Maree men remain clear at the top

Thu, Feb 18, 2016

Maree Senior Men's Basketball continues to lead Basketball Ireland's first division after a comfortable 78-65 win over Fr Matthews in Cork.

Paulius Pedelzius hit a game-high 24 for the Galway side, with Kenneth Hansberry and Padraic Burke adding 13 and 11 points respectively.

Double delight for Galway's cross country athletes

Thu, Feb 18, 2016

Galway athletes claimed an historic double when both the senior men and women's teams won titles at the National Inter-County Cross Country Championships in Tuam on Sunday.

Connacht wary of Dragon's lair

Thu, Feb 11, 2016

After a brief respite, Connacht Rugby return to action with an unusual Thursday (this evening) Pro 12 fixture against Newport Gwent Dragons in Newport (7.30pm).

Carty suffers serious blow after holiday accident

Thu, Feb 11, 2016

A much-needed rest from rugby turned into a nightmare for Connacht's Jack Carty who underwent surgery in Dubai this week to remove his spleen.

Newcomers Athenry face St Mary's in schools final

Thu, Feb 11, 2016

The highlight of the Connacht schools soccer competition sees two Galway outfits meeting this evening (Thursday).

Early kick-off for Galwegians

Thu, Feb 11, 2016

Galwegians face another formidable test in the Ulster Bank League division 1A when they travel to Limerick to face Young Munster on Saturday (1pm).

Mystics top of the table clash

Thu, Feb 11, 2016

Basketball cup winners and league leaders, NUIG Mystics face Fr Matthews in a top-of-the-table clash in the Jes on Saturday (2pm).

Moycullen head to Dublin in confident form

Thu, Feb 11, 2016

SSE Airtricity Moycullen will hit the road for the next two weeks in the countdown to the season's end in Basketball Ireland's premier league competition.

Corinthians chance to climb

Thu, Feb 11, 2016

Corinthians have a great chance to move up the Ulster Bank League division 2A when they face Thomond on Saturday.

A new start for Galway hurlers as league campaign begins

Thu, Feb 11, 2016

The Galway hurlers, under the new guidance of Micheál Donoghue, start their National Hurling League 1A campaign on Sunday at Pearse Stadium (2pm) against Cork.

Battling footballers fall to impressive Tyrone

Thu, Feb 11, 2016

There were mixed emotions for Galway football supporters and team management leaving Pearse Stadium on Sunday after watching their side go down narrowly by 1-9 to 1-7 against Mickey Harte's Tyrone side.

Disappointment for Sarsfields and Abbeyknockmoy

Thu, Feb 11, 2016

Both Galway hurling clubs in All-Ireland club action last weekend suffered major disappointments with senior champions Sarsfields and county intermediate champions Abbeyknockmoy suffering defeats.

Sarsfields were well beaten by Cushendall (Antrim) by 3-12 to 1-6 in the All-Ireland club semi-final. It was a disappointing performance from the Galway champions as they only managed a single point from play over the entire hour from Alan Ward and they can have no complaints about their exit.

Football championship draw

Thu, Feb 11, 2016

The draws for the Galway intermediate and senior football championships took place in RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta headquarters in Casla on Tuesday.

Ashbourne Cup finals in Gort

Thu, Feb 11, 2016

NUI Galway camogie club hosts the Ashbourne Cup this weekend in the Connacht GAA centre in County Mayo, and Gort.

Galway GAA National Football League Podcast #2

Fri, Feb 05, 2016

Galway kept up their great start to the season on the football field by following up their FBD League success with a win over Laois on the road last Sunday. In this weeks www.advertiser.ie Galway GAA podcast, Alan Flynn and Colm Gannon look back over that win and preview Galway’s biggest test to date this year when Tyrone come to Salthill this Sunday in round two.

Varley in positive form

Thu, Feb 04, 2016

Galway forward Adrian Varley from Cortoon is in a positive frame of mind ahead of Sunday's meeting with Tyrone at Pearse Stadium (2pm) in round 2 of the NFL.

Walsh and Harte go head to head in NFL

Thu, Feb 04, 2016

This Sunday Kevin Walsh and Mickey Harte's teams line out in what promises to be a captivating game between Galway and Tyrone in Pearse Stadium (2pm) in round two of the NFL.

Cup-winning NUIG Mystics too strong

Thu, Feb 04, 2016

NUIG Mystics dominated from beginning to end, overcoming Oblate Dynamos by 71-44 to claim their first national basketball trophy.

Maree save the best till last to secure first cup

Thu, Feb 04, 2016

Maree BC has scooped this year's Hula Hoops Presidents’ National Cup for the first time, out-gunning Cork's C&S Blue Demons with an inspirational final quarter.

Overcoming favourites C&S Blue Demons by 78-64 to claim this year's showpiece, Maree BC coach John Finn described the victory as "brilliant".