Limerick 1-17 Wexford 2-11 Ronan Fagan reports from Innovate Wexford Park ALL-IRELAND HOLDERS Limerick overcame both a strong late Wexford rally and some poor finishing to nail the opening-round Allianz Hurling League Division 1A spoils at a bitterly cold Innovate Wexford Park on Sunday. The visitors led 1-10 to 2-4 after a strong finish to … Continue reading "Gillane’s 1-5 helps All-Ireland champions Limerick to narrow opening day win over Wexford"

Galway 0-13 Cavan 0-11 John Fallon reports from Pearse Stadium FIVE PLAYERS WERE sent to the sin-bin in the second-half of this contest at Pearse Stadium as last year’s finalists Galway came from behind to get their campaign off to a winning start. Galway had two players binned at separate stages of the second-half but … Continue reading "Five players sin binned during Galway’s come-from-behind win over Cavan"

Meath 0-15 Tipperary 1-8 Paul Keane reports from Pairc Tailteann, Navan EXPERIENCED MEATH FORWARD Mickey Newman gave a timely reminder of his talents with seven important points to help the hosts claim the Division Two spoils in Navan. The Kilmainham attacker, who sat out 2018 to recover from injuries after being sidelined for much of 2017, … Continue reading "Mickey Newman points the way for Meath in victory against Tipperary"

FERMANAGH: 0-8 CORK: 1-5 Declan Bogue reports from Brewster Park THOSE PAYING the full whack of £19 in to this game may not have been able to believe their eyes as the home side went the entire first half without scoring from play, Conal Jones’ fourth minute free opening the scoring for Fermanagh, while after … Continue reading "Cork and Fermanagh can’t be separated in low-scoring affair"

Kerry 0-11 Tyrone 0-7 Paul Brennan reports from Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney ON A GRIM day weather-wise in Killarney, Kerry and Tyrone produced a football game to match, but that won’t bother Peter Keane, who has already bought himself a little more time and breathing space with his first win as Kerry manager. Apart from the … Continue reading "Kerry see off All-Ireland finalists Tyrone as life under Keane begins on the right foot"

Kilkenny 2-18 Cork 0-17 KILKENNY BEGAN THE defence of their Allianz Hurling League Division 1 crown with a comfortable seven-point victory over Cork in Nowlan Park. Goals from Billy Ryan and Richie Leahy in either half handed Brian Cody’s side the victory against the Munster champions.  8,274 supporters turned out on a cold afternoon, where … Continue reading "Kilkenny get league defence up and running with seven point win over Cork"

NINE POINTS FROM Chloe Foxe propelled St Martin’s to the final of the AIB All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship as a result of a 0-11 to 0-5 win over Inniscarra at WIT Carriganore. St Martin’s celebrate. Source: Oisin Keniry/INPHO They will face the considerable task of attempting to dethrone an all-conquering Slaughtneil side that kept … Continue reading "Foxe-inspired St Martin’s and three in-a-row chasing Slaughtneil book All-Ireland club final date"

Updated Jan 27th 2019, 5:16 PM Monaghan 2-13 Dublin 1-13 Colm Shalvey reports from St Tiernach’s Park, Clones  Conor McManus and Stephen O’Hanlon celebrate. Source: Tommy Dickson/INPHO MONAGHAN TURNED LEAGUE and All-Ireland champions Dublin over for the second Allianz Football League campaign in-a-row in a cracking encounter in Clones. Niall Scully hit the net early … Continue reading "Monaghan topple All-Ireland champions Dublin once again in Clones league opener"

Donegal 0-16 Clare 0-13 Derrick Lynch reports from Cusack Park DONEGAL HAD TO withstand a staunch Clare effort before picking up the opening two points of the Allianz National Football League Division Two. Michael Langan opened the scoring with a free he had won himself, but Clare struck back to take the lead for the … Continue reading "Missing a host of regulars, Donegal come away from Clare with victory"

1. A sunset is seen on day one of the First Test match between Australia and Sri Lanka at The Gabba in Brisbane Source: AAP/PA Images 2. Rafa Nadal of Spain celebrates winning in Australian Open semi final  Source: Jason Heidrich 3. Alexa Schimeca-Knierim and Christopher Knierim perform their pairs short program at the US Figure Skating … Continue reading "It’s Sunday so here are 10 of our favourite images from the sporting week"