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2022
Frank and honest, Ireland's Hampden heroes and more of the week's best sportswriting
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Oct 23rd 2022, 8:30 AM
Farewell to Federer, Savannah's story and more of the week's best sportswriting
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Sep 18th 2022, 8:30 AM
Serena's farewell, Best and Charlton's feud and the rest of the week's best sportswriting
Plus, a beautiful recollection of the late Dillon Quirke’s funeral.
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Aug 14th 2022, 8:30 AM
What happens when a footballer leaves a club and more of the week's best sportswriting
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Jun 12th 2022, 7:00 AM
Katie did it, the dodgy keeper and the rest of the week's best sportswriting
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May 8th 2022, 7:45 AM
The Finn Harps ride, the Olympic experience of Kamila Valieva and the week's best sportswriting
Enjoy a selection of some of our favourite pieces published elsewhere over the last seven days.
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Feb 20th 2022, 8:30 AM
Earls and Hank meet McRae, Here We Go and the week's best sportswriting
Enjoy a selection of some of our favourite pieces published elsewhere over the last seven days.
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Jan 30th 2022, 8:30 AM
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Ryder Cup fever, football friendship to 'match-fixing' and more of the week's best sportswriting
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Sep 26th 2021, 8:30 AM
A brilliant column from Tokyo, the career of Ger Canning and the week's best sportswriting
Plus, an interesting read on cheating in sport, which was shared in our The42 Members’ Behind The Lines WhatsApp group.
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Jul 25th 2021, 8:30 AM
Some top football pieces, the coaching couple setting the Barr high, and the week's best sportswriting
With the Euros on, there’s plenty of football writing in there.
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Jun 13th 2021, 8:30 AM
Sir Alex Ferguson, a famous cycling family, and the week's best sportswriting
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May 16th 2021, 8:30 AM
The 'athletic freak' that is Lindsay Peat, José's quiet departure, and the week's best sportswriting
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May 2nd 2021, 8:30 AM
The current state of Irish football, the late, great David Rocastle, and the week's best sportswriting
Stick the kettle on, and crack open an Easter egg for breakfast…
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Apr 4th 2021, 8:30 AM
A farewell to Dermo, mayhem as the transfer window closes and the week's best sportswriting
Boil the kettle and get reading…
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Oct 4th 2020, 8:30 AM
Clare make hurling history, Zizou at Dalyer and more of the week's best sportswriting
Stick on the kettle and settle in to some of our favourite pieces from the last seven days, including a stunning Bohemians oral history.
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Sep 6th 2020, 8:30 AM
A GAA journey from Poland to Dublin coach, a beautiful tribute to a late star and the week's best sportswriting
Get the kettle boiled, there are some brilliant pieces be to read.
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May 10th 2020, 8:30 AM
A method actor in football's theatre of absurd, 'Keep Women out of Croker' and the week's best sportswriting
Enjoy some of our favourite reads from the last week.
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Mar 15th 2020, 8:30 AM
A nod to encouraging sporting parents, a journey from prison to the podium and the week's best sportswriting
Stick the kettle on, it’s that time of the week.
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Mar 1st 2020, 8:30 AM
How Moyross made Keith Earls, a beautiful tribute to a late colleague and the week's best sportswriting
A selection of our favourite sporting pieces from the past seven days.
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Dec 1st 2019, 8:30 AM
A touching tribute to late Limerick boxer Kevin Sheehy and the week's best sportswriting
Plus, a heartwarming World Cup story and a family affair with the Hendersons.
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Jul 14th 2019, 8:30 AM
I'm Kellie Harrington, Arsenal simply stopped making you feel and the week's best sportswriring
Plus, an interesting League of Ireland piece and ‘I had lost my identity, who am I without sport?’
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Feb 24th 2019, 8:30 AM
The Irish running rivalry fuelled by hate, Limerick's magical summer and the week's best sportswriting
Stick on the kettle, sit back and enjoy.
