Carrigaline native Niamh McCarthy has claimed a discus double for Team Ireland last night when the Corkonian captured silver in the F41 Discus Final in Rio de Janeiro last night. Following on from the successes of fellow Cork woman Orla Barry, who won silver in the F57 discus event, Ms. McCarthy made it a double for…
The Irish Paralympic Team have launched a crowdfunding campaign to ensure a top class experience for the Irish Team in Rio; 46 Athletes from across Ireland are currently preparing for the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio, which take place from 7th to 18th September. The Irish Government have supported the Paralympic team to the tune…
While the road to Rio is long, and many of us are left to our television screens for our fill of the boxing, golf and cycling, UCC has brought the action closer this summer. On the 4th & 6th of July, UCC hosted two international hockey matches between Ireland and the Netherlands in the build up to…
It’s that time again; On Friday August 5th the Olympic Games, the world’s biggest sporting event, begins, sending the world ‘sports mad’ as it does every four years. 77 athletes will take to the stage at 31st Summer Olympics in Rio De Janeiro to represent Ireland at its 21st Olympic Games. They will compete in 14 sports…
Following Cork City’s dramatic 1-0 win over BK Häcken, the Rebel Army travel to the Luminus Arena to face KRC Genk in the Europa League Third Qualifying Round tonight. Speaking to the the media at the club’s training ground in Bishopstown , manager John Caulfield said: “It’s great, and it’s something for the lads to…
It has been a year of sporting upsets: Japan caused a massive upset to the Springboks in the Rugby World Cup, Michael Bisping won the UFC Middleweight title on 17 days notice, and Leicester City defied the odds to win the Premier League; it has certainly been the year of the underdog. Tomorrow evening Cork City FC will be hoping to…
Tonight Cork City FC welcome Northern Ireland Football League (NIFL) side Linfield to Turners Cross in the second round of their UEFA Europa League Qualifying campaign. While only a few miles separate the clubs, clashes between NIFL clubs and League of Ireland (LOI) clubs have been scattered across the European competitions, with the dream of…
The countdown is on for the 31st Summer Olympiad, which gets underway on August 5th in Rio De Janeiro. The Summer Games will last until August 21st and will see 306 events across 28 sports, including Rugby 7’s, which appears for the first time, and Golf, which hasn’t been seen at the Summer Olympics since…
Yesterday afternoon I had the once in a lifetime chance to meet the Irish national team. I was in a cauldron of emotion: my hands were rattling like the goal nets, my mind was a whitewash of wants and wishes, and with each passing moment things were becoming more real. Right here before us were our…
This morning; the news headline waiting 27 years finally broke on Warrington: Justice. To anyone; no matter what sport you follow, the words 96 and Justice went hand in hand every year every season. Across Europe the European Elites such as Borussia Dortmund and Celtic regularly displayed, “Justice for the 96” banners. At home in…