The most-read sports stories of 2025
1. Ciara Mageean reveals cancer diagnosisEuropean 1500m champion and Irish record holder Ciara Mageean revealed she had been diagnosed with cancer. On social media the 33-year-old confirmed she had started treatment, adding she's "ready to face this with the same fight I've always brought to the track".2. Katie Taylor triumphant in trilogy fight against Amanda Serrano by majority decisionKatie Taylor emerged victorious from her trilogy fight with Amanda Serrano at Madison Square Garden to seal a clean sweep of wins in their rivalry. The three judges scored it 95-95 97-93 97-93 in her favour as she retained her undisputed WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO women's super lightweight titles.3. Liverpool star Diogo Jota dies in car crashMore dark news in July. Liverpool and Portugal forward Diogo Jota died at the age of 28 with his brother Andre Silva, also a professional footballer. The car in which they were travelling crashed in Zamora, Spain.4. GAA to investigate after scoreline confusion in All-Ireland hurling semi-finalThis was almost the second GAA saga of the summer, if the score was closer. The GAA was awaiting the report of referee James Owens after it emerged Tipperary were 4-20 to 0-30 two-point winners over Kilkenny in today's All-Ireland hurling semi-final, one point less than the scoreboard in the stadium suggested. A Noel McGrath effort at the end of normal time was waved wide by the umpire, but given as a point on the scoreboard, apparently putting Tipp four up, 4-21 to 0-29, at the time.5. All-Ireland hurling final: All you need to knowOne of our preview pieces ahead of hurling final and, no, Conor Neville did not predict how second half would go.6. Ben Healy takes yellow jersey at Tour de France after heroic third place in stage 10Ben Healy became the fourth Irish cyclist to wear the famous Yellow Jersey as he led the Tour de France after 10 stages of this year's race. A monster Bastille Day stage through the Massif Central delivered the fireworks as Healy put in a huge shift in the break to maintain a sizeable gap over the chasing peloton, fighting his way to third on the stage and then counting the seconds until Tadej Pogacar crossed the line.7. Tipperary crush Cork with second-half final masterclass to claim All-Ireland crown"Coronation hijacked," as Eoin Ryan put it in his All-Ireland hurling final report. Tipperary famously holding Cork to two points in a shocking second-half collapse from the Leesiders.8. Swaggering Kerry sweep past Donegal to win 39th titleWritten off in mid-summer, Kerry won their 39th All-Ireland title with a bravura display of attacking football to overcome a Donegal side whose characteristic efficiency deserted them. David Clifford scored 0-09 despite having the ball for 43 seconds in total.9. Ireland's Ben Healy storms to Tour de France stage victoryMore from Healy's magical Tour de France. Healy (EF Education-EasyPost) produced an aggressive, highly impressive ride, peeling away on a solo attack to take his first victory in the famous race on the 201.5 km stage six from Bayeux to Vire Normandie.10. Tadhg Beirne starts among eight Irish for Lions Test openerTeam news ahead of the British & Irish Lions' opening Test win over Australia, with the XV set to feature a record eight Irish players, as head coach Andy Farrell put faith in his Ireland and Leinster core.
