Deadline day is fast approaching for American GAA clubs. The divisional championships are only around the corner. All sanctions and player transfers must be confirmed and over the line by July 1. It’s business time. Who could forget the drama last year? With Mayo losing out to Kildare in ‘Newbridge or Nowhere’ on June 30, […]

7 years ago

By Conor McKenna Donegal footballer Niamh Carr name-checked Karl Lacey and Yvonne Bonner as her sporting idols growing up – and she’s delighted to have had the chance to play alongside Bonner on the Donegal team. “I always remember Karl Lacey. He was always an idol of mine, along with Yvonne Bonner growing up,” said […]

7 years ago

By Daragh Ó Conchúir Limerick have been among the great underachievers of Camogie in recent years and no-one has been more frustrated than the players themselves. For five seasons in a row they have reached the last four of the National League but failed to make the knockout stages – a last six remember – […]

7 years ago

Kellie Harrington has booked her place in the European Games final. The lightweight world champion stormed into the decider in Minsk with a unanimous decision over Sweden’s Agnes Alexiusson and she has set up a hell of a fight on Sunday. Mira Potkonen awaits the Dubliner in the bout for gold but her win on […]

7 years ago

By Declan Rooney Anthony Masterson is hoping that Davy Fitzgerald isn’t the only Wexford manager cerebrating this Sunday, as the county’s hurlers and ladies footballers set their sights on Leinster glory. While Masterson’s ladies team face Meath in the TG4 Leinster IFC final at 2pm at Netwatch Cullen Park, Fitzgerald’s hurlers face Kilkenny in Croke […]

7 years ago

By Declan Rooney Westmeath captain Fiona Claffey says her side will face into Sunday’s TG4 Leinster Ladies Senior Football Championship final against All-Ireland champions Dublin with a positive attitude – and a belief that they can dethrone the eight-in-a-row chasing Sky Blues. Only five points separated the sides when they met during the Lidl National Football League […]

7 years ago

By Michael Gallagher Galway 1-12 Mayo 3-6 Mayo manager Peter Leahy felt his side deserved to win the TG4 Connacht Ladies SFC Final, but he expects another massive test against Galway in the replay. Three goals in the second-half from Rachel Kearns, Éilish Ronayne and Grace Kelly saw Mayo turn round a four-point interval deficit, […]

7 years ago

Compiled by Daragh Ó Conchúir LEAGUE champions Galway have registered their first victory of the Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, beating Offaly by 3-15 to 0-6. Cathal Murray’s troops had to cede to Kilkenny last week but remain among the leading contenders for ultimate honours and though they took to the field in Lusmagh […]

7 years ago

By Daragh Ó Conchúir It was a tough time for everyone involved in Wexford Camogie in the spring, as the Seniors began the National League without a manager and unable to field a team. This was a shocking turn of events for a county that had begun the decade by winning a second Liberty Insurance […]

7 years ago

By Jackie Cahill There’s another bumper weekend of Ladies Football fixtures in store – with four All-Ireland U14 Finals and two TG4 Connacht Championship deciders on the agenda. On Saturday, the four winners of the 2019 All-Ireland U14 Finals will be revealed, with the Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze prizes to be handed out. There […]

7 years ago

By Daragh Ó Conchúir Waterford scoring sensation, Beth Carton is thrilled that Liberty Insurance have stepped up their support of Camogie by streaming games from the Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Senior Championship. The Déise’s clash with Dublin at Walsh Park tomorrow (4pm) is this week’s feature and Carton welcomes the increased exposure that she hopes will […]

7 years ago

By Conor McKenna Galway footballer Aine McDonagh has revealed that the Tribeswomen will be at full strength for next Sunday’s TG4 Connacht Senior Final against Mayo. Galway are aiming for a third successive crown – and a seventh in eight seasons – against their arch-rivals. “Thankfully we’ve no injury worries. Everyone’s actually back. We’ve […]

