Dublin and Cork open All-Ireland campaigns with decisive wins

Defending champions Dublin and Cork had decisive wins over Mayo and Laois respectively as they opened their All-Ireland SFC campaigns. Dublin 1-10 Mayo 0-5  Report by Daire Walsh Team captain Carla Rowe struck 1-2 at Parnell Park as defending champions Dublin kick-started their TG4 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Group 4 campaign with victory over Mayo. Following their recent success in the TG4 …

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Donegal draw Kerry in tense All-Ireland Senior Championship Group 2 opener

Donegal 1-6  Kerry 0-9  Report by Frank Craig Donegal pegged back Kerry in MacCumhaill Park in Ballybofey as Susanne White held her nerve late on to split the spoils in this TG4 All-Ireland Senior Championship Group 2 opener. In dreadful conditions, nothing separated the sides at half-time as a Caoimhe Keon goal helped send Donegal in level at 1-3 to …

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Tuthill 1st Irish woman to make hammer throw final at major senior championship since 2007

A strong Irish performance at the European Athletics Championships in Rome continued Sunday as 20-year-old Nicola Tuthill became the first Irish woman since 2007 to make the Hammer final at a major senior championship. 20 year old Tuthill takes a qualiying spot to tomorrow's Hammer final💪 She is the first Irish woman to make a major senior Champs final since …

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All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Round-Up: Dublin beats Wexford as Kilkenny and Waterford draw

Report by Daragh Ó Conchúir Dublin came out on top of a crunch tie with Wexford at Parnell Park to place one foot in the quarter-finals of the Glen Dimplex All-Ireland senior camogie championship. Gerry McQuaid’s crew had snatched the Very Division 1B title from the grasp of the Yellowbellies thanks to an injury time goal by Grace O’Shea but …

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Galway win All-Ireland U14 Platinum Championship in extra time

Galway 4-15  Cavan 4-11  (after extra time)  Report by Deniese O’Flaherty  Galway won the All-Ireland U14 Platinum Championship title after a pulsating game in Kinnegad that went to extra time.  The sides were level after the first half of extra time but a late goal from Ruby Maguire sealed the win for Galway.  Cavan’s Emma Galligan registered the game’s opening …

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Hawkshaw a hero as Ireland defeat New Zealand 2-1 to reach FIH Nations Cup Final

Saturday June 8, Terrassa Spain: Ireland made history by beating New Zealand for the first time and putting themselves only 60 minutes away from a place in the 2024-25 FIH Pro League. They also finally lifted their semi-finals hoodoo. New Zealand went into this match on 9 previous occasions, never having lost to Ireland. For Ireland all that mattered was …

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Armagh defeat Meath 3-9 to 1-14 in All-Ireland SFC opener

Armagh 3-9  Meath 1-14  Report by Shaun Casey A late goal from Niamh Coleman saw Armagh pick up an opening day win in the TG4 All-Ireland Senior Championship against Meath at the BOX-IT Athletic Grounds. Armagh had just lost Blaithin Mackin, who earned her first minutes of 2024, to a yellow card, and the game was all square when Coleman …

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Iga Swiatek wins third straight French Open title

Poland’s Iga Swiatek won a third consecutive French Open title in dominant fashion against Jasmine Paolini in the Italian’s first major final. It is the world number one’s fourth French Open victory in five years, and her fifth Grand Slam including her 2022 US Open win. Swiatek was briefly behind 2-1 before winning 11 of the next 12 games to …

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Taylor v Serrano II rescheduled to November

The long-awaited rematch between Katie Taylor and Puerto Rico’s Amanda Serrano has been rescheduled to November 15 after the original July 20 event was postponed when former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world Mike Tyson, fighting influencer-turned-boxer Jake Paul in the co-main event, suffered an ulcer flare-up. Locked & Loaded Jake Paul vs Mike TysonBoth men predicting a knockout ✅ …

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History made as Irish relay team win European gold

The mixed 4x400m relay team of Chris O’Donnell, Rhasidat Adeleke, Thomas Barr and Sharlene Mawdsley have won a historic gold medal for Ireland at the European Athletics Championships in Rome this evening (June 7th). The Irish team came home in national record time of 3:09.92, a performance that also set a new championship record on one of the great nights …

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