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With ten games to go for Galway United in the SSE Airtricity Premier Division this season, the pressure and the tension is ratcheting up.

Galway athletes made their presence felt at the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham.

The world ranked number two squash player, Paul Coll, hosted a two-day masterclass at Galway Lawn Tennis Club last weekend.

Galway United Women have become accustomed to big games in their successful seasons at the top of domestic football. Saturday’s FAI cup semi-final away to Athlone Town feels as big as any.

In a recent article previewing the All-Ireland Ladies Football Final, I stated that the captain of the first Galway side to get to an All-Ireland Final side was Nono McHugh. In actual fact, the captain leading that side against the odds in 1975, was the athletic Rosemary Divilly.

There are some teams whose greatest achievement is not measured by the trophies they lifted, but by the paths they cleared for those who came after them. The Galway senior ladies' football team of 1975 belongs firmly in that category. They may not have returned home with the Brendan Martin Cup, but they carried something every bit as valuable – hope, pride and the belief that Galway women deserved their place on the biggest stage of Gaelic football.

A Galway City Harriers victory in both the men's and women's was a fitting way to celebrate last weekend's 40th year of the Medtronic Streets of Galway 8k, which attracted a record field of approximately 4,000 runners.

Galway United Women travel to Waterford on Saturday afternoon with little room for manoeuvre should they wish to reinvigorate their title bid.

Cillian Hirst was crowned the Under-9 World Champion at Pinehurst Golf Club in North Carolina last week.

Galway native Alex Murphy has joined 2.Bundesliga side FC Kaiserslautern on loan from Newcastle United for the 2026/27 season.