Shane O’Hanlon was a unique presence in the Dublin set-up – his sudden death leaves them bereftHe was a offically a selector and a logistics man but, to the most successful generation of Dublin footballers ever, O’Hanlon was the heartbeat of the whole operationSat Feb 17 2024 - 06:00
Malachy Clerkin: The FAI has only itself to blame if people are losing confidence in the new regimeThe problems of Irish football will not be fixed as long as the association is struggling to appoint a manager for the men’s national team and squirming before an Oireachtas committeeSat Feb 17 2024 - 06:00
Tipperary, Clare and Limerick come out on top on a day of tight battles in the hurling leagueHenry Shefflin’s Galway fight doggedly but come up short in Thurles, Davy Fitzgerald’s Waterford unable to overcome a plethora of absences in Walsh ParkMon Feb 12 2024 - 06:00
Gearóid O’Connor shines for Tipperary as they finally shake off dogged GalwayA late penalty put a cap on a brilliant performance by the Tipp wing-forward as Liam Cahill’s side deservedly took the pointsSun Feb 11 2024 - 19:07
Malachy Clerkin: The machine got Tiger Woods in the end and now it has Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift in its sightsWatching the Kansas City Chiefs player wander into the orbit of the most famous popstar on the planet, you had to worry whether he knew what he was letting himself in for. So far, he seems to be handling it all okaySat Feb 10 2024 - 06:00
With Irish parents and Ugandan citizenship, Kathleen Noble heads for Paris with a unique Olympic story to tellThe daughter of Irish missionaries was the first white person ever to represent Uganda at the Olympics and will be looking to leave a legacy in her sport when she competes in her second Games later this yearSat Feb 10 2024 - 06:00
Basketball Ireland CEO on playing Israel game: ‘I’m not prepared to destroy my sport for a gesture that will have no impact’John Feehan and coach James Weldon are continuing to prepare for Wednesday night’s game against Israel, adamant that they had no choice in the matterTue Feb 06 2024 - 19:17
Five things we learned from the Gaelic Games weekendCormac Murphy, Fergal Boland and Cillian Burke add extra scoring threats for their teamsMon Feb 05 2024 - 12:16
Fergal Boland’s late winner for Mayo condemns Dublin to second injury-time defeat in a rowDessie Farrell’s side were the better team for much of the way but late sloppiness cost them againSat Feb 03 2024 - 22:17
Tipperary’s Noel McGrath: ‘It was never a burden to talk about it, the least I could do was give back’In a career bookended by facing off against two of the greatest teams of all time, McGrath’s consistency has been remarkableSat Feb 03 2024 - 06:00
Malachy Clerkin: We know all the reasons for Ireland to play Israel at basketball. We also know it should not happenThe horror stories coming from Gaza make it impossible to engage in sporting relations with a country whose response to the Hamas attacks has been so disproportionateSat Feb 03 2024 - 06:00
SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh row should make GAA people grow up about balancing commerce with traditionCork GAA had decades to venerate Pádraig Ó Caoimh - it should take more than a stroke of a sponsor’s pen to desecrate his nameWed Jan 31 2024 - 11:52
Monaghan’s new wave underlines Dublin’s need for a refreshThe GAA weekend that was: It’s slightly surprising that Dessie Farrell hasn’t tried to introduce more young blood to the Dublin teamMon Jan 29 2024 - 13:28
Five things we learned this GAA weekend: Unpredictability of opening round strikes againNo change on the western front; McGuinness steadies the Donegal ship; Worth watching if Dublin stick with quick release; Fly goalies add to the thrills in TraleeMon Jan 29 2024 - 12:28
Goals win it for Monaghan after madcap second half against Dublin in Croke ParkCiaran McNulty and Stephen O’Hanlon tear Dessie Farrell’s defence asunder as Vinny Corey’s eternal survivors grab a vital two pointsSat Jan 27 2024 - 22:47
National Football League: Four players to watch in 2024 As the new season kicks off, we choose one player from each division who is bound to make their mark in the coming yearSat Jan 27 2024 - 06:00
