2011 Alexandria bombing, Reactions, Coptic community in the diaspora
The Coptic Orthodox Church in Britain issued an official statement condemning the massacre, and expressing concern that incidents of violence and terror against Christians in Egypt were increasingly spiraling out of control. The statement also criticized the fact that crimes against the Copts in Egypt were going unchecked and unresolved, and their perpetrators were not brought to justice.


2011 Alexandria bombing, Reactions, Coptic community in the diaspora
In Montreal, Quebec, Canada, all five Coptic churches in the city decided to proceed under tightened security with the Eastern Christmas Eve mass on the eve of Eastern Christmas but decided not to hold any celebrations. The celebrations were canceled in honor of the victims of the Alexandria massacre, and money that was to be spent on the celebrations was sent to the families of the victims in Alexandria. About 4,000 Coptics and some Muslim supporters marched on 19 January in central Sydney, calling on Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd to address the issue of persecution of Copts in Egypt.


2011 Alexandria bombing, Reactions, Domestic
The Egyptian government issued a statement immediately following the bombing blaming "foreign elements" for the planning and execution of the bombing.


2011 Alexandria bombing, Reactions, Domestic
President Hosni Mubarak promised in a televised address that terrorists would not destabilize Egypt or divide Christians and Muslims. He said the attack "carries evidence of the involvement of foreign fingers" and vowed to pursue the perpetrators. Many doubt that the perpetrators will be pursued, citing the Mubarak regime's preference for handling violence against the country's Christian minority through a reconciliation process between the perpetrators and the victims, rather than prosecution of the perpetrators.


2011 Alexandria bombing, Reactions, Domestic
The governor of Alexandria, Adel Labib, accused Al Qaida of planning the bombing, without giving any further details.


2011 Alexandria bombing, Reactions, Domestic
Many Egyptians expressed their disappointment regarding the government's claims that Al Qaida and foreign elements were behind the massacre, seeing those claims as a way for the government to evade the issue of growing sectarian divisions in the country.


2011 Alexandria bombing, Reactions, Domestic
In a message to Pope Shenouda III, Patriarch Theodore II of the Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria strongly condemned the "brutal criminal attack" against a church "where prayers were being recited for the peace of Egypt, for the peace of those in power, and for the peace of the world." Patriarch Theodore II also described the victims as "Martyrs of the Church".


2011 Alexandria bombing, Reactions, Domestic
Refaa al-Tahtawi, spokesman for Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam's main institution based in Cairo, appeared on television to denounce the attack, which he said targeted "Egyptian national unity". He also appealed to Christians and Muslims for calm.


2011 Alexandria bombing, Reactions, Domestic
The attack was also condemned by the Muslim Brotherhood, who also called upon Muslims to protect Christian churches. On the eve of the Coptic Christmas on 6 January 2011, Egyptian Muslims showed up at churches during mass service offering to serve as a "human shield" against any possible further attacks.


2011 Alexandria bombing, Reactions, Domestic
Both government and independent newspapers warned that civil war could break out in Egypt unless Muslims and Christians close ranks. Newspapers also urged the Egyptian government to focus on the situation of the Copts, who often complain of discrimination.


2011 Alexandria bombing, Reactions, Domestic
Interior minister Habib al-Adly said on 23 January that evidence proved that the Gaza-based Army of Islam planned and executed the attack. The group quickly denied responsibility, while also reportedly expressing support for the bombing.


2011 Alexandria bombing, Reactions, Domestic
In an interview that aired on Al-Fareen TV (Egypt) on 3 January 2011 (as translated by MEMRI), Former Egyptian Deputy Minister Abdallah Al-Ash'al stated that:


2011 Alexandria bombing, Reactions, Domestic
Today, many young people in Egypt are unhappy. They flee the country and prefer to die on the shores of the Mediterranean, because they have no job opportunities here... The Mossad has exploited this. The people who carried out this attack are Egyptians, but the Mossad exploited them...Are these nothing but theories? No. When Israeli military intelligence chief Amos Yadlin submitted a report about the past four and a half years, he stated clearly that Israel was exploiting the peace treaty in order to infiltrate Egypt.


2011 Alexandria bombing, Reactions, Domestic
Egypt's general prosecutor opened probe on former Interior Minister Habib el-Adly's reported role in the New Year's Eve bombing.


2011 Alexandria bombing, Reactions, International community
Massacres are taking place for no reason and without any justification against Christians. It is only because they are Christians. What is happening to Christians is a genocide.


2011 Alexandria bombing, Funeral
The funeral of the victims was held in the Monastery of Saint Mina, about 30 km west of Alexandria. Between 5,000 and 10,000 people attended the funeral, all of whom adamantly rejected the condolences of president Hosni Mubarak, shouting "No! No ! No!" as bishop Youanis attempted to thank Mubarak for his condolences and his statement regarding the bombing.


2011 Alexandria bombing, Funeral
In addition to Bishop Youanis, Pope Shenouda III delegated Metropolitan Bakhomios to preside over the funeral of those killed in Alexandria.


2011 Alexandria bombing, Further threats
In Europe, Coptic churches have been threatened with further attacks. Coptic bishops and priests in France and Germany filed complaints and called for governmental protection. In the UK, officials reported that threats were outlined against two Coptic churches in the country.


2011 Alexandria bombing, Further threats
In Canada, Coptic churches were on high alert following threats by Al Qaida against Copts in Canada. All five Coptic churches in Montreal decided to proceed under tightened security with the Eastern Christmas Eve mass on the eve of Eastern Christmas. Following Coptic Christmas, Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper met with Coptic Christian leaders to condemn the Alexandria massacre and to confirm that Canada stands behind the right of the Copts to safely practice their faith. He also declared that the international community must stay vigilant against such violence against Coptic Christians.


2011 Alexandria bombing, Further threats
The bombing also raised fears that jihadists would increase violence against Christians worldwide. Radical Islamic hostility to the Copts has been an ongoing problem. A "death list" of the names and personal information of more than a hundred Copts, many of whom live in Egypt, Europe and North America, was published in 2010 on an Al Qaida-affiliated website. The website called for the murder of all those whose names appear on the list, accusing them of defaming Islam and converting Muslims to Christianity.


2011 Algarve Cup
The 2011 Algarve Cup was the eighteenth edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place between 2–9 March 2011.


2011 Algarve Cup, Format
The twelve invited teams were split into three groups that played a round-robin tournament.


2011 Algarve Cup, Format
Groups A and B, containing the strongest ranked teams, were the only ones in contention to win the title. The group winners from A and B contested the final, with the runners-up playing for third place and those that finished third in these two groups playing for fifth place.


2011 Algarve Cup, Format
The teams in Group C were playing for places 7–12, with the winner of Group C playing the team that finished fourth in Group A or B with the better record for seventh place and the Group C runner-up playing the team which came last in Group A or B with the worse record for ninth place. The third and fourth-placed teams in Group C played for eleventh place.


2011 Algarve Cup, Format
Points awarded in the group stage follow the standard formula of three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss. In the case of two teams being tied on the same number of points in a group, their head-to-head result determined the higher place.


2011 Algerian Athletics Championships
The 2011 Algerian Athletics Championships was the year's national championship in outdoor track and field for Algeria. It was held on 27 and 28 July in Algiers.


2011 Algerian Athletics Championships
Sonia Halliche equalled the Algerian record in the women's pole vault with her clearance of  3.70 m (12 ft 1 1⁄2 in) and Zahra Badrane set a national record in the women's javelin throw with 46.33 m (152 ft 0 in).


2011 Algerian Cup Final
The 2011 Algerian Cup Final was  the final of the 47th edition of the Algerian Cup. The game was held on May 1, 2011 at the Stade 5 Juillet 1962 in Algiers between USM El Harrach and JS Kabylie. JS Kabylie won the game 1-0 with a goal from Farès Hamiti in the 13th minute of the game. It was JS Kabylie's fifth time winning the Algerian Cup.


2011 Algerian Cup Final, Background
Prior to the 2011 final, JS Kabylie had reached the final of the Algerian Cup eight times, winning four of them. The last time the club had reached the final was in 2004, where they lost to USM Alger in penalties. The last time they won the trophy was in 1994, where they beat AS Ain M'lila 1-0 in the final with a goal from Tarek Hadj Adlane. On the other hand, USM El Harrach reached the final of the Algerian Cup just twice prior to the 2011 final, winning on both occasions. The last time they won was in 1987, where they beat JS Bordj Ménaïel 1-0 in the final.


2011 Algerian Cup Final, Background
During the season, the two teams had met just once prior to the Algerian Cup final, with USM El Harrach winning the game 1-0 at home with a goal from Mohamed Boualem.


2011 Algerian self-immolations
In 2011, as the widely reported protests sparked off by Mohamed Bouazizi's self-immolation in Tunisia began to have a clear impact on the Tunisian government, a wave of self-immolations swept Algeria. These individual acts of protest mostly took place in front of a government building following an unsuccessful approach to the authorities. Four self-immolators have died of their burns so far.


2011 Algerian self-immolations
It began on 12 January, when 26-year-old Mohamed Aouichia set himself on fire in Bordj Menaiel in the compound of the daira building. He had been sharing a room of 30 square metres with seven other people, including his sister, since 2003; he had repeatedly approached local authorities to get on the social housing list and been rebuffed. He has so far survived.


2011 Algerian self-immolations
On 13 January, Mohsen Bouterfif, a 37-year-old father of two, set himself on fire. He had gone with about twenty other youths to protest in front of the town hall of Boukhadra in Tebessa demanding jobs and houses, after the mayor refused to receive them. According to one testimony, the mayor shouted to them: "If you have courage, do like Bouazizi did, set yourself on fire!" His death was reported on 16 January, and about 100 youths protested his death causing the provincial governor to sack the mayor. However, hospital staff the following day claimed he was still alive, though in critical condition. Al Jazeera described the suicide as "echoing the self-immolation that triggered the protests that toppled the leader of neighbouring Tunisia." He finally died on 24 January at a hospital in Annaba.


