Galway fighter takes on world champ for Irish crown

Thu, Oct 06, 2016

Galway's Irish K-1 champion and 2015 World K-1 gold medallist, Cian McCormack, will feature in the main kickboxing event at the Clayton Hotel on Sunday.

The Kinvara fighter from the Galway Black Dragon Kickboxing Gym will take on WAKO world tournament kickboxing champion Niall Carroll from Kildare for the IKF All Ireland light welterweight kickboxing crown.

Moycullen to face Killester with confidence

Thu, Oct 06, 2016

Moycullen face a tricky assignment in Dublin on Saturday (3pm) when they meet a Killester side that has suffered two defeats at the start of this season's basketball SuperLeague.

Titans off to a flyer

Thu, Oct 06, 2016

Galway city Titans enjoyed a winning start to the men's National League division one basketball campaign, defeating Sligo All Stars with an impressive 86-76 display.

New-look Moycullen to open new home season

Thu, Sep 29, 2016

SSE Airtricity Moycullen, having enjoyed a winning start to the rebranded Basketball Ireland SuperLeague, will host their first home game on Saturday in the Kingfisher (7pm).

After a strong opening win over KUBS by 89-73, Moycullen will be looking to repeat their solid play against visitors DCU Saints this weekend.

Paralympic bronze for Galway cyclist

Thu, Sep 15, 2016

Galwegians celebrated sporting success on the international stage with cyclist Eoghan Clifford claiming bronze at the Rio Paralympic Games this week.

Mayo Team training funds

Thu, Sep 01, 2016

Team training funds: The Mayo Association Galway, in conjunction with Cairde Mhaigh Eo, is holding a fundraising event in the Galway Greyhound track on Friday September 9. The event has been authorised by the executive of the Mayo County Board and the funds raised will go towards the Mayo team training funds.

Moycullen medallists

Wed, Aug 24, 2016

Moycullen U13 girls basketball team won bronze in the All Ireland Community Games finals in Athlone at the weekend.

Club hurling returns

Wed, Aug 24, 2016

After the disappointment of losing by a single point to Tipperary in the All-Ireland semi-final two weeks ago, it is back to the senior club championship for Galway hurling supporters this weekend, with four preliminary quarter-finals down for decision.

Duggan Park will host a double header on Saturday evening with Cappataggle taking on Mullagh (4pm), followed by Tommy Larkins and Padraig Pearses at 5.30.

Breathnach powers to gold again

Wed, Aug 24, 2016

Galway's Sean Breathnach was arguably the athlete at the National Masters track and field championships, dominating the throws M35 category as expected.

Touch Rugby recruiting

Wed, Aug 24, 2016

Galway Touch Rugby is looking for new recruits ahead of the new season and the inaugural All-Ireland club championship.

Tribesmen conquer Republic of Ireland

Wed, Aug 03, 2016

Galway Tribesmen 15
Athboy Longhorns 8

Galway GAA fixtures

Wed, Aug 03, 2016

Football fixtures
S aturday August 6

Thousands get ready to run the streets this weekend

Wed, Aug 03, 2016

Radisson Blu Streets of Galway 8K 2016 - race preview

Galway’s biggest road-race takes place this weekend, as the 2016 event sees the 31st running of the iconic Streets of Galway 8K road-race. The Galway City Harriers' organized event, which is sponsored this year by the Radisson Blu Hotel and Spa Galway, takes place on Saturday August 6 at 7pm. This year the race will have 3,000 participants with many top Irish athletes competing including some Irish internationals and top local road runners as well as thousands of fun runners and joggers.

Galway ladies narrowly beaten by Donegal

Wed, Aug 03, 2016

The Galway ladies lost out narrowly last Monday to Donegal in the TG4 All-Ireland ladies' senior football championship in Pearse Park in Longford when they went down by a single point, on a score-line of 3-15 to 4-11.

Tribesmen qualify for semi-finals

Thu, Jul 21, 2016

Galway's Rugby League club, the Tribesmen, have qualified for their first semi-final in the All Ireland Championship.

The Tribesmen finished in fourth place in the league table and will now meet table toppers Dublin City in the knock-out game on Saturday, while the Athboy Longhorns will host the Athy Sharks.

Galway success at the rowing championships

Thu, Jul 21, 2016

Galway rowers produced some great performances at the Irish Rowing Championships iin Cork last weekend.

Tribes girls win gold

Thu, Jul 21, 2016

Four Galway girls from local water polo club Tribes were part of a historic International Irish team which won gold in Liverpool.

Silver for Keary at schools international

Thu, Jul 21, 2016

Craughwell’s Jerry Keary produced a fantastic display of high jumping at the Schools' International Athletics Championships in Kent at the weekend.

Keary was one of a number of Galway athletes representing Ireland at the event, which pits England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales against each other at U17 level.

Galway hurlers' season on the line in Thurles

Thu, Jul 21, 2016

The Galway hurlers now face a "do or die" game against Clare this Sunday at Semple Stadium (4pm) in the All-Ireland quarter-final following their defeat to Kilkenny in the Leinster hurling final.

More cutting edge needed for United to push on

Thu, Jul 21, 2016

alway United make a welcome return to SSE Airtricity League premier division action at Eamonn Deacy Park tomorrow evening when hosting Wexford Youths, kick off 7.45pm.

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