Klopp said that the FAI’s medical department told the goalkeeper that his now long-term injury “would be good after a holiday”, something which has been denied by Stephen Kenny.

For 2022 the FAI will receive €5.8m in ‘Field Sport Investment’ — €3.6 more than the IRFU (€2.2m) and €3.2m more than the GAA (€2.4m).

The football strategy and statistics game resumes tomorrow, ahead of Arsenal’s league opener at Crystal Palace, with up to 10 million teams expected to be entered from around the world, by the 6:30pm deadline.

In an interview with The Pitch, Padraig Power emphasised: “Professional sport is about winning and the more money you invest, the better your chances.”

In a critical year where stability was key, the Thomond Park hierarchy held their nerve and turned a potentially major negative into a positive for the future on and off the field

NGBs will no longer be allowed “turn a blind eye” to instances of abuse, and should now comply to a system where their own performance in handling discipline is measured by Sport Ireland

RTÉ now owns approximately €25m in football rights assets.

Leinster is following the lead of Munster and the GAA by entering into the world of virtual reality – only this time through the door of the Metaverse.

Two different markets now exist outside of the Tote, setting on-course and off-course betting at odds with each other.

Athletics body might be grateful that much of this week's attention focused on the fresh tremors across old fault lines in Irish boxing