2011 Algerian self-immolations
These suicides were followed by dozens more attempted or successful self-immolations across the country, so far without triggering nationwide demonstrations, most of them after the Tunisian dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali fled his country on 14 January; cases included:


2011 Algerian self-immolations
The Ministry of Religious Affairs responded to this wave of self-immolations by devoting the Friday sermons of 21 January to admonitions of patience and reminders that suicide is forbidden in Islam. However, some cases continued to be reported over coming days:


2011 All England Super Series Premier
The 2011 All England Open Badminton Championships was the third super series tournament of the 2011 BWF Super Series. It was the second competition under the new format where a select group of Super Series events were elevated to premier status. The tournament was held in Birmingham, England from 8–13 March 2011 and had a total purse of $350,000.


2011 All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships
The 2011 All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships was a professional tennis tournament played on carpet courts. It was the 15th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2011 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Kyoto, Japan between 7 and 13 March 2011.


2011 All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships, ATP entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2011 All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships, Champions, Doubles
Dominik Meffert /  Simon Stadler def. Andre Begemann /  James Lemke, 7–5, 2–6, [10–7]


2011 All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships – Doubles
Martin Fischer and Philipp Oswald were the defending champions, but Fischer chose not to participate this year. As a result, Oswald played alongside Nikolaus Moser. They reached the quarterfinals, but lost to Andrey Kumantsov and Michael Ryderstedt. Dominik Meffert and Simon Stadler won the title after defeating Andre Begemann and James Lemke 7–5, 2–6, [10–7].


2011 All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships – Singles
Yuichi Sugita was the defending champion after defeating Matthew Ebden in the 2010 final. He was eliminated by Cedrik-Marcel Stebe already in the first round. Stebe reached the final, but lost to Dominik Meffert 6–4, 4–6, 2–6.


2011 All Stars match
The 2011 All Stars Match was the second of the annual representative exhibition match played between the Indigenous All Stars and the NRL All Stars which was held on the 12 of February 2011 at the Gold Coast's Skilled Park. The game was won by the NRL All Stars 28–12, claiming their first annual title. Canberra Raiders fullback Josh Dugan won the Preston Campbell medal for Man of the Match. Preceding game included a  Women's All Stars exhibition match which was won by the NRL Women's All Stars 22-6.


2011 All Stars match, Teams
1 - Greg Inglis was originally selected but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by Beau Champion. 2 - Sam Thaiday was originally selected but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by Cory Paterson whilst Joel Moon joined the interchange. 3 - Gareth Ellis was originally selected but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by Liam Fulton. 4 - Preston Campbell was originally selected but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by Matt Bowen whilst Anthony Mitchell joined the interchange. Johnathan Thurston was handed the captaincy title from Campbell.


2011 All Stars match, Women's All Stars match
The 2011 Women's All Stars Match was the first time the event was held. The game, played in twenty minute halves, was won by the All Stars team, by 20 points to six.


2011 All Stars match, Women's All Stars match, Women's Teams
Squads for the two teams were selected and announced in December for the match in February.


2011 All Stars match, Women's All Stars match, Women's Teams
Women’s Indigenous All Stars: Bianca Ambrum, Theresa Anderson, Naomi Babongi, Natasha Baggow, Pat Fraser, Natalie Gala, Kaitlin Moss, Yvonne O'Neill, Angela Solomon, Rebecca Solomon, Tracy Thompson (Qld), Bo De La Cruz (NT), Chloe Caldwell, Candice Clay, Eunice Grimes, Mahalia Murphy, Kylie Pennell, Lavina Philip, Rachel Moreton, Ros Simpson, Tyan Smith, Julie Young, Rebecca Young.


2011 All Stars match, Women's All Stars match, Women's Teams
Women’s All Stars: Heather Ballinger, Jo Barrett, Ali Brigginshaw, Natalie Dwyer, Erin Elliott, Steph Hancock, Suzanne Johnson, Renae Kunst, Karyn Murphy, Tahnee Norris, Tegan Rolfe, Tarah Westera (Qld), Teina Clark, Lisa Fiola, Kylie Hilder, Sonia Mose, Jess Palmer, Alexander Sulshi (NSW).


2011 All Thailand Golf Tour
The 2011 All Thailand Golf Tour is the 13th season of the All Thailand Golf Tour, the main professional golf tour in Thailand since it was established in 1999.


2011 All-Africa Games
The 10th All-Africa Games took place between September 3–18, 2011 in Maputo, Mozambique. Maputo's hosting marked the third time the Games was held in the southern part of the continent.


2011 All-Africa Games, Host awarding
In April 2005, Lusaka, Zambia was named the host of the 10th Games by the Supreme Council for Sport in Africa at a meeting in Algeria. In 2004, Ghana had indicated an interest in hosting the Games, but reportedly withdrew its bid.


2011 All-Africa Games, Host awarding
In December 2008, the Zambian government withdrew its offer to host the 2011 Games, due to a lack of funds.


2011 All-Africa Games, Host awarding
In April 2009, Mozambique stepped in to take on hosting duties.


2011 All-Africa Games, Participating Nations
The following is a list of nations that participated in the 2011 All-Africa Games:


2011 All-Africa Games, Sports
The Maputo 2011 All Africa Games featured 20 sports, 2 of which also featured disabled events (athletics and swimming). While most venues was located in and around Maputo, the Canoeing venue was in Chidenguella Lagoon, 275 km north of the city.


2011 All-Africa Games, Calendar
The schedule of the games was as follows. The calendar is to be completed with event finals information.


2011 All-Africa Games, Medal table
The 2011 All-Africa Games, was a multi-sport event held in Maputo, Mozambique from 3 to 18 September 2011. The event saw 5,000 athletes from 53 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) competing in many events in 20 sports. This medal table ranks the participating NOCs by the number of gold medals won by their athletes.


2011 All-Africa Games, Medal table
Below the final medal table after the end of the 2011 All-Africa Games.


2011 All-Africa Games, Venues and infrastructure
When Mozambique initially announced its ability to host the 10th Games, there was a possibility of a paring down of the sports to be offered, due to time constraints and a potential lack of facilities for the Games (e.g. the country has no field hockey field capable of hosting a Games-level competition). However, the Games eventually featured 20 sports, down 4 from the 24 hosted at the 2007 All-Africa Games.


2011 All-Africa Games, Venues and infrastructure
Listed below are the venues that hosted the 2011 All-African Games:


2011 All-Australian team
The 2011 All-Australian team represents the best performed Australian Football League (AFL) players during the 2011 season. The team was announced on 19 September as a complete Australian rules football team of 22 players. The team is honorary and does not play any games.


2011 All-Australian team, Selection panel
The selection panel for the 2011 All-Australian team consisted of chairman Andrew Demetriou, Adrian Anderson, Kevin Bartlett, Luke Darcy, Danny Frawley, Glen Jakovich, Leigh Matthews and Mark Ricciuto.


2011 All-Australian team, Team, Initial squad
An initial squad of 40 players was previously announced on 6 September.


2011 All-Australian team, Team, Final team
Note: the position of coach in the All-Australian team is traditionally awarded to the coach of the premiership team.


2011 All-Big 12 Conference football team
The 2011 All-Big 12 Conference football team consists of American football players chosen as All-Big 12 Conference players for the 2011 Big 12 Conference football season. The conference recognizes two official All-Big 12 selectors: (1) the Big 12 conference coaches selected separate offensive and defensive units and named first- and second-team players (the "Coaches" team); and (2) a panel of sports writers and broadcasters covering the Big 12 also selected offensive and defensive units and named first- and second-team players (the "Media" team).


2011 All-Big 12 Conference football team, Key
Bold = selected as a first-team player by both the coaches and media panel


2011 All-Big Ten Conference football team
The 2011 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players chosen as All-Big Ten Conference players for the 2011 Big Ten Conference football season. The conference recognizes two official All-Big Ten selectors: (1) the Big Ten conference coaches selected separate offensive and defensive units and named first- and second-team players (the "Coaches" team); and (2) a panel of sports writers and broadcasters covering the Big Ten also selected offensive and defensive units and named first- and second-team players (the "Media" team).


2011 All-Big Ten Conference football team, Key
Bold = Consensus first-team selection by both the coaches and media


2011 All-Ireland Colleges Camogie Championship
The 2011 All-Ireland Colleges Camogie Championship was won by , who defeated St Patrick's Maghera by 4–10 to 1–6 in the final on March 1, 2011.


2011 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship
The 2011 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship was the 28th staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1961. The championship began on 29 May 2011 and ended on 27 August 2011.


2011 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship
Kilkenny were the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Clare who won the title following a 2-13 to 1-11 victory in the final.


2011 All-Ireland Minor Camogie Championship
The 2011 All-Ireland Minor Camogie Championship, the most important elite level inter-county competition for age graded development squad county teams in the women's team field sport of camogie was won by Tipperary, who defeated Kilkenny after staging a stunning comeback in the final, played at Semple Stadium Thurles.


2011 All-Ireland Minor Camogie Championship, Arrangements
In the semi-finals Tipperary defeated Clare at Kilmallock, 3-9 to 1-14, and Kilkenny defeated Galway 3-16 to 3-9 at Nenagh.


2011 All-Ireland Minor Camogie Championship, The Final
Nicole Walsh’s pointed free two minutes from the end of normal time sealed a Tipperary comeback as they overturned a nine-point interval deficit, 2-6 to 1-0, to win the championship at Semple Stadium. Tipperary got off to a brilliant start with a fourth-minute goal by Sarah Fryday but failed to score for the remainder of the half as Kilkenny dominated . Points from Claire Phelan, Orla Hanrick and Aisling Curtis had the teams level by the time Phelan goaled in the 11th minute after Lydia Fitzpatrick split the Tipperary defence open with a blistering run.


