Revealed: Mayo's All-Ireland torment the most watched sports television of 2021

All Ireland GAA Championships, Euro 2020 and Six Nations take 11 of the top 15 most-watched TV programmes, according to Nielsen Research.

INCONSOLABLE: Ryan O'Donoghue is comforted by Mayo team-mate Aidan O'Shea after the All-Ireland final.

MAYO's footballers and the England soccer team dominate the top spots for the most-watched television sporting events of 2021.

Results from Nielsen Research reveal that in an Olympic year, not one single sporting event from Tokyo 2020 made the grade, despite multiple gold medal-winning performances.