Organisation: Tyrone

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Cork and Kerry's ladies footballers on collision course

Champions Dublin have been pitted with Waterford and Donegal in the round-robin phase of the revised 2020 TG4 All-Ireland Ladies Senior Football Championship.

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Denis Walsh: Cork at a disadvantage to Munster semi-final rivals

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Munster Senior Hurling Championship draw lopsided, says TJ Ryan

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Munster and Leinster draw latest step on hurling’s road to return

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‘Older brigade’ would welcome Steven Poacher back as Carlow manager

Anthony Daly: Charisma and character oozed from every pore of Waterford's golden generation

Time is ripe for an open draw All-Ireland, says Tomás Ó Sé

Kerry great Tomás Ó Sé, part of the last team to win a knockout All-Ireland in 2000 before the qualifier series, has urged the GAA to go a step further this year and introduce a full open draw.

Sun, 21 Jun, 2020

Cathal McShane believes he impressed AFL scouts during trial

All-Star Tyrone forward Cathal McShane believes he impressed the Adelaide Crows during a winter trial at the AFL club but remains content with his decision to reject their interest.

Mon, 15 Jun, 2020

Michael Murphy: Main fear for county players is preparation time

Donegal captain Michael Murphy believes a straight knock-out format for the All-Ireland senior football championship is the compromise that inter-county has to make.

Thu, 11 Jun, 2020

Ambrose O’Donovan: Players like David Clifford need protection

Former Kerry captain Ambrose O'Donovan has claimed that current skipper David Clifford, and top forwards nationwide, badly need greater protection from referees.

Mon, 08 Jun, 2020

What the rest of the 2020 GAA season could look like

John Fogarty looks at how the rest of the GAA calendar will play out.

Fri, 05 Jun, 2020

Seamus Darby: ‘Tommy and I would talk about everything except the goal’

In an extract from his autobiography ‘ About That Goal ’, Offaly great Seamus Darby reveals his friendship with the man whose life he changed forever, Tommy Doyle.

Fri, 29 May, 2020

Neamh Woods: 'Sport has given me the opportunity to travel the world'

Q&A with Neamh Woods, Tyrone senior football captain.

Tue, 26 May, 2020

Michael Clifford: Use of language as a political football

Language is important when it comes to the politics of this island - traditions here and traditions in Northern Ireland place huge store on it, writes Michael Clifford.

Sat, 16 May, 2020

Championship format doesn’t bother Donegal captain Murphy

Donegal captain Michael Murphy doesn’t care what format the All-Ireland senior football championship takes this year so long as it takes place and safely.

Fri, 08 May, 2020

Moment in Time: ‘It could have kept going for another 30 yards after going over’

It's June 15, 2003. Laois are three points to the good against Dublin with two minutes of normal time to go in their Leinster semi-final when Pádraig Clancy takes to the skies. Brendan O'Brien takes up the story for the second instalment in our 'Moment in Time' series

Tue, 28 Apr, 2020

Meyler keeping it simple with positive attitude to lockdown

The treadmill in the Meyler shed still works, Conor is happy to report. For just under four hours last Monday week, his father and former Tyrone footballer Seánie pounded the machine to complete a marathon and raise funds for nursing staff in Enniskillen’s South West Acute Hospital.

Fri, 24 Apr, 2020

Conor Meyler: 'Every player will appreciate their football more whenever we do get back'

Tyrone’s Conor Meyler believes inter-county players would be willing to play behind closed doors providing it is safe for them to do so.

Thu, 23 Apr, 2020

How the boots that shook Croke Park went to highest bidder for £30,000

Owen Mulligan (Tyrone), Adidas Predator. 2005 All-Ireland quarter-final v Dublin.

Wed, 22 Apr, 2020

Tiernan McCann: Social media criticism ‘not easy’

Tyrone defender Tiernan McCann has admitted that coming under a social media spotlight is “not easy” and has appealed to online critics to be “very careful of what they say” about players. McCann was retrospectively banned for two games last summer following an incident against Donegal .

Mon, 20 Apr, 2020

TG4 announce 10 All-Ireland Gold games for May

The ten games to feature in Sunday double-headers include All-Ireland Hurling, Football, and Ladies Football finals, as well as extra-time thrillers from the All-Ireland U21 hurling and Leinster football championships.

Thu, 16 Apr, 2020

GPA backs two-week ‘breathing space’ ahead of return to play

The Gaelic Players Association (GPA) have indicated their support for the GAA’s plans to give inter-county teams a two-week lead-in ahead of the resumption of games.

Fri, 27 Mar, 2020

Ruaidhrí Ó Beaglaoich wins Munster U20 football award

Not surprisingly, Renard's John Sugrue picked up the manager’s award for leading the team to the title.

Thu, 26 Mar, 2020

If a GAA team was a Disney character...

To the delight of parents with out-of-school children across the country, the Disney+ streaming app launches today.

Tue, 24 Mar, 2020

John Fogarty: How a knockout GAA summer might look

As Sunday draws nearer, the GAA continue to keep their powder dry about extending the suspension of all Gaelic Games activity.

Tue, 24 Mar, 2020

Comer ‘not a huge fan’ of new rules

He has only played a handful of games this year after missing nearly all of last season through injury, but Galway forward Damien Comer is not in favour of the new rules in football.

Sun, 22 Mar, 2020

Kieran Shannon: Trailblazer Moran showed us all that the mind does matter

He won’t get the kind of send-off we’re used to or that he deserves, writes Kieran Shannon.

