Many stars from the worlds of music, film and television were lost in 2017.

In Paris tonight, during a television programme hosted by David Ginola, the famous Ballon d’Or trophy will be presented for the 62nd time.

Enda McEvoy reflects on how the game - and punditry - played out on TV.

Larry Ryan pays tribute to Jimmy Magee and remembers his best moments...

OF all the tributes paid to the sports broadcaster, Jimmy Magee, the most poignant and most memorable came from former president, Mary McAleese.

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I won’t be alone among my peers in broadcasting, and indeed in the ranks of the many sports stars that he interviewed, in saying that Jimmy Magee moved easily from his status as hero of mine to becoming first a colleague and then a friend whose warmth, kindness, and good humour was as legendary as his memory, writes Tony O’Donoghue.

It is the dream of every sports broadcaster to have their voices usher in one immortal moment. Jimmy Magee had a lifetime’s worth, writes Tommy Martin.

Latest: Tributes from all walks of Irish life have flooded in following the death of the RTE commentator, journalist and Memory Man, Jimmy Magee.

The best of tonight's telly

Not even the man who battled an evil empire in a galaxy far, far away could save the Kingdom — and so Sam Maguire will be residing in the capital for the next year.

Mike Griffin has been in Brazil collecting signatures throughout the World Cup and last night put the icing on the cake with a signature from a newly crowned World Cup winner.

The final postcards from Brazil

Bits and pieces from the sidelines in Brazil

Veteran sports pundit Jimmy Magee is to release his debut single — at the grand old age of 79.

This year I have taken it upon myself to find out what Ryan Tubridy will be wearing at this year’s Late Late Toy Show.

League finalists Kilkenny and Tipperary were the favourites to contest this year’s All-Ireland final, even if the statistics over the past 20 years were against league final opponents staying the pace to September.

A soccer fortress turned GAA ground, once home to Cork Hibs, presently the secondary venue of the Cork County Board.

It was the kind of gathering Colm Murray would have loved.

One of Ireland’s best-known sports broadcasters was today remembered as an enthusiastic and articulate reporter gifted with a marvellous memory and unique voice.

We hear much about the magic of sport, but after a week like this might it be worth reflecting on what has become of that other great sport of magic?

Waterford Writers Weekend, which runs from Mar 21-24, is a relative newcomer among literary festivals.

Some of the country’s top authors will descend on Waterford City next month to impart their knowledge and stories.

Paul Kelly (France Football magazine’s Ireland correspondent) and Jimmy Magee (RTÉ) omitted Lionel Messi in their vote for the Ballon d’Or prize. Here Kelly explains the reasons for their decision.

Lionel Messi strengthened his claim to be considered the greatest footballer of all time by winning a record-breaking fourth consecutive Fifa Ballon d’Or last night.

Lionel Messi won a record-breaking fourth consecutive FIFA Ballon d’Or at an awards ceremony in Zurich tonight.

Put it down to guilty conscience.

CHRISTMAS means so many different things to so many people, but most of us can look back on December 25 with fondness.

SATURDAY

Some of Ireland’s best chefs are stirring things up for the first time in the Irish Book Awards.

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Tommy O’Connell was chatting to a couple of friends in the Croke Park Hotel an hour or two before last year’s All-Ireland final when Jimmy Magee passed by. One of the friends buttonholed Magee and, pointing to O’Connell, asked him why this man had a place in hurling history.

The stories that emerged from the European Senior Games in Poland this last week would put those of us camped on the couch of an evening to shame

Legendary RTÉ star Jimmy Magee hopes that his son’s donor brain could help provide the cure for the disease that killed him.

Veteran sports commentator Jimmy Magee says it was a shame former Irish Olympic swimmer Michelle Smith didn’t have any role in the Irish leg of the Olympic Torch relay.

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Pic 1: Olympic gold medal-winning boxer Katie Taylor, with Brigid Dooley, at the launch of commentator Jimmy Magee’s autobiography Memory Man at The Havelock suite in the Aviva Stadium.

1. Ailis McSweeney revealed Derval O’Rourke’s preparations in intimate detail: “She was in her own bed with her coaches in comfortable surroundings until two days ago.”

Major sporting moments tend to result in historic commentary that echoes through the ages. Even when we don’t really want it to.