Tag: Olympic Games

  • Doing it in such a way that people cannot but notice

    Doing it in such a way that people cannot but notice

    In honour of International Womens Day, we here and BTS head office look at some of those who have made sporting strides on the local, national and international stage… NINA CARBERRY (WALSH) MEP: The only possible place this celebratory journey could  begin. Enshrined her name in Irish sporting history when becoming the first lady rider…

  • Surprises aplenty as Meath reveal hand for trip to Tralee

    Surprises aplenty as Meath reveal hand for trip to Tralee

    There are bound to be more than a few raised eyebrows after manager Shane McCormack revealed his Meath Ladies selection for tomorrow’s (Saturday) All Ireland SFC quarter final against last term’s beaten finalists Kerry in Tralee. Throw in at Austin Stack Park is scheduled for 5.30pm on an epic sporting Saturday. That the inclusion of…

  • Emotional Joshua gets caught in the same trap as those who went before

    Emotional Joshua gets caught in the same trap as those who went before

    Boxing is all about bravado. Maybe not to the same extent as the organised chaos that is Wrestling. But not far off it either. Eddie Hearne has made a life out of ‘playing the game’. The apple didn’t fall far from the tree either in that regard. The father and son outfit are the Don…

  • DriveThru Sports Weekly – Ep. 11

    Athletics makes its first appearance on our menu in very sombre circumstances following the passing of Jerry Kiernan, while I also look at the constantly evolving race for the Premiership title and also give my two cents on the growing trend of sports stars retiring long before their time.