Armagh Sneak Past Tyrone in Ulster SFC Preliminary Clash
The Ulster championship preliminary round was a tough fought battle with the Orchard county coming out on top. Michael McCarron reports on the match and its top performers
Read MoreThe Ulster championship preliminary round was a tough fought battle with the Orchard county coming out on top. Michael McCarron reports on the match and its top performers
Read MoreMichael McCarron analyses the highly anticipated division 1 hurling league final between Cork and Limerick.
Read MoreWith both Northern Ireland and the Republic falling short of qualification for the FIFA World Cup, familiar questions resurface about football on the island. Could a unified team unlock untapped potential, or would identity and history prove too great a divide? Oisín Cheshire explores
Read MoreDavid Best discusses the turbulent season Tottenham fans have endured, and if the future of the club can be saved under a new head coach Roberto De Zerbi
Read MoreDavid Best reports on Ireland’s thumping victory over England at the Men’s Six Nations.
Read MoreDavid Best reflects on the extraordinary career of James Milner, now the record-holder for having more Premier League appearances than any other player.
Read MoreGrace Allen writes on the interesting connections between darts and fancy dress.
Read MoreConor Mallon reflects on greed, corruption and complicity in the GAA.
Read MoreMichael McCarron reports on Donegal’s resilience and success – in spite of lacking key players – in Division 1 of the 2026 National Football League.
Read MoreHeidi, Dáire and Grace explore sports jerseys and sectarianism in Northern Ireland in this collaborative journalism article. They conducted a survey with 122 respondents to help understand public opinion on jerseys, and their perceived cultural and political inhibitions. This article explores multiple facets of this conversation, namely historical connotations, violence, and interviews to greater understand these discussions.
Read MoreThe older we get the likelihood of playing sports declines, but why? Conor Mallon writes about the many reasons students drop out of sports and touches on his personal experience.
Read MoreDavid Best covers the ongoing premier league manager sacking epidemic, and in particular what lead to the departure of Tottenham Hotspur’s former manager Thomas Frank.
Read MoreFunded facilities, forgotten students; Grace Allen explores the socio-economic divide that exists on university campus and why it leads to division amongst those students who play sports, and those who do not.
Read MoreFrom chaos to control, Carrick has reignited Manchester United’s identity.
Now the real question is whether this resurgence can truly last. Grace Allen and David Best discuss their thoughts in ‘Can Carrick Carry?’.
David Best explains the turbulent time for former Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim and what’s next for the team?
Read MoreThe year of Rory McIlroy: Grace Allen writes about the local golfing hero and how his success is inspiring the next generation.
Read MoreConor Mallon discusses the recent performance and controversy of dart’s world number 1 player: Luke Litler
Read MoreGrace and Dáire take on a collaborative piece to highlight the sporting and environmental sides of a new campaign for professional athletes: Sport One, Carbon Zero.
Read MoreDavid Best debates the disappointing season from Liverpool this year thus far, so who is really to blame?
Read MoreGrace Allen covers the first British world champion since Lewis Hamilton in 2020. Lando Norris becomes Britain’s 11th Formula 1 title winner, driving the “Lando No Wins” label into a pile in his rear-view mirror as he claims the 2025 title on the sport’s biggest stage.
Read MoreGrace Allen researches athletes most feared injury, the ACL, and why female athletes are more prone to the injury.
Read MoreGrace Allen writes about the controversial ‘Halo’ female sporting TikTok page created and taken down by Sky Sports’ after just 48 hours.
Read MoreDáire McConville covers the historic rivalry between two household names in the world of boxing, Benn and Eubank tracing the family feud that spans 3 decades.
Read MoreIn this piece, Grace Allen explores how the worlds most marketable athletes balance image, influence and authenticity in the modern era of sport.
Read MoreConor Mallon reports on the growing sense of nationalism within the English Premier League and how globalisation of the game is not the evil that it is feared to be.
Read MoreConor Mallon reports on the 2025 Armagh Intermediate Football Championship Final.
Read MoreGrace Allen reports on Max Verstappen’s defying comeback in the 2025 USA Grand Prix.
Read MoreDáire McConville analyses the encouragement of PEDs and transhumanist influences on the “Enhanced Games” as it as been proposed to put an “enhanced” twist on the Olympics.
Read MoreDáire McConville reports on the 2025 World Athletic Championships held in Tokyo this last week.
Read MoreDáire McConville summarises the 2025 World Aquatic Championships.
