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# New Challenges

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'It was the right time to have ownership of my life again'

Paula Fitzpatrick became the latest member of the Ireland women’s rugby team to step back from the sport to seek new challenges in her life.

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Feb 10th 2019, 10:00 AM

Katie Taylor fit and ready to embark on exciting journey with a point to prove

Four days out from her first fight as a professional boxer, Taylor cut a relaxed figure in Dublin yesterday.

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Nov 23rd 2016, 8:00 AM

Wiggins: This year is going to be all about the Giro d'Italia

The Tour de France champion has a different set of priorities in 2013, and admits he was ‘pretty mediocre’ in the Tour of Oman.

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Feb 17th 2013, 10:16 AM