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Jan 6th 2019, 8:30 AM
Solveig and Hegerberg, the greatest game never played and the week's best sportswriting
Plus, a ‘footballing fairytale told in Longford accent.’
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Dec 9th 2018, 8:30 AM
Here are the 23 contenders for the 2018 eir Sport Sports Book of the Year
The42 is represented twice on the longlist.
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Nov 8th 2018, 4:47 PM
A search for one's family, the Oh-So-Close Men and the week's best sportswriting
Stick on the kettle and settle into some of our favourite sports articles from this week.
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Sep 9th 2018, 8:30 AM
Limerick's 'biggest let-down', a powerful story of struggle and survival and more of the week's best sportswriting
It’s Sunday morning so stick the kettle on and have a read of our selection of the week’s best sportswriting.
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Aug 19th 2018, 8:30 AM
Kilkenny v Tipperary 1968, Arsenal's miracle worker Wenger and the week's best sportswriting
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Apr 22nd 2018, 8:30 AM
The Irish teenager dreaming big at Inter Milan and the week's best sportswriting
A few teasers for some of our favourite sportswriting from the week that was.
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Apr 8th 2018, 8:30 AM
McIlroy and Harrington sit down with Kimmage and the week's best sportswriting
It’s Sunday morning and you know what that means….. stick the kettle on and feast your eyes on some brilliant long reads.
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Feb 25th 2018, 8:30 AM
Stringer at 40, Phil Taylor's curtain call and the week's best sportswriting
It’s Sunday morning and you know what that means….. stick the kettle on and feast your eyes on some brilliant long reads.
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Dec 17th 2017, 11:48 AM
From the FA Vase to the Bernabeu, coming out at 47 and the week's best sportswriting
It’s Sunday morning and you know what that means….. stick the kettle on and feast your eyes on some brilliant long reads.
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Dec 3rd 2017, 8:30 AM
Sumo scandals, finding peace in a Greek monastery and the rest of the week's best sportswriting
It’s Sunday morning so stick the kettle on and have a read of our selection of the week’s best sportswriting.
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Nov 26th 2017, 8:44 AM
Overcoming addiction to reach the top again, Ireland's rebel without a pause and the week's best sportswriting
It’s Sunday morning and you know what that means….. stick the kettle on and feast your eyes on some brilliant long reads.
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Nov 12th 2017, 8:30 AM
The bright future of Irish athletics, living in Tom Brady's shoes and the week's best sportswriting
Plus, two American swimming siblings and their respective coming out stories.
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Jul 30th 2017, 8:30 AM
Dean Rock on 'you know who', the rise of Colombian cyclists and the week's best sportswriting
Plus a 41-year-old inter-county footballer’s heartbreaking but inspiring story.
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Jun 11th 2017, 8:36 PM
Coleman's rise to the top, Jim McClean's forgotten glory years at Dundee and the week's best sportswriting
Plus, the last days of Aaron Hernandez’s life before his death this week.
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Apr 23rd 2017, 8:30 AM
Rory in Wonderland falls down a rabbit hole, Father Ted and LOI and the week's best sportswriting
Plus, “drone dunks” and La La Land.
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Feb 26th 2017, 8:30 AM
From meth addict to Olympic silver, Leaving Cert maths and rugby collide and the week's best sportswriting
Plus, the end of the ‘stick to sports’ era for sportswriters.
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Feb 5th 2017, 8:30 AM
'The beginnings of the sexual revolution in Derry’ and more of the week's best sportswriting
Plus Sue Ronan banned from street football and ‘Dear Football Gods, we need to talk’.
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Jan 1st 2017, 9:30 AM
Ranieri on Leicester's secrets, the complexity of transgender athletes and, the week's best sportswriting
Also, how Jason Day’s complicated and complex family background pushed him to become the best golfer in the world while just how new is the new Fifa?
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