So Farewell World Cup
It was the tournament that made millions fall back in love with Soccer. Now the World Cup is over and life will return to normal without the daily punctuation of live games, real time and online conversation and the collective gathering that brings together families, friends and the whole world around a single event. It will also mean a return to basics for the Google home page which has excelled as a soccer fan itself over the past four weeks…
Red Influence
Black Cards in Gaelic Games have been a major talking point of 2014 but it was three red cards, two for Clare and one for Tyrone that ultimately meant the end of the road for reigning All Ireland Champions Clare and former ones in Tyrone over the weekend. There was little question over any of them though Davy Fitzgerald’s interview on radio after Wexford’s win on Saturday may have skated fairly close to a reprimand, despite his admitting it was ‘probably best to say nothing.’
Star Performances on Land..
In 1954 Sir Roger Bannister became the first man to run a mile in under four minutes.
It is a significant measure of human progress that on Friday night at the Morton Games in Santry no fewer than ten of the competitors in the feature Morton Mile broke that barrier with Will Leer breaking a stadium record that had stood for 37 years.
…on Water
Sanita Puspure, who competed for Ireland at the London Olympics could yet be a real medal prospect for Rio. She won the B Final at the Single Sculls Rowing World Cup in Switzerland over the weekend and was unlucky not to have made the A Final. She became Ireland’s first Single Sculls Olympian in 32 years at the London Games and continues to make progress on the world stage from her home base in Ballincollig.
… And on Both
Aileen Reid completed back to back top 10 finishes in the World Series of Triathlon when coming home ninth in Hamburg over the weekend. She will be one of Northern Ireland’s star competitors at the Commonwealth Games when they open in Glasgow’s Celtic Park in nine days time.
