The timing of Jannik Sinner's incredibly 'convenient' ban is purely coincidental, we've been assured this week. Fine. Let's just add it to the list of Sharapova, Cilic, Errani, Swiatek, Halep and many more.

You’d have to think that if the Coghlan of 1983 could be transposed to 2025, with advances in so many areas, he’d have been right there with Jakob Ingebrigtsen. 

On Wednesday, Trump signed an executive order prohibiting transgender women and girls from competing in female sports.

It was a channel that elevated sports outside the mainstream bubble, giving us a helping of things we didn’t know we wanted, but which we came to love.

A coach who cares – about the person even more than the performance. Treasure them. They’re among life’s greatest givers.

The penny has taken a long time to drop but physical education is a core fundamental subject.

So much of its magic comes down to the venue: Ally Pally. It’s small, holding just 3,500 fans, but that intimate intensity is what makes it. No one has a bad view. The sound bounces off the walls. Yet Hearn believes it will be on the move in the years ahead, and you can guess why.

One concern above others stands out from Sport Ireland's Paris Olympics review - the paucity of investment in coaching

The Spaniard's rivals have been outspoken about Katir's whereabouts rules vioations. 

As things stand, coaching is all too often a one-way ticket to mental, physical, or emotional exhaustion.