Reporting From the East
After being admitted to a year-long exchange programme at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, College Tribune Sports Editor Chris Foley saw Hong Kong’s domestic football league as the perfect…
UCD Sports Star of the Week – Seamus Lyons
With the recent progression of Amateur stalwarts such as Michael Conlon and Katie Taylor into the professional ranks, as well as some novice fighter named Conor McGregor, boxing is very…
AIB Superleague – October Round-Up
While the rest of the world focuses on trivial matters such as the Premier League or NFL, focus in Belfield rests solely on the AIB Superleague, as UCD’s most popular…
The Curious Case of the Sammon of College
It was a Sunday afternoon in 2005, and the respective teams of UCD and UCC were trudging off the field at Trinity College following an unusually one-sided Harding Cup Final.…
The Modern Recipe For Sporting Success?
For years, doping scandals have tarred the reputations of athletes, punctured the spirits of fervent spectators, and above all, defiled the metaphorical “level playing field” of competition. The WADA (World…
Déja Vu as Derry Man McClean Grabs an Irish lifeline in Cardiff Win
It was a night of exhilarating joy for the Republic of Ireland in Cardiff as James McClean’s goal secured a play-off place at the expense of the hosts. Wales have…
UCD Sports Star of the Week: Charlie Fitzgerald
With the whole nation consumed by our all-conquering Gaelic Games, our guilty pleasure of the ‘foreign sports’ of soccer and rugby, and the bandwagon machine that is Conor McGregor, it’s…
UCD Sports Club Focus: Sepak Takraw
Heralding from South East Asia, Sepak Takraw is a sport unfamiliar to the Irish sporting scene, yet UCD is home to one of the only Sepak Takraw clubs on these…
UCD AFC Round Up
There’s been lots of UCD AFC action to write home about since our last issue, with our senior side being in action three times in what was a busy week…
Dublin Adjust to Spoil Mayo’s Dream
All the pre-match signs were saying: ‘This is Mayo’s time.’ The Dubs had yet to be challenged in the championship and Mayo had hit form at just the right time.…
Premier League Round Up
Sergio Aguero scored a hat-trick as Manchester City went odds-on for the Premier League title for the first time following a 6-0 rout of Watford at Vicarage Road. Aguero laid…
Women’s Rugby World Cup Roundup
The Pools Amidst a myriad of Italian teenagers on campus looking to hone their English in the Anglophone heaven that is Dublin 4, there was an unprecedented level of excitement…