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Ireland's Nicolas Roche celebrates on the podium wearing the leader's red jersey after the fourth stage of the 2019 La Vuelta cycling tour of Spain

Nicolas Roche has done it all on Le Tour, but still has unfinished business

“I find it all enriching. I gathered so much experience being actually able to do it all. What I do miss, however, is a stage win. I missed out by so little so many times.”

Fri, 28 Aug, 2020

Ballydoyle tactics backfire

You know the way you often hear Aidan O’Brien talking about horses he has in major races that like to bowl along in front.

Sat, 27 Jul, 2013

Plain sailing for Sydney Harbour in the end

RACING at the Curragh yesterday began with a dramatic incident in the Dubai Duty Free Full Of Surprises EBF Maiden, when Johnny Murtagh took a crashing fall from the favourite, Petronius Maximus.

Mon, 28 Jun, 2010

LeBron no longer laughing Cavalier as end game nears

IF YOU were shaken from your slumber early last Friday morning by the walls rattling and the sound of a distant crash, it was probably just a giant falling to earth in a land far, far away.

Fri, 21 May, 2010

Lad 'better than ever'

GOWRAN PARK, which has been hugely re-developed, threw open its gates to the press yesterday and three handlers, Michael Bowe, Willie Mullins and Frances Crowley availed of the opportunity to gallop some of their stars.

Fri, 17 Jan, 2003

Donald Trump steals Conor McGregor’s fire

It’s hard silenced, New York. But, on the early morning commute to downtown Manhattan on Wednesday, you could mark that as another odds-scorching upset for the man who somehow, someway will become leader of this land in the much too near future.

Thu, 10 Nov, 2016

Alex Gleeson digs deep for AIG Irish Amateur Close

Castle’s Alex Gleeson shrugged off some late resistance from Whitehead’s John-Ross Galbraith to win the AIG Irish Amateur Close title 3 and 1 on the majestic Glashedy Links at Ballyliffin.

Mon, 22 Aug, 2016

Mark Walsh in pole position to eventually land JP McManus job

I don’t know if Mark Walsh will ever follow Tony McCoy and Barry Geraghty as first jockey to J P McManus, but there seems little doubt he is at least in pole position.

Sat, 07 Nov, 2015

Poignant success for Smith

There were emotional scenes at Haydock after Sue Smith’s Sharp Belline gamely took the honours in the Pontin’s-sponsored The Last Fling Chase.

Sat, 30 Dec, 2006

<p>ACES UP: Golden Ace and Lorcan Williams win for trainer Jeremy Scott. Pic: Healy Racing</p>

More calamity for Constitution Hill as Golden Ace takes Fighting Fifth Hurdle win

Nicky Henderson's favourite came to grief yet again in Newcastle as The New Lion also fell to leave Golden Ace to win at 22-1

Sat, 29 Nov, 2025

<p>Lions prop Tadhg Furlong. Pic: Dan Sheridan/Inpho</p>

Tadhg Furlong: 'I think there's good growth there... it doesn't feel like we're far away'

What is a concern is the fact that head coach Farrell picked what looked like his strongest starting line-up for the match-up with Stephen Larkham’s Super Rugby semi-finalists.

Thu, 10 Jul, 2025

<p class="contextmenu internal_Caption">NEW DAWN: Everton fans savour the plush surrounds of their waterside new home, the Hill Dickinson Stadium at Bramley Moore in Liverpool. Pic: Michael Regan/Getty Images</p>

S Perfect sounds and deafening noise as Everton christen new home in style

How the stadium was paid for at times is, to this day, a mystery, but it was, completed and opened as Everton’s third home, our third stadium built in the city of Liverpool

Sun, 24 Aug, 2025

The Hot 100: The big tickets for the season ahead

From movies to music, fashion to food, our critics bring you the big tickets for summer.

Sat, 06 May, 2017

2017's hot 100 in movies, music, food & fashion

From movies to music, food to fashion, Declan Burke, Ciara McDonnell, Joe McNamee, Annmarie O'Connor, Des O'Driscoll, Ed Power and Ailín Quinlan reveal their picks for the year ahead.

Sat, 07 Jan, 2017

US PGA Championship boasts rich history

We delve into the past ahead of the final major championship of the season.

Tue, 26 Jul, 2016

'When we won our first in 1991, we never dreamed Corofin would win four in a row'

This year’s championship journey has been far from routine for Corofin, but yet again Kevin O’Brien’s side figured out the route to victory as they stretched their advantage at the top of the awards table with a tenth Connacht senior club title.

Sun, 24 Nov, 2019

<p>LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 17: Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland plays his shot from the 13th tee during the third round of the 123rd U.S. Open Championship at The Los Angeles Country Club on June 17, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)</p>

McIlroy 'playing smart' as he targets end of major drought

To win. McIlroy will have to contend with a lot of star power on a Los Angeles Country Club course that has gotten gradually trickier each day.

Sun, 18 Jun, 2023

War of Attrition on Gold Cup trail

WAR OF ATTRITION, even if his trainer Mouse Morris refuses to commit him to the race, remained firmly on the Gold Cup trail with a solid half a length defeat of Rathgar Beau in the Clonmel Oil Chase at Clonmel yesterday.

Fri, 18 Nov, 2005

Could a man who talks to flowers plot the murder of a princess?

ACCORDING to 87% of people surveyed in a British newspaper poll, the butler definitely did not do it.

Fri, 09 Jan, 2004

Ponmeoath powers to Kerry National double

ERIC McNAMARA produced a brilliant training performance to win back-to-back Guinness Kerry Nationals with Ponmeoath at a packed Listowel yesterday.

Thu, 18 Sep, 2008