Limerick 2-26 Waterford 1-16

Sam Bennett picked up another podium finish in the Giro d’Italia, yesterday, the Irish sprinter taking third as Matej Mohoric won stage 10 from Penne to Gualdo Tadino.

Charlie and his appearances on the Champs Elysee in 1987 and at Rome’s Stadio Olimpico three years later, writes Brendan O’Brien. 

Despite losing Austin Gleeson to injury, Mount Sion overcame fierce rivals Roanmore 2-12 to 1-14 at Walsh Park on Saturday night.

Cork must beat Tipperary in Thurles next Sunday to have a chance of avoiding a relegation play-off after this third consecutive defeat.

It’s the time of year when a no-longer-young man’s heart turns to writing a column about trying to take up running again, writes Colm O’Regan.

They publish the state papers of 30 years ago around this time every year.

Reading the game: Our writers select 29 sports books from 2017...

David Walliams will also recive the ‘Bord Gáis Energy International Recognition Award on the night.

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Former Tour de France and Giro d'Italia winner Stephen Roche believes it would be "humanly impossible" for Chris Froome to win all three grand tour races in one year.

AS we stand on the cusp of weeks 29 and 30 of 2017, it is sobering to realise that we are already nearly two thirds of the way through the year, but uplifting to know that the best is still to come, starting with this weekend.

Dan Martin is closing in on Ireland’s best overall result at the Tour de France since his uncle Stephen Roche won the race 30 years ago — but he will not emulate him by claiming the yellow jersey.

 

A fascinating bit of table quiz trivia for years to come, the grandniece of former Taoiseach Charles Haughey, Siobhan, has been at the Olympics.

The Tour de France gets underway tomorrow in the Normandy commune of Mont Sant Michel and among the 189 riders taking part are two Irishmen, Sam Bennett and Dan Martin.

A Cork consultant today ditches his white coat and stethoscope for cycling shorts and a helmet as he begins training for a biking challenge from Dublin to Galway.

To gauge where cycling is at now, to establish how deep it is in the mire, it may be necessary to hold a stage of the Tour de France in front of a Late Late Show studio audience.

Irish cycling legend Stephen Roche says if Chris Froome didn’t have such good self-control there’d be a lot of journalists with broken noses at this Tour de France.

Former Irish cycling legend Stephen Roche says he has “no problem” with drug cheat Lance Armstrong riding a Tour de France charity ride this summer.

University of Limerick 3-12 Waterford IT 0-21 (AET)

WIT 3-13 IT Carlow 0-9: WIT’s first defence of the Fitzgibbon Cup was a winning one as, despite being reduced to 14 men for almost the entire second-half, the holders were never seriously troubled in seeing off IT Carlow in this first round clash in bitterly cold conditions at the IT Carlow grounds last evening.

Team Sky has announced the signing of Irishman Nicolas Roche as one of five new names for 2015.

Stephen Roche admits cycling could have saved itself years of turmoil had it taken Paul Kimmage’s revelations in his book Rough Ride more seriously when it was published in 1990.

Irish cycling legend Stephen Roche believes disgraced American cyclist Lance Armstrong should be given back the seven Tour de France jerseys he was stripped of after being found guilty of taking performance enhancing drugs throughout his career.

It’s hard not to get nostalgic as a Cork person in a week such as this, but it doesn’t necessarily mean getting all romantic either.

Hundreds of thousands of people lined highways and byways in Ireland to bid arrivederci to the Giro D’Italia.

Hundreds of thousands of people lined highways and byways from Armagh to Dublin today to bid arrivederci to the Giro D’Italia.

Paul Kimmage said he felt like a member of the Beatles when he lay down, drowned in a pool of his own sweat, on the kerb at the top of O’Connell Street, basking in the moment of helping secure the Nissan Classic for his Irish compatriot Sean Kelly in 1987.

Dan Martin's Giro d'Italia dreams were ended on the opening stage in Belfast as he suffered a serious crash.

Ireland’s Dan Martin says he’ll be taking the Giro d’Italia "one day at a time" as he seeks to become the first Irishman to finish on a podium at a Grand Tour for over a quarter of a century.

Nicolas Roche said he was left proud but almost speechless by the welcome he received at the opening of the Giro D'Italia in Belfast.

Irish cycling legend Stephen Roche says that given the growth of the sport and the increased profile of the country’s top riders it’s time to revive the Tour of Ireland.

Irish cycling legend Stephen Roche "would put his money" on nephew Dan Martin to win a stage of the Giro d’Italia, which starts in Belfast with a team time-trial on Friday.

From highly professional processional spectacles to downright paddywhackery, villages and towns throughout the country laid it on thick yesterday in honour of our national saint.

Joe Schmidt hadn’t a word of French when he pitched up in the Massif Central town of Clermont-Ferrand back in 2007, but the Kiwi coach was a quick learner and he’s still known for dropping the odd peu de Francais into his vocabulary on those weeks when the opposition is of a Gallic flavour.

Irish cycling legend, Vuelta winner and former world No 1, Sean Kelly has described as a “scandal” the lack of promotion by Tourism Ireland of the Giro d’Italia coming to Dublin in May.

Cyclist Stephen Roche is the Grand Marshal of the 2014 St. Patrick’s Festival Parade.