Person: Dessie Keegan

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Carroll’s Canadian win

Mallow star Killian Carroll picked up the biggest win of his career on Saturday when he won the Canadian Nationals Open Singles title with a hugely-impressive straight games final win over American No 1 Luis Moreno.

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Wexford’s double delight

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Dillon sparkles as champions Ballintubber get flying start

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Handball: Walsh opens challenge in style

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Handball action goes according to script

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Brady battles to US Open victory

Fistful of dollars the lure as top handballers head for US

AS the GPA and the GAA are at loggerheads over the distribution of funding for players, a number of Ireland’s top handballers head to the US for a cash rich tournament.

Wed, 10 Oct, 2007

Kennedy hoping for handball double

Just a fortnight after he captured the Senior Singles Softball Handball title after beating Kilkenny legend Michael 'Ducksy' Walsh, Dublin's Eoin Kennedy is back searching for All-Ireland glory in the Handball centre at Croke Park tomorrow where he is paired with Egin Jensen in the Senior Doubles decider.

Fri, 14 Sep, 2007

Brady aims for US Open win

WORLD handball champion Paul Brady will aim for another big payday on America’s West Coast. He begins his bid for success at the $80,000 (€63,000) US Open of Handball 17th Naty Alvarado Classic.

Fri, 20 Oct, 2006

Irish take on Basques in hybrid handball

IRELAND’S handball ‘compromise rules’ squad head to a major tournament in the Basque town of Azkoitia in Spain today.

Wed, 29 Sep, 2004

Roscommon spring surprise as Dolan omitted for Dublin tie

ROSCOMMON manager Tommy Carr has surprisingly omitted star forward Frankie Dolan from his team for tomorrow's All-Ireland football qualifier against Dublin at Croke Park.

Sat, 31 Jul, 2004

Handball tests

The semi-finals of the All-Ireland Senior Singles 40x20 Handball Championships will be played this weekend with the prospect of two mouth-watering clashes between four of Ireland’s top players — Tony Healy (Cork), Eoin Kennedy (Dublin), Paul Brady (Cavan) and Dessie Keegan (Mayo).

Thu, 01 Apr, 2004

Irish handballers have good opening rounds

ALL but one of the Irish competitors were victorious on the first day of the Men's and Women's Open events in the World Handball Championships.

Tue, 21 Oct, 2003

Over 1,000 flock to Kilkenny for World handball event

OVER 1,000 competitors from eight countries are gathering in Kilkenny for the 2003 World handball championships which begin this Friday.

Wed, 15 Oct, 2003