Roscommon manager Kevin McStay insists he did not intentionally throw a football at the linesman’s head at half-time in their Super 8s defeat to Donegal.

Conventional wisdom tells us that Amy Foley’s goal for Kerry in this month’s TG4 Munster final could hardly have arrived at a worse time.

LUNCHTIME. August 4, 2001.

The crowds milling around the Irish Film Institute last Tuesday were loud in their appreciation of episode 1 of The Game: The Story of Hurling, which was screened in the Dublin venue to launch the documentary series.

Austin Gleeson blamed himself for the phantom goal which saw Waterford miss out on a crucial victory over Tipperary.

Workhorse during the week, racehorse at the weekend, the Audi RS4 can do it all for drivers looking to take it to the max, writes John O’Mahony.

Despite a courageous display, laced with craft and tenacity, Shamrock Rovers fell just short in the Friends Arena in Stockholm as they bravely bowed out of the Europa League.

It has been a fantastic few days for Cork hurling. We saw a brilliant victory for the senior team in Thurles on Sunday.

Cork totally outclassed Tipperary to end the county’s 11-year wait for a Munster U21 hurling crown.

Belgium have beaten Japan 3-2 in their World Cup last-16 tie in Rostov to set up a quarter-final against Brazil.

Hard to escape the conclusion that a line was drawn in the sand in Newbridge on Saturday.

Russia have qualified for the quarter-finals of the World Cup after a 4-3 penalty shoot-out win over Spain. The teams were level at 1-1 after 90 minutes and extra-time in Moscow.

If draws feel a bit like kissing your sister then this entire Leinster final was one long and disturbing smacker.

Ten-man Celtic cruised into the Champions League second qualifying round as expected with a 3-0 win over Alashkert at Parkhead.

Tyrone forwards Mattie Donnelly has warned Dublin will ruthlessly punish the sort of goal chances the Ulster men coughed up against Roscommon.

Ten-man Celtic cruised into the Champions League second qualifying round as expected with a comprehensive 3-0 win over Alashkert at Parkhead.

With the recreational use of marijuana set to come into effect in Canada later this year, small towns like Smiths Falls are taking advantage, writes Conor Power

Saturday’s expected sell-out crowd in Healy Park, when Tyrone host Dublin in phase two of the Super 8 series, could see the travelling support outnumber their opposition, according to sources in Tyrone.

A Clare fan said he was “dragged off the field like you’d drag a dog” following the county’s All-Ireland SHC quarter-final win over Wexford at Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Saturday.

Vladimir Lenin’s “useful idiots” were the Western intellectuals invited to the Soviet Union to witness and tell the world about the wonders of the worker’s utopia.