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  • Lifetime chance is there for taking

    RUGBY/Six Nations: " Look...if you had...one shot...or one opportunity...To seize everything you ever wanted...one moment...Would you capture it...or just let it slip?" Eminem's words are perhaps more fitting for Ireland, writes Gerry Thornley, Rugby Correspondent. p

  • Keane to travel on Monday

    SOCCER/Euro 2004 qualifier: As the Irish players completed their preparations for this afternoon's vital European Championship qualifier in Tbilisi, the question of Robbie Keane's availability was finally resolved when Brian Kerr confirmed last night that Keane would wait until Monday before joining the squad in Tirana. p

  • McHugh kicks England into touch A International

    RUGBY/'A' International... Ireland 24 England 21: Ireland deprived England of one Grand Slam this weekend before a 6,000 crowd at Donnybrook last night, writes John O'Sullivan at Donnybrook. p
Rugby

  • New Matt is due a decent welcome

    Interview: Keith Duggan on England scrumhalf Matt Dawson who, on theoccasion of his 50th cap, is more serene than the brash character of old. p

  • Bowe the hero after fightback

    Under-21 International... Ireland 21 England 20 : Queen's full back Tommy Bowe scored a dramatic, late injury-time try as Ireland fought back from 20-6 down to claim victory over their English counterparts. p

  • Broadfoot spot on

    Under-19 international... Ireland 3 England 12: Ireland rounded off their preparation for the Under-19 World Cup in France with a nine-point defeat to England in Musgrave Park last night. p

  • Fast forwards, grand memories

    The Last Grand Slam: Ireland's only Grand Slam came against England in 1948. An extract from The Irish Times reporter Paul MacWeeney tells how it was won. p

  • The day England won a Lansdowne ovation

    Scotland and Wales refused to travel in 1972, but a year later England came to Dublin at the height of the Troubles, writes Johnny Watterson. p

  • Defeat not an option for Victor

    Interview: Gerry Thornley talks to Victor Costello, who lapsed intointernational obscurity before returning as a crucial player in the Irishset-up. p

  • Scots keep try focus

    Scotland v Italy Preview : Chris Paterson insists the emphasis will be on try-scoring rather than his own kicking when Italy visit Murrayfield today. p

  • Dragon fired up for Paris

    France v Wales Preview: Wales will have to beat one of the World Cup favourites on home soil today if they are to avoid the dreaded Six Nations wooden spoon. p

  • When Slam doors shut on Irish hopes

    Past Disappointments: 1951: Des O'Brien, aged 83, recalls defeat in Cardiff with startling clarity and insists that what cost Ireland most was the lack of a kicker, writes John O'Sullivan. p

  • A team that should conquer the divide

    Sideline Cut: This is the aggravating thing about the game of rugby and Dublin city. On the eve of what will be, win or lose, a glorious occasion for Irish sport this city does not feel engaged.,writes Keith Duggan. p

  • VoxPop: Can Ireland win?

    MICHAEL McNAMARA: Offaly hurling manager and former Clare trainer and selector in the All-Ireland wins of 1995 and 1997, he has also played and coached rugby. p
SoccerBack to Top

  • Give in? He doesn't know the meaning of the word

    Euro 2004 qualifying/Georgia v Republic of Ireland: Tom Humphries chats to Ireland's number one Shay Given about life at the top - and about how life was getting there. p

  • Weakened, but strong enough

    Euro 2004 qualifying/Georgia v Republic of Ireland: If the crumbling hulk of Tbilisi's Dynamo stadium where the Irish under-21s drew yesterday gives a pretty good taste of the city that surrounds it, Lokomotiv's impressive combination of glistening steel and western spec concrete where Brian Kerr's men will go this afternoon is more representative of the willingness here in the Georgian capital to believe that the future can be a much brighter place than the past. p

  • Hunt gives Irish faint hopes

    Euro 2004 under-21 qualifer... Georgia 1 Republic of Ireland 1: A 10-man Republic of Ireland side fought back to claim a draw in the first of their back-to-back European Championship qualifiers, against Georgia under-21s in the Boris Paichadze National Stadium, in Tbilisi, yesterday afternoon. p

  • Football reflects the hard realities

    Euro 2004 qualifying/Georgia v Republic of Ireland: Tom Humphries assesses the current political and sporting climate in Georgia. p

  • Eriksson puts faith in youth for Liechtenstein game

    Euro 2004 qualifying: Against the gloomy backdrop of war in Iraq football will creep back towards centre stage today for a raft of crucial Euro 2004 qualifiers. p
GAABack to Top

  • Lack of competition a worry

    National Hurling League assessment: Seán Moran runs the rule over the concluding phase one games with Tipperary great Nicky English. p

  • Mulvihill's vision lauded

    News: GAA president Sean McCague yesterday paid tribute to the association's director general, Liam Mulvihill, for his driving role in the redevelopment of Croke Park. p
GolfBack to Top

  • Harrington ready to grab his destiny

    Players' Championship: Time was when such dizzy heights might have led to a nosebleed, or an inclination to cast a worried glance back at those in pursuit. Now, though, Padraig Harrington knows what it takes to beat the best, including the world number one - after all, he did it head-to-head in the Target World Challenge last December - and he knows he belongs in the higher echelon of the game. p

  • Perks back on happy hunting ground

    Players' Championship: If Craig Perks seemed to have fallen off the face of the world before he arrived back in Ponte Vedra Beach to defend his Players' Championship title, the return to these shores has given him a rebirth of sorts. p
Other SportsBack to Top

  • Leopardstown hope for rugby knock-on

    RACING: The Leopardstown authorities are hoping that tomorrow's big rugby international will impact on the size of the crowd at their first flat fixture of the season.,writes Brian O'Connor , Racing Correspondent. p

  • Final blow for Davids Lad

    RACING: The chances of Davids Lad running in next Saturday's Martell Grand National at Aintree finally looked to have disappeared after yesterday's Supreme Court decision against the owners of the horse. p

  • Wotsitooya well weighted

    RACING: Cork has the limelight to itself tomorrow and Wotsitooya can claim centre stage. p

  • Harold lets his potting do most of the talking

    SNOOKER/Irish Masters: Dave Harold qualified for his first world ranking tournament semi-final since October 2000 yesterday by beating Quinten Hann of Australia 6-3 to reach the last four of the Eur 635,000 Citywest Irish Masters. p
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