Down to the wire at GleneaglesWITH ALMOST 300 players on our list not in action in the penultimate week of the competition, another 70 missing the cut at the…Thu Aug 23 2012 - 01:00
Meadow already outstanding in her own field but June proves to be a bit specialSPORTSWOMAN OF THE MONTH STEPHANIE MEADOW: IT WAS already proving to be a successful summer for 20-year-old Alabama University…Wed Jul 11 2012 - 01:00
They think it's all over . . . it is now with goal-line technologyIT WAS, by most historical accounts, the 1870s when soccer introduced a major technological change that, presumably, left aghast…Fri Jul 06 2012 - 01:00
Just like their anthem, we've no words to describe this Spanish sideVIEW FROM THE COUCH: LIFE’S mysteries: could it really have been 24 days since we were treated to the delights of the Euro 2012…Mon Jul 02 2012 - 01:00
Mario and Obama: White House makes space for starMario Balotelli’s goal celebrations in the Germany game had the world’s wizardly Photoshoppers hard at work – it was hard to …Mon Jul 02 2012 - 01:00
Super Mario abandons the ridiculous for the sublimeVIEW FROM THE COUCH: RIGHT THEN, Germany v ItalyFri Jun 29 2012 - 01:00
Plane cheek: Bild give Italian 'team' early boarding passesTHE EURO ZONE A SOCCER MISCELLANYFri Jun 29 2012 - 01:00
Ronaldo out of spot-light in extra scratchy Iberian affairVIEW FROM THE COUCH: BY HALF-TIME Vicente del Bosque looked a worried man, but in fairness, he always does, even when his lads…Thu Jun 28 2012 - 01:00
Shrewd transfers stand to top threeWITH 344 of our players either not in action at the Travelers Championship or, worse, missing the cut and costing their managers…Thu Jun 28 2012 - 01:00
England feel the fickle finger of fate yet againVIEW FROM THE COUCH: THE EVENING had started with Gary Lineker advising his viewers to “feel the weight of history, but do not…Mon Jun 25 2012 - 01:00
Economipolitical kind of thing is all Greek to usVIEW FROM THE COUCH: GERMANY V GREECE and John Giles was joined on the RTÉ panel by Constantin Gurdgiev, his cat, Brian Lucey…Sat Jun 23 2012 - 01:00
Calamitous collapse for KayWE EXPECTED a spot of musical chairs on our overall leaderboard after the US Open, but maybe not quite as many dramatic movements…Thu Jun 21 2012 - 01:00
Liverpudlian Pele proves Roy knows his onionsVIEW FROM THE COUCH: A BIG day for England, then. And the supporters were well up for itWed Jun 20 2012 - 01:00
'Over-the-top' Trapattoni incurs Keano's wrathVIEW FROM THE COUCH: SO, HOW many of you missed the key moments in the Czech Republic v Poland, Greece v Russia, Denmark v Germany…Mon Jun 18 2012 - 01:00
Rain stopped play, and then the real match kicked offVIEW FROM THE COUCH: STORMY WEATHER. And that was just in the RTÉ studioSat Jun 16 2012 - 01:00
Reality check all right but really Roy . . . shut upVIEW FROM THE COUCH: ‘You’ll never beat the Irish,’ the crowd roared, at which point Torres scoredFri Jun 15 2012 - 01:00
God, or any higher power up there, help usVIEW FROM THE COUCH: DAY SIX, but it’s only felt like 90 minutes, unless you’re Dutch, in which case it feels like the tournament…Thu Jun 14 2012 - 01:00
Johnson gamble brings rewardRORY McILROY’S double bogey mishap on the final hole at the St Jude Classic last Sunday brought Michael Connolly’s Fantasy Golf…Thu Jun 14 2012 - 01:00
Play McClean, Trap - ah go on, go on, go onVIEW FROM THE COUCH: IT WAS only Day Five but already tempers were fraying a bit, not just on the streets of Warsaw but also…Wed Jun 13 2012 - 01:00
All riot, so: Fr Ted fans intercede in PoznanTHE EURO ZONE: A SOCCER MISCELLANY: Photo of the weekend (any weekend), taken during the trouble in Poznan on Saturday night…Mon Jun 11 2012 - 01:00
Not a great start to the olé days it has to be saidTV VIEW: YOU KNOW, it might be best if we don’t qualify for one of these things for another 10 years; it’ll take that long for…Mon Jun 11 2012 - 01:00
Messi ruled out for geographical reasonsTV VIEW: The first in a series of columns on television coverage of the finalsFri Jun 08 2012 - 01:00
Kay's Mulligan is not too costlyWELL, WE’D hazard a guess that most of our leading managers are working hard to erase the Memorial from their memory, none more…Thu Jun 07 2012 - 01:00
Very little horse sense from Pat and Joe when it comes to conesTV VIEW: GO ON, own up, how many of you reckoned Joseph O’Brien had timed his Derby charge on Camelot entirely wrong, that he…Mon Jun 04 2012 - 01:00
