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  Champs Tipp squeeze by  Dubs, face Cats in final 
    TIPPERARY may not yet fully appreciate it but Dublin could have done them a huge favour by running them so close in last Sunday's second All-Irelan...
  
    August 17, 2011
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  Dub hurlers aim for 1st final in 50 years 
    When Dublin play Tipperary in the second of the All-Ireland semifinals on Sunday next it will be the Dubs first semifinal appearance since 1948 whe...
  
    August 10, 2011
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  Macklin joins Lee camp in multi-year deal
    Matthew Macklin has signed a multi-year deal with New York-based DiBella Entertainment that brings the English-domiciled fighter under the same pro...
  
    August 10, 2011
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  Graham rides stakes double in West Virginia
    Jockey James Graham made a successful foray to Mountaineer in West Virginia, where he won two stakes races on Saturday. He partnered Culotte ($9.40...
  
    August 10, 2011
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  Superior Cork make winning look like hard work
    Cork got the measure of Tyrone in this senior football clash but their mentors will be worried about their capability to finish off the opponent on...
  
    August 10, 2011
    by Irish Echo Staff
  
 
    
       
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  Parents hire music teachers,  so why not hurling coaches
    On the outskirts of the Long Island town where I live, an enormous furniture store has lain idle for a couple of years, one more victim of the rece...
  
    August 10, 2011
    by Irish Echo Staff
  
 
    
       
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  Fans talk football ahead of EPL kickoff  
    Just a few months ago, Manchester United won their 19th championship, surpassing Liverpool, who've been stuck on 18 since 1990. With the new season...
  
    August 10, 2011
    by Irish Echo Staff
  
 
    
       
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  McIlroy stresses positives ahead of PGA in Atlanta
    Ireland's big four played their first tournament together all as major champions in the Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone Country Club in Akron...
  
    August 10, 2011
    by Irish Echo Staff
  
 
    
       
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  Kilkenny qualify for 6th All-Ireland final in row 
    IT'S not often that a player can give a man-of-the-match performance and finish on a well-beaten side. But that's precisely what Waterford's John M...
  
    August 10, 2011
    by Irish Echo Staff
  
 
    
       
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  Cats should get past Waterford 
    Back in January or February if you asked any GAA supporter who they thought would contest this year's All-Ireland senior hurling final the answer w...
  
    August 04, 2011
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  Colum O'Brien comes alive at Saratoga again
    In three decades as a trainer, Colum O'Brien hasn't posted a high percentage of wins from starts. But he can be counted on to come alive at Saratog...
  
    August 04, 2011
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  Kerry/Donegal have it easy in Connaughton final
    Kerry/Donegal had an easy victory over a very disappointing Fermanagh squad in the final of the Peter Connaughton Cup on Saturday at Gaelic Park. O...
  
    August 04, 2011
    by Irish Echo Staff