Special Olympics light up the year

THE highlight of the sporting year was the Special Olympics in Dublin. It helped that the participants were in it for the sport; animated and enthusiastic, generous in victory, gracious in defeat.

Such an absence of ego was stimulating when measured against the tantrums and foibles of so many of today’s superstars.

The best story of a memorable week has not lost its magic in the telling, so, for the last time ...