Agony and Ecstasy: 29 emotional snapshots from an unforgettable summer of sport
It started with a thrilling Premier League finale and ended with a remarkable September Sunday. Here’s the best of the tears and cheers.
May 2012: Manchester City win the Premier League
May 2012: Leinster win their second successive Heineken Cup v Ulster
May 2012: Chelsea beat Bayern Munich in the Champions League final
June 2012: Maria Sharapova wins the French Open
June 2012: The LA Kings celebrate their first Stanley Cup
June 2012: LeBron James and the Miami Heat win the NBA Finals
June 2012: Ireland disappoint at Euro 2012
June 2012: Ireland disappoint at Euro 2012
June 2012: Ireland disappoint at Euro 2012
June 2012: Ireland lose all three games of their New Zealand summer tour
July 2012: Spain beat Italy in the European Championship final
July 2012: Bradley Wiggins wins the Tour de France
July 2012: Adam Scott collapses as Ernie Els wins the Open Championship
August 2012: Chad le Clos beats Michael Phelps in the Olympic 200m butterfly
August 2012: Annalise Murphy finishes fourth in the laser radial sailing
August 2012: Boxer Michael Conlan guarantees an Olympic bronze medal
August 2012: Italy's Valentina Vezzali celebrates a fencing win with her son
August 2012: Katie Taylor wins Olympic boxing gold for Ireland
August 2012: Shiming Zou beats Paddy Barnes in the Olympic semi-final
August 2012: Mo Farah wins his second gold in the men's 5,000m final
August 2012: Rory McIlroy wins his second Major at the PGA Championship
September 2012: Michael McKillop wins Paralympic gold in the men's 800m
September 2012: Andy Murray wins the US Open, his first Grand Slam title
September 2012: Donegal beat Mayo in the All-Ireland Football final
September 2012: Donegal beat Mayo in the All-Ireland Football final
September 2012: Jose Maria Olazabal remembers Seve Ballesteros as the Ryder Cup begins
September 2012: Europe win the Ryder Cup
September 2012: Kilkenny beat Galway in the All-Ireland Hurling final replay
September 2012: Kilkenny beat Galway in the All-Ireland Hurling final replay
All photos (c) INPHO / Press Association Images / AP Photo
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Wexford beat Cork in the All Ireland camogie final and Cork meet Kerry next sunday for the All Ireland football final…. in case anyone was wondering.
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One Paralympic photo is all ye could muster up. I saw 3 or 4 of a losing soccer team there. This is shocking. But nothing new from the Irish media
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Hi Michael,
We did do a big feature on Paralympics photos with 44 of our favourites a few weeks back. It’s here if you’re interested in seeing some more of the pics from the Games: http://jrnl.ie/589287
The rest of our Paralympics coverage is all available here: http://www.thescore.ie/paralympics-2012
Thanks,
Niall
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Only one woman played a sport this summer? I guess the rest were busy making sandwiches…
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