NFL to Touchdown in Dublin 2025

 NFL to Touchdown in Dublin 2025

A regular season NFL fixture will be held in Croke Park, Dublin in 2025.

It is hoped that this is the first iteration of a long and successful partnership with the NFL.

The Minister for Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport, Patrick O’Donovan TD, and The Minister of State with responsibility for Sport and Postal Policy, Charlie McConalogue TD, today announced that Ireland is to host a regular season NFL fixture for the first time.

Building on the successful past of hosting

Mark Adair looking ahead to the start of the white ball series

Mark Adair is looking forward to a competitive white ball series

Ireland Wolves’ Mark Adair believes that he shouldn’t change the way he bowls in the upcoming white-ball matches which get underway in Chattogram tomorrow.

Adair, who claimed 3-22 in 16.4 overs - including eight maidens - during the four-day match against a Bangladesh Emerging XI last week, said:

“I was trying to be patient, it’s something I’ve tried to improve on. I haven’t tried to chase wickets or do anything special; the wickets would come from pressure and bowling consistently in good areas. I don’t think there’s going to be a huge difference in the way I’m going to go about my bowling in the one-day games – the tracks over here aren’t exactly filled with pace and bounce.”

The upcoming five-match 50-over series and the two-

Cricket Ireland successfully completes pilot ‘Cricket Connects’ programme

Cricket Ireland, in partnership with Cork Sports Partnership, has completed the pilot online delivery of the brand-new participation initiative, Cricket Connects.

Training and working with residents of Direct Provision in Cork, Cricket Connects is a bespoke training programme of communication, awareness, and leadership skills that can be used to deliver person-centred cricket coaching to local community groups and clubs.

The programme saw the first Cricket Ireland

FIFA 2030 - Ministers Martin and Chambers outline next steps in bid process for joint staging of World Cup

From Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media 

The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin TD, and the Minister of State for Gaeltacht and Sport, Jack Chambers TD, have welcomed the commitment from the UK government to support a prospective 5 association bid for the 2030 FIFA Men’s World Cup.

The partners involved include the English