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Sonia O'Sullivan: Back on Track

Tuesday, 01 September 1998 01:00 Greg Allen

Sonia Sonia O'Sullivan is not just back to form. She is having the best year of her entire career.

At the end of the tunnel in Budapest's Nepstadion, what seemed like an endless sequence of interviews began to fray the nerve endings of the small corps of Irish media, waiting for Sonia O'Sullivan to jog towards them.

They were ready to ask questions about how shocked she appeared when she crossed the line in the 5000 metres final and about how good it felt to be the only athlete to win two individual gold medals at the Championships. And, of course, they wanted to know what it was like to be back.

1998 World Cup: War on a footbll pitch

Monday, 01 June 1998 01:00 Marguerite Barry

Ever since Neanderthal No.8 first stubbed his toe on a rock, grunted and kicked it at the head of his nearest enemy, football has been one of the most popular pastimes of homo sapiens—team rivalry, competition and success being the ingredients which have been successfully passed down through our DNA over the centuries.

1998 World Cup preview: The greatest game in the world

Monday, 01 June 1998 01:00 Ronan O'Neill

The sixteenth World Cup kicks off at the Stade de France outside Paris on June 10. Thirty-two teams will take part and 550 million people will tune in worldwide until one is left in triumph on July 12. Over the next seven pages Magill previews the teams and some of the top players and looks back at the history of an often controversial contest. But first, down to the business of football. Ronan O'Neill looks at the increasing commercialisation of the game and asks will this be the last time we'll all watch it for free

Cliftonville: Red Devils

Sunday, 01 March 1998 01:00 Ronan O Neill

Cliftonville FC has clawed its way back from near extinction to head the Smirnoff Premier League. Can the Reds tackle sectarian strife to take the Championship? By Ronan O Neill

Portmarnock Hotel and Golf Links: A Line In The Sand

Sunday, 01 March 1998 01:00 John Mulligan

Another controversial planning decision in North County Dublin could become an issue in the forthcoming
by-election. By John Mulligan

Out but not down - The state of Irish Soccer

Thursday, 14 November 1985 00:00

It's Sunday afternoon, three days before Ireland's game against Dennmark. In Johnstown Park Finglas, a Dublin Corporation amenity, the Dubblin and District Schoolboy League is holding its first trial match for twelve year-old boys who dream of representting the city. It's cold, a harsh east wind blows across the vast open park cutting through the small knots of spectators, proud parents, anxious club managers .. devoted men worried that their boys won't do themselves justice in this their one chance to show what they can do. By Eamon Dunphy

Dunphy's Diary November 1985

Friday, 01 November 1985 00:00

Immediately after Ireland's 2-0 defeat by the USSR a remarkable press conference took place in the Lenin Stadium. At the top table sat the two managers and a Soviet interrpreter. Eoin Hand slouched head in hands on the verge of tears. He and his Soviet counterpart exchanged congraatulation for commiseration. Questions were invited.

Mick O'Dwyer - The Uncrowned King of Kerry

Friday, 01 November 1985 00:00 Brendan O hEither

Mick O'Dwyer has dominated the last decade of Gaelic football to a greater degree than any of the players who became national figures during that period. Naturally, most of them would be Kerry players. It is hardly necessary to remind readers that the county has won seven All-Irelands in eleven years -and lost two more - under his management.

The Kingdom Reigns on

Tuesday, 01 October 1985 00:00 Brendan O hEither

At half-time in the All-Ireland final, the overwhelming majority of people in my vicinity felt that the match was already won by Kerry and irretrievably lost as a spectacle; that Dublin could not possibly make a game of it, much less threaten Kerry's clear superiority.

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