Sport
Donegal star Finnbarr Roarty joins AFL side Collingwood on two-year deal
Rory McIlroy says his driver ‘will stay in the hotel room’ as he plots victory at India Championship
Club football championships: Who are county champions and what is the state of play around Ireland?
Wicklow’s Lara Gillespie claims silver medal at UCI Track World Championships in Shanghai
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GAELIC GAMES
Armagh’s Aimee Mackin named LGFA Player of the Month for September
All-Star nominee helped Shane O’Neills to maiden senior county title
Eoin Kennedy’s talent has been no secret in Cuala for quite a while now
Kennedy scored winning point in 2024 Dublin SFC final, and will be looking for a Cuala win against Castleknock on Sunday
Club football championships: Who are county champions and what is the state of play around Ireland?
With county final season up and running, we take a look at who is contending in every senior championship across the country
RUGBY
Edwin Edogbo and Will Harrison likely to return for Munster’s clash with Racing 92
Tom Ahern and Fineen Wycherley may also be back for Champions Cup opener at Páirc Uí Chaoimh
Leinster coach Nienaber guided by Anthony Foley’s words ahead of daunting Clermont test
Province returns to European action one day after the 10th anniversary of Munster coach’s untimely death
Connacht daring to dream on return to Champions Cup
‘Why can’t a club like Connacht ever potentially win it?’ asks Stuart Lancaster
How are Munster, Leinster and Connacht looking ahead of Champions Cup openers?
AIL: Old order rise to the challenge in fiercely competitive Division 1A
Leo Cullen relieved to see Leinster ‘up and running’ with returning frontliners
Leinster live up to the occasion of long-awaited homecoming to blow Cardiff away
SOCCER
Poland’s breakthrough generation await Ireland in World Cup playoff
Poles come to Aviva in December with aim of qualifying for Brazil 2027, their first time on football’s biggest stage
Gianni Infantino faces grilling at potentially ‘explosive’ Fifa council meeting
World Cup sell-off, Balogun and peace prize on agenda of Thursday’s meeting in Zurich
Lisandro Martinez launches scathing attack on Manchester United’s leadership
Defender says club lack ambition and pointed finger at United’s director of football Jason Wilcox
Grim reality of war sends Shakhtar Donetsk to London for ‘home’ Champions League clash
Carla Ward strikes only positive notes ahead of World Cup playoff against Poland
Pressure on Michael Carrick grows as 10-man Manchester United beaten at Atlético Madrid
Ireland set up World Cup playoff against Poland in December
GOLF
DP World Tour to deny LIV Golf players memberships for 2027 season
CEO Guy Kinnings has said players, which include Tom McKibbin, must now ‘make a choice’
Shane Lowry finishes tied 13th at Spanish Open as Forrest wins with birdie at last
Scotland’s Grant Forrest birdies final hole to snatch victory in Madrid
Shane Lowry eight shots off leaders at Open de Espana
Early eagle helps Offalyman to four-under third round
RACING
Andrew Balding reckons he has ‘a squeak’ of beating Aidan O’Brien to trainers’ title
Willie Mullins fined and Final Demand disqualified from Cheltenham festival second place after positive drugs test
O’Brien has fresh Triple Crown ambitions with Dewhurst winner Darkness Falls
Champion jockey Dylan Browne McMonagle returns to action at Roscommon after Bellewstown fall in August
Coolmore and Godolphin superpowers pursue racing’s next big star in Dewhurst clash
Darkness Falls leads Aidan O’Brien’s hopes for a record ninth success in Europe’s top two-year-old prize
MORE SPORT
Poland stand between Ireland and a place at the World Cup
Meanwhile, Malachy Clerkin looks at the state of play in club football championships around the country
Ireland’s Lara Gillespie targets another UCI world cycling title in Shanghai
Wicklow rider will again come up against Dutch rival Lorena Wiebes in her first event
Athletics wishes it could scrub the women’s marathon world record – what can be done?
People in the sport talk about Ruth Chepngetich reluctantly, like a family member who has joined a mysterious cult
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