A city on tenterhooks as Toronto’s Gaels gripped by All-Ireland final

The most diverse city on the planet still goes all in for tribalism.

Toronto, as is very much its style, is welcoming the world right now. A rehashed and rehyped World Cup of Hockey kicked off in Canada’s biggest city on Saturday night with the hosts raising the curtain and duly devouring the sorry Czechs 6-0.

The melting pot was slowly working its way back to a simmer yesterday as Scandinavians and Russians blew off cobwebs with a stroll before day two’s action hit the ice.