2011 All-Ireland Minor Camogie Championship, The Final
With Grace Walsh dominant at centre-back and a strong wind in their favour, Miriam Walsh and Curtis added points for Kilkenny and Hanrick scored a goal on the stroke of half time to put Kilkenny in a commanding position at half time, leading by 2-6 to 1-0. Tipperary had already made two changes by that stage and the introduction of Anne Eviston helped reshape the game, as the Drom & Inch player went on to give a performance that earned her the player of the match award.


2011 All-Ireland Minor Camogie Championship, The Final
Tipperary started the second half in similar fashion to the first, with Fryday scoring a goal three minutes after the resumption. Brid Quinn landed a point before Michaela Graham reacted quickest when Áine Kinsella batted out a Walsh free to bury the sliotar to the net. When Tara Kennedy scored a point soon after, the margin was down to the minimum entering the final quarter. Fitzpatrick showed good nerve to convert a Kilkenny 45 and a free to stretch the lead to three points once again. Crucially though, Walsh restored parity with a 52nd-minute goal. Kilkenny’s Emma Kavanagh and Tipperary’s Alice Fogarty exchanged scores before Walsh came up trumps to clinch the title..


2011 All-Ireland Minor Camogie Championship, B Division
The Minor B final was won by Limerick who defeated Antrim in the final by eight points at De la Salle, Gracedieu. Limerick defeated Wexford in the semi-final at De la Salle, Gracedieu 2-12 to 1-5. Antrim defeated Waterford at Trim by 4-8 to 2-7. The Minor C final was won by Armagh who defeated Meath in the final by one point, 3-5 to 1-10, the decisive score being a goal by Armagh’s Eadaoin Murphy.


2011 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
The 2011 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the ESB Minor Football Championship) was the premier "knockout" competition for under-18 competitors of the game of Gaelic football played in Ireland. The games were organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association. The 2011 series of games kicked off on the 13 April with the majority of the games played during the summer months. The All-Ireland Minor Football Final took place on the 18 September in Croke Park, Dublin, preceding the All-Ireland Senior Football Final. Tipperary won the competition for the second time and the first time since 1934 after a 3-9 to 1-14 win against Dublin.


2011 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, Championship statistics, Top scorers
* Where the total points are the same, players are ordered according to total scores. e.g. 2-19 is equal to 21 scores


2011 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
The 2011 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship was the 81st staging of the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1928. The championship began on 9 April 2011 and ended on 4 September 2011.


2011 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
Kilkenny entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Waterford in the All-Ireland quarter-final.


2011 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
On 4 September 2011, Galway won the championship after a 1-21 to 1-12 defeat of Dublin in the All-Ireland final at Croke Park. This was their 9th championship title overall and their first title since 2009.


2011 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
Armagh's Mattie Lennon was the championship's top scorer with 4-25.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship
The 2011 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship—known as the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship in association with RTÉ Sport for sponsorship reasons— is the premier competition of the 2011 camogie season. It commenced on 11 June 2011 and ended with the final on 11 September. Eight county teams compete in the Senior Championship out of twenty-seven who compete overall in the Senior, Intermediate and Junior Championships. Wexford defeated Galway in the final, avenging a surprise 11-point defeat in the round-robin stage of the championship.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Structure
The eight teams played one another once, and receive 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw. The top four teams then contested the semi-finals.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Change of Sponsor
The Camogie Association lost its sponsor, the Gala retail chain, just six weeks before throw-in and arranged a partnership with RTÉ, “in Association with RTÉ sport,” instead. One outcome of the partnership was live updates on RTÉ radio were available for the first time as well as an improved two-minute highlights package on the Sunday game on RTÉ television. The finals were televised live and the semi-finals broadcast live online on RTÉ.i.e.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Launch
Camogie Association president Joan O'Flynn made an appeal for a heightened profile for women's sport at the launch of the championship.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Launch
"Sport is for all. Just as sport played by men is not for men only, sport played by women is not for women only. I am urging all sports fans to experience the skill and excitement of top class camogie action and to see our sport stars in action. An increase in women in decision making roles in sport, positive attitudes and actions towards women's sport and giving greater prominence and recognition to women's sporting achievements will all make a difference. It is vital for future female participation in sport that children get the opportunity to understand that women are major sports achievers and are accomplished sports stars in their own right."


2011 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Launch
At the captain's launch of the All Ireland final Joan O'Flynn spoke out about the representation of females in sporting attire used in a crisps ad. She said "the Hunky Dory campaign, which features women wearing revealing crop tops in sport poses, was particularly ill-timed given that camogie's top teams will be starring in Croke Park this Sunday."


2011 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Preparations
In the lead-in to the competition, there were management changes in Cork, where Joe O’Brien of Glanworth became manager, Tipperary where John Lillis became manager and Dublin where Denis Murphy became manager. Three members of the Clare management team resigned in advance of the championship.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Results
Onfield, the Championship was the most open for several years with all of the leading contenders suffering a defeat in the first three rounds of the championship. In the opening round, 2010 defeated finalists Galway imposed a surprise 11-point defeat on the defending champions, Wexford. It was the second successive year Galway had defeated Wexford in the round-robin series, only to lose the All Ireland final to the same opponents on both occasions. The aggregate scoring average of 32.82 points per match was the highest in championship history. Cork had the highest scoring average with 22.71 points per match.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Results
The 2010 Intermediate champions Offaly, managed by 1981 hurling hero Joachim Kelly, were competing at senior level for the first time and achieved their first victory at this level against Dublin and followed it up with a victory over Clare in the final round. Clare, too, achieved a historic third round victory over Tipperary, their first since 1995 and their first in the senior championship since 1946.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Results
From the beginning five teams were in contention for four semi-final slots. Despite an initial showing by Tipperary, who had last contested an All Ireland semi-final in 2008, at the end of the group stages the four teams who qualified for the semi-finals, Cork, Galway, Kilkenny and Wexford, were the same as for the previous two years 2009 and 2010.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Semi-finals
In the semi-finals Wexford (2-11) defeated Cork (1-9) with goals by Ursula Jacob (30 mins) and Katrina Parrock (40 mins), while Cork’s goal was scored by Katriona Mackey (54 mins). Galway (2-13) defeated Kilkenny with goals by Brenda Hanney (23 mins) and Tara Ruttledge (59 mins) while Kilkenny’s goal was scored by Edel Maher (31 mins). The attendance of 5,100 was a record for the semi-finals and higher than many All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship finals before 1994.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Final
Turning point of the final was the 52nd-minute goal scored by Ursula Jacob. Eight out of 14 journalists at the final described it as among the best in the history of the game. TV analyst and three times All Ireland medalist Therese O'Callaghan described it as “a dream goal, as good a goal as you are likely to see. ”Former Galway hurling manager Cyril Farrell said during the course of his TV match commentary:


2011 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Final
"That's as good a goal as you will see anywhere, a beautiful cross field ball from Josie Dwyer, fantastic catch, back towards the goal, turn on the left, bang in to the back of the net. You won’t see better than that anywhere. Everything is just on precision, on the dot. Catches it, turns left handed, bang to the back of the net, brilliant score."


2011 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Final
Galway manager Noel Finn said: “The goal came against the run of play. It was a sucker punch that late, they got their dander up. They were winning the breaks and when you’re on the back foot it is very hard to try and push on. It brought the initiative back to Wexford after they had dominated the first half, having taken the initiative with a penalty scored by Una Leacy (4 minutes, but fallen three points behind after a snap goal scored by Tara Ruttledge (37 minutes). Galway led by 1-8 to 1-5 after 50 minutes, but failed to score in the last ten minutes. Finn pondered:


2011 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Final
“When you go 10 minutes without scoring, especially the last 10 minutes, you’re not going to hold out. They got the break and they took their scores. When Tara got the goal I thought we would drive on because we were hurling well at that stage, but Wexford dug deep and got the result and its heartbreak again for us this year, I just thought when Wexford went in front they killed the game, that’s experience, we have to learn, it’s very hard to lose two finals.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Final
I said coming up here today we were well prepared, better than last year and if we played to our ability we would have got a result. Wexford hit us hard, and fair play to them they are All Ireland champions and we have to suffer the consequences of losing another All Ireland.”


2011 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Attendance & TV Audience
The attendance of 14,974 was the sixth highest ever for a camogie-only final day in Croke Park. An average TV audience of 218,000 tuned in for full match coverage on RTÉ sport (including half and full time analysis), recording a Neilsen rating of 5.22 and a market share of 23.14, the fifth highest viewership in the game’s history. The final minutes of the game attracted a peak of 303,000 viewers. A further 3,312 viewed on live web feed.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Management reaction
”What the Wexford teams achieved out there today I doubt ever will be achieved again. We have been in six competitions in two years and we won every one of them. I think they can lay claim to being one of the greatest camogie teams ever to play the game now. The amount of work that went in was phenomenal. We did it because Wexford loves camogie and loves GAA.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Management reaction
They weren't letting us run at them. It was the way it was in  earlier in the year, a game that was talked about an awful lot. People had said a lot of things about Wexford camogie, especially the senior team. People questioned our girl's hunger. People questioned our desire, said that Galway were going to be hungrier than us. They questioned a lot of things about the team. We wanted to get the opportunity to answer them. Thankfully we have done that. It is very hard to put into words what I feel right now.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Management reaction
I feel extremely proud of the girls, all 48 that have been training with us. The first half seemed to go on for hours and the second half just flew by. Then we got into injury time and I thought it would never end. Anyone looking at that out there today will see that Wexford camogie is made of very very stern stuff. You don’t play for as many years as these girls have and not have the character.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Management reaction
When Galway got the goal lesser teams would have buckled. I have learned a lot about the girls and they have learned a lot about themselves.”


2011 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Management reaction
The losing manager Noel Finn of Galway stood down on the Sunday night of the All-Ireland final:


2011 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Management reaction
I am very, very disappointed. Last year was hard to take but losing again today was devastation. The girls are devastated in there. We all are. Sport can be cruel, great when you win, very very hard to take when you lose. Scrappy first half. Two points downat half time, I felt we were in the game. We came out with all guns blazing in the second half. When we went three points in front and I thought we would have pushed on. Instead Wexford came back at us. They got the scores and they finished us. It was very, very exciting there. Anyone could have won as it went down to the wire. After they got the goal they sort of pushed on.”


