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# Editor's picks

All time
Katie Taylor demands 'no more excuses', which is all she usually gets from Amanda Serrano
'Excited' about knockout football championship and fears over future of family-run pub during lockdown
'Starting in a World Cup qualifier at Croke Park was a huge honour, but unfortunately it turned sour'
Big shock as Jack McCaffrey steps away from Dublin panel
The best player Ireland never capped
‘My mum said, sorry but you are black’: Dealing with racism from Ballybough to the Premier League
How Jurgen Klopp made light of Liverpool's heavy history to finally deliver their holy grail
'On the day of the surgery, my surgeon said 'you may never play professional football again''
A horrific accident left him on the brink of death. One year later, he was champion of the world
'Klopp is steely, Mourinho charismatic and angry': Life as a Premier League commentator
The Corkman aiming to ensure the future is bright for Leicester City's youngsters
Kinahan's attempt to take centre stage goes wrong with Fury-Joshua announcement
The man who didn't give a f**k
'King Carlos' - Kiwi out-half Spencer was the greatest maverick of them all
'I've been to World Cups but that game was just unbelievable. What a day'
'It's not women's sport, it's just sport'
'I was at home before Paddy was in the graveyard' - paying respects to GAA heroes in era of Covid-19
'I show my son the clips on YouTube but he cheers for Ronaldo instead of me'
'Who'd have thought two guys from Smithborough would have Freddie Roach standing in their corner?'
TV Wrap - Ghostly Bundesliga appears on BT Sport while NBC make a hames of golf's return
'I was just hoping to get a game with the reserves... staying for 17 years was beyond my wildest dreams'
'From the kick-off, they decided to start a schemozzle. That suited us'
Caught in a trap, Chapter 3: 'In my head I felt we could win the World Cup'
20 years of drama in Irish football, Chapter 2: Saipan - Paradise Lost
'I had the idea in the queue for the supermarket' - The making of the iconic 2020 Sunday Game montage
20 years of drama in Irish football, Chapter 1: the rise and fall of John Delaney
'The FA have a lot to answer for. It was very naive of them to say that women couldn't play football'
'That was my dream... Munster was and still is the jersey I want to put on one day'
'The club's view is that you shouldn't sign him at all' - Roy Keane's bumpy road to stardom
TV Wrap - In The Last Dance, Jordan's political silence is another emblem of the 1990s
'I told him, 'I'm writing about you on Sunday, and I think you should read it'
'It turned out to be the best four years of my career by a country mile'
'Dad got me a guitar to keep me out of pubs at Blackburn. Who knew it would put me in them 20 years later'
'They brought a priest in to give me the last rites, that's how bad it was'
'In terms of what was achieved, it’s a year that I certainly wouldn’t want to change'
'Seve came to me and said, "Look, it's not your time. You will have your time"'
'Tiger had pinned a note to his locker: Congratulations... but you'll always be a fat f**k'
'I had a few cries and a few breakdowns. There were dark moments but I look back on it as an achievement'
'I was told, 'You'll be going in now'. I nearly turned pale, I was thinking, 'Oh no Brendan, will you get up'
From Bizet to O'Brien: How Stand Up and Fight became a Munster anthem