The Ryder Cup is back after the Covid-19 delay and is the sporting event to wrap up a summer that showed some hints of normality.

The Tyrone and Mayo pitch sessions this week will have been high in quality, high in intensity with plenty of planned recovery throughout to ensure the players are feeling like they could do more, while leaving them wanting more, building up that sense of readiness with every passing minute.

From a loading perspective there are two considerations left, what needs to get done in the gym and what needs to get done on the pitch

Róisín Ní Ríain put forward some of the misconceptions she has had to deal with, such as that para athletes don’t have the same level of commitment

Limerick play a modern form of the game with a modern form of manager at the helm, expect other counties to follow suit in the years ahead and the game to benefit along the way

With one-point wins for Dublin in 2013, 2016, and 2017, as well as the drawn final of 2016, the champions and Mayo have recency to their rivalry like no other

Why does it take a serious injury for an athlete to take notice that what they’re doing is not working for them?

While most people have no idea what the athletes go through to make it to the Games, they work on the assumption that it is nothing short of incredible just to get there

Preparation for the Olympics begins shortly after the closing ceremony. So for the vast majority of those arriving in Tokyo over the last fortnight, the planning for this trip has been in the works since August 2016, in Rio.

Research suggests that those players who see penalties as a game of chance are more likely to have destructive thoughts during the process and experience greater feelings of anxiety