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Posting a double-double in a reserve role is a rare achievement. Rarer still is to do so twice in the same week. That’s where James Beckom comes in...

Shane Lowry can’t put Abu Dhabi in the rearview mirror fast enough. A second week of woe was his as he coughed up the lead in the Abu Dhabi Champio...

Kilmacud Croke (Dublin) 1-11; Glen (Antrim) 1-9 This is the sort of sporting encounter where you wonder if gods make us playthings for their own fu...

Waterford FC and the city’s community are mourning Peter Thomas, “widely regarded as the best goalkeeper to grace the League of Ireland” and one of...

Manchester United manger Erik ten Hag admits that his team had been taken to school by Manchester City when they were beaten 6-3 at the Etihad last...

Leinster 49; Gloucester 14 Leinster are so far ahead of everyone at the moment that only one thing is holding them back — their failure to get acro...

Connor “The Kid” Coyle and John Duddy, Derry’s two world-class middleweights of recent times, caught up in New York City last week for a workout an...

The Hero Cup, played this past week in Abu Dhabi, was designed as something of a Ryder Cup audition/dress rehearsal for the European squad. Two 10-...

Fossa 0-19; Stewartstown 1-13 This match was a headline act for all the right, and then all the wrong, reasons. First you just look at what the Cli...

New York 3-29 Leitrim 1-16 Both New York and Leitrim had very impressive victories in the opening round of the Connacht Senior Hurling League playe...

Aston Villa have won the F.A. Cup seven times, but the last winning final was in 1957. Going into this past weekend’s 3rd round, always the first r...

Connacht 24; Cell C Sharks 12 Connacht Head Coach Andy Friend must be delighted that the New Year is bringing new promise to his side’s fortunes. O...