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Tipperary raise game to counter Cork's spirited 2nd-half comeback
AFTER a week when much of the attention was on dwindling crowds, Tipperary and Cork showed exactly why the All-Ireland Championships are of such tr...
June 01, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Ulster refuses to accommodate fans on CL final
"Ulster says No" was a slogan first heard with unionist opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement signed by the late Garret FitzGerald and Margaret T...
May 25, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Meadow, Alabama come up short at NCAA
COLLEGE ROUNDUP Stephanie Meadow of the University of Alabama tied for 32nd place in the NCAA Division 1 Women's Golf Championship at Traditions Go...
May 25, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Wolves survive Premiership season, but only just
There are no excuses. West Ham United sealed their fate when they hired Avram Grant as manager. The club and its directors have only themselves to ...
May 25, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Irish are heating up in Chicago
John Haran won a couple races last week after recently taking over training responsibilities for his Eagle Valley Farm horses from long-time collea...
May 25, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Rangers edge Astoria to take final berth
The semifinal of the intermediate knockout competition was a highly entertaining and a very competitive affair with extra time being required to de...
May 25, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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GAA HQ need to borrow from Adidas playbook
In a matter of 24 hours a couple of weeks back, almost 8,000 people logged onto YouTube to watch the viral video of Kerry's Colm Cooper, Tipperary'...
May 25, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Hardwick sends the Postman packing in 3rd
With his hero John Duddy at ringside, heavyweight Thomas Hardwick made a winning start to prizefighting with a third round TKO over Derek Walker on...
May 25, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Champs, Kingdom qualify with ease in Munster
Elsewhere, defending All-Ireland champions Cork and rivals Kerry began their Munster campaigns with comfortable victories. Cork demolished a disapp...
May 25, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Hoey finds the right stuff again in Portugal
Michael Hoey will always have Portugal. Hoey won the Madeira Islands Open on Sunday for his second European Tour title, both of which have come on ...
May 25, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
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Lee outboxes seasoned foe in all rounds
Andy Lee picked up two vacant U.S. titles with a lop-sided 10-round points victory over veteran Alex Bunema at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Ce...
May 25, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff
Sports
Leinster rally to thrilling European victory in Cardiff
EVERYONE, from Brian O'Driscoll to Jonathan Sexton, right down to the scrummaging coach Greg Feek, will remember Leinster's 33-22 Heineken Cup fina...
May 25, 2011
by Irish Echo Staff