The nonchalance with which Rob Finnerty stroked over the winner in Sunday’s FBD final combined with his passiveness on the final whistle that immediately followed told you all you needed to know about what was on the line on Tuam – very little.

January is the month of excuses in Gaelic football. Heavy legs. New systems. Players getting minutes into the limbs. Nothing counts yet. Everything is provisional. The language of January is designed to soften outcomes and blur responsibility.

Charlestown's Ella Brennan is the Mayo Ladies captain for 2026 as 37-strong panel revealed

A 20-metre free awarded in the very last seconds of stoppage time for a breach of the halfway line by Mayo resulted in the point that earned Galway the 2026 FBD Connacht SFL title, at Tuam Stadium, on Sunday afternoon.

A goal by former Charlestown Sarsfields player Conor O’Donoghue helped London to a historic first piece of senior football silverware since 1988, as the Exiles got the better of Leitrim in Saturday night’s FBD Connacht SFL Plate Final.

FBD Connacht SFL Shield Final Sligo 1-18 Roscommon 2-14 Gavin Cawley at Connacht CoE, Bekan ////Sligo picked up an early season piece of silverware when getting the better of Roscommon in Friday night’s FBD Connacht SFL Shield Final, played at the ...

Badminton: Ballina native Jack O’Brien has geared up for next month’s National Badminton Championships in the best possible fashion, with overall victory at the Ulster Badminton Premier Open Singles Tournament.

Where I struggle most an as opinion writer is giving an opinion I am fully, 100% behind about a situation while it is ongoing.

Diane O’Hora’s term as Mayo senior ladies football manager gets underway this coming Sunday with a trip to Breffni Park to take on Cavan in Division 2 of the National Football League (2pm) but the focus for the year is quite singular – a Connacht ...

American football coach Vince Lombardi was a quote and motivation machine. Considered one of the greatest coaches in American sports, his legend lives on.