TRIBUTES have been paid to former Ballymurphy amateur boxing champion Peter Doyle (56), who died suddenly at his home in Belleek on Easter Tuesday. Born and reared in Ballymurphy, Peter was the son of Tom and Phyllis and a sibling of twins Eddie and Jean and brothers Gerard and Stephen. Peter attended St Aidan’s Primary […]
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LIVES REMEMBERED: ‘Murph mourns ‘Olympic-standard’ boxing champ Peter Doyle
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Cumann Spóirt an Phobail serving the community in best way possible
WHILST sport has ground to a halt over the past six weeks, clubs most certainly haven’t as they put their energies to the betterment of the local community. Cumann Spóirt an Phobail – a community-based sports club that hails from Ballymurphy and the greater Springfield area – have been cooking up a storm as they […]
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SPORT: The Bucket List
With the return of live sport still some time off, Paddy Tierney takes us through his sporting bucket list of events he hopes to attend when the gates reopen. Aintree Grand National The Cheltenham Festival may be the highlight of the National Hunt season, but the three-day Aintree Festival remains one of my favourite sporting […]
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Relive Antrim’s 1989 All-Ireland final appearance
WHILE sports fans have been starved of live-action for over six weeks, the down-time has afforded the opportunity to deliver some great games of the past with old classics filling the void. Sunday afternoons are now dominated by some of these fixtures on TG4 with Sundaypast seeing the 2017 All-Ireland Hurling final between Galway and […]
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Frampton and Conlan may be forced to go on the road next
JAMIE Conlan admits that two huge fight nights set for Belfast this summer involving younger brother Michael and Carl Frampton may well end up being located to New York later in the year. The lock-down due to Covid-19 means that mass gatherings are banned at this time and on Sunday, the Irish Minister for Health […]
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Hardship Fund for Sport generates high demand
350 sports clubs and organisations have applied for financial assistance through the Department for Communities Hardship Fund for Sport since the scheme was launched on Monday. The £500,000 fund, managed by SportNI, aims to provide financial assistance through a £2000 grant to sports clubs and organisations to assist with essential overheads and the costs of […]
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