Red alert as debate rages over small ball discipline
Source: Independent
Dublin :: Ireland | updated 2013-06-17 21:05:17 -0700 | sports-news
But already the hurling championship has been grist to the mill for Pat McEnaney, the chairman of the national referees' committee, who is determined to remove the reckless and dangerous blows from hurling. Following the conclusion of last year's hurling...
Munster eyeing overhaul to avoid football mismatches
Source: Independent
Cork :: Ireland | updated 2013-06-17 21:04:49 -0700 | sports-news
A round-robin series for the four weaker counties Clare, Limerick, Waterford and Tipperary with the top two then meeting Cork and Kerry in the semi-finals is thought to be among the favoured alternatives to the current structure. When it meets...
Dr Hyde Park out of running to host Connacht final
Source: Independent
Dublin :: Ireland | updated 2013-06-17 21:04:44 -0700 | sports-news
The match which will pit Mayo against Leitrim or London on July 21 should be played in a neutral venue and Roscommon's county ground was expected to be chosen. But the council have said Hyde Park is not being considered...
Stars can't stand the heat in damp squib
Source: Independent
Dublin :: Ireland | updated 2013-06-17 21:04:49 -0700 | sports-news
After three years of stellar achievement at this event, in which Graeme McDowell and Rory McIlroy secured back-to-back wins in 2010 and 2011 and G-Mac finished runner-up at Olympic last summer, this year's championship was a real damp squib from...
Friday night but no lights
Source: Independent
Dublin :: Ireland | updated 2013-06-17 21:05:20 -0700 | sports-news
Cliona Foley 18 June 2013 IT is already being billed as 'Friday Night No Lights' but the GAA has finally introduced Friday night football to the championship. Carlow and Laois will make history on Friday week as their first-round clash...
McQuaid suffers Irish vote setback
Source: BBC
Dublin :: Ireland | updated 2013-06-15 16:32:21 -0700 | sports-news
UCI president suffers re-election bid setback Pat McQuaid's ambition of securing a further term as president of cycling's world governing body. the UCI, has suffered a setback after Cycling Ireland's clubs voted against him. The Irishman, 63, lost by 91...
Calming influence of new boss O'Dowd can putRoyals back on right track
Source: Independent
Dublin :: Ireland | updated 2013-06-14 22:37:45 -0700 | sports-news
They are favourites to set up a Leinster semi-final clash with Wexford, but recent history has defied logic at times, with the last five years anything but straight-forward. In 2008, they blew a 10-point half-time lead against Wexford in Leinster...
Every chance you get you want to enjoy it – McGrath
Source: Independent
Galway :: Ireland | updated 2013-06-14 22:37:40 -0700 | sports-news
It's a long time since the winter of 1998, when he would sit in the corner of the Fermanagh dressing-room, a schoolboy midfielder among the men arriving in with plaster and cement clinging to their jeans. Fifteen years on and...
A legend, champion, genius and gentleman
Source: Independent
Dublin :: Ireland | updated 2013-06-14 22:37:25 -0700 | sports-news
When news of his passing broke on Tuesday morning my mind was cast to the parade ring at Cheltenham in March 2010. The great man was a guest of honour on the occasion of the Festival's first charity race. His...
Weld's Princess Highway set to open account for season
Source: Independent
Dublin :: Ireland | updated 2013-06-14 22:37:42 -0700 | sports-news
A 12-furlong contest that Weld has plundered three times in four years, this 10-runner edition is bang up to scratch, with Paul Deegan's prolific Midnight Soprano and Aidan O'Brien 's Magical Dream among the strong home contingent. Ralph Beckett's Cubanita,...
Sean Kelly rides to Pat McQuaid's defence
Source: The independent
Dublin :: Ireland | updated 2013-06-14 14:50:24 -0700 | sports-news
Suggested Topics Former Tour de France green jersey winner Sean Kelly has hit out at Pat McQuaid's critics as the Irish cycling chief prepares for a crucial vote that could determine whether he stays on as Union Cycliste Internationale president....
Injury may spell Magician's absence from Ascot
Source: The independent
Dublin :: Ireland | updated 2013-06-14 14:50:21 -0700 | sports-news
Suggested Topics After his big rival was seemingly conjured from nowhere, Magician was this evening threatening a disappearing act from the big showdown between Classic winners on the first day of Royal Ascot. The Ballydoyle colt has suffered a setback...
All Blacks: Blindside hopefuls short of six appeal
Source: New Zealand Herald
Dublin :: Ireland | updated 2013-06-14 13:09:43 -0700 | sports-news
Somewhere in the background a picture is forming about how the All Blacks will look in 2015. There is clarity about several, if not most positions, but in the key role of blindside, it's hazy. There are plenty of contenders:...
Irish amateur Kevin Phelan in dreamland as opening round at US Open leaves rivals in shade
Source: Independent
Dublin :: Ireland | updated 2013-06-14 10:52:42 -0700 | sports-news
Rory McIlroy as Ireland's top performer as darkness fell on a marathon first day at the US Open. Merion today in the lead of the 113th US Open as playing partner Lee Westwood looks to recover from a unique stroke...
Canning dismisses talk of Cats power on wane
Source: Independent
Dublin :: Ireland | updated 2013-06-13 21:10:41 -0700 | sports-news
Ollie Baker's side defied pre-match predictions to produce a battling performance in Tullamore last Sunday. They led at half-time and blasted four goals past the Cats over the 70 minutes...Galway's Joe Canning , pictured right with Donegal's Neil McGee at...
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