Tag: Formula One
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Blow or blessing?
Every sport has its curious idioms. In GAA for example, the quirk by which, even though they may be getting hockeyed all over s pitch, a corner forward will nearly always be the first to be hauled ashore. If a horse runs a bad race or two, either the jockey gets dropped or the animal…
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Horner told to hit the road
In a drastic illustration of the old adage that you’re only as good as your last performance, Christian Horner was this morning relieved of his duties as Team Principal with Red Bull Racing with immediate effect. Those of the sugary drink backing have been but a pale shadow of their dominant selves this year, but…
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Some class, some crass and some undone by the final pass
SIDELINE CUTS -35 Rep. Of Ireland…0 England…2 It had to happen, didn’t it? Not so much that England won, that much was a given before a ball was kicked. But, in another way, so too were the chances of Declan Rice and/or Jack Grealish – two Irishmen who jumped ship on a glory hunt which…
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Hamilton in stunning Ferrari move
BREAKING NEWS The transfer window in football is nearly closed again until midsummer, but even if it were to open indefinitely it’s unlikely it would throw up a story as sensational as that which is breaking in F1 this morning – the impending acquisition of the services of Lewis Hamilton by Ferrari. While everyone with…
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Hideous Horner should put down the shovel
I’ve been lucky to have legendary former Meath football manager Sean Boylan central to my life for as long as there’s been a pulse here. There’s hardly a superlative in the English language which hasn’t been used in praise of the man. Of the numerous articles, interviews, television programmes and books produced about this mosy…
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Sideline Cuts – 18
LANDO SIGNS ON AS BLAME GAME RUMBLES ON It only seems like the blink of an eye ago that Max Verstappen was crowned Fomula 1 World Champion in dramatic and highly controversial circumstances, but the real life Batmobiles are being fired up again as the chequered flag prepares to fall on another season. If you…
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Horner gets Christmas No. 1 as epic battle gets deserved Spicy finish
In the dying embers of Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, reference was made to the unforgettable climax to the First Division (now Premiership) of 1989 when Arsenal had to win 2-0 at Anfield to take title away from the home side. And thanks to Micky Thomas’s amazing goal deep into stoppage time did just that. At…
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Winners thread the line delicately and sometimes cross it
On a least one occasion during her illustrious riding career, Nina Walsh (Carberry) stayed that close to the rails while going around a racetrack she ended up sustaining fairly bad foot/leg injuries. For another story of a close encounter of the white line kind, examine the beginning of the move which culminated in the greatest…
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Technology can’t legislate for human error
The adoption of Video Assistant Referees (VAR) is probably the most contentious alteration to the governance of football in a generation. Naturally, judgement about such things is mostly subjective. If a decision from the eye in the sky goes your way, it’s a great thing, be on the wrong side of a dubious call and…
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Gentle persuasion undone by complete lunacy
The fact Netflix has altered the way we peruse visual content would probably be fairly universally accepted. In my case, that has meant taking in the likes of The Staircase and The Last Dance. Being honest, there’s more sporting content thereon than this corner was expecting. Undoubtedly the best of which – so far –…