You can be cynical about sport but these days we need it more than ever

Tempers flare between Cork's Mark Keane and Kerry's Jason Foley in the Munster football semi-final. Picture: INPHO/Laszlo Geczo
Sergio Ramos came across as a kind of modern gladiator and he’s one of those players who manages to be even more impressive live, when you see the physical presence on his home turf, his domination of spaces and collisions. Benzema’s close control was awesome.

When live TV sport returned we cheered Erling Haaland and German football for an hour.

Even in an empty Páirc it still felt emotional for the players. None of us

were there, but we were all there. A where-were-you moment for the covid championship.