It is not the medals that define Brian Mullins’ greatness. Instead, it is his defining presence in the Dublin team of the 1970s and 1980s.

Change cannot come soon enough.

The exhibition “Football: Designing the Beautiful Game” tells the fascinating story of how soccer has been shaped and reshaped by the world of design.

The death of King George led to the cancellation of rugby matches in Cork and Limerick in independent Ireland in 1936.

Nobody is going to be untouched by the reality of worsening climate change and sport is contributing to the worsening.

Emiliano Sala was an Argentine striker who was signed by Cardiff City from FC Nantes in the January 2019 transfer window before he perished in a plane crash in the English Channel.

It is the type of characterisation of people and of organisations that is typical of the cartoon history beloved of some nationalists

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.