Big wins for Louth and Laois in Division 3, as promotion race from basement heats up
National Football League results Division 3 Wicklow 0-8 Laois 1-17 Fermanagh 0-14 Louth 2-12 Division 4 Sligo 3-19 London 0-10 Carlow 1-10 Leitrim 2-14 Cavan 1-7 Tipperary 1-11 Wexford 0-15 Waterford 0-14 Advertisement ********** IT WAS A mixed afternoon for…
18 cards dished out as Roscommon and Derry share the spoils at the Hyde
Roscommon 0-12 Derry 0-12 LIKE A DAYTIME TV soap opera, this afternoon’s contest between Roscommon and Derry was far more about drama than style or production values, as these two sides played out a draw that leaves both of them…
Galway continue perfect Division 2 campaign with home win over Clare
Galway 2-8 Clare 1-5 EIGHT PLAYERS FOUND the target for Galway as they continued their perfect start to their Division Two campaign with a fifth win in succession at a wet Tuam Stadium. The scoring was low but it was…
Tyrone without management team three weeks out from relegation play-off
THE TYRONE LADIES football squad are without a management team three weeks out from their Division Two relegation play-off. Kevin McCrystal and his management team stepped down ahead of next month’s showdown with Clare following a mixed start to the…
Matt Doherty’s renaissance at Spurs and the week’s best sportswriting
Davy Russell. Source: PA 1. Davy Russell was never not coming back. Not when he broke his neck. Not when the shock from his fall in the 2020 Munster National shot down his arm and out through his finger and thumb with…
What if the truth isn’t out there?
The US military’s official report on UFOs is here, and its conclusion is scintillating: There’s some stuff in the sky, the government isn’t sure what it is, there’s no evidence that it’s aliens, but also no one’s ruling out aliens.…
Animals can navigate by starlight. Here’s how we know.
“No, no, no, no, Brian. No, no, no, no.” I had asked Stephen Emlen, a Cornell emeritus professor of neurobiology and behavior, what seemed to me an obvious question: When he brought birds into planetariums in the 1960s and 70s,…
How heat waves form, and how climate change makes them worse
The Pacific Northwest is sweltering under a record-breaking heat wave. Portland reached 116 degrees Fahrenheit this week. Seattle reached 108 degrees. Vancouver reached 89 degrees. The searing heat has buckled roads, melted power cables, and led to a spike in…
Offaly boost Division 2 survival hopes after comeback win in Down
Football League Results Division 2 Down 0-14 Offaly 0-15 Division 3 Antrim 1-19 Longford 0-12 Westmeath 1-12, Limerick 1-6 ********** Advertisement OFFALY KEPT THEIR Division 2 survival hopes alive today with a massive comeback win on the road against Down.…
Kerry ace and captain stars as UL survive UCC fightback to win another O’Connor Cup
UL 0-12 UCC 0-11 UL CAPTAIN FIADHNA Tangney scored 0-4 as her side were crowned Yoplait O’Connor Cup champions again after a thrilling win over UCC. The holders held a 0-10 to 0-4 lead at half-time and they went on…