Trinity and University College Dublin (UCD) put rivalry to the test on the Liffey. The 72nd Colours Boat Race took place on Friday March 18 after being postponed for three years.
On Friday, UCD achieved a three-peat win and took …
Sport
Sunday Longread: Groundhog Day for baseball fans
A short, painful history of labour relations in the major leagues
This article was originally published in the March 1 edition of Trinity News. Since then, Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players’ Association have reached an agreement, ending the 99 day lockout.
Here we are again. The …
Why MotoGP is maybe the best motorsport – and what F1 can learn from it
Half the wheels, twice the excitement
MotoGP has produced nine last-lap victory battles in the last three years, compared to thirteen since 1983 for F1.
Riders race at speeds of up to 300 mk/h, shifting their position on the bike simultaneously, almost like synchronous divers in …
We’re missing out when we ignore AFCON
The continental clash doesn’t get the respect and admiration it richly deserves
In December, Sebastian Haller (this season’s Champions League top scorer) was asked by his club Ajax to turn down the opportunity to represent his nation, Côte D’Ivoire, in order to play just two league games. This brought attention to an …
There were no winners in Djokovic vs Australia
Both sides acted poorly, but that’s not the main issue
For almost two weeks at the start of this year, the sports section of every major media outlet was dominated by the trials and tribulations of Novak Djokovic, world tennis number one, and commentators were suddenly called upon to comment …
Robot Wars for billionaires
The high-speed hypocrisy of Formula 1
Widely considered to be the pinnacle of motorsport, the globetrotting circus that is Formula 1 (F1) has always been about money as much as it is about racing. With revenues of well over a billion dollars annually, ten teams pouring …
Matthew Simons elected chairperson of DUCAC
Simons was uncontested for the position at this evening’s AGM
Update, October 10: Anna Grace Ulses was elected secretary of DUCAC and the constitutional amendment was passed.
Matthew Simons has been elected chairperson of the Dublin University Central Athletic Club (DUCAC).
DUCAC, which oversees sports clubs in Trinity, held its …
Cliff divers make a splash at Downpatrick Head
The Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series made its fifth visit to Ireland last week
Downpatrick Head juts out of the Mayo coastline about 27km northwest of Ballina, not far from the Céide Fields. Though the Cliffs of Moher are the international superstars of Ireland’s Atlantic coast, their northern Mayo cousins are no less dramatic. …
Fans’ embrace of Ronaldo is part of a worrying trend in football
I support Manchester United as much as anyone, but I’m not celebrating the striker’s return to Old Trafford
This article contains discussion and brief descriptions of sexual violence.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s return to Manchester United in recent weeks has been treated as a biblical event among the club’s fans, given his history at the team previously as well as …
Sport and mental health: why must it be one over the other?
Gymnast Simone Biles has started an important conversation about prioritising mental health, even in competition settings
Sport and mental health have always seemed to me to go hand-in-hand. From athletic friends telling me they do it for their head, to finding that going on a run helps when the stress piles on, it seems that exercise, …