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Swimming

Disability Sport NI swimming championships held at Lisburn Leisureplex. Mathew Bell with Joanne O'Hagan from Disability Sport NI

Valley gala a great success

The Lagan Valley Leisureplex played host to one of the biggest sporting events of the weekend in terms of competitors as the Disability Sports NI swimming championships took place there on Saturday.
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Inside Swimming

Phelps suffers in Rome

Wednesday, 29 July 2009

It seems not so long ago Michael Phelps was becoming the greatest Olympian in history, but yesterday he lost one of his many World records to Germany’s Paul Biedermann.
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Bree rips into new super suit

Monday, 27 July 2009

Andrew Bree’s World Championships campaign got off to a ripping start when his £350 Jaked super suit tore before he could even compete in it.
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Council insists pool will be ready for 2012 Olympics

Saturday, 4 July 2009

North Down Borough Council has denied claims that a multi-million pound Olympic size swimming pool may not be ready for the London games in 2012 saying the major project was “on track”.
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Bangor swimmers aim for an upset

Friday, 5 June 2009

Bangor aim to upset the odds and claim the Charity Shield in their home pool tonight.
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Swimmer Bree heading to Rome

Monday, 18 May 2009

Andrew Bree claimed his place at the World Championships in Rome at the weekend with plenty to spare.
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Classy Clare breaks swimming record

Saturday, 18 April 2009

Many had been waiting for some time to see Clare Dawson finally show her true potential and at last night's Irish long course championships in Dublin's NAC, they got their wish.
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• Big questions have still to be answered in Six Nations quest

In the lead-up to Ireland’s opening 6 Nations match against Italy, it was very noticeable that there were quite a few tickets floating around.

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• Healy: Rooney has made United fans forget Ronaldo

Ronaldo has been forgotten because of the sensational form of one man.

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• Capello must axe John Terry

Maybe it is true Fabio Capello is biting the bullet, in this case the antique item known as principle, before granting another reprieve to his serially yob captain John Terry.

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• Capello must take a stand over John Terry’s arrogance

First things first — John Terry is a fantastic footballer.

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• We must have the young at heart

There's an old adage — ‘start as you mean to go on’. I have no doubt that it has particular resonance in several elements of life — but I certainly have no great desire to see it applied to one aspect of the new GAA season.

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• Fab Arsenal no longer a soft touch

Sadly, progress in the FA Cup is becoming an increasing irrelevance.

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• Rafa still has a way to go in sack race

Rafa Benitez is taking a lot of flak and there is no let-up in demands for his sacking at Liverpool.

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• Cliftonville are genuine contenders

When Cliftonville last clinched the league title in 1998, it was one of the most exciting things to happen to the local game in decades.

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• Timing of Ferris absence a disgrace

While his colleagues prepared yesterday for what is Ulster’s biggest European Cup fixture since they won the trophy 11 years ago, Stephen Ferris was a notable absentee.