Lance Armstrong
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Bernard Brogan: ‘Finances didn’t win five All-Irelands in a row’
- Gaelic Games
- December 19, 2020, 06:00
Oh no. Not another article about money and the Dubs. Turn the page, Mammy. Make the bad man stop. It’s All-Ireland final day. It’s nearly Christmas we(...)
Tour de France: Every yellow jersey winner must feel guilty by some association
- Other Sports
- September 26, 2020, 06:00
‘Assassins,” cried Gustave Garrigou, sending his rage directly against the race organisers, who in turn lap it up. No one walks away more impressed by(...)
Tour de Covid tells us to cheer, clap and don’t ask questions
- Other Sports
- September 22, 2020, 10:07
The Tour de France peloton woke up with a hangover on Monday, not only from over-indulgence in the brasseries around the Champs Élysées, but also beca(...)
Lance Armstrong’s latest move serving him well on many fronts
- Other Sports
- September 19, 2020, 06:00
Does it feel like you’re waking up each morning at a different time and in another place? Have you being staying mostly inside during the day even t(...)
Sam Bennett a true product of Irish cycling, maybe not a reflection of it
- Other Sports
- September 12, 2020, 06:00
If like me you’ve spent some time this week learning how to pronounce Tadej Pogacar you may also have been delving into the history of Slovenian cycli(...)
Whereabouts rule harsher on some athletes over others
- Other Sports
- August 15, 2020, 06:00
These are strange days for the distance runner. I rang Ciarán Ó Lionáird during the week to find out was he serious about wanting to come home to run (...)
Sporting Cathedrals: Alpe d’Huez and the 21 steps to hell
- Other Sports
- July 24, 2020, 06:00
Bourg d’Oisans, July 26th, 2011 Late afternoon and the Alps are hot. We take one last sip from our water bottles, run a quick check over each tyre pr(...)
My favourite sporting moment: San Sebastian erupts after Big Mig delivers
- Other Sports
- April 13, 2020, 07:00
If memory serves, the bus from Bilbao pulled into San Sebastian on the Friday morning. Thursday night had been spent on the sleeper train from Madrid’(...)
Joanne O’Riordan: Mo Farah should have to face Jeremy Kyle
- Sport
- February 27, 2020, 06:00
If there was one man I would have in charge of anti-doping agencies or even just investigating athletes by randomly turning up on their doorstep, with(...)
Gerry Thornley: Saracens very late to apologise for repeated cheating
- Rugby
- January 21, 2020, 06:00
Spare a thought for Glasgow. In the heel of the hunt, the Scottish team missed out on the quarter-finals of the Heineken Champions Cup to a club who, (...)