2011 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Media reaction
Media coverage was generally favourable, praising the intensity and excitement of the game, sometimes at the expense of individual skill. Three times All Ireland medalist Therese O’Callaghan, a television analyst said “Galway did very little wrong today while her co-analyst Stellah Sinnott, a former Wexford manager said “the second half had everything you could look for in an All-Ireland final. What separated Wexford from them in the end was Ursula Jacob’s goal.”


2011 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Media reaction
Diarmuid O'Flynn wrote in the Irish Examiner, “on such margins do big games turn.”  the Irish Independent reported: “like all true champions, JJ Doyle's side simply refused to yield”  and the Irish Times noted “Tara Ruttledge had a shot for a point to give them a vital cushion but the sliotar rebounded off the upright across the face of goal and crucially there was no Galway player on hand to tap to the net. Had there been, that would surely have been game over.”


2011 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Media reaction
Regional media praised the standard of the game but had predictably contrasting reactions to the results. The Wexford People declared: “Wexford started the week as the peoples champions - battlers, and winners, to the end - they finished it as probably the greatest Camogie side in game's history” while sportswriter and author Dean Goodison wrote “a stunning rearguard action by the best set of backs ever to grace a camogie field kept the game alive in the first half.” The Enniscorthy Echo noted “‘the game as a whole was tough, with both sides tackling hard, hunting in packs and producing some incredible hooking and blocking as they threw the kitchen sink at each other in 60 minutes of pulsating camogie.”


2011 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Media reaction
In the defeated county, the Galway Advertiser concluded “what will really stick in the craw when the game is analysed is that Galway won most of the individual battles.”  The Tuam Herald picked out the performance of “the lionhearted Therése Maher who proved “that she is up there with the best and most versatile camogie players we have seen or may ever see.”  Eoghan Cormican of the Connacht Tribune wrote: “Sickening, absolutely sickening - it’s hard to find a better or more apt adjective to describe Sunday’s All Ireland senior camogie final. Hearts sunk with the sounding of the final whistle.”


2011 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Media reaction
Cyril Farrell also said that the refereeing had been very fussy. “If the hurling all Ireland was refereed like that last week there would have been a stoppage every twenty seconds. “


2011 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Galway anomaly
When Galway beat Wexford by a massive 2-14 to 0-9 in the group stages only to lose the final 2-7 to 1-8, it was the second time in a row they had defeated Wexford in the group stages only to lose to the same opposition in the final, and the fourth time in the six years since the championship moved from a knockout system to a round-robin format in 2006 that the runners-up defeated the eventual champions in the group stages.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Protocol precedent
“After lining up to greet the Taoiseach, the Wexford team, led by captain and eventual match-changer Ursula Jacob, turned left and came down along the line, shaking hands with all of their Galway opponents before trotting into position for the pre-match parade. It was a nice sporting gesture, surely one that would add greatly to the men's big days.”


2011 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Homecoming
The homecoming for the Wexford senior team along with their intermediate colleagues on Monday Sept 12th was in two stages, to Enniscorthy and Wexford town. Enniscorthy town Council organised a reception for the two Wexford teams where “but the sports loving Council Cathaoirleach could barely be heard over the din as the members of both winning panels were introduced to the crowd.”  They arrived on Wexford Quays in an open-topped bus before stepping onstage to greet a large local crowd. The Enniscorthy Echo reported: “Wexford’s homecoming was a throwback to receptions in Enniscorthy for returning Wexford All-Ireland teams.” David Medcalf wrote in the Wexford People “the formality of a civic reception was lost in the sheer joy of the occasion.”


2011 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Aftermath
Galway manager Noel Finn stepped down on the Sunday evening of the final in the wake of his side’s narrow defeat. The winning Wexford team brought the O'Duffy Cup on a tour of the county to schools, clubs and good causes wanting to have the trophy present in their midst.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Team of the championship
The team of the championship selected by RTÉ sports team was:


2011 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Team of the championship
Ann Marie Hayes (Gal), Therese Maher (Gal), Mary Leacy (Wex);


2011 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Player of the Round
The Irish Daily Star Performance Award is given the player who is judged to have given the best performance on each match day.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final
The 2011 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final will be the eightieth All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 2011 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, an inter-county camogie tournament for the top teams in Ireland.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
The 2011 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final was a hurling match played at Croke Park on 17 March 2011 to determine the winners of the 2010–11 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the 41st season of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion clubs of the four provinces of Ireland. The final was contested by Clarinbridge of Galway and O'Loughlin Gaels of Kilkenny, with Clarinbridge winning by 2-18 to 0-12.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
The All-Ireland final was a unique occasion as it was the first ever championship meeting between Clarinbridge and O'Loughlin Gaels. It remains their only clash in the All-Ireland series. Both sides were hoping to claim a first All-Ireland title.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
O'Loughlin Gaels began the game in determined fashion and there were few signs of early nerves in their first ever game at Croke Park. Mark Bergin was in prolific form and he opened the scoring after just 44 seconds. Bergin pointed again in the third minute before a brace of Danny Loughnane points helped the Gaels into a 0-4 to 0-00 lead. Clarinbridge hit back with an 11th-minute score from Eoin Forde, however, once Maurice Nolan slotted over his only point of the hour, it opened up an 0-8 to 0-3 lead for O'Loughlin Gaels.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
Clarinbridge utilised the three minutes of first-half injury-time to their full advantage. O'Loughlin Gaels goalkeeper Stephen Murphy was beaten when a long delivery from Alan Kerins dropped short for his brother Mark to flick the ball to the net. Clarinbridge were subsequently awarded a penalty, however, they had to be content with just a point from the resulting penalty strike as the half ended with the sides tied at 1-7 to 0-10.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
Clarinbridge took the lead for the first time after the restart with a brace of points from the Kerins brothers. They outscored O'Loughlin Gaels by eight points to one over the third quarter and some of the best scores of the game were produced during this excellent spell. The lead stood at 1-15 to 0-12 in the 45th minute following Forde's second point, amid constant pressure on a now under-fire O'Loughlin Gaels defence.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
There was no sign of Clarinbridge easing up and once Forde delivered his side's second goal eight minutes from the end, it propelled them into a double-scores advantage at 2-18 to 0-12. Neither side was able to add to their tally as frustration set in for Gaels with substitute Séamie Cummins being red-carded in injury-time.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
Clarinbridge's victory secured their first All-Ireland title. They became the 23rd club to win the All-Ireland title, while they were the sixth Galway representatives to claim the ultimate prize.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The 2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 125th edition of the GAA's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament, played between 31 counties of Ireland (excluding Kilkenny who only take part in the hurling championship), London and New York. The draw for the 2011 championship took place on 7 October 2010. The 2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final took place at Croke Park on 18 September 2011, with Dublin winning their 23rd title.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Dublin and Donegal's All-Ireland semi-final in the 2011 championship was the lowest scoring in the era of 70-minute games (1975 onwards).


2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Format
Four knockout (single elimination format) provincial championships were played. Kilkenny did not contest the football championship. London and New York competed in Connacht. The four provincial champions advanced to the All-Ireland quarter-finals.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Fixtures and results, All-Ireland qualifiers, Round 1
On 12 June 2011, the draw was made for the first round of the All Ireland Qualifiers. This draw contained all the teams who had been knocked out of their provincial competitions prior to the semi final stage, apart from New York.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Fixtures and results, All-Ireland qualifiers, Round 2
On 26 June 2011, the draw for Round 2 took place in Castlebar. This consisted of the winners of round one and losers of provincial semi-finals. Home advantage was given to the team drawn first.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Fixtures and results, All-Ireland qualifiers, Round 3
On 10 July 2011, the draw for Rounds 3 and 4 took place. Round 3 consisted of the 8 winners of round two playing each other to reduce the number to 4. Round 4 consisted of losers of provincial finals playing the winners of Round 3. For Round 3, home advantage was given to the team drawn first, while Round 4 would be played at neutral venues.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Fixtures and results, All-Ireland series, Quarter-finals
The draw for the All-Ireland quarter-finals took place on 24 July 2011, and consisted of the provincial winners playing against the winners of round 4 of the qualifiers. Originally, all the matches were due to take place on the weekend of 30 July 2011, but due to a draw requiring a replay during the qualifiers, one match was scheduled for the following weekend. All matches were scheduled to be played in Croke Park, Dublin.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Awards
The 2011 All Stars Awards nominations were announced on 3 October 2011. On 21 October, the winners of the awards were announced at an event at the National Convention Centre in Dublin. Alan Brogan was named All Stars Footballer of the Year and Cillian O'Connor was named All Stars Young Footballer of the Year.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Media, This Is Our Year
This Is Our Year is a 2011 book by journalist Declan Bogue. The book examines the 2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship from the perspectives of ten Gaelic footballers from Ulster. The book achieved notoriety after Donegal footballer Kevin Cassidy was dropped from the team squad by manager Jim McGuinness over his contributions. He released a statement in November 2011 saying it "appears my inter-county career is over".


2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
The 2011 All-Ireland Football Final was the 124th event of its kind. It was the culmination of Gaelic football's premier competition, the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, and was played between Kerry and Dublin on 18 September 2011 at Croke Park, Dublin.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
Dublin were victorious by a single point, achieving their first All-Ireland Senior Football Championship title since 1995. This was the first Kerry–Dublin final since 1985. History was made as the winning point was scored by a goalkeeper, Stephen Cluxton of Dublin, the first time this had ever happened in the final. Cluxton's point gave the title to Dublin as, with the teams level, the match would have had to be replayed at a later date had it ended with both teams on the same score. RTÉ called it "one of the most gripping Sam Maguire Cup deciders of the modern era" and the BBC said it was a "dramatic comeback victory."


