Hill, Walshe, Davison topple national records at Irish Winter Championships

Record after record fell at the last meet of 2023, the Irish Winter Championships at the Sport Ireland National Aquatic Centre. The three-day meet began Thursday, following stellar performances at the European Short Course Swimming Championships in Romania the previous weekend from bronze medallist Ellen Walshe and Irish record breaker Danielle Hill. Hill had set six Irish records at those …

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Éabha O’Donovan heroics win All-Ireland Junior Club glory for O’Donovan Rossa

O’Donovan Rossa 2-7 Claremorris 0-11   Report by Daire Walsh Éabha O’Donovan struck a majestic 2-5 at Parnell Park on Sunday as O’Donovan Rossa secured the currentaccount.ie All-Ireland Junior Club Championship title at the end of a monumental battle with Claremorris. One point adrift heading into the closing moments, O’Donovan pounced for her second goal on 54 minutes to ultimately get the …

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Kilkerrin-Clonberne claim third-in-a-row All-Ireland Senior Club Title

Kilkerrin-Clonberne 0-18 Ballymacarbry 1-9   Report by Daire Walsh   Kilkerrin-Clonberne delivered a clinical display against Ballymacarbry at Croke Park on Saturday evening to claim their third successive currentaccount.ie All-Ireland Senior Club Championship crown. Until now, their opponents at GAA HQ were the only club to have collected more than two All-Ireland senior ladies titles on the bounce. The Galway side have some …

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Glanmire crowned LGFA All-Ireland Intermediate Club Champions

Glanmire 5-8  Ballinamore Sean O’Heslins 1-6   Report by Daire Walsh   Full-forward Orlaith Roche struck a brace of impressive goals at Croke Park on Saturday as Glanmire claimed the currentaccount.ie All-Ireland Intermediate Club Championship with an emphatic triumph over Ballinamore Sean O’Heslins. All-Ireland junior champions in 2018, Vincy Barry’s Cork outfit had eight different scorers over the course of the action …

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Granemore defeat Athleague to win first All-Ireland Junior Club Camogie Title

Granemore (Armagh) 3-9 Athleague (Roscommon) 2-5 Report by Kevin Egan at Coralstown-Kinnegad GAA A dominant first-half performance gave Granemore the platform for victory in Kinnegad this afternoon, with superb second-half goals from Rachael Merry and Corinna Doyle helping them to hold off a strong surge from Athleague in a very entertaining AIB All-Ireland junior club camogie final. Merry was in …

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Michele Kang adds London City Lionesses to growing empire

American businesswoman Michele Kang has added the London City Lionesses to her growing women’s sport empire. The Lionesses currently play in the Barclays Women’s Championship, the second division of English football. Kang also owns  NWSL team Washington Spirit and French club Lyon. Kang’s quest “to build the preeminent female sports organisation in the world,” as a statement released by the …

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Rebecca Welch to be first woman to referee Premier League match

Rebecca Welch is set to become the first woman to referee a Premier League match on Dec. 23 when she takes charge of Fulham vs. Burnley. The 40-year-old became the first woman to act as a fourth official in a Premier League game last month when Fulham played Manchester United. In January this year she was the first woman to …

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Fionnuala McCormack takes 4th at European Cross Country Championships

Fionnuala McCormack (Kilcoole AC) produced one of the all-time great Irish performances to finish fourth in the senior women’s race at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships in Brussels this afternoon (Dec 10th). Competing at her 18th European Cross Country Championships, the context of McCormack’s result was made all the more impressive in that only last weekend she secured the qualifying …

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Chantelle Cameron challenges Katie Taylor: “Let’s get the trilogy on next”

Chantelle Cameron has taken to social media to urge Katie Taylor not to leave their rivalry 1-1. The Englishwoman suffered her first professional loss on November 25 as Taylor won by unanimous decision, finding redemption six months after Cameron gave her her own first professional loss. Now Cameron is calling for the trilogy. Had my break from boxing to clear …

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Who are the nations competing to host the 2027 Women’s World Cup?

Two joints bids and a solo bid to host the 2027 Women’s World Cup were submitted to Fifa by the deadline, Friday, Dec. 8. The U.S. and Mexico are hoping to co-host the tournament, as are Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands, while Brazil submitted an individual bid. South Africa had planned to submit a bid but withdrew to focus on …

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