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UCD end season with unfortunate loss
Tuesday, 13 Apr, 2010 – 14:02 | Comments Off
UCD end season with unfortunate loss

UCD 16-29 Old Wesley – Killian Woods was at the Belfield Bowl to watch UCD RFC’s final game of the season against Old Wesley

World Cup – If justice prevailed: Ireland’s summer of dreams
Tuesday, 13 Apr, 2010 – 14:01 | Comments Off
World Cup – If justice prevailed: Ireland’s summer of dreams

What if Thierry Henry’s handball had been caught? Sam Geoghegan wonders what might have been for the Irish World Cup campaign

World Cup – World football takes to the High Veldt
Tuesday, 13 Apr, 2010 – 14:01 | 7 Comments
World Cup – World football takes to the High Veldt

Killian Woods analyses the teams from each confederation competing for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, holding special reservation for New Zealand…

World Cup – More than a gold trophy
Tuesday, 13 Apr, 2010 – 14:01 | Comments Off
World Cup – More than a gold trophy

Gary Dunne assesses the worldwide cultural significance of football’s greatest prize

Students taught a sobering lesson
Tuesday, 13 Apr, 2010 – 14:01 | Comments Off
Students taught a sobering lesson

Dundalk 3-0 UCD AFC – After two successive 0-0 draws, UCD slumped to a heavy defeat against title aspring Dundalk in Oriel Park, reports Ryan Mackenzie

Lucky, efficient and this year’s champions
Tuesday, 13 Apr, 2010 – 14:00 | Comments Off
Lucky, efficient and this year’s champions

Let down by Brock James, Clermont Auvergne were the only team left in Europe capable of matching the ruthless Leinster machine and knocking them out of the competition, writes Killian Woods

The Badger Awards
Tuesday, 13 Apr, 2010 – 14:00 | Comments Off
The Badger Awards

In true PFA fashion, The Badger hands out his end-of-season awards before the actual climax of the season

Irish cricket on the backfoot
Tuesday, 13 Apr, 2010 – 14:00 | Comments Off
Irish cricket on the backfoot

Irish cricket knows the path to progress but defecting players and political issues are holding the sport back on the Irish scene, writes Stephen Devine

Fenno on Sport
Tuesday, 13 Apr, 2010 – 14:00 | Comments Off
Fenno on Sport

In his last column possibly ever, Paul Fennessy exposes the lurid workings of Sepp Blatter’s unseemly enterprise and condemns Alex Ferguson’s recent behaviour
Cheats permeate every walk of life. Yet football bears the dubious distinction of …

Violence raises its ugly face
Tuesday, 13 Apr, 2010 – 14:00 | Comments Off
Violence raises its ugly face

Ten years on from the death of two Leeds United fans in Instanbul, Richard Chambers investigates the resurgence in hooliganism in recent times

The Badger
Tuesday, 13 Apr, 2010 – 14:00 | Comments Off
The Badger

Very likely the final installment of the Badger…

Handbags at the ready
Tuesday, 13 Apr, 2010 – 14:00 | 2 Comments
Handbags at the ready

The intense competition between Alberto Contador and Lance Armstrong is bound to hit new heights this summer, writes Richard Chambers

Football Fantasies #14: Do not adjust your browser settings
Tuesday, 6 Apr, 2010 – 1:13 | One Comment
Football Fantasies #14: Do not adjust your browser settings

Anyone want £4.3 million imaginary?

UCD leave Bray wandering at foot of league
Tuesday, 30 Mar, 2010 – 14:02 | Comments Off
UCD leave Bray wandering at foot of league

UCD 1 – 0 Bray Wanderers – UCD claimed their first home win of the season with victory over struggling Bray Wanderers, watched by Ryan Mackenzie

The Badgah, Mate
Tuesday, 30 Mar, 2010 – 14:01 | Comments Off
The Badgah, Mate

No more of The Badger’s articles can be considered for the upcoming Smedia awards, so expect a sharp decline in quality…

GAA: A different ball game
Tuesday, 30 Mar, 2010 – 14:01 | One Comment
GAA: A different ball game

Another year and a fresh set of experimental rules has Jack Logan pondering whether Gaelic football deserves to be tinkered with so often

Provincial powers to make amends
Tuesday, 30 Mar, 2010 – 14:01 | Comments Off
Provincial powers to make amends

Patrick Guiney previews Irish chances in the upcoming Heineken Cup and their prospects should they overcome their stiff opposition

Yankees open new season in earnest
Tuesday, 30 Mar, 2010 – 14:01 | Comments Off
Yankees open new season in earnest

Ridiculous amounts of money being thrown around, hundreds of games, and a World Series to eye up – it can only be a new baseball season, writes Sam Geoghegan