Peter Malnati walks back ‘gimmick’ comments about Lexi Thompson PGA tour debut
PGA Tour pro Peter Malnati swiftly walked back awkward ‘gimmick’ comments he made on learning that Lexi Thompson will make her PGA tour debut at the Shriners Children’s Open in Las Vegas on Oct. 12. 11-time LPGA winner Thompson is the seventh woman to play in a PGA tour event in almost 80 years since Babe Didrikson Zaharias first made …
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Simone Biles becomes most decorated gymnast of all time ten years after first world gold
A decade after 16-year-old Simone Biles won world gold for the first time in Antwerp, Belgium, two years after withdrawing from the Tokyo Olympics to focus on her mental health, and less than three months after returning to competition, the legendary gymnast has won a sixth all-around title, making her the most decorated gymnast of all time. The Friday (Oct. …
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Kilmacud Crokes are back-to-back Dublin SFC champions after defeating Na Fianna 2-12 to 3-4
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Grace Fisher
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October 7, 2023
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Gaelic Football
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Ailbhe Davoren, Amy Conroy, Aoife Caffrey, Aoife Kane, Aoife Nolan, Cassie Sultan, Ciara Regan, Claire Kelly, Dublin SFC Championship, Éabha Rutledge, Eilish O'Dowd, Eimear Nolan, Ellie McAleer, Elyse Jamieson-Murphy, Emer Sweeney, Emma Deeley, Eva Ahern, Go-Ahead Senior Football Championship, Grace Kos, Hannah Tyrrell, Julia Buckley, Karen O'Connell, Karla Conway, Kate Murray, Kilmacud Crokes, Laura Grendon, Lauren Magee, Leah Caffrey, Lucy Collins, Mia Jennings, Michelle Davoren, Molly Lamb, Na Fianna, Niamh Carr, Niamh Cotter, Niamh Gleeson, Orla Martin, Philippa Greene, Rachael Fleming, Ray McBride, Roisin Baker, Sinead O'Donoghue, Sophie Ahern
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Goals from Niamh Cotter and Mia Jennings and six points from player-of-the-match Eabha Rutledge helped Kilmacud Crokes retain their Dublin Go-Ahead Senior Football Championship title despite a tough second-half showing from Na Fianna Friday night. Michelle Davoren kicked the opening point for the Crokes less than one minute in and her side’s winning start continued with Cotter’s goal just two …
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WNBA players cheer wildly for women in business in Deloitte ad
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Grace Fisher
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October 7, 2023
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Basketball
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Deloitte, Diana Taurasi, Las Vegas Aces, Maximum Effort, New York Liberty, Phoenix Mercury, Ryan Reynolds, Sydney Colson, Sylvia Fowles, Theresa Plaisance, WNBA, WNBA playoffs
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As the Las Vegas Aces face-off with the New York Liberty in the best-of-five WNBA finals series starting Sunday, Oct. 8, Deloitte’s postseason ad campaign has celebrated women in basketball and in business as new findings show exactly how key playing sport is to women’s professional success. Current WNBA players Diana Taurasi (Phoenix Mercury) and Sydney Colson (Las Vegas Aces) …
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Waterford Wildcats off to winning start in MissQuote.ie Super League
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Grace Fisher
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October 1, 2023
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Basketball
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Brynley Fitzgerald, Catalyst Fr. Mathews, DCU Mercy, Edel Thornton, Gurranabraher Credit Union Brunell, Jiselle Thomas, Kate Hickey, Liam Culloty, Liffey Celtics, MissQuote.ie Super League, Portlaoise Panthers, Pyrobel Killester, Sarah Hickey, SETU Waterford Wildcats, Tommy O'Mahony, Trinity Meteors, Ulster University, University of Galway Mystics
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SETU Waterford Wildcats, DCU Mercy, and Gurranabraher Credit Union Brunell are the early pace-setters in the MissQuote.ie Super League, with each making it two from two to start the season. Waterford Wildcats ran out 99-52 winners against the Trinity Meteors, Sarah Hickey once again impressing with 31 points in their victory, while sister Kate was also singled out ofr praise …
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Under government pressure, GAA to improve gender balance of management
A GAA special congress has passed measures to improve the gender balance in its Managing Committee, voting 79 to 21 percent in favour. The size of the committee will change in upcoming years, increasing to 21 members in 2024 of which nine would be female, and then reducing to 19 members in 2025, and 16 in 2026 with appropriate changes. …
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Diribe Welteji sets new road mile world record in Kipyegon’s first defeat of year
Diribe Welteji has set a new world record in the women’s road mile to win her first senior title at the inaugural Road Running Championships in Riga, Latvia, finishing in 4:20.98 on Sunday (Oct. 1) morning. 21-year-old Welteji completed an Ethiopian 1-2 with compatriot Freweyni Hailu (4:24.13), as Kenyan Faith Kipyegon, previously undefeated this year with three world records and …
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EYHL Women’s Division 1: Round 2 Results
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Grace Fisher
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September 30, 2023
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Hockey
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Ailish Long, Aoife Taaffe, Catholic Institute, Corinthians Hockey, EYHL Women's Division 1, Gabriella Scott, Hannah McLoughlin, Jennifer Hamill, Kate Dillon, Loreto Hockey, Michelle Carey, Mikayla Power, Milla Fulton, Monkstown, Niamh Carey, Old Alex, Orla Fox, Orla Macken, Pegasus Hockey, Pembroke Wanderers, Rachel Kelly, Railway Union Hockey, Sally Campbell, UCD Hockey, Ulster Elks, Zara Malseed
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LORETO 2 (Hannah McLoughlin, Rachel Kelly) CATHOLIC INSTITUTE 0 CORINTHIAN 0 UCD 1 (Mikayla Power) OLD ALEX 1 (Aoife Taaffe) ULSTER ELKS 1 (Gabriella Scott) RAILWAY UNION 6 (Ailish Long, Niamh Carey 2, Michelle Carey, Kate Dillon, Orla Fox) PEGASUS 1 (Zara Malseed) MONKSTOWN 1 (Jennifer Hamill ) PEMBROKE WANDERERS 3 (Milla Fulton, Sally Campbell, Orla Macken) Loreto played Catholic Institute in Beaufort and in the first quarter …
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Girls’ team awarded facility after being kicked off pitch in favour of “casual boys’ team”
East London girls’ club Vicky Park Rangers FC recently won a three-year contract with Tower Hamlets Council to train on Stepney Green Astro, but when they showed up to the 3G pitch last week they found themselves locked out and replaced by a “casual boys’ team.” Over 60 girls in the competitive club were affected. The girls had trained on …
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North Korea’s Ri Song-gum sets world 49kg record with combined 216kg lift
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Grace Fisher
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September 30, 2023
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Weightlifting
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An Chang-ok, DPRK ADC, Hangzhou Asian Games, Jakarta Asian Games, Jiang Huihua, Mirabai Chanu, OCA, Radhir Singh, Ri Song-gum, Rosegie Ramos, WADA
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North Korea’s Ri Song-gum has set a new women’s world record in the 49 kg category after lifting a combined 216 kg at the Hangzhou Asian Games as her country returns to international multi-sport competition for the first time since 2018. 4’7” tall (140cm) Ri lifted 92kg in the snatch and 124 kg in the clean and jerk, surpassing by …
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