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  • Industrious Irish lack cutting edge up front

    Soccer European Championship Group 10: Albania - 0 Republic of Ireland - 0: If you had been judging by the scale of the celebrations in the streets of Tirana's city centre last night it would have been easy to assume Albania had, for the second time in four days, beaten "a former superpower" rather than drawn a game that they might have won in front of a packed house at the Qemel Stafa stadium. Emmet Malone reports from Tirana. p

  • Eriksson's rough diamond sparkles

    Group Seven:England - 2 Turkey - 0: England lead Group Seven in the Euro 2004 qualifiers and once more top the list of the country's favourites. It was delightful enough for many supporters to see Wayne Rooney present in Sven-Goran Eriksson's line-up. Kevin McCarra  was at the Stadium of Light. p

  • Mickelson promotes Tiger cubs Golf Preview

    GOLF/Preview: Phil Mickelson, the world number four but the number one Tiger Woods irritant, resumes work this week in the BellSouth Classic here after a month's paternity leave. p
Soccer

  • We need a midfield playmaker

    EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP/Group 10: Oh dear, that was a grind. Tactically we got it all wrong. We just played too deep, invited Albania on to us and we probably got no more than we deserved. p

  • No hard luck stories but hard work to be done

    EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP/Group 10: Players' reaction: Emmet Malone finds the Irish team still in hopeful mood despite initial disappointment with last night's draw. p

  • Ireland avoid slip-up in Group of the Banana Skin

    You don't always get what you want. If you try sometimes you get just what you barely need. So it was in Tirana. Ireland came away with a point in their pockets when a week ago three points would have seemed feasible. Tom Humphries in Tirana. p

  • Drawing breath after a tense trip

    Manager's reaction: Tom Humphries gets the reaction of Brian Kerr after last night's game and his thoughts after this two-game trip to eastern Europe. p

  • Scotland humiliated in defeat

    EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP/Group Five: Lithuania - 1 Scotland - 0: One German manager departed this freezing arena last night buoyed with his side's qualification chances dramatically improved, but it was not Berti Vogts. Instead, as Rudi Voller saunters home, Scotland's players awake this morning humiliated in ignominious defeat. p

  • Stadium of Light it ain't in Albania as Neighbours lose the plot

    Mary Hannigan's TV View: Network Two, soon after the game started. All set for Bill, Gilesie and Eamo. But. Neeeeighbours, everybody needs good neeeeighbours, with a little understanding, you can find the perfect bleeeeend. p

  • Drought continues

    EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP/Group Six: Northern Ireland - 0 Greece - 2: Sammy McIlroy was left dejected last night as Northern Ireland slumped to defeat after being reduced to nine men. p

  • Switzerland draw a blank in Tbilisi

    Georgia - 0 Switzerland - 0: Switzerland lost two valuable points in their Euro 2004 qualifying campaign when the Group 10 leaders were held to a 0-0 draw by Georgia in Tbilisi yesterday. p

  • England fans fight police

    Riot police fought running battles with hundreds of England supporters in the centre of Sunderland last night as predictions that the crucial match with Turkey would be marred by violence were realised. p
GAABack to Top

  • Testing set for out of competition

    GAA players will soon be subject to out-of-competition testing under the Irish Sports Council's Anti-Doping programme. So far all tests carried out on GAA players, which last year numbered 44, have been taken during competition, thus limiting the effectiveness of the programme. p

  • Amateur status report awaited

    The report of the GAA's Amateur Status Review Committee will be presented to Saturday's Central Council meeting in Croke Park. The meeting, however, will be held in camera and the recommendations of the report are unlikely to be revealed in full. p

  • Kerry and Armagh delay selection

    Kerry and Armagh have delayed the naming of their teams for Sunday's final round meeting of the National Football League in Tralee - a repeat of last year's All-Ireland final. p
Other SportsBack to Top

  • Dawson must do it all again

    RUGBY NEWS: Coach Wayne Smith expects scrumhalf Matt Dawson to spill blood for Northampton in Saturday's English Cup final at Twickenham just as he did in England's Grand Slam triumph in Dublin. p

  • Roche set to decide Racing Aintree preview

    RACING/Aintree Preview: Christy Roche will walk the Grand National course this morning to see if the big race "plunge" horse Youlneverwalkalone will be able to run in Saturday's feature. p

  • Limerick gets break

    Tipperary, in 13 days' time, and Cork, on May 5th, have stepped in to take up the meetings lost due to the temporary closure of Limerick racecourse.The Turf Club's course inspection team has called a halt to racing at Limerick due to ground conditions at the track. p

  • Guilty of helping to create a false hero

    George Kimball/America At Large: He seemed to represent everything that was good about sport, and in retrospect, part of the charm may have been that Kirby Puckett didn't resemble an athlete at all. p
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