The new year begins officially in a few hours, as you know. 2019, eh? Did we ever think we’d see the day, etc etc, writes Michael Moynihan.

The world of sport, with its seemingly endless capacity to invent and reinvent itself, has demonstrated time and again that there is nothing permanent, nothing resistant to transition.

‘Harry Potter’ creator JK Rowling is turning sports writer to pen a series of match reports from the fictional Quidditch World Cup.

They’re not getting any younger, though their adventures at Hogwart’s School of Witchcraft and Wizardry are certainly getting better.