Wed, 18 Mar, 2020

Waterford becomes the latest county to postpone April club championship games

Following in the wake of Limerick and Dublin, the Waterford county board has decided to postpone all club games scheduled for next month.

Tue, 17 Mar, 2020

Galway top table when it comes to ringing the changes

Over the course of the Allianz Football League so far, Galway have fielded the largest variety of players, writes Paul Keane.

Mon, 16 Mar, 2020

Monaghan aiming high against Kerry despite ultra-slim squad numbers

Their boss ‘Banty’ McEnaney has effectively worked off a core of just 20 players so far this League campaign, writes Paul Keane.

Thu, 12 Mar, 2020

John O’Mahony: Closed doors League finals on the cards due to coronavirus

Former All-Ireland winning Galway manager and current Fine Gael Senator John O’Mahony has raised the possibility of playing the Allianz League finals behind closed doors.

Wed, 11 Mar, 2020

League relegation could spell end of All-Ireland hopes

Nine years ago, Mickey Harte made a forecast that to this day has proven accurate.

Tue, 10 Mar, 2020

Colin Sheridan: A novel example of Mayo battling their own epidemic this year

“He allowed himself to be swayed by his conviction that human beings are not born once and for all on the days their mothers give birth to them, but that life obliges them over and over again to give birth to themselves”

Tue, 10 Mar, 2020

'A lot of people think referees are getting paid. We get absolutely nothing for refereeing above in Croke Park'

Leading hurling referee Fergal Horgan feels the level of criticism targeted at officials is unfair.

Mon, 09 Mar, 2020

Tyrone win back to back Ulster U20 Football Championship titles

The Red Hand found themselves a point behind while playing into the wind after the break, but they turned the game in their favour in spectacular fashion.

Sat, 07 Mar, 2020

Weekend previews and predictions: Limerick intent on giving Waterford a taste of Championship fare

John Fogarty previews the weekend's GAA fixtures.

Fri, 06 Mar, 2020

How the demands of fans keep Kerry grounded

Séamus Moynihan won four All-Ireland titles with Kerry but says he is "reminded of the losses more than the wins" in the Kingdom.

Tue, 03 Mar, 2020

Mixed reaction to new backpass rule

The ongoing exasperation of Gaelic football county managers over the never-ending tinkering with playing rules brought a withering response from Tyrone’s Mickey Harte.

Tue, 03 Mar, 2020

McEntee blasts ‘wrong calls’ as Galway win sees Meath relegated

Meath boss Andy McEntee blasted what he termed poor refereeing and criticised what he alleged were a series of wrong calls in big games following the team’s relegation from Division 1.

Mon, 02 Mar, 2020

Hurling League round-up: Offaly in with final chance after beating Wicklow

After Antrim did Offaly a favour by beating Kerry in Tralee, the Faithful County looked after their end of the bargain by cutting through Wicklow with ease in the second half of their clash at Tullamore.

Sun, 01 Mar, 2020

'We had a bit of karaoke and we were flying': How Keane's Kerry managed Mayo delay

After a game that had very little rhyme or reason to it, it probably shouldn’t have come as a major surprise to hear that the Kerry players had passed the time on Saturday night with a spot of karaoke in the team hotel.

Sun, 01 Mar, 2020

Ten-point turnaround as Galway relegate Meath

The meeting of the teams placed top and bottom in Division 1 ultimately panned out as expected in Navan, Galway securing their third consecutive win and Meath slipping to their fifth loss in a row and, in the process, relegation.

Sun, 01 Mar, 2020

Farrell: 'We came up here to play football and that was needless at half-time'

You’d suck the top off an entire packet of pencils trying to settle on the most appropriate opening par after a night, and a game, such as this.

Sun, 01 Mar, 2020

Tyrone wipes out Dublin's unbeaten start under Dessie Farrell

An outrageous night for a game of football finished with a cracking Rory Brennan goal as Tyrone wiped out Dublin's unbeaten start under Dessie Farrell.

Sat, 29 Feb, 2020

McMahon and McCarthy return to Dublin team

Dessie Farrell has resisted the temptation for major change ahead of Saturday night's Allianz Football League trip to Tyrone, naming a team with two changes.

Fri, 28 Feb, 2020

Weekend previews and predictions: Old rivalries renewed as League campaigns enter crunch phase

John Fogarty previews the weekend's GAA fixtures.

Fri, 28 Feb, 2020

Joyce says Walsh has revelled in captaincy for Galway

Galway football manager Pádraic Joyce has revealed he was criticised within the county for making Shane Walsh team captain but says the Kilkerrin-Clonberne man has revelled in the role.

Fri, 28 Feb, 2020

Galway not getting carried away, insists O’Donnell

For Galway footballer Gary O’Donnell, Pádraic Joyce is his sixth manager at intercounty level. The Team Stars man has played under Liam Sammon, Tomás Ó Flatharta, Joe Kernan, Alan Mulholland, Kevin Walsh, and now Joyce, so he’s seen his share of turnover on the sideline.

Thu, 27 Feb, 2020

Harte says Tyrone can’t dwell on McShane loss

Mickey Harte has admitted he faces a huge task in lifting morale among his squad ahead of this weekend’s clash with Dublin.

Thu, 27 Feb, 2020

Michael Murphy frustrated by red card over John Small incident

Donegal captain Michael Murphy has suggested he was the victim when he was controversially sent off with John Small last weekend.

Tue, 25 Feb, 2020