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1 week ago | 
belfastlive.co.uk | Robert Hynes |Paddy Tierney
Bryson DeChambeau says he 'wanted to cry' for Rory McIlroy when the world number two hit his approach to the 13th into Rae’s Creek to run up a double bogey. McIlroy became only the sixth male golfer to complete the career grand slam on Sunday as he won the Masters at Augusta after an incredible few hours of golf.
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2 weeks ago | 
belfastlive.co.uk | Paddy Tierney
In a parallel universe, Andy McEntee’s gameplan for Saturday’s crunch meeting with All-Ireland champions Armagh would be fairly simple. Work the ball out to Paddy McBride and get the St John’s ace to launch long, diagonal balls into Antrim’s two-man inside forward line of Matthew Fitzpatrick and Ruairi McCann. In an ideal world, the game would also be played at a redeveloped Casement Park. Reality bites hard for the Saffrons these days.
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2 weeks ago | 
belfastlive.co.uk | Paddy Tierney
Antrim Gaels have been been urged to support a planned march and rally in support of the Build Casement Park campaign. The event, organised by South Antrim GAA, will see players, members and supporters walk from O’Donovan Rossa GAC to Casement Park on Saturday, April 12 ahead of Antrim’s Ulster SFC clash with Armagh in Corrigan Park.
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2 weeks ago | 
belfastlive.co.uk | Paddy Tierney
Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard. The old coaching cliché appears to be close to Malachy O’Rourke’s heart, especially when it comes to harnessing the undoubted potential of the current Tyrone squad. The Red Hands have won two All-Ireland U20 titles in the last three seasons and were All-Ireland senior champions as recently as 2021 while Errigal Ciaran became the first club from the county to win the Ulster club title last season.
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2 weeks ago | 
belfastlive.co.uk | Paddy Tierney
One year on from needing extra-time to win at Kingspan Breffni, Tyrone host Cavan in their Ulster SFC opener for the third time in five years. The Red Hands defeated the-then Ulster champions in 2021 en-route to winning provincial and All-Ireland honours. However, the Red Hands were far from impressive 12 months ago when they blew an eight-point lead following Padraig Hampsey’s black card.
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2 weeks ago | 
belfastlive.co.uk | Paddy Tierney
After the stand-off regarding the venue, the footballers of Antrim and Armagh will do battle this weekend for a place in the Ulster SFC semi-final. The ‘Corrigan Park or nowhere’ saga threatened to overshadow the Ulster Championship, but the provincial council granted the Saffrons permission to host the game. Now, Andy McEntee’s side have to deal with the small matter of trying to topple the reigning All-Ireland champions.
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2 weeks ago | 
belfastlive.co.uk | Paddy Tierney
Derry have six weeks to lick their wounds following a comprehensive 10-point defeat to Donegal in Ballybofey and Paddy Tally hopes to have a much stronger panel when they return to action in the group stage of the All-Ireland series. The Oak Leafers were without Odhran Lynch, Gareth McKinless, Conor McCluskey, Anton Tohill, Donncha Gilmore and Cormac Murphy for Sunday’s Ulster SFC preliminary round tie and a lack of depth showed as Donegal kicked clear in the second half.
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2 weeks ago | 
irishmirror.ie | Paddy Tierney |Oisin Doherty
One year on from the ambush that spelled the beginning of the end of Mickey Harte’s reign in Derry, Donegal prepare to lock horns with their north-west neighbours once more as the 2025 Ulster SFC gets under way. This time, Donegal have home advantage as they bid to continue their proud record in MacCumhaill Park under Jim McGuinness. Now in the second year of his second tenure, Donegal have yet to lose in 14 previous games in Ballybofey under his watch.
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2 weeks ago | 
belfastlive.co.uk | Paddy Tierney
One year on from the ambush that spelled the beginning of the end of Mickey Harte’s reign in Derry, Donegal prepare to lock horns with their north-west neighbours once more as the 2025 Ulster SFC gets under way. This time, Donegal have home advantage as they bid to continue their proud record in MacCumhaill Park under Jim McGuinness. Now in the second year of his second tenure, Donegal have yet to lose in 14 previous games in Ballybofey under his watch.
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2 weeks ago | 
belfastlive.co.uk | Paddy Tierney
Holders Donegal begin the defence of their Ulster title against the 2022 and 2023 winners Derry. Indeed, in the first round last season, Jim McGuinness’s side pulled off an upset against the Oak Leafers in Celtic Park, scoring a sensational 4-11 to 0-16 win against the-then Division One champions. Remarkably, Derry have won only two games since beating Dublin in the League final last season and one of those was a penalty shootout victory against Mayo.
