There's a pecking order to honouring sporting greats

To have an airport called after you demands a wider international celebrity most Irish sportspeople simply do not have, writes Paul Rouse.

There's a pecking order to honouring sporting greats

The stir created by the erection of a statue to Ronaldo in his homeplace of Madeira, Portugal is nicely amusing.

The fact ‘the internet’ and newspaper columnists all over the world have deemed the statue to be nothing like Ronaldo has been greeted with a certain glee.

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