Sports

New boss promises 'different,' 'exciting' way of playing

Carla Ward, the new Irish women’s soccer manager, says she may have a new role for star player Katie McCabe, possibly at left back. Ward said: ‘‘I ...

January 31, 2025 by Irish Echo Staff

Prendergast to get Six Nations debut in Saturday's opener

England and Ireland have been playing one another in rugby union internationals since 1875 with with England winning the first match at the Oval, L...

January 30, 2025 by Sean Creedon

‘Six Nations: Full Contact’ - Season 2 begins on Netflix

Ireland's 2024 captain Peter O’Mahony is one of the rugby personalities interviewed for the second season of the behind-the-scenes Netflix series “...

January 29, 2025 by Irish Echo Staff

Madison Square Garden is Keary's dream come true

Two and a half years ago, Donagh Keary, then 18 and an amateur standout, was one of only two Irish winners on the Rathfriland boxing team that face...

January 29, 2025 by Jay Mwamba

Galway beat Sam champs in league opener at Salthill

Galway 1-12; Armagh 0-9 This wasn’t so much about revenge for last year's final for Galway as redemption as they overcame a poor first half to kill...

January 28, 2025 by P.J. Cunningham

Leinster prove too strong at Aviva for South African visitors

Leinster 36; Stormers 12 Leinster have found the South African clubs something of a handful since they entered this URC league but on Saturday, the...

January 28, 2025 by P.J. Cunningham

Cats show promise for 2025

Kilkenny 0-23; Clare 0-21 Just in case we were thinking of writing Kilkenny off post-Cody, they showed up in a real humdinger of a game against lea...

January 27, 2025 by P.J. Cunningham

Bugler leads Dublin footballers' march to victory over Mayo

Dublin 1-17; Mayo 1-15 For those used to seeing names like Rock, McCarthy, Fenton, Mannion and McCarthy on the team, this Dublin line-up was new, e...

January 27, 2025 by P.J. Cunningham

Countdown to MSG fight begins

“King” Callum Walsh and “Deadly” Dean Sutherland came face to face for the first time in Manhattan last week to begin the countdown for their St. P...

January 23, 2025 by Jay Mwamba

Leinster survive fright, Munster and Ulster also into last 16

Leinster 47; Bath 21 This was an occasion where the final score told less than half the real story of this classic encounter between high-flying Le...

January 22, 2025 by P.J. Cunningham

Early goals pave Cuala's path to All Ireland club final glory

Cuala (Dublin) 3-14; Errigal Ciarán (Tyrone) 1-16 To Cuala, the glory of the day and an outrageous sporting storyline while to Errigal Ciarán, resp...

January 21, 2025 by P.J. Cunningham

Na Fianna performance in club decider augurs well for Dublin

Na Fianna (Dublin) 2-23; Sarsfields (Cork) 0-20 Both Dublin clubs had surreal first halves in Croke Park on Sunday and it was Na Fianna who held th...

January 21, 2025 by P.J. Cunningham

Coyle ready for NYC debut at Garden on Valentine's night

As he zeroes in on a world middleweight title shot, highly ranked undefeated contender Connor “The Kid” Coyle tackles hot New Jersey prospect Vito ...

January 17, 2025 by Jay Mwamba

Colleges' Sigerson Cup is not using new football rules

There is great interest in the new Gaelic football rules being used in challenge games this month and it’s surprising that the Sigerson Cup inter-v...

January 16, 2025 by Sean Creedon

Walsh's 'Deadly' MSG foe has 19 wins, just one loss

“Deadly” Dean Sutherland, a once-beaten Scotsman out of Aberdeen, is “King” Callum Walsh’s opponent in the St. Patrick’s Day weekend show main even...

January 15, 2025 by Jay Mwamba

Munster overcome slick Saracens in 2nd half

Munster 17; Saracens 12 In currency terms, this was a battle of two old money sides but each showed enough to suggest that a route back to the big ...

January 14, 2025 by P.J. Cunningham