Particularly at underage games, if there is a parent or even a coach, who is being obnoxious towards the misfortunate ref, then don’t take the easy way out and say nothing.

It might be an idea for the GAA to adapt someday: pick a pair of adjacent provincial towns and have a festival of hurling or football (league or championship) over a weekend.

When you look at all these Irishmen in the AFL you cannot help, in the week that the senior inter-county championship begins, but think of the talent drain from home to here.

Yes, it's romantic to muse about having your money on a 100/1 winner and to reminisce about Foinavon hunting around Aintree in the swinging sixties but the commercial reality of betting today, as it ever was, is that such a long odds winner is dreamed of only by the bookies.

The GPA’s goal is net zero status for the players. They can they learn plenty from their counterparts elsewhere around the world

Infantino knows that for all its wealth, FIFA lives off World Cup revenue. A big risk in 2026 relates to visas. If large numbers of supporters travel from South and Central America, will Trump be willing to (re)open the US’s borders for the duration of the tournament?

A landmark legal case 50 years ago warned that the touchline offers no protection from prosecution if a player recklessly disregard the safety of an opponent. Cowardly, off the ball punches are criminal assaults

If Marcus Rashford cannot see the irony of publicly declaring his unhappiness at Manchester United, where he is currently on £325,000 a week (that is, 44 times the average week salary of a full time employee in the UK), is football even real anymore?

The reasons for the decline and fall of the sport in the US and UK contains lessons for the sport’s survival in its other retaining jurisdictions, including Ireland

For most GAA people, the GAA’s Official Guide is a bit like an IKEA manual, you only ever read it after you’ve done something wrong, and Gavin happily admitted the same.