We’d be much better re-examining — and reimagining — our sporting infrastructure and how limited it currently is to adequately stage our own sportspeople, let alone host a World Cup

Behind closed doors the reception from the GAA was often frosty, bordering on patronising

There are certain differences as well as similarities between Gary Keegan’s brief with the national rugby team and the one he had with the boxers

Kevin Martin's terrific new book, The Irish Whales: Olympians of Old New York, documents how an exceptional wave of sportspeople would help transform the Irish from being the runt of New York and American society to being the toast of the town

It’s a time of frustration for sure, but not for despair. And that frustration isn’t necessarily all bad

It’s one of the quirks and quandaries of US team sport that any argument over the greatness of any of its protagonists has inherent limitations for Americans and everyone else alike.

The major takeaway lesson from the Lampard episode isn’t so much that one of their greats wasn’t yet qualified for the job but that the people who hired him once again proved that they weren’t qualified for theirs

Legendary Cork boss would prove to be a masterful horse-whisperer, striking up one of the most remarkable and unlikely success stories

Sporting activism would be too late to prevent Donald Trump from getting into the White House but it would play its part in denying him a second term there

Already January is a write-off for every sport, outside those of who have been categorised as ‘elite’