Tipperary native Michael Hunt, 74, a schoolteacher in Rathmines, is the ‘Mr Chips’ of Irish schools’ athletics. President of the ISAA for the past 21 years, he is stepping down in December so today’s Irish Life Health All-Ireland Schools’ Track & Field Championships will be his last at the helm.

SONIA O’SULLIVAN will receive Australian nationality at a ceremony in Melbourne today and she confirmed she now wants to compete for her new country at the Commonwealth Games in March.