Blue and white turned black and blue by awesome Big CatsTV VIEW: IT'S USUALLY only when the lion's about to pounce on the gazelle that we cover our screen with Aertel, Ceefax or whatever…Mon Sept 08 2008 - 01:00
Gooch Almighty stops Brolly making a holy show of himselfTV VIEW : IT WAS the Speed 3 episode of Fr Ted when Fr Dougal, doing a nixer as the Craggy Island milkman, discovered his milk…Mon Sept 01 2008 - 01:00
Georgia still hope to play in TbilisiINTERNATIONAL NEWS: AHEAD OF the deadline set for today by Fifa for an alternative venue to be named for Saturday week's World…Tue Aug 26 2008 - 01:00
Horseplay has us choking on our sugar cubesOLYMPIC TV VIEW: BEDECKED IN our jodhpurs and hard hat, whip in hand, with a bowl of sugar lumps all set to nibble on, we were…Fri Aug 22 2008 - 01:00
Channel swimming leaves us all at seaOLYMPIC TV: IT WAS only last week that a Dr Klaus Kallmayer from the City Hospital in Dubai warned that those intending watching…Mon Aug 11 2008 - 01:00
Davis delivers on promise ahead of scheduleALREADY THIS year on our list of monthly award winners we had two young sportswomen, Chloe Magee (badminton) and Siobhán Byrne…Wed Jul 09 2008 - 01:00
Water water everywhere and nowhere for Brolly to hideTV VIEW: THE DELUGE began at Silverstone, veered west to Páirc Uí Chaoimh and back again towards southwest London, although …Mon Jul 07 2008 - 01:00
Ted loses his trolley as Gilesie gives Dustin run for his moneyTV VIEW : THE BOOKIES were beaming as they queued up to have a chat with RTÉ's Brian Gleeson at the Curragh, a bit of a hint…Mon Jun 30 2008 - 01:00
Hair-raising odysseys in the land of What Might Have BeenTV VIEW: AS WE MADE our way from Auckland to Melbourne to Nowlan Park to Innsbruck to Salzburg to Donnybrook and on to Torrey…Mon Jun 16 2008 - 01:00
Maguire twins up there with the bestIRISH TIMES/IRISH SPORTS COUNCIL SPORTSWOMAN OF THE MONTH WHEN SCOTLAND'S Carly Booth became the youngest ever player to represent…Wed Jun 11 2008 - 01:00
Clare end drought in the heat as TV3 enter Championship frayTV VIEW: 'TWENTY-THREE degrees in the shade - it must be the Munster hurling championship," as Mike Finnerty put it in his …Mon Jun 02 2008 - 01:00
Pinching themselves to see if it's realSEÁN SCANNELL, the 17-year-old Crystal Palace winger, admitted to having spent much of the past week pinching himself, struggling…Sat May 24 2008 - 01:00
Keane set for pivotal roleHAVING MISSED out on the training week in the Algarve Robbie Keane, the Republic of Ireland captain, and Richard Dunne joined…Fri May 23 2008 - 01:00
Cashley denies Ronaldo a clean sweepIT WAS John O'Shea who ruefully conceded two years ago that Manchester United had been usurped, no longer the holders of a much…Sat May 17 2008 - 01:00
Green light for Beijing proves fitting reward for ByrneIRISH TIMES SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR: THE LINK between Ardcalf, Eislingen, Ohio and Beijing might not, perhaps, be immediately…Wed May 14 2008 - 01:00
For some, with victory there is still no survival on massive dayTV VIEW: ALEX McLEISH, Steve Coppell and Roy Hodgson were probably delivering the same words to their players at that precise…Mon May 12 2008 - 01:00
Norn Irons glamourous lifestyle never gets goingTV VIEW: IT WAS, perhaps, the moment Leeanne Druse swallowed a fly while watching her boyfriend, Armagh Gaelic footballer Ronan…Mon May 05 2008 - 01:00
Moscow police stuck between Red Devils and Deep Blue CThe TV pundits' views on Chelsea v LiverpoolThu May 01 2008 - 01:00
Give Munster’s O’Connell a bell if there is a Martian invasionTV VIEW: AS WE MOVED in to added time in Coventry yesterday we switched over to RTÉ2 to watch a bit of Mars Attacks!, a film…Mon Apr 28 2008 - 01:00
Ireland face daunting taskWOMEN'S HOCKEY: FEW, IF any, Irish squads have gone in to a major tournament better prepared, Gene Muller's players having had…Fri Apr 25 2008 - 01:00
Returning from the grave an onrunning themeThe TV pundits' views on Liverpool v Chelsea THEY'D MET so many times before last night's Champions League knockabout that we…Wed Apr 23 2008 - 01:00
People of Wexford take Hunty's low blow on the Vera LynnTV VIEW: WE'VE LEARNT the last while that Stephen Hunt has much the same approach to chatting with the media as he does to his…Mon Apr 21 2008 - 01:00
Carty hails his miracle as he makes his markSO THEN, the 2008 Golf Masters is up and runningThu Apr 17 2008 - 01:00
