Sport
# sport - Friday 17 May, 2013
17 things we’d like to see revived in sport
Ridiculously long shorts and other phenomena we miss.
# sport - Tuesday 14 May, 2013
This 5-year-old stepped in to stop a fight between his football coach and the ref
Top work, young man.
Sports clubs could lose €3.5m if pubs banned from sponsorship – VFI
The Vintners Federation of Ireland says it believes a ban on alcohol sponsorship would also apply to local parish pubs.
# sport - Thursday 2 May, 2013
‘A tremendous amount of sex’ – embarrassed sports reporter’s blooper
Now THAT is what I call a pre-game warmup.
# sport - Saturday 20 April, 2013
The Week in Photos: All change
This is the week that was, in photos…
Charlie McCreevy on the sidelines for Kildare U21s
The former Minster for Finance works in the Lillywhites’ backroom.
# sport - Sunday 14 April, 2013
You’re nobody until you’ve had your picture taken with TV3′s Trevor Welsh
Our favourite TV3 football commentator meets the great and good on his travels through Europe.
# sport - Saturday 13 April, 2013
Column: Should there be alcohol advertising in sport?
As a recovering alcoholic I should say that alcohol advertising and sponsorship has no place in sport, but I can’t: I know there are few options for sports clubs and I need my GAA club to stay open, writes an anonymous contributor.
# sport - Tuesday 2 April, 2013
Here’s what it’s like to be 27, Irish and gamble €5 MILLION in one year
Irishman John O’Shea left his job as an accountant to take up full-time gambling. This is how he got on.
# sport - Thursday 21 March, 2013
Column: Sports can play a positive role in combating racism
Racism exists in Ireland, but sports groups – and individual players – are well placed to tackle it, writes Garrett Mullan, Coordinator of Show Racism the Red Card.
# sport - Wednesday 6 March, 2013
How to sound like a football expert… without knowing a thing
Don’t know your Messi from your Maradona? Feel left out? We’re here to help…
# sport - Wednesday 27 February, 2013
15 awkward moments when sport and politics met
Many of which include Bertie Ahern…
# sport - Monday 18 February, 2013
VIDEO: Here’s the trailer for a new documentary on Tommy Bowe and his body
The Ulster and Ireland star is the focus of a new sports science programme.
# sport - Sunday 10 February, 2013
Poll: Will you watch the rugby today?
Have you been taken down by Six Nations fever?
# sport - Tuesday 29 January, 2013
Guess which sport 230,000 Irish adults participate in every week?
A new ESRI study has found that almost 7 per cent of adults take part in one specific sport every week.
# sport - Saturday 19 January, 2013
Opinion: Lance Armstrong-type attitudes are increasingly prevalent in sport
The win-at-all-costs philosophy that the disgraced cyclist discussed in his recent Oprah interview will be familiar to most sports fans.
# sport - Monday 14 January, 2013
VIDEO: Rally driver’s car goes out of control
It’s a dangerous sport, as the following clip will concisely illustrate.
# sport - Tuesday 8 January, 2013
Pursuing Gold: China’s young athletes in training
These 18 amazing images have just been released by a Chinese photo agency.
# sport - Wednesday 2 January, 2013
Leo Varadkar has a 20-point plan for 2013
The Minister for Transport wants five new Acts, a new road safety strategy, a Luas connection and an independent Shannon.
# sport - Tuesday 18 December, 2012
In pictures: The funeral of Páidà Ó Sé
Hundred of mourners gathered in Ventry in West Kerry today as the football icon was laid to rest.
# sport - Wednesday 12 December, 2012
Obama, #London2012 and @Pontifex: The year on Twitter
Twitter has produced a special website documenting the way users have been tweeting over the past year including the most retweeted post in the site’s history.
# sport - Tuesday 11 December, 2012
VIDEO: When Muhammad Ali came to Ireland
Film tells story of how a circus strongman from Kerry brought ‘The Greatest’ to fight in Croke Park in 1972.
# sport - Monday 3 December, 2012
Sports minister defends €200k grant to home town soccer club
Michael Ring says Westport United FC fully deserved a grant, while Mayo as a whole didn’t get more than it deserved.
# sport - Saturday 24 November, 2012
# sport - Friday 2 November, 2012
Don’t touch that dial… here’s the sport on TV this weekend
Let’s be honest, it’s probably going to rain all weekend anyway. Just turn the phone off and drag the duvet down the stairs.
# sport - Wednesday 24 October, 2012
Student life: Phones under pillows, cereal and Usain Bolt
The latest CSO Census at School release gives an insight into life for thousands of Ireland’s secondary school students.
# sport - Tuesday 16 October, 2012
The 9 at 9: Tuesday
Nine things you need to know this morning.
# sport - Saturday 13 October, 2012
Watch your house! Here’s 8 terms you won’t hear outside Irish sporting grounds
‘He’s never a minor, is he?’
# sport - Thursday 4 October, 2012
€2.6 million in sports equipment grants approved
Minister of State Michael Ring said he hoped the equipment grants would boost participation in sport.
# sport - Saturday 22 September, 2012
# sport - Sunday 2 September, 2012
Column: Lingerie football? Our real sporting heroines deserve limelight first
Women’s sport is dismissed as a ‘niche interest’ – and it’ll stay that way until we give it more of the spotlight, writes Niamh O’Mahony.
# sport - Thursday 30 August, 2012
11 incredible images from the Paralympics opening ceremony
Fireworks? Check. Flying wheelchairs? Check. Queen Elizabeth II wearing red earplugs? Check.
# sport - Tuesday 14 August, 2012
The Evening Fix: Tuesday
Things we learned, loved and shared today…
# sport - Monday 13 August, 2012
Poll: Are you now more likely to watch the Paralympics?
The London 2012 Olympics have been haired as one of the most successful Games in modern history – but are you going to watch the Paralympics when it kicks off?
# sport - Saturday 11 August, 2012
Have you been playing the Google Olympics?
Themed doodles are always fun – but the finger-games on Google these past few days have kept us rather busy…
# sport - Thursday 9 August, 2012
Contract dispute threatens sold-out American football game in Dublin Exclusive
The Irish American Football Association is threatening High Court action against the US Naval Academy as they claim conditions under which Emerald Isle Classic event is to be held have not been met.
# sport - Monday 6 August, 2012
Poll: Have you been enjoying the Olympics so far?
We’re more than halfway through the London 2012 Games. What do you make of it so far?
# sport - Saturday 4 August, 2012
Olympics overload? What else is there to do this weekend?
Need a break from the Olympic games this weekend? Here’s what else is going on…
# sport - Friday 27 July, 2012
Poll: How many medals will Ireland win at the Olympics?
Katie Taylor is tipped for the gold but how many medals in total do you think Ireland can win at the Olympics?
# sport - Saturday 21 July, 2012
VIDEO: the best highlights from the Beijing Olympics
If you’re not already in the Olympics frame of mind, this will have you pumped and ready for London.
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Swansea boss had said he didn’t think paying a team to win was as bad a paying one to lose.
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