Adam Mckendry

When it was confirmed that Mark Cooper would be leaving the Belfast Giants this summer, the answer to the question of who would replace him as captain seemed like an easy one.

World number one Scottie Scheffler has won the 153rd Open Championship at Royal Portrush.

Outgoing Larne owner Kenny Bruce has reflected on his time in charge of the Inver Reds as “an amazing journey” as he prepares to hand over the reins to RedBall Global FC.

Northern Ireland fans are set for a travel headache after the Slovakian FA confirmed that their 2026 World Cup qualifier will be played in Kosice as opposed to Bratislava.

Lewis Crocker has said it is time to get back to work after speaking out for the first time since the IBF mandated that he and Paddy Donovan must redo their welterweight clash from last month.

Inherently, ice hockey is a dangerous sport. Not only do you have five other players on the ice whose job it is to stop you from progressing by any means possible — including by slamming you into the edge of the rink — but there are rock-hard vulcanised rubber pucks rocketing around at speeds of up to 100mph and razor-sharp skates laced to everybody’s feet.

Nathan Craze could be remembered as a fine goalie in the Elite League, or potentially as a Great Britain international. But as proud as he is with what he achieved on the ice, now he is trying to forge a new identity — as a coach who allows others to reach their full potential.

James McNabney is no ordinary farmer. Well, to be fair, James McNabney isn’t a farmer at all. But few can say they found out they were being called up to the Ireland Six Nations squad for the first time while out sorting the silage.

Before every Belfast Giants home game, after the ceremonial puck drop, Bobo Carpenter looks up into the box at the SSE Arena that has the wives and girlfriends, picks out wife Hailey and the pair wave at each other.

Royal School Armagh made it into their third Danske Bank Schools’ Cup Final in eight years as they ran in eight tries to swat aside Rainey Endowed at Ravenhill and book a return date on St Patrick’s Day.