The European Games is just one sporting plank in a project aimed at building Azerbaijan’s international profile, writes Brendan O’Brien.

Simon Zebo has hardly had time to take his seat when the first question hurtles towards him, says Brendan O’Brien.

Three months on and this column is still wiping egg from its face, writes Brendan O’Brien

The week before the first Six Nations games is fertile ground for cliches, says Brendan O’Brien.

Even a serious training accident hasn’t dented Bryan Keane’s passion for triathlons.

IT’S 20 years since this column sat down to complete the Leaving Cert – for a second, excruciating time – but it is probably some sort of twisted pseudo-tribute to that daunting time in all our lives that scraps of the information we had to learn by rote occasionally jostle their way back to the forefront of the mind when least expected, writes Brendan O’Brien.

Ian Madigan endured a tormenting day with the boot for Leinster against Wasps last weekend but the man who knows his kicking abilities best has backed him to bounce back against Italy on Saturday week, says Brendan O’Brien.

Routes to Olympic qualification continue to multiply but that isn’t to say that getting there is any easier, writes Brendan O’Brien.

European Champions Cup Pool 2

GAA players? Why, they’ve never had it so good, writes Brendan O’Brien.