7 years ago

So I hear you’re looking for a move. Here’s how you get one, in 10 easy steps You think it’s time to move on. Good. We all need to spread our wings and fly to pastures new at some point, writes Kyle Picknell When it doesn’t work out it doesn’t work out. There’s nothing anyone can […]

7 years ago

By Tomás McCarthy Cork 2-14 Waterford 0-9 Cork manager Ephie Fitzgerald praised his side’s second-half display and the impact of Saoirse Noonan as they powered past Waterford in the TG4 Munster Ladies SFC final and pulled to within five of Kerry on the Munster honours board. Goals in each half from Noonan helped Cork retain […]

7 years ago

By Daragh Ó Conchúir “BRILLIANT” was the word used by both Liberty Insurance Player of the Match Denise Gaule and victorious manager Ann Downey as Kilkenny got their Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship campaign off to the perfect start with a 1-13 to 0-14 victory over Galway. The Tribeswomen were worthy winners when the […]

7 years ago

By Daragh Ó Conchúir THE Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship got off to a pulsating start, with Kilkenny turning around their National League Final reverse at the hands of Galway by 1-13 to 0-14 at Kenny Park. Kilkenny 1-13 Galway 0-14 A fortunate 35th minute goal by Miriam Walsh proved the difference between the sides […]

7 years ago

By Daragh Ó Conchúir Nina Simone sang about the new dawn and there is a hint of that about the Kildare set-up this year. Certainly, Emma Kielty is Feeling Good following a confidence-boosting National League campaign that ended with the Lilywhites returning to the second rung of the ladder as Division 3 champions. After a run that […]

7 years ago

By Daragh Ó Conchúir Grace Walsh is deadly serious about the excitement of crossing swords with Galway at the very start of the Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship. They know each other well now, regular opponents it seems in the early stages of summer fare. Kilkenny got the better of the westerners in last […]

7 years ago

Stand by for the Lampard era. Hiring a club legend to manage an ego-laden team, what could possibly go wrong? Now that Chelsea have brilliantly manage to pawn off Mauricio Sarri, the manager with 2nd best first season win record in the history of  the club onto the unsuspecting 9-in-a-row Serie A Champion, Juventus, they […]

7 years ago

Compiled by Jackie Cahill The first provincial silverware of 2019 will be handed out this weekend, with the TG4 Munster Senior and Intermediate Champions set to be crowned. On Sunday, Tipperary and Clare will battle it out for the Intermediate title at Cappamore GAA Grounds in Limerick, with a 12pm start. Later in the evening, at […]

7 years ago

Brought to you by Flexi-Fi You’re not alone. Now we don’t know about you, but that last week before pay day always seems to be a particularly miserable time. It often feels like the world is conspiring against you, with the exact thing you’ve had your eye on being on special offer, or your fridge […]

7 years ago

By Daragh Small When the rest of her teammates were training on Tuesday evening, there was no sign of Anna-Rose Kennedy, she had her head stuck in the books. Since the Leaving Cert kicked into gear on 5 June, the Tipperary starlet had completed her English Papers I and II, Home Economics, Geography, Maths Papers […]

7 years ago

By Daragh Ó Conchuir Megan Thynne hopes that Meath will be more competitive in this year’s Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship than their debut campaign. After an historic replay victory in the 2017 All-Ireland Intermediate Final, the Royals found the step up a chastening experience and suffered a number of heavy defeats. Thynne, who […]

7 years ago

The best player in the world will not be appearing at the Women’s World Cup. Ada Hegerberg, the Norweigan player who will not be appearing for her nation at the Women’s World Cup over the treatment of female players, has been criticised by a panel on Fox Sports. The 23-year-old – who has scored 259 goals in 253 […]

7 years ago

It’d be very impressive if you get full marks. Who doesn’t love county quiz, right? This time we’re testing you on your knowledge of county nicknames. Can you get full marks? We reckon you can’t. Give it a go below but if it doesn’t display for some weird reason you can just click this little […]

