County hurling championship hots up on Sunday

Thu, Sep 29, 2016

All roads lead to Kenny Park on Sunday afternoon for two captivating county senior hurling semi-finals.

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).

Fallon in top form

Thu, Sep 29, 2016

Jamie Fallon of Craughwell AC was the clear winner of the senior men’s 6k at Castlegar AC's open cross country races on Saturday.

Wegians off the mark with bonus point win

Thu, Sep 29, 2016

Galwegians followed up an opening season loss with a bonus point 31-14 victory at home to UCC on Saturday in their Ulster Bank All-Ireland League division 1B campaign.

Connacht's Nathan White forced to retire

Thu, Sep 29, 2016

Connacht have lost influential prop Nathan White, who has been forced to retire following a concussion injury in March.

Pressure mounts on Connacht to show their champions class

Thu, Sep 29, 2016

A winning performance is "not far off" promises coach Pat Lam as Connacht come under increasing pressure to get their first points in this season's PRO 12 when Edinburgh visit the Sportsground on Friday (7.35pm).

After an improved performance, but ultimately a disappointing defeat to the Scarlets at Parc Y Scarlets at the weekend, Lam says his faith in the team, despite three defeats on the trot, is unshakeable.

Galway minors lose final to the Kingdom

Thu, Sep 22, 2016

The Galway minor footballers battled bravely against a highly-rated Kerry in Sunday's All-Ireland final in Croke Park, and although they lost by 3-7 to 0-9, they were a good bit closer to the Munster champions for the first 50 minutes.

Win over Bohs encourages United to aim higher

Thu, Sep 22, 2016

Tommy Dunne’s Galway United travel with renewed confidence to Tallaght Stadium tomorrow for a clash against Shamrock Rovers.

Connacht welcome squad boost ahead of Scarlets contest

Thu, Sep 22, 2016

Connacht have been boosted ahead of their visit to Wales on Saturday for a crunch clash with a Scarlets side also desperate for points.

Galwegians look to bounce back against UCC

Thu, Sep 22, 2016

Galwegians suffered a disappointing 18-13 loss to their Ulster Bank All-Ireland League division 1B campaign, losing t newly-promoted Naas who rallied with two late penalties to seal victory at Forenaughts on Saturday.

Walsh wins Craughwell 5k

Thu, Sep 22, 2016

Fergal Walsh of Athenry AC was the winner of the Craughwell AC 5km in aid of the club's new facility development.

Salthill/Knocknacarra must improve to qualify

Thu, Sep 22, 2016

Two county senior football quarter-finals are down for decision this Sunday in Tuam Stadium in an attractive double header.

St Thomas to face Loughrea

Thu, Sep 22, 2016

Former All-Ireland champions St Thomas will take on Loughrea in the county senior hurling semi-finals which will be played in Kenny Park on Sunday week (October 2) at 3.30pm.

In the other semi-final at 2pm in Kenny Park, Gort will take on Craughwell.

Lam looks to Connacht culture to turn the tide

Thu, Sep 15, 2016

Connacht will take a welcome break from the Sportsground this weekend in a bid to get their Guinness Pro 12 title defence on track.

Timely new recruit for Connacht

Thu, Sep 15, 2016

Pat Lam has boosted his injury-hit squad this week with the addition of New Zealander Stacey Lli.

Galway U21 hurlers find Waterford too hot to handle

Thu, Sep 15, 2016

Galway U21 hurlers headed to Semple Stadium in Thurles on Saturday afternoon for the All-Ireland final, knowing they would need to produce a really stunning performance to keep a star-studded Waterford team at bay.

Kilkerrin/Clonberne's title run continues

Thu, Sep 15, 2016

Kilkerrin/Clonberne were crowned senior champions for a fourth successive season, seeing off pretenders Claregalway by 1-12 to 1-9 in Monivea on Saturday.

Third time lucky for Annaghdown

Thu, Sep 15, 2016

Annaghdown stopped Moycullen’s bid to claim successive promotions in an absorbing Galway Ladies' Intermediate Championship final in Monivea on Saturday.

Tuam Stars bow out of championship to dominant Corofin

Thu, Sep 15, 2016

The word going into Tuam Stadium last Sunday afternoon from all and sundry in a big crowd was that Tuam Stars were really going to put it up to Corofin, and try to derail their objective of winning four county titles in succession.

The Stars, under the management of the experienced Alan Flynn, had worked really hard all season and played some high-quality challenges over the past few weeks in preparation for this quarter-final.

United working hard to revive campaign

Thu, Sep 15, 2016

Midfielder Alex Byrne is hoping Galway United can finish the SSE Aitricity League premier division season with a flourish starting by registering a win over Bohemians at Eamonn Deacy Park on Friday evening (7.45pm).

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