Tyrone All-Star Cathal McShane has decided against a career in Australian Rules football.

The harsh and punishing reality of life among Gaelic football’s elite stared Meath in the face as they made their return to Division One after a 14-year absence.

Tyrone’s current All-Star full-forward Cathal McShane’s links with a move to Australian Rules are not as clearcut as originally claimed.

Owen Mulligan says Cathal McShane is entitled to pursue an Aussie Rules career, amid calls for the GAA to cut ties with the AFL since reports emerged of the All-Star full-forward's potential move.

AFLW champion Ailish Considine will return to Australia for the 2020 season after she was re-signed by the Adelaide Crows.

Aisling McCarthy has signed on with the Western Bulldogs for a second season in the AFL Women's league

Donegal's Yvonne Bonner has rounded out her first season down under by winning her club's goal of the year award.

When first asked to write a column for this paper, the esteemed sports editor gave me three guidelines: Write clearly; be informative; and stay impartial, writes Jack Anderson 

If ever there was a microcosm of the battle for hearts and minds in Australian sport, then today’s fare is it.

Arsenal have pounced to secure the services of another GAA coach as the number of Irish at the London club continues to increase.

JUST a case of Ireland going through the motions this morning? Think again, says vice-captain Ciaran McKeever.

KARL LACEY is expected to be the odd man out for tomorrow’s International Rules first test.

THERE is a temptation to portray Saturday night’s Division 3 league final victory in Croke Park as a moment of redemption for Louth footballers.

CORK look certain to have to plan without Donncha O’Connor for Saturday’s All-Ireland qualifier round 2 tie against Cavan at Páirc Uí Chaoimh as the attacker continues to be hampered by an Achilles tendon problem while Paul Kerrigan is another doubt with a hamstring worry.

LAOIS’S Zach Tuohy has reaffirmed his commitment to his county’s Championship cause despite confirmation that he is to spend over a month of the summer in a Carlton Football Club training camp.

LAOIS footballer Conor Meredith has become the latest Irish youngster to try his hand at the AFL after arriving in Brisbane on Tuesday to begin a two-week trial with the Lions at the famous Gabba grounds.

Kerryman Tadhg Kennelly is eyeing an Aussie Rules AFL Grand Final winners' medal after he helped the Sydney Swans defeat St Kilda 96-65 in today's Preliminary Final.

Bereft of local interest after Lleyton Hewitt and Mark Philippoussis made untimely departures from the Australian Open on Australia Day, the Rod Laver Arena crowd will lend full support towards Kim Clijsters, their adopted tennis daughter, in the women’s final.