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Paul Rouse: Can you coach aggression? And should you?

Why are some children timid on the pitch and others driven and aggressive and deeply competitive?

Fri, 03 Mar, 2023

At The Olympics

Paul Rouse: Time for Olympic Federation to answer a simple question on Russia...

Do Irish Olympics chiefs think that Russian athletes should be invited to compete at the Paris Olympics of 2024?

Fri, 17 Feb, 2023

Tommy O'Connell signs autographs 4/2/2023

Paul Rouse: History weighs on Cork shoulders but expectation survives

The roars from the stands in Páirc Uí Chaoimh last Saturday were laced with hope and desire and a desperation to return to the top of the tree

Fri, 10 Feb, 2023

Dublin v Kildare - Allianz Football League Division 2

Paul Rouse: Have Dubs the skill or the tank to match '80s Kerry?

The Kingdom came back to string a three-in-a-row together; can Dessie Farrell oversee a similar second coming?

Fri, 03 Feb, 2023

Down v Derry - Bank of Ireland Dr McKenna Cup-Semi-Final

Paul Rouse: Any serious footballer must be excited about this year's calendar

Playing all these matches has to beat the relentless grind of training.

Fri, 27 Jan, 2023

Healthcare technology concept.

Paul Rouse: Never mind the exercise fads, stay going like Maurice Davin

The sober reality for those who wish for physical fitness is that the fundamental necessity is habit.

Fri, 20 Jan, 2023

AS Photo Archive

Paul Rouse: What's the next frontier for celebrity culture kicked off by Pele?

Before the Brazilian and the advent of TV, it was individual sports that most usually produced the most famous sports people in the world.

Thu, 12 Jan, 2023

Paul Rouse: 50 things you don’t see that much of anymore

Paul Rouse: 50 things you don’t see that much of anymore

From cigarette smoke in the dressing room to the fly-kick, here are fifty things you just don't see that much of anymore in sport, or maybe don't see at all

Fri, 30 Dec, 2022

Argentina v France: Final - FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022

Paul Rouse: Claiming our contribution to Argentina cause

The flows of people around the world is one of the most interesting things in sport and is central to how games have developed.

Fri, 23 Dec, 2022

GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Final 2020

Different class: The role of social standing in Irish sport

A new book tells Ireland's sporting story through 60 lives with class a theme that emerges throughout.

Fri, 16 Dec, 2022