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By John Kenny - Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Two more Irish competitors, 17-year-old Belfast swimmer Sycerika McMahon and 23-year-old Melanie Nocher, have qualified for the London Olympics at the European Swimming Championships inDebrecen, Hungary, taking Ireland’s tally to four.
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By John Tynan - Saturday, May 26, 2012
Ireland finished last in yesterday’s Italian Nations Cup in Rome yesterday, having been severely hampered by the elimination of Niall Talbot and Nicos de la Cense in the opening round.
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By Ian Fortune - Saturday, May 26, 2012
Despite weeks of dominance, the Irish will have only one representative in the williamhill.com English Derby decider at Wimbledon this evening following last weekend’s semi-final carnage.
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By Tommy Lyons - Saturday, May 26, 2012
The early yards are absolutely crucial in tonight’s final of the Macroom Motor Services Stake and favourite Cashen Mafuma will need to be on his toes to avoid trouble if North Bound repeats his antics of the semi-finals.
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By Terry Reilly - Saturday, May 26, 2012
When Pat Gallagher was pulled out of a job in an amusement park to become the San Francisco Giants marketing director by the club’s owner, Bob Lurie, he was faced with an almost impossible task — selling tickets to one of the worst baseball franchises in the US in one of the oldest and coldest stadiums.
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By John Kenny - Saturday, May 26, 2012
For the first time this week, Irish swimmers competing at the European Swimming Championships at Debrecen in Hungary failed to progress beyond the morning heats.
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By Paddy Hickey - Saturday, May 26, 2012
Ireland’s Daniel Glancy yesterday succeeded in qualifying for his first doubles final on the ITF Men’s Circuit in six months.
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By Gerard Cromwell - Saturday, May 26, 2012
The sinuous, switchback-laden ascent of Glengesh Pass was always destined to play a big role in this year’s An Post Rás, and by the time the riders reached the base of the climb after 100km of racing on yesterday’s stage six, it was beginning to look like there would be a new man in yellow by the finish in Killybegs yesterday.
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By Brian Canty - Saturday, May 26, 2012
Astana’s Roman Kreuziger was victorious in yesterday’s 19th stage of the Giro d’Italia, but Joaquin Rodriguez remains at the head of the general classification.
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By Brian Keogh - Saturday, May 26, 2012
Muskerry’s Niall Gorey and West Waterford’s Gary Hurley are just five shots off the pace after a scorching start to the Golfsure-sponsored Irish Amateur Close.
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By Ewan MacKenna - Saturday, May 26, 2012
Kieran Behan continues his remarkable rise through the sport and tomorrow competes in the floor exercise final at the European Artistic Championships.
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By John Ryan - Friday, May 25, 2012
Winner of his maiden in heavy ground over course and distance three weeks ago, the John Oxx-trained Hartani followed-up when producing a gutsy front-running display in the opening Follow TipperaryRaces On Twitter Race at Tipperary last night, sparking a double for champion jockey Johnny Murtagh.
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By John Tynan - Friday, May 25, 2012
The temperature in Rome was high yesterday, matched by the spirit in the Irish camp, if Billy Twomey is any sort of barometer.
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By Gerard Cromwell - Friday, May 25, 2012
Another cracking day’s racing on the An Post Rás saw the Swiss team play pass the parcel with the yellow jersey as Nicolas Baldo took over the race lead and young Frenchman Thomas Rostollan lived up to his nickname of ‘little motorbike’ to claim stage three into Buncrana.
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By John Kenny - Thursday, May 24, 2012
Seventeen-years old Sycerika McMahon, who qualified for the Olympic Games on Tuesday, finished a creditable fifth in the final of the women’s 100 metres breaststroke at the European Swimming championships at Debrecen in Hungary
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By Gerard Cromwell - Thursday, May 24, 2012
A victory by Danish sprinter Mark Pedersen of the Blue Water Cycling team on stage four of the An Post Rás was overshadowed by an epic ride by An Post Sean Kelly rider Ronan McLaughlin yesterday.
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By Daragh Ó Conchúir - Thursday, May 24, 2012
Irish Sports Council chief executive, John Treacy believes Irish athletes seeking Olympic success have a better support structure than ever before.
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By Tony Leen - Thursday, May 24, 2012
World champions, Olympians and the next generation of sailing stars will light up the waters around Kinsale in Co Cork this summer.
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By Darren Norris - Wednesday, May 23, 2012
European youth boxing silver medallist Gary Sweeney’s appeal against a nine-month ban for a doping offence was rejected yesterday, while his coach Martin Sweeney was suspended for 27 months for providing the 18-year-old with a prohibited substance.
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By Gerard Cromwell - Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Defending champion Gediminas Bagdonas (An Post) survived a massive crash in the peloton with around 50km to go yesterday to rejoin the front of the race with the help of his team and take victory on stage three of the An Post Rás in Westport yesterday.
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By John Riordan, New York - Wednesday, May 23, 2012
It’s not a stretch to suggest that sports marketing absorbs much of what makes sport so intriguing.
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By Paul Hirst - Wednesday, May 23, 2012
David Haye has rubbished claims from Vitali Klitschko’s manager he is “afraid” of facing the Ukrainian heavyweight.
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By Gerard Cromwell - Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Another fast and furious day on the An Post Rás saw a new rider in the yellow jersey yesterday as Swiss professional Pirmin Lang of the Atlas Personal Jackroo team outsprinted a seven-man lead group to take victory on stage two into Gort.
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By Brendan Mooney - Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Maria McCambridge will not appeal the decision which yesterday destroyed her Olympic marathon dream.
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