Adam Mckendry

Coleraine and Derry City are among the big clubs to be unsuccessful in their bid for funding through the Performance Pathway strand of the NI Football Fund after the successful clubs were confirmed by sports minister Gordon Lyons.

When it was confirmed that Mark Cooper would be leaving the Belfast Giants this summer, the answer to the question of who would replace him as captain seemed like an easy one.

New Belfast Giants netminder Alexis Gravel has revealed the artwork on his helmet for the upcoming season which honours former Champions League winning netminder Petr Cech on the back of it.

World number one Scottie Scheffler has won the 153rd Open Championship at Royal Portrush.

Outgoing Larne owner Kenny Bruce has reflected on his time in charge of the Inver Reds as “an amazing journey” as he prepares to hand over the reins to RedBall Global FC.

The Belfast Giants look set to have a fearsome netminding tandem on their hands for the upcoming season after securing the signing of former Chicago Blackhawks draft pick Alexis Gravel for the 2025/26 season.

Northern Ireland fans are set for a travel headache after the Slovakian FA confirmed that their 2026 World Cup qualifier will be played in Kosice as opposed to Bratislava.

Lewis Crocker has said it is time to get back to work after speaking out for the first time since the IBF mandated that he and Paddy Donovan must redo their welterweight clash from last month.

Inherently, ice hockey is a dangerous sport. Not only do you have five other players on the ice whose job it is to stop you from progressing by any means possible — including by slamming you into the edge of the rink — but there are rock-hard vulcanised rubber pucks rocketing around at speeds of up to 100mph and razor-sharp skates laced to everybody’s feet.

Nathan Craze could be remembered as a fine goalie in the Elite League, or potentially as a Great Britain international. But as proud as he is with what he achieved on the ice, now he is trying to forge a new identity — as a coach who allows others to reach their full potential.

James McNabney is no ordinary farmer. Well, to be fair, James McNabney isn’t a farmer at all. But few can say they found out they were being called up to the Ireland Six Nations squad for the first time while out sorting the silage.

Before every Belfast Giants home game, after the ceremonial puck drop, Bobo Carpenter looks up into the box at the SSE Arena that has the wives and girlfriends, picks out wife Hailey and the pair wave at each other.

Royal School Armagh made it into their third Danske Bank Schools’ Cup Final in eight years as they ran in eight tries to swat aside Rainey Endowed at Ravenhill and book a return date on St Patrick’s Day.

The Elite League title race is well and truly on now after the Belfast Giants blew a two-goal lead in Sheffield, conceding five goals in the final 13 minutes to hand the second-placed Sheffield Steelers a lifeline in the race for the championship.

Luke Humphries reigned supreme in Belfast as he claimed the opening night of the Premier League at the SSE Arena with a comprehensive performance against Chris Dobey in the Final.

Rory McIlroy has confirmed he will be returning to this year’s Amgen Irish Open at The K Club in September.

Adam Keefe taking heart from seeing his Belfast Giants do ‘small things’ well

The calendar has ticked over to November but the action continues in the Sports Direct Premiership with two more massive games on Friday night.

Larne Football Club received a surprise visit from former Champions League winner Patrice Evra ahead of Thursday’s historic UEFA Conference League tie against Shamrock Rovers.

After six goals and eight points in four pre-season games, it looked like Pierre-Olivier Morin was ready to light up the Elite League for the Belfast Giants. That is until injury intervened.