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We’re set for another packed weekend of Irish sport with GAA action dominating the headlines.  Both the Leinster and Munster hurling championships reach a crucial stage this weekend as the respective provincial finals will be confirmed in addition to those teams whose involvement in this year’s championship will come to an end. There is also excitement surrounding the US Open …

Rory McIlroy got off to a strong start at the 2019 US Open in Pebble Beach, California, carding an opening round three-under to leave him in a promising position heading into Friday. Coming off the back of a dominant victory at the Canadian Open last weekend, McIlroy was hotly tipped by many for a strong start but beginning on the 10th …

The tee times and pairings for the opening two rounds of the US Open have been announced.  Shane Lowry, Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell will be the Irish representatives at the picturesque Pebble Beach course in California. First Round Thursday (All times Irish): Starting on the first hole 14:45 Sam Saunders, Carlos Ortiz (Mex, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 14:56 Scott Piercy, …

Naomi Osaka became the first Japanese to win a Grand Slam singles title on Saturday as her idol Serena Williams angrily imploded, calling the chair umpire in the US Open final “a thief”. Osaka, 20, triumphed 6-2, 6-4 in the match marred by Williams’s second set outburst, the American enraged by umpire Carlos Ramos’s warning for receiving coaching from her …

Anastasija Sevastova ended Sloane Stephens’s US Open title defence on Tuesday, toppling the world number three 6-2, 6-3 to reach a first Grand Slam semi-final. Stephens refused to blame the punishing heat and humidity on Arthur Ashe Stadium, where her inability to convert any of seven break chances in the opening set paved the way for her defeat. “When you …

Five-time champion Roger Federer crashed out of the US Open on Monday, stunned by 55th-ranked Australian John Millman who booked a quarter-final clash with Serbian star Novak Djokovic. Millman’s 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (9/7), 7-6 (7/3) triumph scuppered a blockbuster last-four meeting between Federer and two-time US Open champion Djokovic, who had advanced with a 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 victory over Joao …

US Open chiefs on Wednesday said they were wrong to sanction French player Alize Cornet for removing her shirt on court, a bizarre warning which saw the tournament accused of sexism. Cornet slipped off her shirt, revealing a black sports bra, after realising she had put it on back to front while off court during a 10-minute heat break before …

For Caroline Wozniacki, it was like “drinking a margarita on a beach” but for tearful Alize Cornet it was a “nightmare” as temperatures nudged towards the 40-degree mark at the US Open on Tuesday. Four of eight early men’s first round matches ended in retirements. Temperatures were expected to soar to 38 degrees (100 farenheit) by mid-afternoon, the effect made …

American Brooks Koepka has won his second Major championship at Shinnecock Hills. The brutally tough course caused much drama throughout the week, but in the end, it was last year’s U.S. Open champion who tamed the beast with a final tally of +1. Koepka, who won the event at Erin Hills in 2017, was six shots off the lead after …

A gutsy birdie-birdie finish wasn’t enough to put Tiger Woods through to the weekend at the US Open, but the US superstar “absolutely” believes he’ll win another major title. Woods, playing the US Open for the first since he missed the cut in an injury-plagued 2015, was clearly heading for an early exit after a bogey at his 15th hole …

Tiger Woods finished with a back-to-back birdies Friday to boost his slim hopes of making the halfway cut at the US Open at Shinnecock Hills. Woods looked certain to miss the US Open cut for just the third time in his career as a bogey at his 15th hole — the par-four sixth — pushed him to 12-over for the …

World number one Dustin Johnson fired two birdies in his first nine holes Friday to edge ahead of the pack at the US Open at Shinnecock Hills. Johnson, one of just four players to emerge from a punishing first round under par, teed off on 10 and picked up shots with birdies at the 11th and 16th to move to …

We have another packed weekend of excellent sporting action coming up so let’s take a look at what’s ahead and what you should be tuning in to over the coming days, in association with RNLI.  Friday:  What? 2018 FIFA World Cup Group B: Portugal v Spain When?  Kick off time is 7 pm. Where? Fisht Stadium, Sochi. Where to watch? …

Top-ranked Dustin Johnson fired a one-under-par 69 to head a group of four players sharing the first-round on Thursday as a wind-whipped Shinnecock Hills offered a classic US Open test. As Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson saw their hopes of milestone major victories suffer serious setbacks, it was England’s Ian Poulter, and Americans Scott Piercy and Russell Henley who stood …

Heading into the 118th U.S. Open, Dustin Johnson was the 8/1 favourite after winning last week’s FedEx St. Jude Classic. Now well into his first round, DJ is as low as 2/1 to add his second U.S. Open to a bulging trophy cabinet. Conditions were brutal this morning, with the likes of Jason Day, Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth shooting …

The Irish contingent have struggled in the early going at the U.S. Open. Rory McIlroy was one of the pre-tournament favourites going into the event, but a +10 round of 80 has likely put paid to his hopes of a fifth major win this week. 2010 U.S. Open victor Graeme McDowell is five over par after just six holes, after …

Hopes were as high as they have been in years that Tiger Woods could finally add to the 14 majors he has won in his illustrious career. The tough Shinnecock Hills set-up wasn’t going to allow anyone to romp away from the field as Brooks Koepka did last year, so all Woods had to do was to hang around until …