Fiona Coghlanâ€™s Rugby Diary

Last update: Thursday, November 8, 2007, 00:00 | © Metro Éireann

A weekend off, but no resting on my laurels Well again, this year’s bragging rights went to Munster in the Interprovincial final. The final score was 11–10 and it was a tight game throughout.

Around the Ring

Last update: Thursday, November 8, 2007, 00:00 | © Metro Éireann

Irish light flyweight Paddy Barnes secured his place at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing with an emphatic win over Japan’s Kenji Ohkubo at the 2007 AIBA World Championships and Olympic qualifiers at the University of Illinois in Chicago last week

Brazil to host 2014 World Cup

Last update: Thursday, November 8, 2007, 00:00 | © Metro Éireann

Jubilant Celebrations follow Fifa’s official announcement THE Brazilian community in Ireland were in a jubilant mood last week after Fifa, soccer’s world governing body, confirmed that Brazil would host the 2014 World Cup finals.

MARTIAL ARTSâ€¦ for the uninitiated

Last update: Thursday, October 25, 2007, 00:00 | © Metro Éireann

As he prepares to leave for pastures new, sports reporter ROBERT CARRY takes a look back over the different martial arts he’s covered...

Around the Ring

Last update: Thursday, October 25, 2007, 00:00 | © Metro Éireann

Dominic O’Rourke, the president of the Irish Amateur Boxing Association (IABA), has hailed the impressive performance of Katie Taylor following her incredible hat-trick in Denmark last Saturday.

The Sports Interview: Girl power

Last update: Thursday, October 25, 2007, 00:00 | © Metro Éireann

Robert Carry profiles Jill Mills, the American powerlifter and strength competitor who has been hailed as the world’s strongest woman

Fiona Coghlanâ€™s Rugby Diary

Last update: Thursday, October 25, 2007, 00:00 | © Metro Éireann

Back in training for the new rugby seasonAfter three months travelling around Australia and Bali, I really couldn’t wait to get back to training! Don’t get me wrong, I had an amazing experience and it was just what I needed – relaxing on some of the most sensational beaches on the Whitsunday Islands; scuba diving and snorkelling on the Great Barrier Reef; and driving 4X4s on Fraser Island. It was my first proper holiday for three years. But I was happy to get home.

Polandâ€™s top club set to face St Patâ€™s

Last update: Thursday, October 25, 2007, 00:00 | © Metro Éireann

St Patrick’s Athletic have announced that they are to play a friendly against Poland’s Wisla Krakow.

Action week against racism kicks off across Europe

Last update: Thursday, October 25, 2007, 00:00 | © Metro Éireann

A week-long series of events aiming to raise awareness of the ongoing problem of racism in football has kicked off across Europe.

MARTIAL ARTSâ€¦ for the uninitiated

Last update: Thursday, October 18, 2007, 00:00 | © Metro Éireann

Each week sports reporter ROBERT CARRY looks at martial arts from around the world. This week it’s the noble art of Fencing

Around the Ring

Last update: Thursday, October 18, 2007, 00:00 | © Metro Éireann

Former Olympic champion Michael Carruth is backing the Irish senior team to do well at this month’s World Boxing Championships in Chicago, and he believes that winning a medal at this level can be an enormous confidence booster going into next year’s Olympics Games.

The Sports Interview: Taking on the world

Last update: Thursday, October 18, 2007, 00:00 | © Metro Éireann

Bernard O’Neill talks to Irish amateur boxing coach Zuar Antia as he prepares to lead the Irish squad to the World Championships in Chicago

Foreign players shine in weekend basketball fixtures

Last update: Thursday, October 18, 2007, 00:00 | © Metro Éireann

Nik Ntougas, the latest foreign addition to the Basketball Ireland Men’s SuperLeague, was among a host of non-Irish players in action at the weekend.

MARTIAL ARTSâ€¦ for the uninitiated

Each week sports reporter ROBERT CARRY looks at martial arts from around the world. This week it’s the ancient Greek art, Pankration

Around the Ring

POLISH veteran Andrew Golota switched to southpaw to leave Irish heavyweight Kevin

The Sports Interview: ANIMALS ON THE ICE

Robert Carry meets Aaron Murphy, the Canadian captain of the Dublin Rams, one of the star teams on the scene in Ireland’s newest sporting hit – ice hockey

Filipino martial artists in child charity drive

A GROUP of Filipino martial arts clubs from around Ireland and beyond are set to host a charity seminar, aimed at raising money to aid vulnerable women and children in the country where their fight-form developed.

MARTIAL ARTSâ€¦ for the uninitiated

Each week sports reporter ROBERT CARRY looks at martial arts from around the world. This week it’s Japan’s traditional Sumo

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