The retrospectives and anniversaries you’ll be reading about in 2026

Paul and Gary O'Donovan celebrate after finishing second in the Men's Lightweight Double Sculls during the 2016 Rio Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Picture: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Hello and welcome to 2026! There’s not much to say about 2025 other than it’s over, so let’s crack on and hope things get better again before they get worse. But first, let’s take a glance back at how we got here.

It’s been 10 years since… 2016