Roy Keane at 50

Soccer
All credit to Quinquagenarians. On the occasion of Roy Keane’s 50th birthday today, enjoy 50 photos from down the years. One of the most iconic people – not just sportspeople – in Irish history.

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Sportsfile Trio win at PPAI Awards

Media Coverage
Sportsfile won three awards at the annual PPAI Awards last night, with three first-time winners in Piaras Ó Mídheach, Sam Barnes and Seb Daly. Piaras won Second Place in the Sports Action Category Conal Keaney was heading in the ...

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Front Row Seat – Life as the FAI Photographer

Front Row Seat, Soccer
Sure, he earned 57 International Caps playing for the Republic of Ireland. He managed the national team for 68 games over two terms, and was planning to get Ireland back to the Euros before his tenure ended early in unforeseen ...

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Front Row Seat – Pearse Park not Croke Park

Front Row Seat, GAA
There’s an old posting on adverts.ie for a match programme from 2006. Longford v Dublin, 4th of June 2006. Pearse Park in Longford. It was sold for a fiver. The photo on the ad is upside-down and the text a bit hard to read, but it ...

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Front Row Seat – Life as the Leinster Rugby Photographer

Front Row Seat, Rugby
He could have been in the Stade Vélodrome – but instead he’s staying at home. Marseille was supposed to be hosting the Heineken Champions Cup Final last night, and the Heineken Challenge Cup Final the evening before that, but as we ...

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Front Row Seat – Soccer at Croker

Front Row Seat, Soccer
Soccer, football, Fußball, or the beautiful game– use whatever term is familiar to you. But on this day in 2007, the Republic of Ireland team had the use of something unfamiliar to them. Croke Park. For the first time since the ...

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Front Row Seat – Welcome to the Club

Front Row Seat, GAA
Today should have seen Donegal make the trip to Kerry for an Allianz Football League Division 1 game, but with sport on hold we’ve asked our own Kerryman Brendan Moran to take a trip down memory lane for a look back at the time the two sides ...

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Front Row Seat – Kerry Cricket

Front Row Seat, Other Sports
Front Row Seat A look at some of the biggest and most unusual moments in Irish sport covered by Sportsfile Kerry and Cork. Well it’s a bit of a bitter rivalry really. The history, the geography. Trying to get one up on ...

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Blog: Sportsfile Images of the Year 2019

Images of the Year, GAA, Soccer, Rugby, Boxing & UFC, Other Sports
Seán Gannon of Dundalk during the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division match against Bohemians at Oriel Park. Photo by Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile Sit back and take a scroll through Sportsfile’s Images of the Year 2019. We’ve ...

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2019 Special Olympics World Games

Other Sports
A remarkable 86 medals will be brought back to Dublin Airport today after a fantastically memorable 2019 Special Olympics World Summer Games for Team Ireland. 91 Special Olympics Ireland athletes travelled to Abu Dhabi, to compete in twelve ...

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