Football has always been the global game, and for a long time Messi has been its king. And now thankfully after last Sunday he’s indisputably the king of the world

For all the Golden Boots you might win, it does not make you immune to pressure. In fact, studies have shown, it can even make you more vulnerable

Missing cup weekend will be painful for the Cork club but there's now a league crown to be won

In almost every sport over the last decade we’ve become accustomed to seeing a considerably greater amount of added time and greater measures to tackle any wasting of time

In the interview Ronaldo displayed all the classic symptoms of narcissistic injury, just as throughout his career he has given us plenty of clues that he was an undoubted narcissist

Thursday night rugby in the Pairc isn’t sacrilege. Instead it’s a celebration of Cork sport and a proper reflection of the sporting heritage and true generous nature of its people

Athletically they were freaks: Westbrook the most physically-talented guard to ever play his sport; Ronaldo dedicated to his physical condition in a way football had never known before

The show is badly in need of a fresh approach. It is crying out for an outsider to present it, with the Second Captains and Off the Ball stables being obvious port of calls

The game in Hampden Park is a pivotal moment in not just Irish women’s sport but in Irish football, dwarfing the recent meeting of the two countries in the men’s Nations League

In an interview he gave to me 10 years ago in this paper, Larry Tompkins spoke about what player was his greatest influence. It was Brian Mullins