'Mentally drained' McIlroy prevails in Dubai Desert Classic
Rory McIlroy admitted that he didn’t have his “A” game, yet he managed to snag his third Dubai Desert Classic victory, although this one exacted a ...
January 31, 2023
by John Manley
McStay's Mayo take on Galway in League opener
The GAA has increased the price of admission to its major games for the upcoming National Leagues by 20 per cent, but the association has reintrodu...
January 27, 2023
by Sean Creedon
Two stakes wins for Graham
James Graham rode the winners of two stakes races on the Saturday card at the Fair Grounds in New Orleans. The first of these came in the Duncan Ke...
January 27, 2023
by John Manley
Sports
Last-16 game for Munster in S.A.
French side Racing made it a tough encounter before Leinster maxed out on 20 points with their fourth bonus-point win at the Aviva Stadium on Satur...
January 26, 2023
by P.J. Cunningham
Sports
O'Rourke looks to extend winning run
At nearly 6-feet, Ryan O’Rourke, one of the tallest 140-pounders in prizefighting, returns States-side in the run-up to St. Patrick’s Day for a sch...
January 25, 2023
by Jay Mwamba
Cork's Beckom sees double off the bench
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...
January 24, 2023
by John Manley
Harrington shines
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...
January 24, 2023
by John Manley
Crokes edge past Glen
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...
January 23, 2023
by P.J. Cunningham
Peter Thomas, League of Ireland's 'best ever goalkeeper,' dies
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...
January 20, 2023
by Irish Echo Staff
Sports
United atone for Oct. loss to City
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...
January 19, 2023
by Sean Creedon
Leinster in cruise control again
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...
January 18, 2023
by P.J. Cunningham
Sports
Derry heroes meet for NYC workout
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...
January 18, 2023
by Jay Mwamba