7 years ago

Just the baddest man in Irish football. Majestic man-mountain Shane Duffy can do it all. Having kept Ireland in the game with a succession of bone-jarring reducers and full-blooded blocks, inevitably it would be his phenomenal forehead that would rescue a point for Mick McCarthy and his improving Irish team. This wasn’t a great Irish […]

7 years ago

By Jackie Cahill There are crucial games down for decision over the weekend as the TG4 Ulster Senior and Junior Championships get underway. At Kingspan Breffni on Saturday, there’s a cracking double-header as the men and women of Donegal and Tyrone prepare to battle it out. Donegal are Ulster champions in both codes and Maxi […]

7 years ago

By Daragh Small Her 57th and final student completed their GCSEs yesterday and now Katy Herron can finally breathe a sigh of relief. Well, momentarily anyway. Tomorrow (SAT), she travels to Kingspan Breffni in Cavan with the rest of her Donegal teammates, where they will look to begin the defence of their TG4 Ulster Championship […]

7 years ago

Derek McGrath, Lar Corbett, highlights, match-ups and a tactics board. As hurling preview shows go, Corbett and McGrath’s Big Build-Up is a must-watch. SportsJOE and Centra have teamed up for the All-Ireland senior hurling championship and, throughout the summer, we’re bringing you one hell of an analysis series. Waterford manager for five years, Derek McGrath […]

7 years ago

Katie Taylor is the undisputed lightweight champion of the world. There was controversy around her win over Delfine Persoon, with many pundits scoring it a draw or a win for the Belgian but the fight was mightily close regardless of some of the discourse. On Monday’s episode of PlayXPlay, Jenny Murphy is joined by Jacqui […]

7 years ago

By Rory Noonan Cork 3-16 Kerry 0-9 Cork manager Ephie Fitzgerald said they still have plenty of work to do before they meet Waterford in the TG4 Munster SFC final. Fitzgerald’s side were in control throughout as they saw off Kerry in the semi-final at Pairc Ui Rinn but he feels they still have room for improvement […]

7 years ago

Right now, it seems like Divock Origi’s world. The rest of us just live in it. Divock Origi scored the second goal in the Champions League final in Madrid on Saturday night. After Mo Salah’s early penalty, Liverpool went into their shell. Tottenham completed twice as many passes and had more possession. Alisson Becker kept […]

7 years ago

The supporters were scheduled to land in Madrid 90 minutes before kick-off. It is, without doubt, the biggest game in the history of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club. In a matter of hours, Mauricio Pochettino’s side could be crowned European champions for the first time in their history when they take on Liverpool in Madrid’s Wanda […]

7 years ago

BY Jackie Cahill Final slots in the TG4 Munster Senior and Intermediate Championships will be confirmed over the weekend – while semi-final positions are also up for grabs in the TG4 Leinster Intermediate Championship. Age-old Munster rivals Cork and Kerry go head-to-head at Páirc Uí Rinn on Saturday in Round 3 of the Provincial Senior […]

7 years ago

By Daragh Small There were 1,850 women recorded as homeless in Dublin when the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government undertook their most recent study at the end of March. Those figures show that between adults and children, the number has peaked at 10,305 for the whole country while Ireland battles a desperate housing […]

7 years ago

Chelsea rejoiced, but this was too easy. The decision to host the Europa League final in Baku was heavily criticised in the run up to the game. The fact that Arsenal and Chelsea had to travel from London to reach Azerbaijan ensured that many fans decided to stay at home. The Arsenal fans who […]

7 years ago

The ultimate football fan’s opportunity. 20×20 have teamed up with Three to offer you the chance to play in the ultimate football match – the 20×20 Fan’s Match in the Aviva Stadium on 31st May. The two teams on the night will be managed by Ireland and Arsenal team-mates, Louise Quinn and Katie McCabe, and will […]

