Fair play to Ciarán McDonald anyway.

Does every successful team need a criminal element? The Aviva Stadium will be full this afternoon for the Emerald Isle Classic, American college ball’s take on the Premier League’s much-touted ‘39th Game’.

The script for a mercy mission back at the club Kenny loves now reads like a misguided, financially calamitous sequel

Blessed are the playmakers. Or should that be bantam?

We can wonder just why Lar embraced his unusual assignment with such diligence

Suddenly, on Tuesday afternoon, those feelgood Olympic aspirations about inspiring a generation felt a little parochial and complacent.

As usual, the darkest hour is just before the dawn of a new season.

Whatever happens tomorrow, let’s not put it down, once more, to the hunger, whether it be serious, fierce or even savage.

We have known for a long time now that football cannot die.

Confined to barracks, the 11-month-old girl kept me company in front of the television for Katie Taylor’s first fight this week with Natasha Jonas.