O’DONOVAN Rossa were crowned All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling champions at a rain-lashed Croke Park yesterday. The West Belfast side scored a 1-9 to 2-3 win over Kilburn Gaels in what was a poor game but an incredible occasion. Stephen Beatty scored the Rossa goal two minutes after the break and this score was decisive as the […]
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Mist opportunity for Antrim
Antrim are still waiting on their first victory in Division 4 of the National League after a narrow one-point loss to Longford on Sunday. In a match played in dense fog at Glennon Brothers Pearse Park in Longford, events of the first half were difficult to follow at times for both spectators and the assembled […]
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Antrim draw in first Belfast game in 18 months
Antrim and Carlow had to settle for a point each as they battled to a draw in the opening round of the National League Division 4 campaign at a snowy Páirc Naomh Pól on Sunday afternoon. Antrim, playing their first football match in Belfast in over 18 months, got off to the perfect start when […]
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Biggest ever Irish boxing audience expected as Frampton fight confirmed for Titanic Slipways
Titanic slipways will be the venue for the IBF World Super Bantamweight Title fight between Carl Frampton and Kiko Martinez. The venue was announced on Tuesday at a press conference in the Titanic Centre in Belfast for the September 6 fight. Organisers will hope he re-match between the two rivals will be a repeat of […]
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Promotion still the target for Baker, despite loss
BY David Mohan in Ahoghill ANTRIM manager Liam Bradley bemoaned the concession of two second half goals as his side slipped to a second defeat in as many games to leave their hopes for promotion from Division Four hanging by a thread. Leading by four points after 50 minutes, Antrim lost their way somewhat with […]
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Antrim have Mourne supremacy
ANTRIM rounded off their Dr McKenna Cup campaign with a morale-boosting win over Down on Wednesday night, but the victory was overshadowed by a serious looking knee injury to Sean McVeigh. The Ballymena man was body-checked by Dan McCartan around the centre of the field in the 60th minute – a challenge that earned the […]
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