Taniguchi, Kresge and Lynn have to go it aloneFOR EVERY Shiv in Golf Masters' land there's a Toru, one player fighting off the affections of our managers, the other standing…Thu Apr 17 2008 - 01:00
Carberry jumps ahead of gifted packTHE IRISH TIMES SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR: OCCASIONALLY, SINCE these awards were born back in 2004, the judges have had a tricky…Wed Apr 09 2008 - 01:00
Hermes are set to regain Leinster titleWOMEN'S HOCKEY : SHORT OF THEM suffering the mother of all calamities against Pembroke Wanderers this evening - namely a defeat…Mon Apr 07 2008 - 01:00
BBC, half-a-brain Donald and duck sends us all quackersTV VIEW: The weekend, to be honest, didn't start too wellMon Apr 07 2008 - 01:00
Hermes nearly home and dryWOMEN'S HOCKEY PREVIEWS: HAVING DONE their work on Wednesday night, when they beat Trinity 5-0 to go three points clear at the…Fri Apr 04 2008 - 01:00
Ballymoney face difficult assignmentWOMEN'S HOCKEY : THEY'VE ALREADY finished runners-up to Pegasus twice this season, in the Ulster Shield and League, so Ballymoney…Fri Mar 28 2008 - 00:00
Butler drives Glenanne to Paris finalHOCKEY SIX DAYS after his hat-trick won Glenanne the Mills Cup against Pembroke Wanderers at Grange Road, Stephen Butler went…Mon Mar 24 2008 - 00:00
Planet soccerQuotes of the week "Rafa Benitez is taking pity on Newcastle - he's bringing on Dirk KuytMon Mar 24 2008 - 00:00
Cregan named Ireland captainWOMEN'S HOCKEY: WITH JUST five weeks to go to the Olympic Qualifier in Canada, coach Gene Muller named a 19-player panel yesterday…Fri Mar 21 2008 - 00:00
Armagh maintain Ulster dominanceHOCKEY/ALL-IRELAND SCHOOLGIRLS' CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL: ROYAL SCHOOL Armagh won their fourth All-Ireland title in seven years at…Sat Mar 15 2008 - 00:00
Title race reaches critical junctureWOMEN'S HOCKEY: THE LEINSTER first division title won't be won or lost this weekend but the result from the match between leaders…Fri Mar 14 2008 - 00:00
Final push to make early Olympic dateIRISH TIMES SPORTSWOMAN OF THE MONTH FOR FEBRUARY: CHLOE MAGEE (BADMINTON): SONYA McGINN would have a fair notion of what her…Wed Mar 12 2008 - 00:00
Pegasus make final all-UlsterHOCKEY FOR ONLY the second time in 16 years, the ESB Irish Senior Cup final (Belfield, March 30th) will be an all-Ulster affair…Mon Mar 10 2008 - 00:00
Down to Rovers and WanderersHOCKEY THE END of season fixture between Pembroke Wanderers and Three Rock Rovers has long had a "title decider" look about …Mon Mar 10 2008 - 00:00
Cup semi-finals impossible to callWOMEN'S HOCKEY: THE ESB Irish Senior Cup, as is its habit, has produced two intriguing pairings for tomorrow's semi-finals, …Fri Mar 07 2008 - 00:00
Twin-win situation as McAnespies team up for club and countyTHE GENERATION GAME BRENDA MCANESPIE AND HER TWIN DAUGHTERS AOIFE AND CIARA IT WAS October, 1996, on the eve of the women's …Wed Mar 05 2008 - 00:00
Muller pleased despite final lossWomen's Hockey : A 3-0 DEFEAT by their hosts in Wellington marked the end of Ireland's brief trip to New Zealand, with coach…Mon Mar 03 2008 - 00:00
Beaufort best in the galesSCHOOLS HOCKEY/Leinster Senior Cup Final/Beaufort 2 Alexandra College 1: TWO YEARS ago Loreto Beaufort coach Mary Barnwell had…Sat Mar 01 2008 - 00:00
Pembroke begin run-in to long awaited titleHOCKEY : Five points clear at the top of the Leinster first division table Pembroke Wanderers go into the final month of the…Fri Feb 29 2008 - 00:00
Pressure on leaders to maintain title chaseHOCKEY: A year ago Glenanne all but wrapped up the Leinster first division title when they beat their closest challengers Pembroke…Fri Feb 29 2008 - 00:00
Big Teddy Bear but no picnicDIARY OF A HOCKEY REPORTER : Grange Road has its very own microclimate, which results in the temperature of 36 degrees below…Wed Feb 27 2008 - 00:00
Hermes battling on two frontsWOMEN'S HOCKEY: IT PROVED to be as profitable a weekend for Hermes as it was dispiriting for Loreto, with Hermes registering…Mon Feb 25 2008 - 00:00
Brady to clarify role in Irish set-upWhile still hopeful of joining Giovanni Trapattoni's Republic of Ireland backroom team, Liam Brady's involvement in the new set…Mon Feb 25 2008 - 00:00
Brady to clarify role in Irish set-upWHILE STILL hopeful of joining Giovanni Trapattoni's Republic of Ireland backroom team, Liam Brady's involvement in the new set…Mon Feb 25 2008 - 00:00
