I once read that the average American big-game fisherman spends $10,000 before he hooks his first marlin, writes Paddy Heaney.

Eamonn Fitzmaurice’s ruthlessness is a primary reason behind why Kerry are "punching above their weight", says Bernard Flynn.

Before coaching became such an integral part of football, the best managers were essentially natural-born sports psychologists.

Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne 1-8 St Patrick’s, Maghera 1-6

Hogan Cup Final

St Pat’s, Maghera (Derry) 1-12 Omagh CBS (Tyrone) 1-08

If there was an 11th commandment which forbid us from coveting our neighbouring county, then I would be a serial sinner every time I visited Healy Park.

St Michael’s, Enniskillen produced a superb second-half performance to come from behind and win the Ulster Colleges MacRory Cup at the Morgan Athletic Grounds in Armagh yesterday.

A mother and her young daughter and baby had a lucky escape after their car was trapped in a river swollen by heavy rain in Co Derry.

THE cold, calm weather has given pike anglers a chance to tackle a number of lakes, and there were some great fish taken.

A south Derry man was jailed for six years at Coventry Crown Court today for his part in a fuel-laundering scam.

IRISH Tarmac Rally champion, Eugene Donnelly will drive his Skoda Fabia WRC on tomorrow’s Tour of Sperrins Rally in Maghera. Interest in the rally is heightened by the fact that the organisers, the Magherafelt and District Motor Club, have switched the rally from gravel to tarmac surface.

Mark Higgins is favourite to claim a third victory on the TOTAL Manx International Rally, which gets

British Rally champion Jonny Milner today won round five of the Kwik Fit Pirelli British Rally Championship, the Gibbs Aquada Manx International Rally.