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    Dual Nationality
    ‘Football was my language’ - The Morocco-born player who came of age in Ireland
    Updated 14 Dec 2022
    6
    the perfect farewell
    Messi on cusp of World Cup dream as he inspires Argentina to semi-final victory
    13 Dec 2022
    40
    Preview
    World Cup semi-finals: Dreams of Messi and Morocco on the line amid prospect of repeat final pairing
    13 Dec 2022
    11
    column
    Donn McClean: Icy weather wreaks havoc as Energumene’s talent shows
    12 Dec 2022
    0
    talking point
    Why England's latest World Cup exit feels at once familiar and unprecedented
    12 Dec 2022
    1
    striking gold
    'You'd lose yourself in the ball alley. There’d be an hour gone and you wouldn’t even notice'
    11 Dec 2022
    14
    The Right Hook
    RTÉ have Champions Cup rugby back but can it ever be the same as it was?
    11 Dec 2022
    4
    Hurling strongholds
    A novel hurling final: How Bray and Trim overcame indifference and Kilkenny dominance
    10 Dec 2022
    2
    The Lowdown
    Champions Cup: Why Leinster aren't Racing certainties as Munster have nothing to lose
    9 Dec 2022
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    come on eileen
    From Perth to Croke Park and back again - a Monaghan bid for more All-Ireland glory
    8 Dec 2022
    1
    capital loss
    Fighting fires on and off the pitch, Lyndsey Davey encapsulated all that is good about the game
    5 Dec 2022
    1
    Review
    Donn McClean: Honeysuckle to bounce back after falling short of unprecedented win
    5 Dec 2022
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    trailblazer
    The ex-Ireland international who refuses to watch the 2022 World Cup
    4 Dec 2022
    15
    ups and downs
    The community that wouldn't die - 90 years without a home, 60 minutes from a Leinster title
    4 Dec 2022
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    rivalry renewed
    For Naas, the road to Croker had to go through Kilkenny
    24 Nov 2022
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    the evolution continues
    Darwin Nunez outshines Son but fluffs his lines in Uruguay's draw with Korea
    24 Nov 2022
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    a messi end
    Saudi Arabia expose another collective Argentina failure in upset for the ages
    22 Nov 2022
    30
    Analysis
    Donn McClean: State Man not quite at Hurricane Fly's level yet but has serious potential
    21 Nov 2022
    0
    fluffing their lines
    Qatar freeze in front of the world and flop on their big opening night
    20 Nov 2022
    30
    New Canada
    'Fear Nothing': Alphonso Davies, and Canada's changing relationship with football
    20 Nov 2022
    1
    Crystal Ball Gazing
    'If they get some luck, then absolutely you can see Ireland progressing'
    20 Nov 2022
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    Preview: A World Cup in Qatar is not an aberration - It is football's logical end
    20 Nov 2022
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    next chapter
    'I struggled when I didn't have much of a purpose' - Scott Fardy on life after rugby
    19 Nov 2022
    3
    ACHIEVEMENT
    The remarkable rise of multicultural Belgium GAA to an All-Ireland quarter-final
    19 Nov 2022
    2
    Political Football
    Why Qatar wanted to host the World Cup - It's not just about sportswashing
    19 Nov 2022
    28
    Champions
    How Galway's hurling kings rose up - 'I’ll admire St Thomas’ every day of the week'
    19 Nov 2022
    talking point
    Groundhog day at the Aviva
    Updated 18 Nov 2022
    29
    punished
    Disjointed and timid performance on a night when failure to do basics cost dear
    17 Nov 2022
    15
    one on one
    'I'm feeling good. But it's been a mad few years' - Life with Robbie Brady
    14 Nov 2022
    3
    Data in Rugby
    'More people are creating livings from commentating on rugby now'
    14 Nov 2022
    2
    Honour
    Remembering Izzy Dezu – A gentle giant still loved by all
    12 Nov 2022
    3
    Know Your Enemy
    Egotists, never-weres and safe bets - how things stand a year out from the World Cup
    5 Nov 2022
    2
    The Dooleys
    'It was important to knock that myth on the head. We wanted to have our say' - Offaly hurling's golden age
    5 Nov 2022
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    opposition view
    What do Ireland's World Cup group rivals think of Vera Pauw's side?
    31 Oct 2022
    21
    Kilruane MacDonaghs
    'The first man that came over and shook my hand was Dan, Dillon’s father' - Hurling emotion in Tipp
    31 Oct 2022
    1
    Marnie
    The Irish international who quit to become a priest and anti-Apartheid protestor
    30 Oct 2022
    7
    My Little Flower
    'Joe said, 'Put that bottle of Buckfast down, you're coming into Ireland camp!''
    30 Oct 2022
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    Katie Taylor outguns Karen Elizabeth Carabajal to stay undisputed and undefeated
    29 Oct 2022
    38
    Dramatic
    Demise of 'God' - How Robbie Fowler's Anfield exit was death by a thousand cuts
    29 Oct 2022
    7
    fervour she wrote
    Ireland's World Cup history-makers give us a reason to get carried away all over again
    11 Oct 2022
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