Sports

Harley Burke overcame 17 months of ring rust and a first ever trip to the canvas to outbox Canadian battler Tevin Terrance at the Paramount in Hunt...

November 27, 2024 by Jay Mwamba

Canavan is Errigal's hero

Errigal Ciarán (Tyrone) 0-14; Clann Eireann (Armagh) 1-10 Trying to separate these two totally committed sides was always going to take something s...

November 26, 2024 by P.J. Cunningham

Champagne rugby pleases boss

Ireland 52; Fiji 17 It may have been only Fiji but a new-look Ireland 15 rediscovered their creativity in attack and doggedness in defense, leaving...

November 25, 2024 by P.J. Cunningham

Champion Burke aims for 9/9

He was a huge John Duddy fan growing up in upstate New York. As a youngster, Harley Burke would tag along with his father to watch the wildly popul...

November 22, 2024 by Jay Mwamba

Racing to success

From left: John Lee of “The Irish Stew” podcast, longtime horse racing columnist for the Echo John Manley, Colm Morrissey of the MRC International ...

November 21, 2024 by Irish Echo Staff

'Irish racing is thriving'

Robbie Dolan showed that you can never count the Irish out when it comes to racing. The County Kildare-born jockey rode Knight’s Choice to the 2024...

November 20, 2024 by Peter McDermott

Thomastown make shock exit

Castletown Geoghegan 1-25; Thomastown 1-14 As GAA shocks go, this one where a minnow from Westmeath eats a shark from Kilkenny is just about as big...

November 19, 2024 by P.J. Cunningham

Taylor prevails in most watched pro women's sports contest ever

Nearly 50 million households globally watched two of women’s boxing’s greatest ever produce another classic last weekend. The 10-round Texas shooto...

November 18, 2024 by Jay Mwamba

A case of the good, the bad and the ugly in Irish win vs. Pumas

Ireland 22; Argentina 19 As we prepare for the “easy” Autumn series match against Fiji this weekend, the management team must be scratching their h...

November 18, 2024 by P.J. Cunningham

Taylor wins rematch in Texas

Katie Taylor successfully defended her Women’s Super-Lightweight Championship against Amanda Serrano on Friday night in Arlington, Texas, by an una...

November 16, 2024 by Irish Echo Staff

Ferguson grabs game's only goal

Pic of Day: Evan Ferguson scoring a goal for Ireland against Finland on the stroke of halftime in the Nations League game at the Aviva Stadium on T...

November 15, 2024 by Irish Echo Staff

Taylor and Serrano are ready for their Friday night rematch

Their first encounter is widely considered the greatest fight in women’s boxing. Two and a half years ago, Katie Taylor survived a brutal mid-fight...

November 14, 2024 by Jay Mwamba

Duffy brings 'bit more steel'

Irish manager Heimir Hallgrimsson has recalled Shane Duffy to the Irish squad for tomorrow’s Nations League game against Finland at the Aviva and t...

November 13, 2024 by Sean Creedon

Irish lacking creativity, energy

Ireland 13; New Zealand 23 Dublin can be heaven when Ireland are playing well along Lansdowne Road’s Aviva Stadium but on Friday night last, it was...

November 12, 2024 by P.J. Cunningham

Clann extend Armagh run

Clann Eireann (Armagh) 0-14; Newbridge (Derry) 0-12 Everything Armagh related teams do lately turns to gold. Following the All Ireland senior footb...

November 12, 2024 by P.J. Cunningham

Ireland seek to banish World Cup hurt vs. All Blacks on Friday night

Head Coach Andy Farrell and his Ireland squad are much too streetwise to describe tomorrow night’s test with the All Blacks (K.O. at 8.10 p.m.) as ...

November 07, 2024 by P.J. Cunningham