2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
Going into the 2011 Championship Cork were the defending champions after defeating Down in the 2010 final. However, Cork were eliminated in the quarter-finals in 2011 by Mayo. On 30 August 2011, Joe McQuillan was confirmed as the referee for the senior final. This was his first time to referee an All Ireland Senior Football final. Ahead of the game, Irish politicians Leo Varadkar and Aodhán Ó Ríordáin were censured by officials for flying unauthorised flags from their car windows in public. The flags favoured the Dublin team. After the game, Dublin captain Bryan Cullen was offered the role of coaching Leinster Rugby's academy players.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
The 2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final attracted an audience share of almost 75 per cent, with three quarters of the available audience watching the final from beginning to end. This compared with an audience share of just over 65 per cent who watched the shock Ireland victory over Australia at the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand the previous day. In 2018, Martin Breheny listed this as the twelfth greatest All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Paths to the final
Kerry defeated Tipperary, Limerick and Cork to win the Munster Senior Football Championship. They went on to defeat Limerick for a second time in the All-Ireland Quarter final and then Mayo in the semi final.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Paths to the final
Dublin defeated Laois, Kildare and Wexford to win the Leinster Senior Football Championship. They went on to defeat Tyrone in the All Ireland Quarter Final and Donegal in the semi final. The Donegal versus Dublin football semi-final had the largest crowd attendance of the season prior to the final (81,436).


2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, History
This was the 12th time Kerry and Dublin met in an All-Ireland football final and the first since 1985. Kerry had won eight of the previous meetings, and Dublin had won three.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, History
Kerry are the most successful Gaelic football team taking part in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, having previously won 36 and taken part in 55 All Ireland Football finals since the competition's inception in 1887. Dublin are the second most successful team, having won 22 and taken part in 35 finals prior to this match.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, History
The first senior final meeting between Dublin and Kerry was in 1892. Dublin defeated Kerry  in the 1923 final but would not do so again until the 1976 final. The 1970s was a particularly important time in the history of the rivalry between the sides due to the regularity with which the teams encountered one another. In the decade before the 2011 final Dublin and Kerry had met on five occasions, with Kerry regularly dispatching Dublin aside with ease. Their previous meeting (in the quarter-finals of the 2009 championship) saw Kerry defeat Dublin by 17 points.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Pre-match, Team selection
On 13 September 2011, Kerry manager, Jack O'Connor named an unchanged team from that which had played Mayo in the semi final. There was some concern that Eoin Brosnan would be unable to play following an ankle injury, but he had recovered sufficiently to be named on the starting team. Three days later, Pat Gilroy, the Dublin Manager, named his starting 15, which also featured no changes since their semi final match against Donegal. Following a red card for striking Donegal player Marty Boyle in the semi final, Dublin's Diarmuid Connolly was initially ineligible to play in the final. Having appealed this decision to the CHC, he was, however, cleared to play.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Pre-match, Minors
Prior to the senior final, Tipperary defeated Dublin in the minor final to take their first minor football title since 1934, it was an extraordinary 3–09 to 1–14 comeback after the Dublin minors appeared to have them dead and buried with Tipperary coming from six points behind at one stage in the second half.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Summary, First half
Kerry were the first team to score, after just two minutes of the match, with Declan O'Sullivan fisting the ball over the bar. Nine minutes later, after several wides from both sides, Alan Brogan curled a shot inside the upright to equalise. Paul Flynn was booked for a high challenge on Aidan O'Mahony a minute later. In the 15th minute, Alan Brogan scored his second point of the match to give Dublin the lead.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Summary, First half
Two minutes later, Darren O'Sullivan broke through the Dublin defence and offloaded the ball to Colm Cooper who put it past Stephen Cluxton to score a goal for Kerry. With the score at Kerry 1-01 – 0-02 Dublin, Bernard Brogan got his first point of the day from a free. In the 24th minute, Rory O'Carroll was given a yellow card for an off-the-ball incident with Darren O'Sullivan. A minute later, Kerry made their first substitution, bringing on Paul Galvin for corner-forward Kieran O'Leary. In the 28th minute, goalkeeper Stephen Cluxton scored for Dublin from a free and then Bernard Brogan scored his second and third points, giving Dublin a two-point lead. Substitute Galvin then scored his first point, leaving the score Kerry 1-02 – 0-06 Dublin at half time.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Summary, Second half
Three minutes into the second half, Kerry midfielder, Bryan Sheehan was given a yellow card for an unfair challenge on Michael Darragh MacAuley. Bernard Brogan scored the free from a relatively easy position. Two minutes later, Brogan combined with Denis Bastick to give Bastick his first point of the afternoon. In the 42nd minute, Sheehan was fouled 15m out from goal, giving Kerry their first score of the half. They followed this up with a fisted point from Kieran Donaghy a minute later, and a free from Colm Cooper after Ger Brennan was booked for fouling Declan O'Sullivan.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Summary, Second half
Six minutes later, Sheehan went around three men to score another Kerry point and leave the score at Kerry 1-06 – 0-08 Dublin. At this point, both sides made a substitution. For Dublin, Kevin McManamon came on for Paul Flynn and for Kerry, Barry John Keane came on for Donnacha Walsh. The teams swapped frees, with Sheehan scoring at one end and Brogan at the other. In the 56th minute, Sheehan scored another free and Dublin introduced Eoghan O'Gara, replacing Barry Cahill.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Summary, Second half
Cooper then scored another free and another point from play to give Kerry a 4-point lead with 10 minutes left in the match. In the 64th minute, Alan Brogan fed the ball through to McManamon, who rounded his marker and put the ball past goalkeeper, Brendan Kealy for a Dublin goal and to reduce the gap to a single point. A minute later, Kevin Nolan scored the equaliser and in the 68th minute, Bernard Brogan put Dublin a point ahead. Entering injury time, Kieran Donaghy levelled the scores again with a point from 35 metres out. With seconds left on the clock, McManamon was fouled leaving Stephen Cluxton to convert a free kick to make Dublin All-Ireland champions for the 23rd time.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Post-match, Trophy presentation
The trophy was presented from the Hogan Stand to Dublin captain Bryan Cullen by GAA president Christy Cooney. After the presentation the Dublin team and management went on a lap of honour around the Croke Park pitch. Along the way, they met former Dublin manager, Paul Caffrey, who was on duty in his capacity as a garda.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Post-match, Trophy presentation
A Dublin fan also sneaked onto the pitch to celebrate. He put on Eamonn Fennell's discarded tracksuit top after joining the substitutes' bench and was seen on live television and in photographs.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Post-match, Man of the match
Dublin's Kevin Nolan was named as the official GAA man of the match on RTÉ's The Sunday Game programme on the evening of the match. Other publications selected different players. For example, the Irish Independent selected Kevin McManamon.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Post-match, Homecoming
On the evening of their victory, Lord Mayor of Dublin Andrew Montague invited the winning Dublin team to the Mansion House the following evening for a civic reception in their honour. The public was welcomed. An estimated 35,000 people turned up to the homecoming at Merrion Square.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
The 2011 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 123rd staging of the All-Ireland championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The draw for the 2011 fixtures took place on 7 October 2010. The championship began on 14 May and ended on 4 September 2011. Tipperary were the defending champions.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Kilkenny secured the title with a 2-17 to 1-16 defeat of Tipperary in the All-Ireland final. This was their 33rd All-Ireland title, their eighth in twelve championship seasons.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Teams
A total of fourteen teams will contest the championship, including thirteen teams from the 2010 championship and one promoted team from the 2010 Christy Ring Cup.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Teams
Laois, Carlow and Wexford were the first teams to exit the 2010 championship; however, there was no relegation play-off. They would all contest the 2011 championship.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Teams
2010 Christy Ring Cup champions Westmeath secured direct promotion to the championship. The team made their top flight return after being relegated at the end of the 2006 championship.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, The Championship, Format
The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship of 2011 will be run on a provincial basis as usual. It will be a knockout tournament with pairings drawn at random in the respective provinces - there will be no seeds.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, The Championship, Format
Each match will be played as a single leg. If a match is drawn there will be a replay. If that match ends in a draw a period of extra time will be played, however, if both sides are still level at the end of extra time another replay will take place.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, The Championship, Format
Quarter-final: (1 match) This will be a single match between the first two teams drawn from the province of Munster. The losing team enters the All-Ireland qualifiers while the winners advance to the semi-finals.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, The Championship, Format
Semi-finals: (2 matches) The winner of the lone quarter-final joins the other three Munster teams to make up the semi-final pairings. The two winning teams advance to the final while the two losing teams enter the All-Ireland qualifiers.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, The Championship, Format
Final: (1 match) The winners of the two semi-finals contest this game. The winning team advances to the All-Ireland semi-final while the losing team advances to the All-Ireland quarter-final.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, The Championship, Format
Preliminary Round: (2 matches) These will be two matches between four of the 'weaker' teams from the province. The two winning teams advance to the quarter-finals while the two losing teams enter the All-Ireland qualifiers.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, The Championship, Format
Quarter-finals: (3 matches) The winners of the two preliminary round games join the other four Leinster teams to make up three quarter-final pairings. The three winning teams advance to the semi-finals while the three losing teams enter the All-Ireland qualifiers.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, The Championship, Format
Semi-finals: (2 matches) The three winners of the quarter-finals join Kilkenny (who will receive a bye to this stage) to make up the semi-final pairings. The two winning teams advance to the final while the two losing teams enter the All-Ireland qualifiers.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Statistics, Player facts
The following players made their début in the 2011 championship:


2011 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Statistics, Player facts
The following players played their last game in the 2011 championship:


