From mistaken identities to mean tweets, it has been a season to remember

Epic final day of Premier League was fine, once you didn’t miss every key moment

TV View: After their FA Cup win on Saturday, you half expected them to win Eurovision

Bordeaux centre-half denies causing stink in dressing room; Pep has dig at Liverpool

Bray boxer retained her lightweight titles in a fight for the ages against Amanda Serrano

Oireachtas Committee hears proposals to tackle the issue at venues and online

The Fifa president said what? Sometimes you’d almost miss Sepp Blatter . . .

People who follow sports teams are gluttons for having their hearts reduced to smithereens

Michael Healy-Rae slots the winning spot-kick to send City crashing out of Europe

Talk of quadruple gathers strength after stunning comeback in Spain

Lokomotiv Moscow president far from a big fan of Ralf Rangnick

TV View: ‘Watching’ with phone face down, I feared Katie was done, but what a recovery

End-to-end contest for bulk of the game, both sides showing remarkable fitness

This season has seen the two clubs rival each other for three major national honours

UCD researcher will become first woman to referee men’s Irish Hockey Senior Cup final

Liverpool feeling sorry for United; Dundee manager Mark McGhee’s new ideas

The gods look down with cruelty on all of the weekend's action

Dublin club add Champions Trophy to the Hockey League title

Catholic Institute and UCD also featuring in Champions Trophy at Havelock Park

‘De Gea helpless, and he’s watching the hopeless in front of him’ - Gary Neville

Challenge for most managers in coming weeks will be to turn water into wine and ... perhaps walk on water

Jockey adds to stellar winning CV with Cheltenham Gold Cup victory on A Plus Tard

Confusing crytpo strikes again in football; Collins adds name to Irish goalscorers list

Ruby sees red with the cameraman as his Grand National hopeful fails to deliver

Perdue fires home from penalty corner with just seconds to go to clinch win over Malaysia

Republic of Ireland international turned her back on soccer to serve Donegal’s cause

More Irish players potentially on the way to Australia as part of four team league expansion

TV View: A glimpse of Shane Lowry’s nearly hole in one, then back to live coverage of pensive Tiger

‘I do feel I have some good attributes that could really contribute to the team’

Club’s top scorer now targeting a starting role in Pauw’s Republic of Ireland side

Diego Simeone’s side show plenty of bite despite pundits writing them off

Espanyol peeved by Piqué; England bullish about chances again

Irish need to draw with tournament hosts South Africa to progress to quarter-finals

Team that was evacuated to Rotterdam pull out of Junior World Cup days before first tie

Lithuania brought us back to earth following under-21 success until Troy’s late, late winner

Unique individual must be the love child of Pythagoras and effervescent Carol Vorderman

Sandymount side claim their first ever league title before setting up Irish Cup final showdown with Institute

New coach accentuating the positive as Six Nations kick-off looms

Wanderers still only need one point from final game but Pegasus still in with a shout

Shane Horgan keeps the cork in the bottle and looks at what Ireland had to beat

Catholic Institute have pushed the Dublin club all the way, but defeats to Loreto and Railway Union look to have cost them dearly

Early goals from Emma Young and Ellen Atkinson prove decisive as students finally land elusive trophy

Neither Jake Humphrey nor Rangnick’s men could lift pundit’s spirits on glum night

Honeysuckle and Blackmore unite for glory in feature to boost visiting throngs on trying opening day

Institute lose for a second time in six days in Dublin and now trail by five points

Donal Lenihan went through the exultant highs and funereal lows in a draining 80 minutes

England’s head coach has made a name for himself when it comes to his sharp quips

Golfer became the first Irish player to win on the LPGA Tour

Inter Milan’s auld lads brigade put a stop to Liverpool’s run of 12 wins

No sympathy for stolen Rolex; cultured Fiorentina fans invoke Dante’s Inferno

Meeting of Institute and Pembroke next Saturday looks key to outcome

The Australian cricketing legend had moved seamlessly from player to TV pundit

Chloe Watkins and Anna O’Flanagan are taking a break from international hockey

Emma Hansberry is thrilled to captain her local club as they begin the National League

A PhD in rugby rules was required to know what was going on in Ireland-Italy clash

Victory would put Alex back in the title race but a defeat would all but end their hopes

Ralf Rangnick’s side turn things around after being exposed by Atletico in first half

Too much information from Gio; Neil Warnock gets in touch with his emotional side

Harry Maguire scored United’s first goal from a corner in 140th attempt this season

Ireland to take on South Africa in Meath while Old Alexandra see off Pegasus in league

Group contains world number one team as well as fifth ranked Germany and Chile

Galway woman deserves more recognition for her phenomenal sporting career

Divine intervention in Kilcoo; Shane Horgan worships at the altar of Johnny Sexton

Not even the Arsenal store escapes Spurs rivarly; Lille the most frugal of them all

Pembroke Wanderers’ seven-game winning streak ends as lead at top narrows to three points

All-Ireland final defeat to Meath was a shock for Dublin but they are focused on the future

Goal-happy students looking to trouble the tightest defence in the league on Saturday

EY Hockey League leaders will be wary of UCD’s potential threat

Irish Sevens captain led her side to new heights in Seville with silver medal win

Goalkeeper says victory over Dublin team targeting five in a row is a life-long memory

Hodgson quite literally explains why he’s at Watford; Coleman chalks up another gaffer

Grant Boone did a pretty good job of pronouncing ‘congratulations’ as Gaeilge

Catholic Institute and Pegasus keep in touch with Pembroke at the top after winter break

Four of Loreto’s players named in Irish squad for next week’s training camp in France

Déise All Star has battled arthritis throughout her long and distinguished career

Defending camogie league champions rarely lack for motivation and this year will be no different

Fifa president strangely suggests a biennial World Cup would ‘give hope to Africans’

TV View: It was all a bit magnificent – good luck to 2022 trying to top that final

Goals from Alex Purcell and Izzy Napier secure title against Newbridge College

Pray for the Comoros Islands; John Sheridan looking for another Oldham great escape

‘Razor’ Gillett serenaded by the happy throng as he finally conquers the world

Nobody feuds quite like the Italians; Newcastle threaten to seek a very Toon transfer

Gallic shrug of indifference summed up French club’s miserable efforts

Swimmer first monthly winner of the year as 2022 follows the trend and starts with a bang

Lorenzo Insigne needs a bigger wallet; Erling Haaland shows off his linguistic talents

Self-described liberals laughing at his predicament should heed their #BeKind hashtag

Irish drought in England; Evertonian ire; Cristiano Ronaldo’s 47-goal year and more

Watching scenes at Ally Pally makes you long for the carefree oasis of pre-Covid sport

Some words of wisdom – and some not so wise – from the world of sport

Callum Robinson’s booster, Newcastle if they actually won things and Super League fiasco

Word of mouth, quote of the week, by the numbers and more

You get the notion the Irish jockey would rather have root canal than talk about herself

So many of our sportswomen dominated the headlines and took over the front pages

Mary Hannigan and Malachy Clerkin look back on the year’s most memorable events

Sky sponsorship, record-breaking wins and attendances the highlights of the year

European-based players dominate Guardian list; Grace Moloney keeps Chelsea at bay

Just when you thought 2021 had peaked along came the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Versatile 26-year-old has been in outstanding form for club and country this season

Divock being Divock; Jude Bellingham points to referee’s shady prior dealings after loss

Plenty of Irish parochial interest in Scotland and England for respective cup finals