Read MoreDiare McConville covers the All-Ireland Senior Hurling final took place between Cork and Tipperary
Read MoreDaire McConville covers the 2025 Open Championship.
Read MoreGeorge Roberts covers the QUB Student Football league final
Read MoreQueen’s student and Everton supporter George Roberts reflects on a memorable and emotional occasion at one of English football’s most famous stadiums.
Read MoreBy Katie The GAA was thrown up in arms this week as Senior Dublin and Kilkenny Camogie players entered the
Read MoreDaire McConville covers McIlroy’s long-awaited win at the 2025 Masters Tournament.
Read MoreDaire McConville covers France’s win at the 2025 Six Nations Championship.
Read MoreDiare McConville tells of Cuala’s victory against Errigal Ciaran, winning their first All-Ireland Senior Football title.
Read MoreClare Tweed reflects on the discrimination in Women’s Football.
Read MoreClare Tweed writes on recent Irish sporting success.
Read MoreClare Tweed questions, and rethinks mental health within the world of sports.
Read MoreJack Lydon reports on transmisogyny, within the world of sports
Read MoreMichael McCarron writes further on the Premier League.
Read MoreMichael McCarron reports on recent sporting events.
Read MoreClare Tweed reports on the rapid growth in the popularity of female football in 2023.
Read MoreRory Morrow discusses the FAI Cup Final between the Candystripes and Shelbourne. Derry City won the match 4-0 at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin.
Read MoreFleur Howe reports on how QUB Sailing are encouraging more women into leadership positions in sport
Read MoreQUB Athletics returned to racing this month in Victoria Park as our Photographer, Alex Edwards, reports on how it went
Read MoreIn a special piece, QUB Athletic’s talented athlete and (unofficial, for now) photographer, Alex Edwards shares some of his most eye-catching snaps taken at BUCS XC and Dublin’s IUAA in 2022
Read MoreRory Morrow reports on the victories and defeats at the Super Saturday of Six Nations 2022.
Read MoreThe Gown’s Sports and Chief Editor, Rory Morrow dissects the recent week of dramatics in the Premier League
Read MoreEditor-in-Chief Aidan Lomas reviews the first four liveries launched in preparation for the much anticipated 2022 F1 Season.
Read MoreThe Gown’s Deputy & Sports Editor, Rory Morrow, reports on how violence against women is a critical flaw in the world of sports.
Read MoreDeputy and Sports Editor, Rory Morrow reflects on whether politics really belongs in sport
Read MoreDeputy and Sports Editor Rory Morrow analyses some of the Premier League’s recent managerial exits
Read MoreIn this feature Rory Morrow examines the transforming influence the year late 2020 Euros had on public morale after 18 months of public halth restrictions. The weird, the wonderful, the good and not so all feature in this piece.
Read MorePeter Donnelly, Editor Wimbledon 2021 has returned, as ever, with a renewed lease of life. One week into the tournament
Read MoreRory Morrow writes in this feature focusing on the many dynamics at play at the year-late Euros. Many of the best scenes from the European Championships have so far originated from an incident of misfortune, extreme bad luck. This is karma reversed, are the footballing gods who control the fate of our beloved game repenting on themselves?
Read MoreRanging from Leicester City to QUB Athletics to Mario Kart and all and any other forms or levels of sport.
Read MoreRory Morrow lets it flow from the heart about how he feels now that organised outdoor exercise is finally permitted to go ahead, following
Read MoreEnigma David Luiz symbolic of Arsenal’s (and our own) tipsy-topsy, turvy form in sport and life. Rory Morrow writes.
Read MoreWith 2021 lined up to be F1’s most interesting season for nearly a decade, questions are being asked about what’s in store for F1 veterans and new fans alike. Aidan Lomas writes in this exclusive motorsport feature for The Gown.
Read MoreMartin McKenna concludes his feature for The Gown on concussion – a very real issue, common not only to rugby but all contact sports.
Read MoreWith The Notorious’ – McGregor’s – latest defeat in January 2021, Ross McDonald takes readers through an extensive analysis of where McGregor has come from up until today. He asks – is this the end of Conor McGregor?
Read MoreMartin McKenna, Queen’s University third year law undergraduate, discusses this live issue in sport. As the coronavirus pandemic rages on,
Read MoreRory Morrow, Anthropology Student at Queen’s discusses how the limits placed on social lives have impacted on lives, not least in the sphere of sport at Queen’s.
Read MoreEoin Brown weighs up the chances for Arsenal this Premier League season 2021.
