WHEN LEICESTER CITY faced Manchester City earlier this month, it felt like a throwback at the King Power Stadium. A high-octane start generating a raucous “‘Women wearing blue hijabs and old Caribbean guys watching the Leicester parade’”
Month: September 2021
Walter’s winning matches and world athletic champs – it’s the sporting tweets of the week
1. Walter Walsh 20th of December junior football champs 🏆 what it's all about 💪🏼#riptullogher #nicephotobombpat @TullogherGAA pic.twitter.com/dk9lck9X6v — Walter Walsh (@wallywalshWW) December 20, 2016 “Walter’s winning matches and world athletic champs – it’s the sporting tweets of the week”
42 of the best bits of the sporting year
2016 WAS UNDOUBTEDLY one of the busiest, and best, sporting years we’ve had in a long time. From the Euros to the Olympics, never-mind domestic “42 of the best bits of the sporting year”
GAA Analytics Roundtable: How numbers have changed the game
WE PANELLED THREE respected performance analysts for a roundtable discussion on the current state of analytics in the GAA. The panel: Rob Carroll, International Rules Analyst, “GAA Analytics Roundtable: How numbers have changed the game”
From the Hill to the hospital: 25 pictures that capture Dublin’s brilliant Gaelic football year
Click:slot milling From the Hill to the hospital: 25 pictures that capture Dublin’s brilliant Gaelic football year Previous 1 / 25Next Ballyboden St Enda’s captain “From the Hill to the hospital: 25 pictures that capture Dublin’s brilliant Gaelic football year”
Hurler of the Year Austin Gleeson takes on The42 Christmas Quiz
FROM ROBBIE BRADY to Rio de Janeiro, 2016 has been another busy year for Irish sport. But how well do you remember those big moments “Hurler of the Year Austin Gleeson takes on The42 Christmas Quiz”
6 of the best hurling scores of the year
Click:composite insulator THE LIAM MACCARTHY cup found a new home in 2016 when Tipperary ended a six-year thirst and surprised holders Kilkenny. It was also “6 of the best hurling scores of the year”
How many of these classic Irish sports books have you read?
Updated at 21.56 What was the name of Eamon Dunphy's diary on life as a Millwall player? Showbiz baby! The Lion's Den Only a game? “How many of these classic Irish sports books have you read?”
Double sporting success makes 2016 a year to remember in Dublin suburb
THE 100-year anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising was always going to be particularly poignant in Rathfarnham, a sprawling suburb on the south side of “Double sporting success makes 2016 a year to remember in Dublin suburb”
The link between the Cork GAA jersey and the battle for freedom is an incredible tale
IF YOU DON’T get time to sit down and watch this one this evening, hit the record button. Donal O’Grady, All-Ireland senior medallist with the “The link between the Cork GAA jersey and the battle for freedom is an incredible tale”