2011 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Media coverage
The 2011 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was covered extensively in Ireland by RTÉ Television, RTÉ Radio and RTÉ.ie, with coverage of 31 live games across both the All-Ireland Football and Hurling Championships, with Michael Lyster presenting the live coverage. The Sunday Game presented by Des Cahill covered extended highlights and analysis of the day's games on a Sunday night. Live games, on demand re-runs and match highlights were also carried on the RTÉ website. TV3 also broadcast a selection of All-Ireland Senior Football Championship and All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship matches, as well as a weekly preview show called The GAA Show which aired on a Friday evening during the championship.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final
The 2011 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final took place in Croke Park, Dublin on Sunday, 4 September 2011. The final was contested by Kilkenny and defending champions, Tipperary. Kilkenny were playing in their sixth final in a row, while the pairing of Kilkenny and Tipperary was the first ever time that the same two teams have played in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final for three years in a row. Kilkenny won their fifth title in six years after a four-point win against Tipperary, avenging their 2010 defeat. The final which was shown live in Ireland on RTÉ Two attracted the second highest ever viewership for an All Ireland Hurling Final, peaking at 1.1 million viewers in the final minutes. An average audience of 971,000 viewers tuned into the game overall.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Pre-match, Background
Kilkenny were Leinster champions, having beaten Wexford by 1–26 to 1–15 and Dublin by 4–17 to 1–15 in the final to earn that title. They then beat Waterford in the semi-final on 7 August by 2–19 to 1–16 to reach the final. Tipperary opened their campaign as defending champion's against Cork in the first round on 29 May and won by a scoreline of 3–22 to 0–23. They then defeated Clare by 4–19 o 1–19 to set up a Munster Final meeting with Waterford. Tipperary defeated Waterford by 7–19 to 0–19 to win their third Munster title in four years. Dublin were then defeated by 1–19 to 0–18 to set up a third All Ireland final in a row against Kilkenny.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Pre-match, Background
Match tickets for the final in all of the three Stands increased from €70 to €80 and all Terrace tickets increased by €5 to €40 from the 2010 final prices.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Pre-match, Background
The pre-match betting made Tipperary slight favourites, with Bookmaker Paddy Power giving odds of 8/11 on a Tipperary win, Kilkenny were 6/4 to win with a draw at 11/1.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Pre-match, Background
Prior to the senior final, Galway claimed the 2011 Minor Hurling Championship after a 1–21 to 1–12 win against Dublin.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Pre-match, Team news
Tipperary manager Declan Ryan named an unchanged team from the team that defeated Dublin in the semi-final for the final. In a positional change, Seamus Callinan started at left half forward with Noel McGrath at centre half forward.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Pre-match, Team news
Kilkenny's Colin Fennelly was a major doubt for the final after picking up a hamstring injury in a club match. However, he recovered sufficiently to be named in the starting team. The Kilkenny team had one change from the team that had beaten Waterford in the semi-final. Eddie Brennan was included, replacing TJ Reid at right half forward.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Pre-match, Referee
Offaly-based referee Brian Gavin was named as the referee for the 2011 All-Ireland final on 16 August. The Clara native took charge of his first final after previously taken charge of the All-Ireland championship final at minor level in 2004 and at under-21 level in 2006. Barry Kelly of Westmeath was the standby referee, the other linesman was John Sexton of Cork and the sideline official was Galway's Alan Kelly.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match summary, First half
Kilkenny started strongly, scoring the first 5 points on the match, with a free from Henry Shefflin, and points from Eoin Larkin, Richie Hogan, Richie Power and Henry Shefflin, all from play. It wasn't until the 16th minute that Tipperary scored their first point, by Noel McGrath. Two minutes later, Eoin Kelly scored a free to make the score 0–5 to 0–2. In the 19th minute, a melee broke out, leading to the referee, Brian Gavin sustaining a cut on the nose, which had connected with Tommy Walsh's hurl. There was a significant delay while the referee was treated.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match summary, First half
Eoin Kelly then got a point from another free and a minute later, Eddie Brennan scored a point. In the 29th minute, Tipperary made their first substitution, bring on Brendan Maher in place of John O'Keeffe in an effort to strengthen their defence. Two minutes later, Patrick Maher won a free, which was pointed by Eoin Kelly. Shefflin then scored a free from close to the sideline. In the 35th minute, Michael Fennelly broke through the defence to fire the ball low and past Brendan Cummins in the Tipperary goal to score the first goal of the game.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match summary, First half
Due to the referee's injury earlier in the half, there were to be 5 minutes of additional time to be played. The teams swapped points courtesy of Gearoid Ryan and Michael Rice. Tipperary then won a free as Patrick Maher was fouled by Noel Hickey in front of goal, and Eoin Kelly scored to leave the half time score as Kilkenny 1-08 – 0-06 Tipperary.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match summary, Second half
Tipperary made two changes at half time, bring on Pa Bourke and Benny Dunne, and taking off Shane McGrath and Seamus Callinan. Two minutes in, the ball fell to Pa Bourke in front of goal, who shot wide. Benny Dunne and Henry Shefflin then exchanged points. In the 41st minute, Patrick Maher appeared through on goal, when JJ Delaney got in a flick to put the ball out over the endline for a 65. Eoin Kelly put this over the bar for his 5th point of the game.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match summary, Second half
Colin Fennelly and Richie Power then pointed for Kilkenny to give them a 6-point lead. Conor O'Mahony and Eoin Kelly then scored for Tipperary. In the 49th minute, Eddie Brennan burst through on goal and laid the ball off to Richie Hogan, who put the ball past Cummins for the second time. The score was now 2–12 to 0–10. Shefflin and Noel McGrath then exchanged points, before Lar Corbett fed the ball to Pa Bourke, who put it past David Herity, for Tipperary's first goal.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match summary, Second half
In the 59th minute, Colin Fennelly scored from a sideline cut, and Kilkenny made their first substitution, taking Eddie Brennan off and replacing him with TJ Reid. Noel McGrath then pointed from 50 metres and Eoin Kelly added another free, leaving the score 2–14 – 1–14 with six minutes left. Shefflin and Kelly swapped frees, maintaining the gap at three points with two minutes left. TJ Reid then scored going into injury time, and Gearoid Ryan brought the gap back to three a minute later. Eoin Larkin scored the final point of the game a minute later to ensure that Kilkenny won the game 2–17 to 1–16.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Trophy presentation
The trophy was presented from the Hogan stand to Kilkenny captain Brian Hogan by GAA president Christy Cooney. After the presentation the Kilkenny team and management went on a lap of honour around the Croke Park pitch.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Man of the Match
Kilkenny's J. J. Delaney was chosen as the man-of-the-match for the final. A panel on The Sunday Game on the night of the final, consisting of Anthony Daly, Michael Duignan and John Henderson, chose Delaney from a shortlist that also included Tommy Walsh and Michael Fennelly. He was presented with his award by the GAA president Christy Cooney at the team's victory banquet at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin which was shown live as part of The Sunday Game on RTÉ Two.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Reaction
Kilkenny manager Brian Cody described the win as "massively sweet". Speaking to RTÉ he said that "for the last few years we have been coming in as champions and favourites to win the match, this year was very different, Tipperary were great champions, they set very high standards and they were hot favourites to win today, in those situations it becomes sweet to win because we had to play at a serious level to win it from minute one." Tommy Walsh said that his sixth All-Ireland win was the sweetest of all.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Reaction
Speaking to the Irish Examiner he said "It stands as the sweetest because we lost last year, after last year and losing the five-in-a-row it was heartbreaking all last winter and it probably showed out there today how much it affected us". Tipperary manager Declan Ryan paid tribut to Kilkenny saying "we were lucky to go in only five points down at half-time, Hats off to Kilkenny, they showed they were real champions to come back and play like that today".


2011 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Reaction
Former Tipperary manager Nicky English writing in The Irish Times said that "Kilkenny were by far the best team, with team being the operative word, and fully deserved their success, they were the masters in all areas and, from the word go, set out to dominate the physical exchanges just as much as they did in their pomp and in their glory years".


2011 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Reaction
Tipperary coach Tommy Dunne speaking the day after the match had praise for Kilkenny saying "They have won eight in 12 years so the statistics speak for themselves, they are a fabulous team and they will rightly go down as one of the greatest teams of all time, if not the greatest, and they showed why they are that again on Sunday". Martin Breheny, writing in the Irish Independent, said that "Brian Cody’s Cats with this victory are poised to surpass Mick O'Dwyer's Kerry football team of the 1970s and 80s as the greatest GAA team in history".


2011 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Civic reception
The victorious Kilkenny team arrived back at McDonagh Station in Kilkenny City the day after the final for an open top bus parade to the civic reception at Market Yard. An estimated 30,000 supporters welcomed the team home to Kilkenny for the celebrations.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Awards
Kilkenny had fourteen players nominated for the 2011 GAA-GPA Hurling All-Stars, with David Herity, Paul Murphy and Colin Fennelly being nominated for their first awards, Tipperary received ten nominations. This was the first year of the awards being jointly run by the GAA and Gaelic Players AssociationIn October 2011, Henry Shefflin established a new record when he was awarded his 10th All-Star award and was one of eight Kilkenny players named on the 2011 GAA GPA All Star hurling team. Tipperary received four awards. Kilkenny's Michael Fennelly along with winning an All Star award was also named as the GAA GPA Hurler of the year.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship
The 2011 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship was the 38th edition of the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association's premier inter-county Ladies' Gaelic football tournament. It was known for sponsorship reasons as the TG4 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final
The 2011 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final featured Cork and Monaghan. This was the second of three All-Ireland Ladies' football finals between 2008 and 2013 that saw Cork play Monaghan. According to a report in the Irish Independent, "just two soft goals separated (Cork) from Monaghan". The first goal came after just 21 minutes when goalkeeper Linda Martin opted for a short kick-out which badly back-fired when Nollaig Cleary intercepted it and chipped her. That goal gave Cork a 1–3 to 0–4 half-time lead.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final
Within 10 minutes of the restart, Monaghan scored three unanswered points, one from Ciara McAnespie and two from Niamh Kindlon. The turning point came when Cork's Orla Finn was rugby tackled by Monaghan's Isobel Kierans which resulted in a penalty. Rhona Ní Bhuachalla subsequently scored from the spot to give Cork a three-point lead. Points from Caoimhe Mohan, Laura McEnaney and Cathriona McConnell pulled it back to a point with just five minutes remaining. However Rena Buckley scored a late point for Cork to see them win by two points.


