Westmeath Manager Dolan leaves improving team
Legendary Westmeath GAA figure Dessie Dolan has stepped away as his native county’s senior football manager after completing a two-year stint. A po...
August 21, 2024
by P.J. Cunningham
Duddy trains PD sufferers
Back in 2003, John Duddy, an amateur boxing star back home, relocated from his native Derry to Queens, New York, where he’d become a phenom during ...
August 21, 2024
by Jay Mwamba
Nevin wins after very long layoff
Super lightweight John Joe Nevin ended a nearly five year layoff with a six round points decision over Jose Hernandez Flores at Salon Rosas in Jiut...
August 20, 2024
by Jay Mwamba
Rian O'Neill misses penalty, sees red as Crossmaglen lose to Clan
Clan na Gael 2-13; Crossmaglen 3-5 In a year of upsets on the intercounty front, it was perhaps to be expected that we would have similar shocks in...
August 19, 2024
by P.J. Cunningham
United start season at 26/1
Although Manchester City has won the English Premier League in six of the last seven seasons, as we look to the start of a new English season this ...
August 16, 2024
by Sean Creedon
Watching the Americans
The English Premier League is back and with it the chance for me to answer the eternal question, “which club do you support?” My answer tends to pe...
August 15, 2024
by Peter Nolan
There's always hope with Stoke
Ah, it's that time again. Will I ever learn? Last year I predicted a top-five finish with a spectacular playoff penalty save by Mark Travers to sen...
August 14, 2024
by Colum McCann
O'Shea named as Irish assistant, Carsley in as temp English boss
Former Manchester United star John O'Shea will return to the Ireland senior men's coaching set-up led by Heimir Hallgrímsson having stepped in as I...
August 13, 2024
by Sean Creedon
Cork overcome Galway resistance to win back-to-back titles
Cork 1-16; Galway 0-16 This was a real arm-wrestle of an All-Ireland final with underdogs Galway putting it up to the hot favorites before finally ...
August 12, 2024
by P.J. Cunningham
IPPP allows Irish kicker influx
“It's in our DNA, we’re made for being kickers.” That was 19-year-old Andy Quinn’s straightforward explanation for the recent influx of young Irish...
August 08, 2024
by Peter Nolan
Dublin's Harrington strikes back-to-back gold at Paris 2024
Kellie Harrington became the first Irish female athlete to win gold at back-to-back Olympic Games following her defeat of China's Wenlu Yang in the...
August 06, 2024
by Irish Echo Staff
Coyle goes 21-0 in Barnsley
Connor “The Kid” Coyle threw down the gauntlet to the Sept. 14 Erislandy Lara-Danny Garcia World Boxing Association [WBA] middleweight title winner...
August 06, 2024
by Jay Mwamba