Carlow Sport

Manager’s View: Rainbow: “We’re in with a chance”

Anthony Rainbow goes through a training drill with the Carlow U15 squad at Dr Cullen Park on Friday Photo
By Kieran Murphy Carlow senior football manager Anthony Rainbow is in upbeat mood as he prepares for their first round Leinster senior football championship clash against Westmeath in Mullingar on Sunday. After a league campaign which promised so much with...

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Player’s View: Hayden looks to go the distance

By Kieran Murphy YOU can’t help but like Derek Hayden. He admits that on the field he can have a...

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Player’s View: Nolan eyes a first win in Leinster competition

Carlow full-back Eoin Nolan says the team will have to live up to their favourites' tag on Saturday against London
By Kieran Murphy CARLOW senior hurling full-back Eoin Nolan made an interesting observation when asked to comment on his team’s...

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Manager’s View: Meyler is wary of rising Exiles

Carlow senior hurling manager John Meyler talks to his squad at trainingtin Dr Cullen Park on Friday
By Kieran Murphy THE Carlow hurlers trained early last Friday evening. The session started at 6.30pm and ended an hour...

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Sports Profile: Eddie Shaw

Brief Career Resume: Manager of New Oak, former player and manager with Stretford United and Walkerstown. Fanatical Manchester United supporter...

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GAA Round-Up: Eire Óg Take Spoils In Clash Of Town Teams

Éire Óg's Cormac Mullins and Kevin Power of O'Hanrahan's compete for the ball during Sunday evening's senior football league Division 1 game
Football League Division 1 O’Hanrahan’s     0-6 Éire Óg     2-13 This was a lively game but after holding O’Hanrahan’s...

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Young Smithers holds nerve to win Premier Cup for Parkville

Parkville United celebrate after winning the Keating Memorial Premier Cup
Crettyard United     2 Parkville United     2 (Parkville win 4-3 on penalties) This Keating Memorial Premier Cup final is...

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Padráig Amond: The View From the Beautiful Game

The end of an unbeatable Ferguson era I thought this was going to be a bit of a slow news...

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Daletta, Plotting Racing’s Rich History: Vicarious liability

The political backdrop to this year’s 2000 Guineas made the success of Dawn Approach in the Godolphin blue of almost incalculable significance...

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The Forum: Transparency will cure cycling’s ills

By Kieran Murphy IRISH cyclist Daniel Martin’s recent win in the Liege-Bastogne-Liege one day classic could well herald a new...

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National Sport

Things looking up for Lions as North passed fit for first Test

British and Irish Lions wing George North has been passed fit to face Australia in Saturday's opening Test at Suncorp Stadium.North limped off with a hamstring injury at half-time of last Tuesday's rout of Combined Country XV and has been...

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Murray could face Nadal in Wimbledon quarter-final

Andy Murray was confirmed as the second seed for the Wimbledon men's singles today and French Open champion Rafael Nadal...

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Baldini joins Spurs as technical director

Franco Baldini has joined Tottenham as their technical director, the club have confirmed on their official Twitter feed.More follows.

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Aussies inspired by Brumbies’ triumph over Lions

Australia openside Michael Hooper insists the Wallabies will draw inspiration from the British and Irish Lions' first defeat of their...

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FA Cup final returns to standalone date

The FA Cup final has returned to its historic place at the end of the domestic season next term.In recent...

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QPR get Championship bid rolling at Hillsborough

Harry Redknapp's rebuilding mission at QPR will start on August 3 when Sheffield Wednesday visit Loftus Road on the first...

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Moyes faces tough start at United

Manchester United will start the 2013-14 season at League Cup winners Swansea.New manager David Moyes takes his team to south...

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Llambias resigns as Newcastle MD

Derek Llambias has resigned from his post as managing director at Newcastle, the club announced this morning.Llambias' resignation comes a...

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Southgate favourite to take England U21 role

Gareth Southgate is the overwhelming bookmakers' favourite to replace Stuart Pearce as England Under-21s manager.Pearce was yesterday informed by the...

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Carroll passes Hammers medical

Andy Carroll was this morning on the brink of joining West Ham permanently after passing a medical with the Barclays...

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Sport Columnists

Pádraig Amond: The view from the beautiful game

Shocked by our manager’s resignation After the excitement of avoiding relegation from the Football League last week we got brought back down to earth by the news on Tuesday that our manager Leam Richardson was leaving us to join our...

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Daletta: Plotting racing’s rich history

Balding’s flawless memory Always a welcome visitor, retired trainer Toby Balding attracted a continuous stream of old friends and acquaintances...

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Pádraig Amond: The view from the beautiful game

Holiday time has come at last SATURDAY’S 3-0 loss at home to Oxford was an anti-climax for us and the...

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Daletta: Plotting racing’s rich history

  Equine portrait paints another column Dealers in horsey pictures – unless a sale appears imminent – will tell you...

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Daletta: Plotting racing’s rich history

Peerless Punchestown AN uncle had ridden in point-to-points. That was about our family’s only claim to racing involvement. Nevertheless, as...

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Pádraig Amond: The view from the beautiful game

Safety means so much to the club   LAST Saturday was one of my most enjoyable days of my career...

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The Forum: It’s time this county shouted stop

By Kieran Murphy ON 14 April in Navan, almost a year to the day after Carlow hurlers won promotion to...

Thursday, 25/04/13 - 11:44am Read More

Daletta: Plotting racing’s rich history

Hunter Jack Lee brought to book Back in October Johnson Lee of Kill House, Monasterevan, provided the material for this...

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Pádraig Amond: The view from the beautiful game

My old team-mate Vitorino Antunes did really well for Malaga last week in the Champions League quarter-final against Borussia Dortmund
Victory brings us closer to safety It was a good weekend all round for Accrington Stanley as we had a...

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The Forum: Time to get behind camogie voyage

Carlow's Emma Brennan in action during the recent national camogie league clash against Cavan
By John Foley   THEY are hands down the most successful Carlow team in this spring’s national leagues and yet...

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