2011 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final, Teams
Team:1 Elaine Harte2 Ann Marie Walsh3 Angela Walsh4 Deirdre O'Reilly5 Briege Corkery6 Bríd Stack7 Geraldine O'Flynn8 Juliet Murphy9 Rena Buckley10 Nollaig Cleary11 Mairead Kelly12 Grace Kearney13 Valerie Mulcahy14 Rhona Ní Bhuachalla 15 Amy O'Shea (c)


2011 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final, Teams
Substitutes:Ciara O'Sullivan for O'Shea (38)Orla Finn for Mulcahy (39)Norita Kelly for Cleary (46)Aine Sheehan for Ní Bhuachalla (53)Annie Walsh for Buckley (55)


2011 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final, Teams
Team:1 Linda Martin2 Grainne McNally3 Sharon Courtney (c)4 Christina Reilly5 Aoife McAnespie6 Nicola Fahy7 Lavina Connolly8 Amanda Casey9 Cora Courtney10 Therese McNally 11 Ellen McCarron 12 Catriona McConnell13 Ciara McAnespie14 Niamh Kindlon15 Caoimhe Mohan


2011 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final, Teams
Substitutes:Isobel Kierans for C. Courtney (25)Laura McEnaney for Kindlon (42)Cora Courtney for McCarron (42)Eileen McElroy for Kierans (50)


2011 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship
The 2011 All-Ireland Under 21 Football Championship is an under 21 Gaelic football inter-county competition between the 32 counties of Ireland. Four competitions are contested in each province and the winners of each provincial championship enters the all-Ireland series.


2011 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship
The 2011 Bord Gáis Energy GAA Hurling All-Ireland Under-21 Championship is the 48th staging of the All-Ireland Championship since its inception in 1964. Games were played between 1 June and 10 September 2011. Galway won the title after a 3-14 to 1-10 win against Dublin.


2011 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, The Championship, Overview
The All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship of 2010 will be run on a provincial basis as usual. It will be a knockout tournament with pairings drawn at random in the respective provinces - there will be no seeds.


2011 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, The Championship, Overview
Each match will be played as a single leg. If a match is drawn a period of extra time will be played, however, if both sides were still level at the end of extra time a replay will take place.


2011 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, The Championship, Format, Leinster Championship
Quarter-finals: (2 matches) These are two lone matches between the first four teams drawn from the province of Leinster. Two teams are eliminated at this stage while the two winners advance to the semi-finals.


2011 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, The Championship, Format, Leinster Championship
Semi-finals: (2 matches) The two winners of the two quarter-final games join the two remaining Leinster teams, who received a bye to this stage, to make up the semi-final pairings. Two teams are eliminated at this stage while the two winners advance to the final.


2011 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, The Championship, Format, Leinster Championship
Final: (1 match) The winners of the two semi-finals contest this game. One team is eliminated at this stage while the winners advance to the All-Ireland semi-final.


2011 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, The Championship, Format, Munster Championship
Quarter-final: (1 match) This is a single match between the first two teams drawn from the province of Munster. One team is eliminated at this stage while the winners advance to the semi-finals.


2011 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, The Championship, Format, Munster Championship
Semi-finals: (2 matches) The winners of the lone quarter-final game join the three remaining Munster teams, who received a bye to this stage, to make up the semi-final pairings. Two teams are eliminated at this stage while the two winners advance to the final.


2011 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, The Championship, Format, Munster Championship
Final: (1 match) The winners of the two semi-finals contest this game. One team is eliminated at this stage while the winners advance to the All-Ireland semi-final.


2011 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final
The 2011 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship final was a hurling match that was played at Semple Stadium, Thurles on 10 September 2011 to determine the winners of the 2011 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, the 48th season of the All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion teams of the four provinces of Ireland. The final was contested by Galway of Connacht and Dublin of Leinster, with Galway winning by 3-14 to 1-10.


2011 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final
The All-Ireland final between Galway and Dublin was the third All-Ireland final meeting between the two teams. Galway were hoping to win their first title since 2007 and their tenth over all. Dublin were hoping to win their first All-Ireland title.


2011 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final
After three minutes Dublin's Thomas Connolly was gifted a goal when Galway 'keeper Jamie Ryan's clearance only found the Dublin forward who blasted to the net. Galway forged ahead in the 11th minute when Tadhg Haran drilled a penalty to the net after Barry Daly had been hauled down by Ger McManus. Dublin were level by the 23rd minute, thanks to points from Kevin O'Loughlin and Niall McMorrow. The Galway forwards scored 2-2 in the space of six minutes to open up an eight-point lead at the end of the half. David Burke’s pass sent Davy Glennon in for a 28th-minute goal. Two minutes later James Regan flew past three defenders to net a wonderful individual effort to give Galway a 3-6 to 1-4 interval lead.


2011 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final
Galway refused to allow the Dubs to play their way back into the game after the restart. O’Loughlin tagged on another couple of frees, and substitute Robbie McMahon hit two points. Niall Burke powered over two frees to keep daylight between the sides. Galway finished the job off with two late points from David Burke.


2011 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final
Galway's All-Ireland victory was their third in seven years. The win gave them their tenth All-Ireland title over all and put them in third position on the all-time roll of honour.


2011 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final
Dublin's All-Ireland defeat was their fourth since first contesting a final in 1967. They remain a team who has contested All-Ireland deciders but has never claimed the ultimate prize.


2011 All-Pac-12 Conference football team
The 2011 All-Pac-12 Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Pac-12 Conference teams for the 2011 Pac-12 Conference football season. The Oregon Ducks won the conference, defeating the UCLA Bruins 49–31 in the Pac-12 Championship game. Oregon then beat the Big Ten champion Wisconsin Badgers in the Rose Bowl 45 to 38. Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck was voted Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year. Cal linebacker Mychal Kendricks was voted Pat Tillman Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year.


2011 All-Pro Team
There are three 2011 All-Pro Teams—one each named by the Associated Press (AP), Pro Football Writers Association (PFWA), and Sporting News—for performance in the 2011 NFL season. While none of these have the official imprimatur of the NFL (whose official recognition is nomination to the 2012 Pro Bowl), they are included (separately) in the NFL Record and Fact Book. Any player selected to any of the teams can be described as an "All-Pro."


2011 All-Pro Team
The AP team, with first- and second-team selections, was chosen by a national panel of 50 NFL writers; the Sporting News selection process uses a panel of 50 NFL coaches and executives, while the PFWA team is chosen by polling its 300+ members.


2011 All-SEC football team
The 2011 All-SEC football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) chosen by the Associated Press (AP) and the conference coaches for the 2011 Southeastern Conference football season.


2011 All-SEC football team
The LSU Tigers won the conference, beating the Georgia Bulldogs 42 to 10 in the SEC Championship game. The Tigers then lost the national championship to the Alabama Crimson Tide 21 to 0 in the 2012 BCS National Championship Game, a rematch of a regular season game won in overtime by LSU 9 to 6.


2011 All-SEC football team
Alabama running back Trent Richardson, a unanimous AP Selection, won the Doak Walker Award given to the nation's top running back and was voted AP SEC Offensive Player of the Year. LSU cornerback Tyrann Mathieu, also a unanimous AP selection, won the Bednarik Award as the nation's top defensive player and was voted AP SEC Defensive Player of the Year.


2011 All-SEC football team, Key
Bold = Consensus first-team selection by both the coaches and AP


2011 Allan Cup
The 2011 Allan Cup was the 2011 Canadian Grand National Championship of Senior ice hockey. This was the 103rd year the trophy was awarded. The 2011 Allan Cup was contended in Kenora, Ontario, hosted by the Kenora Thistles of Hockey Northwestern Ontario from April 11 to April 16, 2011.


2011 Allan Cup
Newfoundland and Labrador's Clarenville Caribous went 4 wins, no losses in the tournament, defeating the Alberta's Bentley Generals 5-3 in the final to win Newfoundland and Labrador's 2nd ever National Senior AAA crown, the first since the Corner Brook Royals at the 1986 Allan Cup.


2011 Allen Wranglers season
The 2011 Allen Wranglers season was the team's twelfth season as a professional indoor football franchise, second in the Indoor Football League (IFL), and the first as the "Allen Wranglers". The team played their home games at the Allen Event Center in the Dallas suburb of Allen, Texas.


2011 Allen Wranglers season
The team finished with a 10-4 regular season and first place in the Lonestar Division. They advanced through two rounds of the IFL playoffs before losing the Intense Conference Championship to the Tri-Cities Fever.


2011 Allen Wranglers season, Off-field moves
In October 2010, the team announced that Chris MacKeown would be the Wranglers' head coach for the 2011 season. MacKeown had most recently served as the offensive coordinator for the Arena Football League's Colorado Crush after a stint as head coach and director of football operations for the Amarillo Dusters of af2. During the 2011 season, MacKeown was suspended for one game due to a "verbal incident" with opposing coaches after a game in Amarillo on April 2, 2011.


2011 Allen Wranglers season, Off-field moves
Former Dallas Cowboys player Drew Pearson was named general manager of the franchise in early December 2010. John Harris, Vice President of Operations, organized a publicity stunt in February 2011, reporting the team's mascot "Hoss" had been kidnapped and asking fans and the Chick fil-a Cow to help solve the mystery by following clues on the team's Facebook page. The Allen Police Department cooperated by assigning Officer Garrett Courtney, who was also the team's kicker, as lead investigator.


2011 Allen Wranglers season, Off-field moves
In May 2011, with just over a month remaining in the regular season, the team announced a change in ownership groups.


2011 Allen Wranglers season, Roster moves
Former West Texas A&M Buffaloes running back Keithon Flemming joined the Wranglers on May 25, 2011.


2011 Allen Wranglers season, Roster moves
After the season, in late July 2011, Wranglers defensive end Keenan Mace signed with the Dallas Cowboys.


