On Saturday night in New York, the best player in College Football will be handed the coveted Heisman Trophy.

Sycerika McMahon set an Irish senior record in the 100m freestyle heats on her final day of competition at the World Swimming Championships in Barcelona.

A man opened fire on a policeman bringing an eviction order, killing him and another man before he was shot dead by officers.

A gunman and a police officer were among three people killed today in a shooting near a Texas university campus, police said.

As Americans anxiously waited for a slick in the Gulf of Mexico to wash up along the coast, globules of oil were already falling to the bottom of the sea, where they threatened virtually every link in the ocean food chain, from plankton to fish on dinner tables everywhere.

IRISH golfer Danielle McVeigh made her mark among the best young women players in America as she scored a top-15 finish at the NCAA Women’s Golf Championship in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Irish golfer Danielle McVeigh made her mark among the best young women players in America as she scored a top-15 finish at the NCAA Women's Golf Championship in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Danielle McVeigh saw her challenge at the NCAA Women's Championship halted by high winds yesterday in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Irish golfer Gareth Shaw climbed into the US collegiate top 20 rankings this week following his runner-up finish at the Administaff ASU Invitational in Georgia.

Irish women Tara Delaney and Danielle McVeigh enjoyed mixed fortunes in Texas this week as they battled the Lone Star State’s infamous winds at the Texas A&M ‘Mo’morial’ tournament.

Tara Delaney turned the tables in Las Vegas as she recovered from an awkward start to land her best finish of the autumn for the Kent State University women’s golf team.

New testing on the type of ammunition used in the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy raises questions about whether Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone, according to a study by researchers at Texas A&M University.

There were some anxious moments for Irish golfers this week as both the University of Minnesota and East Tennessee State needed play-off victories to reach the men's national collegiate golf finals.

Ten Irish golfers still have their eyes on the big prize in US collegiate golf after the fields were set this week for the NCAA Regional championships.

Seamus Power collected his first collegiate win in grand style today by taking the individual title at the Atlantic Sun Conference championships.

Danielle McVeigh claimed her maiden victory in US Collegiate golf and steered Texas A&M University to a two-stroke team victory at the 54-hole Donnis Thompson Invitational in Hawaii.

Niall Turner led home a strong Irish contingent at this week’s Puerto Rico Collegiate Classic.

Curtis Cup player Tara Delaney led Kent State University home in their opening tournament of the spring collegiate golf season as the Golden Flashes placed 12th in the 54-hole Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge at Palos Verdes, California.

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