnMon Aug 17 2020 - 05:00
There’s a bad moon rising but East Belfast GAC shine onMembers of new club have been told to check under their cars, but they still take the fieldMon Aug 10 2020 - 06:00
Rubber about to meet the road as counties weigh up financial hitIntercounty training return will test counties as crowd restrictions remain at 200Sat Aug 08 2020 - 06:00
Sporting Cathedrals: Semple Stadium, the very centre of the hurling universeHurlers know that if you can’t hurl in Thurles, you won’t hurl anywhereSat Aug 08 2020 - 06:00
Sporting Cathedrals: Cheltenham reveals all about the wonder of racingThe landscape, crowds, the buzz, the stands, the ring - nothing prepares you for the first timeTue Aug 04 2020 - 06:00
Malachy Clerkin: GAA clubs shouldn’t shut down after one positive caseThis is where Croke Park’s messaging needs to be stronger and louder than everWed Jul 29 2020 - 07:48
Sporting Cathedrals: Fitzgerald Stadium, where the Kingdom rein and it never rainsThe Park’s splendid backdrop is often matched by the quality of the football on displayMon Jul 27 2020 - 06:30
Tipping Point: Athletes left praying the Tokyo target will finally stop movingIreland’s Olympians and Paralympians left hoping big gamble will pay off in the endMon Jul 27 2020 - 06:30
If Covid-shaming becomes the norm fewer players will come forwardGAA needs to step up and support clubs, rather than blaming house partiesSat Jul 25 2020 - 07:00
Familiar sights and sounds so welcome as championship action returnsGAA club players eager to embrace revived season and a return to some semblance of normalityMon Jul 20 2020 - 06:25
Kilmacud Crokes send out signal of intent with Boden winFirst round of Dublin club hurling championship much more one sided than expectedSun Jul 19 2020 - 17:40
Billy McCarthy on the obsession to get back playing the game he lovesTwo years and two operations on from a horror knee injury the Tipp hurler is nearly thereSat Jul 18 2020 - 10:00
How GPS helped Paul O’Connell win Six Nations player of the tournament at 35Former Ireland captain on how technology changed his approach to rugby late in his careerSat Jul 18 2020 - 06:00
Game Changers: Stephen Cluxton’s indelible mark on Gaelic footballGoalkeeper has played a huge role in establishing Dublin as dominant force in the gameMon Jul 13 2020 - 06:00
Malachy Clerkin: Sleep well Jack, you made us all happyMourning over the weekend was for Jack but also for us and for those glorious timesMon Jul 13 2020 - 06:00
Tipping Point: DeChambeau’s transformation raises questions, but who will ask them?Spotlight has shone on golf after its early restart and particularly on the bulked-up American starMon Jul 06 2020 - 07:00
Eamon O’Shea: We spent quite a bit of time talking about older people rather than to themNUIG professor on why the desire to help over-70s could be clumsy during lockdownSat Jul 04 2020 - 08:00
Sport crosses its fingers yet again as ministerial merry-go-round gets another spinThe fact that sport has been decoupled from transport could allow a little more light to shine inSat Jul 04 2020 - 06:00
Okay. That’s it. We can’t do this working from home – aka parenting from work – any moreThe creche reopening, even for the few weeks until my daughter starts school, is life-changingWed Jul 01 2020 - 06:01
Capturing Italia 90 on camera: The joy, the heartbreak, the tearsBilly Stickland looks back on his favourite shots from one of Ireland’s greatest momentsFri Jun 26 2020 - 06:30
Italia 90: Why does it get such a bad rap?Q&A: There may not have been many goals but dramatic moments were in abundanceSat Jun 20 2020 - 09:30
Fathers’ say: Here’s what I know about being a Dad...Eight different kinds of dad on how their experience of fatherhood has changed themSat Jun 20 2020 - 06:00
Malachy Clerkin: Could sport without fans actually be better?It’s a dystopian suggestion but sport seems ever so slightly purer with no supportersFri Jun 19 2020 - 06:00
Clubs preparing diligently for a safe return to fields of dreamsKilmacud-Crokes and Graigue-Ballycallan are sparing no effort to put plans in placeSun Jun 14 2020 - 09:00
Malachy Clerkin: Covid Supervisors are the only ones who should be whingeingIt took no time at all for the giving-out brigade to find their voices againWed Jun 10 2020 - 06:00
Tianna Bartoletta: ‘After you’ve gotten your medal, you become black in America again’Olympic champion on the anxiety, anger and grief she has felt since the murder of George FloydSat Jun 06 2020 - 09:00
New GAA proximity study offers encouragement for return to actionNew study from Statsports might give hope for a quicker return to actionThu Jun 04 2020 - 06:00
How a GAA club sprang up in east Belfast over Sunday breakfastDave McGreevy had no idea what was to follow when he sent out a Tweet from his kitchen tableThu Jun 04 2020 - 06:00
Ryan Wylie finds the real meaning of team on the front lineMonaghan captain on working through pandemic as a radiographer at the MaterWed Jun 03 2020 - 06:00
Colin Kaepernick’s exile is too fresh for NFL to speak out on US protestsGiven how the league dealt with quarterback’s own protest, their reponse is tone deafMon Jun 01 2020 - 07:00
