It’s been an emotional rollercoaster watching the Olympics from the couch
Everybody in life needs an older sibling who’ll instruct you to ‘wind your neck in’
Portmarnock members knew time was up for men-only policy
Court case from 2009 still stands but sometimes old institutions just need a nudge
TV View: Take a break says Tubridy but Blackmore rides on
Alarm for Balding as Chelsea winner Emma Hayes turns the airwaves blue
Geraint Thomas wins BBC’s sports personality of the year
The Tour de France champion was the fourth cyclist since 2008 to win the award
Why is it always men that win the media’s ‘talent’ contest?
The issue of gender pay equality comes down to fairness and fundamental social values
The BBC mystery: Why are pay differentials so large?
Cantillon: Fascinating salary disclosures raise questions about income inequality
AA Gill: A critic who earned fame and infamy with his honesty and wit
Obituary: Award-winning journalist who once shot a baboon to see what it was like to kill a stranger
Olympics TV View: El Infierno leaves pundits with burnt fingers
Double sculls row to the rescue after Simon Porloe falls flat on his face
Relatives gather to celebrate winning 1916 Grand National at Fairyhouse
Some 25,000 gathered for the race that coincided with the start of the Easter Rising
Donald Clarke: Hold on there – do we now approve of strippers?
Are female strippers only okay if – by attaching frills and bows – they redefine themselves as ‘burlesque’
Clare Balding reining herself in to advocate for female sport
Star broadcaster wants to help other women and girls break into a largely male domain
‘Wise Up’ survey finds school support is key for women in sport
Sonia O’Sullivan says women’s sport needs to be regarded as important
Television: I’m in no mood for dancing – and curling has lost its appeal, too
The BBC’s Winter Olympics coverage is a victory for biased tub-thumping, while a documentary on The Nolans has nothing new to add to the pop sisters’ story
Colourful racing pundit McCirick loses age discrimination action
Tribunal: Dismissal due to ‘opinions seen as arrogant and confrontational’
John McCririck ‘alienating’ and ‘very offensive’
Channel 4 executive says audience poll was ‘one of the worst pieces of research I have ever seen regarding a presenter’
BT Sport warms up for debut Premier League season
Telecoms company will be keen to make a return on its £1bn rights splurge
Nothing has changed in the dangerous realm of horse racing
There will always be an inherent danger in the sport
Television: A three hanky job in John Hinde country
A programme about the decline of traditional craft, ‘In Good Hands’, was poignant, a comedy about suffragettes was funny, but the childcare exposé ‘Breach of Trust’ was plain shocking
Dettori ‘ashamed and embarrassed’ after cocaine ban
On the verge of returning from six-month suspension, jockey admits using drug ‘in moment of weakness’
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