Jack's VI makes up the groundWELL, IF Ernie Els wasn’t happy with the Wentworth greens last weekend, suggesting they had all the consistency of a bouncy castle…Thu May 31 2012 - 01:00
The feeling of a long hot summer ahead as Joe goes on the attackTV VIEW: IT WAS bucketing down in Monaco while the sun was splitting the goalposts in Thurles, and it’s not often you can say…Mon May 28 2012 - 01:00
Fifa seeks level playing field with plan to dope test refereesREPORTS AND updates from the annual medical conference of Fifa, football’s world governing body, are rarely all that eye-catching…Fri May 25 2012 - 01:00
Hyland succeeds by avoiding dudsTHE STATS are bleak enough: after seven weeks of the competition roughly 22 per cent of our players have actually cost their …Thu May 24 2012 - 01:00
Low lies Tyrone as Leinster win All-IrelandTV VIEW: SITTING ALONGSIDE Paul Wallace and Tyrone Howe on the Sky Sports panel, Sasanach Will Greenwood felt a bit of an interloper…Mon May 21 2012 - 01:00
It's Chelsea what did it, and Hosie Boss WingerTV VIEW : AND SATURDAY had started so well too, with Katie Taylor doing her thing and Leinster doing theirsMon May 21 2012 - 01:00
Kuchar rockets Cully up the tableAFTER THE weekend he had, Noel Connors probably has as much of a fondness for Sawgrass as Rory McIlroy – our Kildare manager …Thu May 17 2012 - 01:00
Split-screen Premier drama leaves even big Quinny speechlessTV VIEW: IF, SAY, a few Martians dropped in to visit us earthlings some time soon and, while expressing befuddlement at curious…Mon May 14 2012 - 01:00
Snap out of it: Cabbie gets wrong guyALL IN THE GAME: END OF SEASON AWARDS: YOU meet the greatest footballer on planet earth. And Javier MascheranoMon May 14 2012 - 01:00
Lisnagarvey bid for doubleMEN’S HOCKEY: A WEEK AFTER winning the Irish Hockey League for the first time with a 3-1 win over YMCA in the final, Lisnagarvey…Fri May 11 2012 - 01:00
Railway Union look to extend runWOMEN’S HOCKEY: RAILWAY UNION will attempt this weekend to extend a remarkable record that has seen them unbeaten in all competitions…Fri May 11 2012 - 01:00
Walsh blazing a trail among jockeysTHE IRISH TIMES/IRISH SPORTS COUNCIL SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR AWARDS: SO, HOW many times has Katie Walsh watched re-runs of the…Wed May 09 2012 - 01:00
United might, they could, they should, but they probably won'tTV VIEW: EVEN BY the time events were done and dusted in Newcastle, Sky Sports’ Ed Chamberlin was still wondering if there might…Mon May 07 2012 - 01:00
Magee in singles for London but must wait on doublesBadminton : Irish champion Chloe Magee had her qualification for the Olympic Games confirmed yesterday by her sport’s governing…Sat May 05 2012 - 01:00
Familiar look to semi-final line-upSINCE THE Irish Hockey League began in 2009 Loreto, Railway Union and Pegasus have won the competition, and all three clubs take…Fri May 04 2012 - 01:00
Clane's Connors off to MoyvalleyFANTASY GOLF 2012: AFTER HOLDING on to top spot on our overall leaderboard since we started up four weeks ago, Noel Connors …Thu May 03 2012 - 01:00
The nuisance neighbours take a big step towards the titleTHE EVENING began on Sky Sports News outside the City of Manchester Stadium with a man from Stockport dressed as a sheikh who…Tue May 01 2012 - 01:00
Railway through to last fourMEN’S HOCKEY: RAILWAY UNION moved a step closer to reaching their first Irish Senior Cup final since 1975 when they won through…Mon Apr 30 2012 - 01:00
Barnes just the ticket for blue brigadeTV VIEW: “HIS CELEBRATION is premature,” bellowed Miles Harrison, but it wasn’t entirely clear if he was referring to Wesley…Mon Apr 30 2012 - 01:00
UCD end holders' reignWOMEN’S HOCKEY: IN THE battle of the Leinster and Ulster champions at Belfield on Saturday, a late goal from Anna O’Flanagan…Mon Apr 30 2012 - 01:00
Antislice cut above rest for ConnorsTHREE TOURNAMENTS down, just the 18 to go, and again Noel Connors leads the way with his Antislice line-up, China Open runner…Thu Apr 26 2012 - 01:00
League final shapes up to be provincial showdownMEN’S HOCKEY THE IRISH Hockey League final on May 6th will be an Ulster versus Leinster affair after Saturday’s results in the…Mon Apr 23 2012 - 01:00
How they would have laughed at the idea that City could be sexyTV VIEW ‘AN ABSOLOOO giveaway, a travesty..Mon Apr 23 2012 - 01:00
Pegasus progress to semi-final as UCD fail to take advantageWOMEN’S HOCKEY REIGNING IRISH Hockey League champions Pegasus survived a 3-1 home defeat by Hermes on Saturday to go through…Mon Apr 23 2012 - 01:00