Mickey Harte is gone, but low expectations will not do Ger Brennan and Louth any harmBrennan has taken command of a rocket on the rise. There is peril in that. What if the only way is down?Sat Jan 27 2024 - 06:00
Malachy Clerkin: You can hate Liverpool with all your soul and still know you will miss Jürgen KloppLiverpool's ability to keep his secret for a full two months shows just how much the German has changed the culture at AnfieldFri Jan 26 2024 - 14:59
NFL Division Two: Armagh and Donegal look favourites to go upDivision Two will grab more attention than ever with big names on the sidelines and high stakes on the pitchThu Jan 25 2024 - 06:00
Full Contact: The Netflix Six Nations rugby series is glossy and beautiful, but only grand - not a grand slamMalachy Clerkin: Full Contact brings you behind the scenes of last year’s Six Nations, but it is not always clear what you are doing thereWed Jan 24 2024 - 08:00
Malachy Clerkin: Losing an All-Ireland club final is hard —only the toughest make it all the way backDerry club Glen aiming to join an elite club in Gaelic games: winning an All-Ireland 12 months after losing the finalSun Jan 21 2024 - 06:00
First blood to Mickey Harte as Derry make short work of Donegal in McKenna Cup finalA night of pristine free-taking from Shane McGuigan secures the spoils for Derry against Jim McGuinness’s DonegalSat Jan 20 2024 - 21:26
Neighbours, brothers and Conor Glass: How Glen went from soft townies to All-Ireland favouritesThe Derry club, formed in 1948, did not win a county title until 2021 when a group of players moulded by former All Star Enda Gormley finally changed the way they saw themselvesSat Jan 20 2024 - 06:00
All-Ireland titles for Arva and Cullyhanna as the junior and intermediate finals showcase a lost GAAIntermediate and Junior All-Ireland club finals produce many memorable moments at Croke ParkSun Jan 14 2024 - 20:13
A women’s Lions tour to New Zealand will only widen the gap between rich and poorA women’s Lions tour to New Zealand not what women's rugby needsSat Jan 13 2024 - 06:00
New owners will quickly learn that Manchester United need more than a little streamliningSport always comes down to resources, talent and technical application - and the other crowd are chasing it just as much as you areSat Dec 30 2023 - 06:00
Guns, slaps, jigsaws and the best 61 seconds of sport all year (the darts, obvs) - the A-to-Z of 2023Every year is filled with heroic deeds of sporting immortality but every year is filled with spivs, chancers and ne’er-do-wells too. Here’s some of them, in all their glory.Sat Dec 30 2023 - 06:00
Sports Review 2023: Murphy’s incredible reflex save showed hurling’s facility for the impossibleSports Review: Eoin Murphy's stunning save to deny Peter Duggan one of hurling's unforgettable momentsFri Dec 29 2023 - 06:00
Malachy Clerkin’s sporting Christmas singalong, featuring Manchester United, JP McManus, Jon Rahm and RG SnymanIt’s Christmas time, there’s no need to be afraid. Having said that, here’s our festive songsheetSat Dec 23 2023 - 06:00
Big wins were elusive in 2023 but Ireland’s sportswomen consistently among the best As their achievements in 2023 confirm, the base level of performance for Irish women in sport is so much higher than beforeFri Dec 22 2023 - 06:00
The top 25 highlights of the year in Irish women’s sportFrom Aussie Rules to athletics, sailing to soccer and everything in between, 2023 has been a spectacular year for Ireland’s sportswomenThu Dec 21 2023 - 06:00
O’Loughlin Gaels prevail as All-Ireland club semi-finals produce two of the year’s best gamesDicksboro make it a banner day for Kilkenny clubs by claiming the All-Ireland camogie title against defending champions SarsfieldsSun Dec 17 2023 - 20:21
Great survivors O’Loughlin Gaels secure yet another one-point victory to reach All-Ireland finalDavid Fogarty’s injury-time winner earns Kilkenny champions O'Loughlin Gaels a narrow one-point victory over spirited underdogs CushendallSun Dec 17 2023 - 18:04
How the 1997 loyalist murder of Bellaghy GAA chairman Seán Brown remains unsolvedFamily’s efforts to uncover what happened that night continues to be stymied at almost every turn and now the Legacy Bill looks to be the next hurdleSat Dec 16 2023 - 06:00
