The problem with motion 19 was its starting point: that all teams have to have a chance of competing in the Sam Maguire every year. The resulting system meant that if a similar one was adopted, say, to decide the champions of English football, then (as of Saturday night) Manchester United would be out (6th in EPL) but Plymouth (top of League One) and Forest Green (top of League Two) would be in.

Some acknowledge that motion 19 is flawed but that it will do for now and can be tweaked later. The GAA does not work like that

History shows there is nothing in sport quite like an Olympics. Equally, there is nothing in Olympic history quite like what is happening now in Tokyo at the most expensive — and likely the most fraught — summer games of all time.

Continuing with preparations for the Games seems incongruous with, if not downright insensitive to, these pandemic times

The connection to home that the GAA and its games give ex-patriates is wired into us far deeper than any network or broadcaster could ever hope to match

The odds of a Doon victory are long. Na Piarsaigh are one of the best club sides in the country. But Jack Anderson will watch on with hope

It may go down as one of Manchester City’s greatest away wins in Europe.

Last week, it was easier to list those sports that were still going rather than those who had stopped, writes Jack Anderson.

As many parts of the world move to self-isolated, one major sports organisation, the International Olympic Committee (IOC), remains isolated in its resolve to hold what will be the world’s most significant sporting event of 2020, the Tokyo Games, writes Jack Anderson.

LAST week in Melbourne, a record 86,000 attended the women’s T20 cricket World Cup final at the MCG.