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Sport in Northern Ireland plays an important role in the lives of many Northern Irish people. Most sports are organised on an all-Ireland basis, for example rugby union , Gaelic games , basketball, rugby league , hockey , and cricket , whereas others, like association football and netball are organised on a separate basis for Northern Ireland .
Sport Northern Ireland, officially the Sports Council for Northern Ireland, [1] is the regional government sports council (funding body) for Northern Ireland. Its head office is based, near Barnett Demesne , at the "House of Sport" on Upper Malone Road in Belfast .
Windsor Park. The Northern Ireland national football team, ranked 54th in the February 2019 FIFA World Rankings [3] plays its home matches at Windsor Park.Belfast was the home town of the renowned Northern Irish footballer, George Best who died in November 2005.
The Ireland national team is composed of players from both Northern Ireland and the Republic, and the Irish Rugby Football Union governs the sport throughout the island. The sport is organised at all levels on an all-island basis through a provincial structure of four unions, with each province organising one professional team in elite competition.
Sport NI's interim chief executive Richard Archibald admits having to return £1m of funding because of an underspend is "disappointing".
Premier Sports currently have the rights to show all of Northern Ireland's competitive international fixtures up until 2024. [ 41 ] Highlights of qualifiers are shown on BBC Northern Ireland with rights to World Cup Finals and European Championships held jointly by BBC and ITV - both channels shared coverage of Northern Ireland's games at Euro ...
7 Northern Ireland Intermediate League. 8 Northern Amateur Football League. ... Sport & Leisure Swifts: 3rd Tobermore United: 4th League of Ireland Premier Division
The award is conspicuously awarded to athletes whether they represent all of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Great Britain and Northern Ireland or even the Republic of Ireland or Europe (e.g. in golf), so long as they are from Northern Ireland. As of 2024, Rory McIlroy and Jonathan Rae share the record for most titles, each with three. Golf, with ...