‘The reality is that there will be a tragedy’: GAA referees want more action on abuse and violenceReferees from all across Dublin met this week to draw a line in the sand - either somebody starts listening to them on the amount of abuse they take or they will consider withdrawing servicesSat Dec 16 2023 - 06:00
The assault of a GAA referee: Trial over incident exposes loose attitude to rules in GAAAs she heard evidence in Portlaoise District Course before finding two people guilty of assaulting Michael Tarpey, a judge seemed exasperated at repeated suggestions that GAA rules are only observed ‘from time to time’Sat Dec 09 2023 - 06:00
Jon Rahm’s LIV move the latest reminder that golf is not big enough to be fighting among itself for audiencesRahm’s defection won’t bring a big slice of the viewing public with him - the people who watch golf have lost an interesting player to a world they’ll never visitFri Dec 08 2023 - 17:29
From Shane MacGowan to Joe Brolly to Conor McGregor, Irishness is always up for grabsUntethered nationalism is heady and exciting right up to the point where it gets out of hand – sports fans know this better than anyoneSat Dec 02 2023 - 06:00
The Irish Times books of the year: Best sports books of 2023Malachy Clerkin on this year’s must-have books about GAA, soccer, boxing and life - as well as the best offerings in a truly great year for younger readersSat Dec 02 2023 - 06:00
The Swedish film-maker who came to Donegal to find the heart and soul of soccerShot during last year’s World Cup, Joel Segerdahl’s documentary series featuring grassroots players from Carrowmena and Dunlewey has made viral stars of its protagonists in recent weeksSun Nov 26 2023 - 06:00
Malachy Clerkin: Jonathan Hill has made a critical mistake in reminding the public of the old FAIBeing called in front of the Public Accounts Committee over issues to do with his pay package is top of the list of things the association’s chief executive had to avoid in the jobSat Nov 25 2023 - 06:00
Ireland player ratings v New Zealand: Adam Idah and Mikey Johnston the standout performersSubstitute goalkeeper Mark Travers pulled off a string of saves to keep New Zealand at bayTue Nov 21 2023 - 22:11
Phil Quinlan was given the last rites after a clash of heads. But his life was only starting‘There’s not many left like me who lived to tell the tale. I’ve been called loads of names from Hop Along to Keyser Soze’Sat Nov 18 2023 - 06:00
Malachy Clerkin: Results show Stephen Kenny just wasn’t up to the jobRepublic of Ireland squad has evolved massively in the past three years but the reality is the next guy in the job has a long road backSat Nov 18 2023 - 06:00
Rory Beggan on Scotstown beating Kilcoo: Any time we play in Ulster, a wee bit of chaos followsBeggan was instrumental in Scotstown’s win over Kilcoo to move into the Ulster club semi-finalsTue Nov 14 2023 - 06:00
Last-gasp winners for Scotstown and Naomh Chonaill leave Ulster championship wide openNa Fianna, O’Loughlin Gaels, Naas and Kilcormac Killoughey make up the final four in Leinster hurlingSun Nov 12 2023 - 19:09
Rory Beggan helps Scotstown send Kilcoo crashing out of the Ulster club championshipScotstown will aim to improve their dreadful record in Ulster after beating the two-time Ulster champions Kilcoo with a couple of brilliant injury-time scoresSun Nov 12 2023 - 18:56
Bernard Jackman: ‘If I can help us win our second ever equestrian Olympic medal - or medals - it’ll be fantastic’Life since retiring from rugby in 2010 has been all about high performance in sport and business and now the former Ireland hooker is aiming for the podium in ParisSat Nov 11 2023 - 06:00
No Foreign Game by James Quinn: A forensically researched exploration of Irish soccerNo sport has divided itself in Ireland like soccer has – every flavour and spice that has gone into the soup is in hereSat Nov 11 2023 - 00:00
Malachy Clerkin: Ashling Murphy’s murder reminds us of the dread women feel in the world - now is the time to talk about what we can changeWhether it’s lighting up parks and sportsgrounds or redesigning playgrounds, there are steps we can take to make fresh air and exercise as easy for women as it is for menFri Nov 10 2023 - 15:27