7 years ago

By Andrew Horgan Cork 3-22 Waterford 0-7 Cork secured an impressive win in their opening game of the TG4 Munster SFC as they defeated Waterford 3-22 to 0-7 in their round two clash played at CIT on Sunday evening. A win against Kerry next weekend will ensure the reigning Munster champions will again progress to the […]

7 years ago

Compiled by Declan Rooney ALL eyes will be on Cork this weekend as the 2019 Lidl National League Division 1 champions have their first outing in the TG4 Championship. Runners-up in front of a record 50,141 attendance at Croke Park last September, the Rebelettes are determined to go one step further in the forthcoming Championship […]

7 years ago

By Daragh Small Niamh O’Dea was one of three players who didn’t make the Lidl NFL Division 2 semi-finals but was still rewarded with a spot on the Team of the League. It was a fine achievement as the Clare full-forward matched the heroics of Wexford’s Sarah Harding Kenny and Neamh Woods from Tyrone. Scoring […]

7 years ago

The German side clearly mean business. Borussia Dortmund have signed Julian Brandt, Thorgan Hazard and Nico Schulz for a combined figure in the region of £70 million. Midfielder Brandt, 23, made the move from Bayer Leverkusen for around £22.1m, just hours after attacker Hazard, 26, the younger brother of Chelsea’s Eden Hazard, joined from Borussia Mönchengladbach […]

7 years ago

Israel Folau. Perhaps the only fractionally redeeming thing he’s done since the decision to post a warning to a number of groups of people on Instagram is that he hasn’t appealed Rugby Australia’s sacking of him. Fornicators, drunks, atheists and homosexuals – among others – were called out by Folau in a message that said, […]

7 years ago

It’s very easy to come down on anyone who tells you they can’t give up two hours during exam season. Around this time every year, training pitches gradually empty as Leaving Certs, GCSEs, A-Levels and college exams start taking over. If you’re an underage coach, you’ve probably tried everything you can in your power to […]

7 years ago

Brought to you by Centra #WeAreHurling It was as if they were just messing us around. From the ridiculous to the sublime – all in the space of seven days. It’s nearly a rule of thumb at this stage not to write off any team from Cork but given their senior hurlers’ shortcomings against Tipperary […]

7 years ago

If you build it, they will come. Lyon are the Champions League winners again but why won’t the other clubs match their spending? They’ve set the bar. Meet it. Irish hockey have a new coach at the wheel in the form of Australian Sean Dancer and, on this week’s episode of PlayXPlay, the new man […]

7 years ago

RTE GAA pundit Anthony Daly has questioned whether Conor Gleeson deserved the first of two yellow cards in Sunday’s Munster Hurling Championship match between Waterford and Tipperary. Gleeson and Tipperary forward Seamus Callanan clashed in the first-half with both men earning yellow cards before Gleeson was dismissed a few minutes later after dragging Patrick Maher […]

7 years ago

Why can nobody be happy for Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City? On Saturday, Pep Guardiola and Manchester City claimed an unprecedented treble in the men’s game when they won the FA Cup, adding it to the Carabao Cup and the Premier League. For the remaining fans of the FA Cup, it was also a sobering day. […]

7 years ago

By DARAGH SMALL If you ever turn up at a Sligo match and see the flag with stars and stripes on it, it’s likely to be in the hands of a Henry family member. Declan Henry is currently researching whether he can make it home in time for 23 June, so he can watch his […]

7 years ago

This is exactly what needs to be done and it is a massive boost. AIG has today launched its new #EffortIsEqual campaign. #EffortIsEqual recognises that the effort, commitment and dedication amongst male and female players is equal.  To compete at the highest level in any  sport requires  time, training and making  sacrifices by the players, […]

7 years ago

Lots of news, lots of opinions, lots of highlights on episode 3 of PlayXPlay. Host Jenny Murphy and co-host Niamh McEvoy are joined this week by one of Ireland’s best-known football players in Stephanie Roche. On the menu: Life in Italy Professionalism versus amateurism Playing with the boys’ teams What a good coach does Alysia […]

7 years ago