The euphoria of that August of ten years ago make the excesses of such claims largely understandable as people were carried along by a wave of delight, hope and pride. Now, however, when reading the reports of that glorious summer of 2012, there is reminder after reminder of just how much has changed in Britain

This month has brought the closure of the last existing dedicated matchday newspaper: the ‘Sports Mail’ in Portsmouth.

Change has come and more will come in the immediate future; there is no perfect solution here. Only the hope that whatever vision for the future holds is one that is rooted in evidence and in the airing of both sides of the argument.

Pat Spillane has enriched enjoyment of Gaelic football on RTÉ during his time as a pundit. Sometimes he was right, sometimes he was wrong. But, in the way of these things, the times that I thought he was right might very well be the times that you thought he was wrong.

The extra man in the parade was John Gregson, an English actor, who was a leading post-war comedy actor in Britain, starring in more than 40 feature films.

'Tailteann' has a lore within the GAA that goes back to the very founding of the Association back in 1884.

What is clear from history is that people have deliberately sought to distort the result of sporting contests across many centuries.

The buying and selling of favours, the exceptional amounts of money that were swilling around, the sheer scale of the venality is a matter of public record at this stage.

Cryptocurrencies are also now the “official partners” of clubs and associations, including at Manchester City and AC Milan, and – inevitably – at FIFA itself.  

Some 400,000 people will attend the Indianapolis 500 – a 500-mile motor race that takes place every year and sees cars race each other at extraordinary speeds around what is essentially a huge saucer.