In one of the few conversations about his funeral arrangements, Garrett had told Áine that he didn’t want a blow-in giving his eulogy, and that it had better be funny. She did him proud on both counts, writes Michael Moynihan.

Cork will support the proposed introduction of a black card in hurling, at Annual Congress later this month.

It’s the story everyone is talking about.

The history of sporting tournaments is littered with tales of players and teams who broke a glass ceiling but ultimately fell away before the summit was attained. The lesson seems to be that the fairytale, captivating as it may be, rarely has a happy ending.

I’m showing my age, but does anybody remember Chubby Checker? Ah, you do. No, not the Welsh prop forward from the 1970s.

Bold advertising campaigns have helped to change how we view menstruation but we need to keep the focus on women’s experience, says Sharon Ní Chonchúir.

Until 2019, I’d never seen Liverpool win a European tie after losing the first leg 3-0. That it was against Barcelona, and the world’s greatest ever player, only embellishes the miracle.

Michael Moynihan has rung all the juries, collated all the votes, and accepted all the bribes.

Both broadcasters say there will be no additional charge to customers.

Venus Williams ousted defending champion Kiki Bertens at the Western and Southern Open in Cincinnati.

The return of the Premier League always provokes mixed feelings. On the down side, it heralds the onset of long winter nights with nothing to do but watch football; on the up side, it heralds the onset of long winter nights with nothing to do but watch football.

Everything was going grand for Pamela Uba as Ladies Day at the Galway Races dawned.

You won’t have many in Donegal arguing Declan Bonner should be talking about things other than Sky Sports this week.

Back from holidays. I’m grand. Yourself?

It felt like a missed opportunity on Thursday when 30 unique practices of Irish cultural heritage were recognised by the state — and there was no place for the pre-match shemozzle.

It's not all research, deadlines and live broadcasts for RTÉ’s Maggie Doyle. For downtime, there’s nothing more she loves to do than to put on her pinny, whip out the food mixer and bake.

I found last summer difficult. Being a stay-at-home-parent who also works from home brings with it an entirely new juggle, never more keenly felt than during the summer holidays. On broaching this topic the previous year, I was met with considerable backlash.

Jon Rahm is hoping an accommodation switch can lead to a reversal of fortunes in the Open Championship at Royal Portrush.

2FM DJ Ciara King in conversation with Hilary Fennell.

Roger Federer yesterday gained revenge over Rafael Nadal 11 years on to set up a Wimbledon final showdown with Novak Djokovic today.

We are lucky at home to have three super young boys as neighbours.

What is it about high-performance athletes and teams that they always appear to have another gear to go to when the competition heats up?

So that’s Wednesday nearly wrapped up. Here are some of the stories we published on irishexaminer.com today which we hope will help you make sense of it all this evening.

This year's Wimbledon champions' winnings will be worth significantly less than just months earlier due to the impact of Brexit, experts have said.

Andy Murray and Serena Williams’ Wimbledon match-up continued to impress after they eased into the third round of the mixed doubles.

Back when the musician Prince was among us, he was renowned for making his way from playing in a big arena to go jam in some nightclub in front of a lucky, exclusive audience of late-night revellers.

The 133rd Wimbledon tennis championships are in full swing and, in time-honoured British tradition, the UK is fixated on seedings, scorelines, and strawberries and cream.

Summertime and the living is easy. Chance would be a fine thing.

Bernard Tomic again faced questions about his effort levels after losing the shortest men's singles match at Wimbledon for 15 years.

Stradivarius successfully defended his Gold Cup crown to provide Frankie Dettori with a remarkable fourth successive victory on day three of Royal Ascot.

Precisely a year ago at this venue it was Tipperary who sleepwalked into an ambush and a ravenous Limerick who pounced upon them.

Brendan O'Brien Column B

Wimbledon tennis singles champions will win £2.35m (€2.72m) this year, which is an increase of £100,000 (€115,000) on the event in 2018.

There’s no Ireland striker in better form than David McGoldrick at the moment and the 31-year-old illustrated that reality again this weekend, opening the scoring as Sheffield United maintained their promotion push courtesy of a 2-0 win over Bolton Wanderers on Saturday.

Novak Djokovic was so good, so relentless, so flawless, that Rafael Nadal never stood a chance.

Andy Murray is still hoping to make it to one more Wimbledon tournament before his problematic hip forces him into retirement.

Here's your morning bulletin.

Serena Williams praised Nike for creating a “powerful statement” by making Colin Kaepernick the face of an advertising campaign.

Umpire Mohamed Lahyani went “beyond protocol” in trying to help Nick Kyrgios but will continue to officiate at the US Open, tournament organisers have announced.

Football’s back! Which, incidentally, is something you only say if you enjoy deliberately trolling League of Ireland fans.

Rory McIlroy is confident he has fixed the putting problems that sank his Irish Open hopes a fortnight ago as he launches his bid for a fifth major title of his career in Scotland this week.

Germany's Angelique Kerber has won the Wimbledon women's singles title.

Serena Williams and Angelique Kerber will meet in the Wimbledon final tomorrow in a rematch of the 2016 showpiece.