2011 Allen Wranglers season, Schedule, Regular season
* * The IFL's Bricktown Brawlers based in Oklahoma City had collapsed financially and released all of their players late in the 2011 season. The North Texas Crunch of the Independent Indoor Football Alliance played as a replacement team to fill out the Brawlers' remaining scheduled games.


2011 Allen Wranglers season, Final roster
Rookies in italics updated July 9, 201119 Active, 0 Inactive


2011 Allerdale Borough Council election
The 2011 Allerdale Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Allerdale Borough Council in Cumbria, England. The whole council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.


2011 Allerdale Borough Council election, Results
The results saw the Labour party make 6 gains to win exactly half of the 56 seats on the council, 1 short of a majority. Labour gains included the former leader of the council, Mark Fryer, who took Stainburn ward from the Conservatives by 2 votes. The Conservatives lost 5 seats to have 12 councillors, including losses in All Saints Cockermouth and Broughton St Bridgets. 16 independents were elected, including gains in Broughton St Bridgets and Netherhall Maryport. No other party won any seats on council, with the Liberal Democrats losing 2 seats in Harrington Workington as the party was wiped out. Overall turnout for the election was 46.19%.


2011 Allerdale Borough Council election, Results
Following the election Labour said it intended to take control of the council as a minority administration replacing the previous alliance between the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and 7 independents.


2011 Allerdale Borough Council election, Results
3 Conservative, 3 independent and 1 Labour  candidates were unopposed.


2011 Allianz Cup
The 2011 Allianz Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 16th edition of the tournament which is part of the 2011 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Sofia, Bulgaria between 12 and 18 September 2011.


2011 Allianz Cup, WTA entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2011 Allianz Cup, WTA entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry by a lucky loser spot:


2011 Allianz Cup, Champions, Doubles
Nina Bratchikova /  Darija Jurak def. Alexandra Cadanțu /  Ioana Raluca Olaru, 6–4, 7–5


2011 Allianz Cup – Doubles
Eleni Daniilidou and Jasmin Wöhr were the defending champions, but both chose not to participate. Nina Bratchikova and Darija Jurak won the title, defeating Alexandra Cadanțu and Ioana Raluca Olaru 6–4, 7–5 in the final.


2011 Allianz Cup – Singles
Mathilde Johansson was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Romina Oprandi. Silvia Soler-Espinosa won the title by defeating Romina Oprandi in the final 2–6, 6–6, ret.


2011 Allsvenskan
The 2011 Allsvenskan, part of the 2011 Swedish football season, was the 87th season of Allsvenskan since its establishment in 1924. The preliminary 2011 fixtures were released on 15 December 2010. The season began on 2 April 2011 and ended on 23 October 2011. Malmö FF were the defending champions, having won their 16th Swedish championship and their 19th Allsvenskan title the previous season.


2011 Allsvenskan
Helsingborgs IF won the Swedish championship this season, their 7th one, in the 27th round, nearly a month before the final round on 25 September 2011 by Helsingborg defeating GAIS 3–1, and by Malmö FF playing a 1–1 tie against AIK who were the only championship competitors to Helsingborg. This was the second year in a row that a club from Skåne clinched the championship title. This was also Helsingborg's first Swedish championship of the 21st century, and the first time since 1996 that a team secured the Allsvenskan championship so early in the season.


2011 Allsvenskan
A total of 16 teams contested the league; 14 returned from the 2010 season and two had been promoted from Superettan.


2011 Allsvenskan, Teams
A total of sixteen teams contested the league, including fourteen sides from the 2010 season and two promoted teams from the 2010 Superettan.


2011 Allsvenskan, Teams
Åtvidaberg and Brommapojkarna were relegated at the end of the 2010 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. Åtvidaberg thus made its immediate return to the Superettan, and Brommapojkarna ended a two-year tenure in the Allsvenskan. They were replaced by 2010 Superettan champions Syrianska FC and runners-up IFK Norrköping. Norrköping returned after a two-year absence, while Syrianska FC made their debut at the highest level of football in Sweden.


2011 Allsvenskan, Teams
Gefle as 14th-placed team retained their Allsvenskan spot after defeating third-placed Superettan team GIF Sundsvall 3–0 on aggregate in a relegation/promotion playoff.


2011 Allsvenskan, Teams, Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2011 Allsvenskan, Abandoned matches
The 2011 Allsvenskan was marred by several incidents involving both pyrotechnical items and supporter violence, with two matches needing to be suspended and one match needing to be re-played. According to Aftonbladet, even if one club's fans were responsible for a particular incident, each club was responsible for their own supporter sections in every match. In other words, even if one club's fans were responsible, the other club would have been sanctioned if the incident occurred in any of their supporter sections. In each of the three matches, either of the teams were up by one goal.


2011 Allsvenskan, Abandoned matches, Syrianska FC vs. AIK
The match between Syrianska FC and AIK on 25 April 2011 was halted after twenty minutes of play when an assistant referee was hit by fireworks and, as a result, became injured. Syrianska FC at that time led the game 1–0. Right before the fireworks were launched, AIK forward Teteh Bangura was sent off after stamping Syrianska FC goalkeeper Dwayne Miller. The Swedish Football Association (SFA) concluded that it couldn't be proved as to where the firecracker came from, but concluded that the behaviour of the AIK fans shortly after led to the suspension of the game. As a consequence, the game was awarded 3–0 in Syrianska FC's favour on 12 May 2011; AIK were fined 150,000 SEK.


2011 Allsvenskan, Abandoned matches, Malmö FF vs. Helsingborgs IF
In a similar incident on 24 May 2011, a Skåne derby match between Malmö FF and Helsingborgs IF had to be abandoned after thirty minutes, right after Helsingborg had scored to take the lead 1–0. Helsingborg goalkeeper Pär Hansson was left injured by a firecracker thrown by a spectator from Malmö FF's standing section detonating right beside him, before being punched by a spectator who made it onto the pitch from the same standing section.


2011 Allsvenskan, Abandoned matches, Malmö FF vs. Helsingborgs IF
The SFA did not disqualify the theory that the man throwing the firecracker might have been the same man as the one who invaded the pitch. (The Malmö District Court later concluded that was the case.) Both Malmö FF and Canal+, the broadcaster of the match, sued the man invading the pitch for abandoning the match and television broadcasting of it. The game was awarded 3–0 in Helsingborg's favour on 17 June 2011. Malmö were given a 150,000 SEK fine, while Helsingborg were fined 25,000 SEK.


2011 Allsvenskan, Abandoned matches, Malmö FF vs. Helsingborgs IF
On 18 October 2011, the man who invaded the pitch was sentenced by the Malmö District Court to 120 day-fines for a total of 10,000 SEK, not only for invading the pitch but also for throwing the firecracker.


2011 Allsvenskan, Abandoned matches, Malmö FF vs. Djurgårdens IF
Malmö FF were involved in another incident at their home arena, Swedbank Stadion, this time in a match against Djurgårdens IF, on 30 July 2011. Like the Syrianska–AIK and Malmö–Helsingborg matches, the Malmö–Djurgården match was abandoned, after eleven minutes. At that time, Malmö FF were leading 1–0. The minute before, Djurgårdens IF forward Daniel Sjölund was given a yellow card. Six fireworks were launched, forcing referee Martin Hansson to abandon the match. According to Canal+, one of the fireworks was close to hitting a photographer.


2011 Allsvenskan, Abandoned matches, Malmö FF vs. Djurgårdens IF
There were different opinions as to where the fireworks came from: Canal+ believed that the fireworks came from the section above the Djurgården terrace while the police believed that the fireworks came from within the Djurgården section. Swedish Discipline Committee chairman Khennet Thallinger stated that they "want to preserve the due process". On 5 September 2011, the Committee decided that the game would be replayed from kick-off. They explained that the evidence saying Djurgården were responsible for the firecrackers was not considered strong enough to blame them. As such, neither Djurgården nor Malmö were fined any sums of money. The SFA's Competition Committee decided that the rematch would be played on 15 October 2011. This forced them to delay the Malmö–Syrianska and Halmstad–Djurgården games in-between to 17 October, as all Allsvenskan teams should have at least one rest day between each game. The rematch was won by Malmö 1–0.


2011 Allsvenskan, Positions by round
Note: Since some matches were postponed, the positions were corrected in hindsight.


2011 Amarillo Venom season
The 2011 Amarillo Venom season was the team's eighth season as a football franchise and second in the Indoor Football League (IFL). One of twenty-two teams that competed in the IFL for the 2011 season, the Venom were members of the Lonestar Division of the Intense Conference. Led by head coach Rodney Blackshear for the first 9 games, he was replaced by interim head coach Julian Reese. The team played their home games at the Amarillo Civic Center in Amarillo, Texas.


2011 Amarillo Venom season, Roster
Rookies in italics updated June 11, 201119 Active, 0 Inactive


2011 Amber Valley Borough Council election
The 2011 Amber Valley Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Amber Valley Borough Council in Derbyshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.


2011 Amber Valley Borough Council election, Campaign
15 seats were contested in the election, mainly from Conservative leaning areas of the council. 1 seat was sure to remain in Conservative hands in South West Parishes after only a Conservative candidate stood for the seat.


2011 Amber Valley Borough Council election, Campaign
The Conservatives pointed to their record in control of the council, Labour pledged to reduce car parking charges, while the Liberal Democrats focused on plans to regenerate Heanor. The parties also disagreed over how to make cuts as a result of a reduction in central government funding, such as over plans to close local offices of the council and to sell the main council headquarters.


2011 Amber Valley Borough Council election, Election result
The results saw the Conservative majority remain strong after losing only 1 seat to Labour, leaving the Conservatives with 28 seats compared to 15 for Labour. Labour gained the seat in Heage and Ambergate from the Conservatives, while the closest result came in Ripley where the Conservative held on by 14 votes. Both the Conservative and Labour parties said they were pleased with the results, while neither the Liberal Democrats or the British National Party won any seats. Overall turnout in the election was 45.83%, almost 12% up on when these seats were last contested in 2007.