ALL-IRELAND CHAMPIONS Dublin and defending league champions Cork will meet in the round-robin stages of this year’s Lidl Ladies National Football League. Click Here: melbourne storm shirt The old foes have been drawn together along with Tipperary and Waterford in Division 1B ahead of the new campaign which begins on 23 May. Division 1A sees…

DUBLIN STAR CARLA Rowe needs just one word to sum up her captain Sinéad Aherne: phenomenal. It was confirmed last night that four-in-a-row All-Ireland winning skipper Aherne will lead the Sky Blues once again this season, with defensive ace Niamh Collins named vice-captain. St Sylverster’s stalwart Aherne made her inter-county debut in 2003, and etched…

MANCHESTER CITY CHIEF executive Ferran Soriano has denied claims that the Premier League champions broke the rules over Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations. City were on Friday given a two-season ban from European football and fined €30 million euros (£24.9m) for breaching financial regulations, but have vowed to fight the verdict of a Uefa investigation…

Updated Apr 13th 2021, 12:00 PM THE DRAWS FOR the 2021 All-Ireland senior championships will take place early next week as the new GAA season inches into view. The draws for both codes will be made across Monday and Tuesday of next week, starting with the pairings for the Munster senior football championship, which will…

DUNDALK’S JORDAN FLORES has scored an early contender for goal of the season with a superbly executed volley against Shamrock Rovers. Flores connected perfectly with Michael Duffy’s corner-kick on 22 minutes to bring Dundalk level at Tallaght Stadium. Rovers has opened the scoring just two minutes beforehand when Dylan Watts found the net at the…

DUBLIN STAR NOELLE Healy has announced her retirement from inter-county football. She made her debut in 2007 and steps away as a five-time All-Ireland winner and four-time All-Star.  Healy won her first All-Ireland in 2010 and helped Dublin complete the four-in-a-row between 2017 and 2020. The St Brigid’s forward also collected 10 Leinster senior championships,…

HUNDREDS OF FANS will be back at Gaelic games matches in the ‘Six Counties’ of Northern Ireland from next week, Ulster GAA has confirmed. A maximum of 500 spectators will be permitted at club games from Monday, 24 May. Guidance will be issued to counties next week for Allianz National League games in the ‘Six…

TROY PARROTT GRABBED a goal for Tottenham Hotspur U23s tonight just 24 hours  after making a late Premier League appearance for the first team against Wolves. Parrott came off the bench in second-half stoppage time as Jose Mourinho’s side lost yesterday, but was back in action for the U23s tonight in their 3-2 win over…

Clare 2-27 Laois 1-17 Paul Keane reports from MW Hire O’Moore Park CLARE ARE FINALLY up and running in Division 1B of the Allianz NHL after burning off luckless Laois at MW Hire O’Moore Park with a strong second-half display to seal their first win of 2021. The Banner were missing All-Star Tony Kelly with…

Updated May 30th 2021, 10:15 PM DAVY FITZGERALD HAS criticised the media coverage of the story regarding Covid-19 cases in his Wexford squad and the close contacts which followed in Clare. The Wexford hurling boss says he believes the matter to be now closed and insists that the HSE “answered their things” in relation to…