Jack Anderson: In sport, ethical concerns are rarely based on moral values alone

While for those of us safely on the outside, the ethical path seems clear and the “right” response predictable, for those in the arena of sport and of war, such as the Iranian women’s football team, today’s world is anything but.

US President Donald Trump is presented with the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize award by FIFA President Gianni Infantino. Pic: Sam Corum/PA Wire.

For the past few years, the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has, to mark St Patrick’s Day, released a video montage of Irish people at home and abroad: aid workers; artists; entrepreneurs; electricians; nurses; doctors; soldiers in Lebanon and of course, sports people. For those of us away, the clips generate feelings both of poignancy and pride.

The soundtrack to this year’s video is Kodaline’s “High Hopes”. In the middle of it all was Troy Parrott’s goal and the man himself holding a sign with the eponymous song title.