Read MoreAfter numerous years of stalemate and uncertainty going back to 2014, Eoin Brown takes a brief look at the potential the latest announcement giving the go-ahead for redevelopment, from the NI Executive means.
Read MoreLIVERPOOL’S 30 YEAR WAIT TO BE CROWNED PREMIER LEAGUE CHAMPIONS. EDITOR PETER DONNELLY AND CONTRIBUTOR BEN GRAY WRITE.
Read MoreSam Guthrie, Contributor. England, I am told, is a lovely place. One time, when I was in London, a small
Read MoreCallum Holden, Contributor. Manchester United’s plight is unsurprising, but the board must hold their nerve, writes Callum Holden. Football is
Read MoreKyle Thompson, Contributor. On Sunday evening, disturbing footage emerged from a bar in the loyalist area of Sandy Row, Belfast.
Read MoreMark McDonnell, Contributor. For the first time in over fifteen years, Belfast will be the host city for the annual
Read MoreMichael McConway, Features Editor. This year marks the 50th Anniversary of the birth of the modern era of Snooker, when
Read MoreMark McKillen, Contributor. World Cup broadcasters have come under criticism for the over-representation of attractive female fans in crowd cutaways
Read MoreJames Carson, Deputy Editor and Jeremy Addley, Contributor. In case you’ve missed it, (or been tactically avoiding it) our television
Read MoreCameron Mackinnon, Sports Editor. The most recent exhibition hosted in the Naughton Gallery, Ready? OK!, puts in focus a facet
Read MoreJames Carson, Sports Editor. The Jury; the most traditional and historically fair arbiter of guilt and innocence is tasked with
Read MoreJames Carson, Sports Editor. The trial of Ulster and Ireland rugby stars Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding has concluded the
Read MoreJames Carson, Sports Editor. The trial of Ulster and Ireland rugby stars Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding has concluded its second week
Read MoreJames Carson, Sports Editor. Criminal trial proceedings against Ireland and Ulster Rugby stars Patrick Jackson and Stuart Olding along with friends
Read MoreJames Carson, Sports Editor. It’s a stain on the beautiful game which has never quite been fully expunged, a blight
Read MoreJames Carson, Sports Editor. It’s the pre-Christmas present which football fans eagerly anticipate every year. As another 288 group games
Read MoreJames Carson, Sports Editor. It never ceases to amaze the difference twelve months can make in football. This time
Read MoreMark McDonnell Queen’s University is home to many sports, but it is known mainly for its Rugby and Gaelic Football
Read MoreAl Lindsay, Contributor On December 12th 2015 Conor McGregor won the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s Featherweight title. Against the ten year undefeated
Read MoreSeán Hutton, Spots Editor The Tiger’s Bay native showed the heart of a lion and the craft of a fox
Read MoreNiall McKenna, Arts Editor QUB Student Andrew Mills is heading to Crawley, England, to compete in the European Shotokan Karate-Do
Read MoreSeán Hutton, Sports Editor Around campus at Queen’s, many students wear their QUB zip ups and hoodies with pride. One
Read MoreLawrence Dushenski, Contributor No matter where you are in the world, you can always find someone to talk about sports.
Read MoreIssue 2 of The Gown is now out! You can pick up a copy around campus, or read it here.
Read More> In a shock few anticipated at the Dub complex this afternoon, Queen’s mens footballers were humbled at home by
Read MoreBY CONOR MCPARLAND Football was plunged into the dark once again, with the problem of racism rearing its head during
Read MoreBY RYAN MALLON The head of world cycling’s governing body, UCI President Pat McQuaid, has declared that “Lance Armstrong has
Read MoreBY MICHAEL DEVLIN There was only eleven minutes left on the clock when Helder Postiga stabbed in the equaliser that
Read MoreBY CONOR MCPARLAND This summer’s Olympic Games have reignited the nation’s passion for sport, but here in Belfast, there is
Read MoreBY CONOR MCPARLAND Northern Ireland’s Olympians have secured their highest ever medal tally since the 1956 Melbourne Games. A total
Read MoreBY MEGAN JOYCE Strong, brave, heroic are all words typically associated with the male sporting stereotype. However, it is the
Read MoreBY MEGAN JOYCE As the official London Olympic motto seeks to encourage young people across the globe, it appears that
Read MoreBY CONOR MCPARLAND After the initial scramble for London 2012 tickets, the row over ticket availability has erupted once again
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