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Hawkeye must tryout again
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Hawkeye must tryout again
Good enough for FIFA, but not for the GAA. That’s the situation with the Hawk-Eye goal line technology. The GAA has been trialing Hawk-Eye this yea...
Season is drawn out, with too few games
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Season is drawn out, with too few games
When they took on the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim up in the Bronx last Friday, the New York Yankees were playing their 86th Major League Baseball...
Clarke reports  for Open defense
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Clarke reports for Open defense
Darren Clarke reported to Royal Lytham and St. Anne’s Golf Club in Lancashire, England on Monday morning to return the Claret Jug, emblematic of hi...
Donaldson keeps it simple, wins  1st title at 36
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Donaldson keeps it simple, wins 1st title at 36
The 255th time proved to be the charm for Jamie Donaldson, as the Welshman drew off to a 4-stroke victory in the Irish Open, which played to rave r...
Meath stun Kildare, will face lucky Dublin in Leinster final
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Meath stun Kildare, will face lucky Dublin in Leinster final
KILDARE, among others, have found that nothing can be taken for granted in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. The Lilywhites went down t...
Sherlock recalls 'humiliating' racial abuse
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Sherlock recalls 'humiliating' racial abuse
Two members of Duffry Rovers club in Wexford were last week suspended for eight weeks after the referee reported alleged racist comments directed a...
Clare’s Fitzgerald is boon to hurling
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Clare’s Fitzgerald is boon to hurling
The rather excellent GAA website AnFearRua.com ran a poll the other day trying to gauge the popularity of the Clare hurling manager Davy Fitzgerald...
Galway hurlers take control early on
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Galway hurlers take control early on
In this senior hurling clash a powerful first half performance by Galway set them up for a well-deserved win over the perennial power house Offaly....
Uruguayans are doing something right
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Uruguayans are doing something right
It would be easy to write a column this week asking why the FAI’s head honcho is the only chief executive from the competing nations at the Europea...
Cats demolish Dubs, while  Tipp edge Cork in Munster
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Cats demolish Dubs, while Tipp edge Cork in Munster
HURLING fans may well have another Kilkenny-Tipperary clash to look forward to in the All-Ireland final at Croke Park on September 9. The big quest...
Harrington shares 11th in Connecticut
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Harrington shares 11th in Connecticut
Sure, Padraig Harrington carded three bogeys en route to his 65 in Saturday’s third round of the Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands in C...
Improved Ireland go down to 3rd defeat
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Improved Ireland go down to 3rd defeat
Ireland wore white against Italy in Poznan on Monday night but they didn’t raise the white flag and put up a creditable performance before eventual...

 

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