The Australian Football League’s attempt to forge on with the season despite the coronavirus outbreak lasted just one round before it was shut down on Sunday in the wake of a government crackdown on non-essential travel.

Rangers manager Walter Smith has confirmed that Kris Boyd faces hernia surgery and up to six weeks on the sidelines.

THERE could hardly be a more eloquent intervention than Michael Hogan’s hand of friendship gesture in the simmering controversy over the singing of God Save the Queen at today’s historic Six Nation’s rugby match between Ireland and England at Croke Park, the symbolic heartland of Gaelic sport.