Larry Ryan: Not so easy for women to dig a sports moat

There’s much to recommend this simple life, this means of stripping things down, of operating from game to game on a need-to-know basis.

SMILING THROUGH THE PAIN: Republic of Ireland manager Vera Pauw with supporters after the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 qualifier against Sweden at Tallaght Stadium in Dublin. Picture: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

The  book Tossary of Terms coined ‘sportsmoat’ — a way of life that “avoids the complications of the outside world by sealing yourself into a bubble of sport”.

If anything really important happens, the book reasons, it will surely leak into the sports news.