Gavin Cooney

Gavin Cooney is a sports journalist with The Irish Times

Sun-swept Birkdale has animated some deep nostalgia within us of glorious summers

Even if you don’t remember the name of this week’s Open Champion in years to come, you will always remember the scene

Rory McIlroy flexes his muscle to keep Open challenge alive

Northern Irishman standing firm thanks to his outlandish driving ability

Solid Open start for Shane Lowry, who arrived at the first tee wearing Argentina colours

Irish golfer won the battle with himself to shoot an admirable one-under round of 69 in difficult conditions

This Open at burnt out Royal Birkdale will give shorter hitters a chance

Golf is now all about driving distances, but this will be a welcome oasis from the dull, data-obsessed world of pro sport

Open Championship: Five players to watch at Royal Birkdale this week

Rory McIlroy is performing in Zen mode but there are dark horses ready to spring a surprise

The Open’s new fan behaviour charter merely addresses symptoms rather than any root cause

Golf is uniquely vulnerable to being influenced by gamblers hurling abuse from the crowd

Hometown hero Tommy Fleetwood chasing his Major dream at Royal Birkdale

The Englishman is arguably the best golfer on the planet yet to win a Major championship

‘I ended up having a manic episode and psychosis’: Corkman David Howard’s long journey to The Open

Golfer with cystic fibrosis has to take 30 tablets daily and will have a physiotherapist on stand-by at next week’s tournament

Gavin Cooney: Gianni Infantino playing the fame game creates conflict of interest for Fifa

Organisation’s ideal of absolute neutrality in danger as Fifa faithfully follows America’s scripture of celebrity

Ringmahon Rangers given five-year ban from FAI Cup for walkover against Bohemians

Cork side opted to concede the fixture which was scheduled to clash with the World Cup and All-Ireland hurling finals

FAI delegates vote in favour of fulfilling Nations League fixtures against Israel

Motion at EGM passes 75 votes to 32 with three abstentions

Will Wednesday’s FAI egm determine whether the Ireland-Israel matches go ahead?

Up to 138 delegates are to vote on whether to back the FAI board’s decision to fulfil the Nations League fixtures

‘I learned an awful lot from Eamon Dunphy’: Didi Hamann on the art of punditry

The Liverpool and Germany great talks about making RTÉ home, maintaining your distance from players, picking up tips from Dunphy and dealing with online abuse

Gavin Cooney: This World Cup has shown the Premier League to be football’s Starbucks

Demands and style of the Premier League have left England unsuited to winning the World Cup

FAI members to vote next week on decision to fulfil Israel fixtures

In a letter to members, FAI say a boycott would cost Irish football at least €5.5m and could climb to €10.3m

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