A new era for Galway soccer as SD Galway open league campaign

Thu, Mar 01, 2012

League of Ireland football returns tomorrow night with the newly named SD Galway FC making the short trip to Lissywoolen for a tussle with Athlone Town.

Connacht prepare for Edinburgh attack as old friends renew rivalries

Thu, Feb 23, 2012

Old friends become rivals tomorrow evening (7.30pm) as Edinburgh make their first visit to the Galway Sportsground under former Connacht coach Michael Bradley.

St Mary’s clash with newcomers Headford in schools’ cup final

Thu, Feb 23, 2012

Two Galway schools will contest the 2012 Umbro FAI Schools’ Connacht Senior A Cup final tomorrow.

Galway hurlers open new league season with eye on the future

Thu, Feb 23, 2012

The Galway hurlers will face the defending league champions Dublin on Sunday in the opening round of the Allianz Hurling League 2012 at 2.30pm in Pearse Stadium.

Galway Ladies stage second-half revival

Thu, Feb 23, 2012

Clare 5-11
Galway 3-20

Connacht prepare for a physical battle with in-form Warriors

Thu, Feb 16, 2012

Connacht return to the Galway Sportsground where they face home fixtures over the next two weekends that will prove crucial in determining how their season concludes.

Bish four in a row

Thu, Feb 16, 2012

St Joseph’s College, Galway, have claimed a fourth successive All Ireland basketball title when they cruised to a comfortable 53-31 victory over Douglas Community School in the u-16 A boys cup final recently.

Daly defends kickboxing crown

Thu, Feb 16, 2012

Gort kickboxer Eric "the shadow" Daly will make a mandatory first defence of his IKF European super lightweight kickboxing title on Sunday in the Menlo Park Hotel, Galway.

Daly will take on the current IKF English champion Garthy Shove from Kent which will be preceded by an Ireland v England team event on the undercard.

Top scorer Enos expected to return for Moycullen

Thu, Feb 16, 2012

Moycullen hope to welcome back top scorer Luke Enos to the line-up this weekend when they travel north to face a resurgent Belfast Star in Saturday night’s Superleague basketball action.

Enos, who is among the Superleague's highest scorers with 24.3 points per game this season, has been sidelined with an ankle injury for the past month. And coupled with the injury to Stephen Tummon, Moycullen have been left without a centre in their three previous games.

New Galway kettlebell club

Thu, Feb 16, 2012

A new club has been set up in Galway to teach the growing sport of kettlebells.

Wegians frustrated

Thu, Feb 16, 2012

Galwegians moved up one place in the Ulster Bank League division 1B table, but they are still hovering just three points clear of the relegation zone despite a 27 - 22 bonus-point loss to promotion hopefuls Ballymena on Saturday.

Ladies register first win

Thu, Feb 16, 2012

The Galway ladies footballers bounced back from their opening league defeat at the hands of Mayo to register their first win when overcoming Waterford by 1-13 to 1-8 in Carrickbeg on Sunday.

Gort fall to Coolderry goals

Thu, Feb 16, 2012

Galway hurling champions Gort had a disappointing outing in the Gaelic Grounds on Saturday afternoon in the All-Ireland club semi-final when they found the Offaly champions, Coolderry, too good on the day, losing out on a score-line of 3-16 to 0-17.

Cats too strong for inexperienced Galway

Thu, Feb 16, 2012

Kilkenny boss Brian Cody likes to make statements of intent and by recalling many of his big guns and giving Galway a nine-point trimming last Sunday at Pearse Stadium, 2-20 to 1-14, he laid down a small marker for the year.

Galway footballers lucky to get a draw

Thu, Feb 16, 2012

After the buzz and excitement of the big win over Derry in round one of the NFL, it was back to reality last Sunday in Pearse Stadium when the Galway footballers were fortunate to get a point from their tie with Louth.

Glory for Clonbur

Thu, Feb 16, 2012

The footballers of Clonbur wrote and their club into the history books of the GAA last weekend when they became the first Connacht team to win the All-Ireland junior title after an exciting contest with Derrytresk from Tyrone.

The fact that the Naomh Pádraig club which has been ravaged by emigration over the past two decades only won by the narrowest of margins, 1-08 to 1-07, and only went ahead for the first time in the last two minutes of the tie, made the victory all the sweeter for the players and their loyal supporters.

Connacht youth on Irish squad for Italy

Thu, Feb 16, 2012

Connacht’s Paul O’Donnell has been selected on the Irish u-18 clubs team that will take on Italy in Rovigo on Saturday. The 17-years-old hookerjoined Galwegians Academy when he was eight and has played with the senior Calasanctius College side. The son of well known sportsman Brian O’Donnell, Paul was selected on the Irish team following strong performances for Connacht in the Autumn Interprovincial Series. Ireland will play three international matches during the spring, the first of which takes place on Saturday in Italy.

Hurlers face Cats in Walsh Cup Salthill showdown

Thu, Feb 09, 2012

The Galway senior hurlers take on Brian Cody’s Kilkenny in the Bord Na Móna Walsh Cup final this Sunday in Pearse Stadium at 12.45pm.

Connacht must continue Heineken Cup form in the Rabo

Thu, Feb 09, 2012

From the high of their Heineken Cup victory over Harlequins and a two week break, Connacht return to competitive action in the Pro 12 when they travel to Cardiff to take on the Blues tomorrow evening.

The challenge for Eric Elwood's men is to deliver the type of performance they displayed in Europe in the bread and butter competition of the Celtic League. If they do not, they will languish at the bottom of the table where Italian strugglers Aironi are poised to overtake them, while a win could see them leap the Dragons.

Mulholland’s young guns get ready for Louth test

Thu, Feb 09, 2012

Alan Mulholland’s young Galway football team – featuring eight players who won All-Ireland u-21 medals last year against Cavan – tore into the National Football League with gusto, skill, and plenty of belief to register a meritorious 1-15 to 1-11 victory over Derry in Celtic Park last Sunday.

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