It was a bit of a surreal experience being in Croke Park last weekend.

These are players to be admired and celebrated, not pitied, says Paul Rouse.

It was not until the second half of the 19th century that the expansion of golf in Ireland truly took flight, writes Paul Rouse.

So here’s a thing: There are three counties left in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship and three counties from the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship are still in contention to win the All-Ireland.

It all begins with a child and a stick and a ball.

To watch LeBron James play basketball is to witness the qualities that distinguish the truly great player in every sport.

The basic inequity of the promotion and relegation system applied to the new structure of the All-Ireland hurling championship is so obvious that it is impossible to ignore.

The playing of a test match in Dublin last weekend between Ireland and Pakistan is a reminder that there is nothing inevitable in sport.

The story of the anthems offers a sharp insight into how a United Ireland has been imagined by too many of those who profess to desire it as something that is united only in geography but not in much else, writes Paul Rouse.