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Mayo’s Olympic hopeful is selected for World Championships

by 23/09/20 7:38am

A Mayo man who has developed into one of Ireland’s top long distance runners has been selected to compete at the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships in Poland next month. Knockmore native Hugh Armstrong has received the call from Athletics...

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Knockmore claim their ninth county title with a two-point win over Breaffy

The Paddy Moclair Cup is on its way to the Parish of the Backs for the first time since 1997...

Sunday, 20/09/20 - 5:15pm Read More

Crucial GAA match called off due to a suspected case of Covid-19

The Galway County Intermediate semi-final between Dunmore McHales and Cortoon Shamrocks, which was due to throw in this afternoon in...

Sunday, 20/09/20 - 2:00pm Read More

Castlebar claim comfortable victory in Minor final as Ballina lose out

Castlebar Mitchels are the Homeland Minor A Football Champions for 2020 after beating Ballina Stephenites by a 14-point margin on...

Sunday, 20/09/20 - 1:27pm Read More

Underdogs Balla bite their neighbours where it hurts

Two years after winning only their second ever Mayo junior football championship title, Balla are headed for the senior ranks...

Saturday, 19/09/20 - 9:41pm Read More

Kilmaine’s ‘Meen streak sees them lift junior crown

Kilmaine are the new junior champions of Mayo after they overcame Kilmeena by 1-13 to 1-12 in Saturday’s final in...

Saturday, 19/09/20 - 7:58pm Read More

Young men buckling in for the trip of a lifetime

By Aonghus O Maicín For a club starved of success only a few seasons ago, a return to senior football...

Friday, 18/09/20 - 6:05pm Read More

These finals will reflect something very deep within

By Adrian Langan The county finals are on this weekend. It is a festival of football which will interest both...

Friday, 18/09/20 - 3:22pm Read More

The moment is now for Breaffy, the last of the old guard

The upsides of the Covid-19 pandemic have been precious few and very far between, but the crisis did inadvertently create...

Friday, 18/09/20 - 12:25pm Read More

Knockmore looking to rekindle that old winning tradition

If there’s one man who can testify as to the importance of grasping an opportunity, it’s Stephen Sweeney. Debuting for...

Friday, 18/09/20 - 10:55am Read More

National Sport

Liverpool v Arsenal kick-off moved due to pub curfew

by 23/09/20 3:25pm

The kick-off for the Premier League meeting of Liverpool and Arsenal next Monday is set to be moved forward due to the new 10pm pub curfew in the UK, according to reports. The Premier League is set to switch the...

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Late goals earn Manchester United win against Luton

Additional reporting by Press Association. Manchester United have booked a place in the Carabao Cup fourth round with a 3-0...

Tuesday, 22/09/20 - 10:30pm Read More

Suarez language exam for Italian citizenship rigged, say prosecutors

Italian prosecutors said on Tuesday they had evidence that the language exam taken by Barcelona’s Uruguay striker Luis Suarez to...

Tuesday, 22/09/20 - 1:00pm Read More

Shamrock Rovers put six past Waterford to go eight points clear

By Kenneth Fox [score] [team1]Shamrock Rovers[/team1][score1]6[/score1] [team2]Waterford FC[/team2][score2]1[/score2] [/score] Shamrock Rovers have gone eight points clear atop the SSE Airtricity...

Monday, 21/09/20 - 9:55pm Read More

Evra slams Man United over approach to recruiting players

Former Manchester United full-back Patrice Evra says the club’s difficulties in the transfer market are the result of lawyers and...

Monday, 21/09/20 - 9:35pm Read More

Women’s Six Nations to resume on October 25th

The 2020 women’s Six Nations championship will resume with round four matches on October 25th, seven months after the tournament...

Monday, 21/09/20 - 3:35pm Read More

How two basketball legends ended up coaching the Mayo senior football team

by Anthony Hennigan Liam McHale wasn’t a footballer who played basketball. He was a basketballer who played football. The order...

Wednesday, 20/05/20 - 12:30pm Read More