Each weekend we take a look back on the sporting highs from across Ireland and around the world through the medium of numbers.

8

Dundalk won the Extra.ie FAI Cup Final last night. They did so after extra time which has been needed on a remarkable eight occasions in the 11 years since the showpiece event was moved back to the Aviva Stadium.

3

The number of ‘E’s’ in Caoimhín Kelleher’s name. Unfortunately, that did not make it through to the Liverpool FC backroom team who produced his Premier League debut shirt without the one in the middle. To be fair, with number 62 on the back they might night have considered him a likely starter but having kept a clean sheet in the Champions League in midweek that had to have been a possibility. Anyway, when he came out for the second half, all had been set right.

7

The number of minutes that Galway’s Ladies Football team had to warm up on the Croke Park pitch ahead of their All Ireland Semi-Final against Cork. It was a tale of switching grounds, frozen pitches and dashing across town which you can read more about here…

190

Sergio Perez had driven in 189 F1 races before yesterday, and while he had made it onto the podium on nine occasions he had yet to win one. Out of contract at the end of this season, the clock was ticking but a first-lap crash taking out two of his rivals and a pit lane mix up at Mercedes seeing for two more, meant that he was able to take advantage and hear the Mexican anthem ring out across the Bahrain skyline. His Racing point team is the latest iteration of the one founded by Eddie Jordan in 1991.

21

Four goals and nine points were Cillian O’Connor’s tally in yesterday’s All Ireland semi-final, a record in a single Championship football match. all bar six of the points came from open play in what was a devastating individual performance from the Mayo star. That Mayo conceded 3-13 to Tipperary will leave some doubts ahead of an All Ireland final meeting with Dublin but so long as you end up scoring more…

2,000

The number of fans that were allowed to attend Premier League games at West Ham, Chelsea, Tottenham and Brighton over the weekend, the first to attend a match since March 9th. Hopefully the beginning of the end of the impact that Covid-19 has had on sporting attendance.

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