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Colm Cooper and Kieran Donaghy are back for more

Cooper and Donaghy to play on with Kerry

Kerry have been boosted by the news that veteran forwards Colm Cooper and Kieran Donaghy will be back in action for the county's footballers this year.

Football • 24 Jan 17

Cooper is still seeking an All-Ireland club title with Dr Crokes

Cooper: The Nire will relish crack at Crokes

Dr Crokes forward Colm Cooper is hoping to add a fourth Munster club football title to his trophy cabinet, but is wary of the challenge posed by Waterford champions The Nire.

GAA • 27 Nov 16

Tadhg Kennelly at the AFL Europe Combine in UCD earlier this month

Cooper: Kennelly is just doing his job

While he would prefer it to not be happening, Colm Cooper believes it is Tadhg Kennelly's prerogative to recruit Kerry players to the AFL.

GAA • 22 Nov 16

Cooper is seeking a fourth Munster club football title with Crokes this weekend

Cooper's focus firmly on Dr Crokes

Colm Cooper says he is in good shape as he looks to take another step towards an elusive All-Ireland club football title when Dr Crokes face the Nire in the Munster decider this weekend.

GAA • 22 Nov 16

Corofin's Jason Leonard and Colin Brady celebrate their win over Castlebar

Eleven clubs left in the hunt for football glory

Eleven clubs remain in the hunt for All-Ireland glory after an intriguing weekend in the club football championship, with some big names beginning to flex their muscles.

GAA • 14 Nov 16

Cynical play in Aussies Rules can be punished with a 50m penalty

Scrap black card and enforce Aussie rule, Donaghy

The GAA must take a leaf out of the Aussie Rules book and introduce a 50-metre penalty instead of the black card, says Kieran Donaghy.

GAA • 25 Oct 16

Colm Cooper: 'I’ve had great times and great memories'

Cooper sticking with Kerry for 'another while'

Kerry star Colm Cooper reckons he has “another while” left in his inter-county career, pouring cold water on suggestions he might call it a day.

GAA • 11 Oct 16

Brian Fenton in action against Kerry's David Moran

Quirke: Moran has point to prove against Fenton

Former Kerry midfielder Micheál Quirke admits there is huge uncertainty around the current Kerry team ahead of Sunday’s All-Ireland semi-final, but feels the Kingdom have the motivational advantage against Dublin.

GAA • 26 Aug 16

GAA Digest: Niall O'Meara comes in for 'Bubbles'

Tipperary hurling manaager has made one change to his side from that which defeated Limerick for Sunday's Munster SHC final against Waterford at the Gaelic Grounds.

GAA • 08 Jul 16

Kerry captain Bryan Sheehan with an injured Colm Cooper (C) after the game

Gooch a major doubt for All-Ireland quarter-final

Colm Cooper's participation in the All-Ireland quarter-finals is in jeopardy after the Kerryman reportedly suffered a dislocated collarbone in Sunday's Kingdom's Munster final win over Tipperary.

GAA • 04 Jul 16

Forde playing for Wexford in 2010 - he says playing now would leave him 'depressed'

Forde: Playing football now would depress me

Former All Star Matty Forde says he would hate to play inter-county football now because the game has become so defensively oriented, squeezing flair players to the margins.

Football • 16 Jun 16

Colm Cooper: I'm back to top form

Kerry's eight-time All-Star forward Colm Cooper believes he's back to his best ahead of Sunday's All-Ireland final date with Dublin after missing all of last season through injury.

GAA • 18 Sep 15

Colm Cooper in action against Cork at a rain-lashed Fitzgerald Stadium

VIDEO: Championship wide open, says Cooper

Colm Cooper reckons this year's All-Ireland championship is still wide open and will only truly get going when the quarter-finals are played on the first two weekends in August.

GAA • 22 Jul 15

Colm Cooper holds aloft the Sam Maguire but he didn't get any game time for the Kingdom in 2013

Kerry's Cooper to return in March

Colm Cooper is set for a return to action in March, Kerry boss Eamonn Fitzmaurice has confirmed.

Football • 04 Nov 14

Colm Cooper: 'We have to set the bar high for ourselves'

Cooper calls on Kerry to mind the gap

Colm Cooper has called on Kerry to build on their All-Ireland success and not allow another gap of five years between Sam Maguire titles.

Football • 23 Sep 14

Colm Cooper has won eight All Stars and four All-Ireland titles while playing for Kerry

Spillane: Cooper is Kerry's greatest ever player

Pat Spillane has laughed off Martin McHugh’s description of Colm Cooper as a “two-trick pony”, telling RTÉ Sport that the Dr Crokes forward is “the greatest footballer” ever to play for Kerry.

GAA • 05 Aug 14

James O'Donoghue has starred for Kerry this summer

McHugh: O'Donoghue is better than Cooper

RTÉ analyst Martin McHugh thinks James O’Donoghue is already a better player than Kerry legend Colm Cooper, calling the 24-year-old “one of the greatest I’ve ever seen”.

Football • 05 Aug 14

Colm Cooper will watch on from the sidelines this championship season

Gooch's top three defenders

Kerry legend Colm Cooper names the three best markers he has faced in his career to date.

Football • 19 May 14

Tomás Ó Sé confirms to RTÉ Sport that he is happy with the decision he made to retire

Ó Sé not planning Kerry comeback

Tomás Ó Sé does not plan on reversing his decision to retire, but might have decided to play on had he not ended his Kerry career before star forward Colm Cooper was injured.

GAA • 10 Mar 14

Colm Cooper's missing year

The Kerry star on his season-ending injury

Cricket • 08 Mar 14

In-depth: Colm Cooper

Marty Morrissey chats to Colm Cooper about the injury that is keeping him out of this season.

GAA • 04 Mar 14

“The hunger and motivation is there. I don’t feel I’m quite done yet"

'Pain and devastation' for Cooper after injury

Colm Cooper talks to RTÉ Sport about the injury that has left him on the sidelines for the rest of this year and his determination to once again apply his skills with both club and county

Football • 03 Mar 14

Colm Cooper leaving the field after damaging his cruciate

Fractured knee adds to Cooper’s injury woes

After scans on Monday revealed that Colm Cooper had ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament, it has now emerged that the Kerry legend has also sustained a fracturing of his knee.

Football • 19 Feb 14

Jack O'Connor is looking to the likes of Bryan Sheehan and Kieran Donaghy to step up in the absence of Colm Cooper

O'Connor: Kerry can prosper without Cooper

Former manager Jack O’Connor says Kerry still have a chance of winning the All-Ireland this year despite the absence of Colm Cooper.

GAA • 18 Feb 14

A scan in the Santry Sports Clinic revealed that Colm Cooper has ruptured his cruciate ligament

Spillane: 'Gooch' will be back

Pat Spillane has backed Colm Cooper to overcome the anterior cruciate ligament injury which rules the Kerry forward out of this year’s Championship.

Football • 18 Feb 14