Sports

Delfine Persoon, left, and Katie Taylor during their Madison Square Garden, New York City, on June 1, 2019. INPHO/TOM HOGAN It’s on! Katie Taylor w...

Nicholas Roche on a training ride during the Rio Olympics in August 2016. INPHO/MORGAN TREACY Nicholas Roche has been named in the eight-rider Team...

Irish 200-meters sprinter Marcus Lawler at a training session in County Carlow earlier Monday with his greyhounds Special Memories and Mungus Wren....

Harry Arter, left, and Enda Stevens pictured at the FAI National Training Centre, Dublin, in March 2019. INPHO/MORGAN TREACY Republic of Ireland ma...

Ian Baraclough pictured earlier today at National Stadium, Belfast. INPHO/PRESSEYE/KEVIN BOYES Former Sligo Rovers manager Ian Baraclough is the ne...

Jack McCaffrey pictured at an event at Croke Park last year. INPHO/OISIN KENIRY Even before a ball is kicked, the 2020 championship had its first s...

Katie Taylor in the changing room ahead of her fight against Delphine Person at Madison Square Garden on June 1, 2019. INPHO/MATCHROOM/MARK ROBINSO...

Republic of Ireland senior soccer manager Stephen Kenny, left, after he signed a picture of himself by artist Emma Barling donated by Dundalk playe...

Dylan Doran of Ballyhale Shamrocks, the All Ireland club hurling champions, in training yesterday in Ballyhale, Co. Kilkenny. INPHO/JAMES CROMBIE F...

Kerry’s Gavin White, left, and Tiarnan McCann of Tyrone in action during the All Ireland semifinal played at Croke Park on Aug. 11, 2019. INPHO/LAS...

Matt Doherty, left, scoring for Ireland against Denmark in the Group D qualifying game for UEFA Euro 2020 at the Aviva Stadium last November. INPHO...

Aaron Connolly. INPHO/RYAN BYRNE By Irish Echo Staff The return to Premier League action this past week has provided the usual mix of Irish fortune...