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January
January 2024
evening kick offs
Second-half blitz sees Chelsea past Preston, late Cash goal ends Villa's awful Cup run
Analysis Premier League
8 conclusions from the first half of the Premier League season
Arsenal have been forced to change too much, Man United’s muddled approach, and the Irish influence is back.
Last year
2023
Off Broadway
'It's not a tour you want to be on for too long' - The reality of life on golf's Challenge Tour
Ireland’s Conor Purcell talks to the 42 about the realities of life on the European Challenge Tour.
the making of a star
How Evan Ferguson made his breakout year
Michael Owen and Gary Dicker of Brighton talk to the 42 about how and why Ferguson has burst on the Premier League scene.
Analysis Talking Points
Garnacho can solve Rashford conundrum, Newcastle's problems coming home to roost
Freebest of 2023
The 42's Best of 2023: What I think about when I think about the Masters at Augusta National
Having spent a week at the 2023 Masters and Augusta National, Gavin Cooney answers the question: ‘What’s it like?’
Rhys McClenaghan
'If you shy away from the failures, then you’re shying away from success too'
Double world champion Rhys McClenaghan speaks exclusively to The 42.
Shane Lowry
'I’m 37 next year - There are not too many golfers who have played great in their 40s'
Shane Lowry looks back at his 2023, and sketches out his plans and ambitions for the year ahead.
Analysis Political Football
Explainer: Is the Super League really back?
We disentangle the spin from the reality of today’s judgement at the European Court of Justice.
talk of the town
'I'm not surprised by anything at the minute' - Lowry on Jon Rahm's LIV move
Shane Lowry talks LIV, PGA Tour, the rollback, and the Irish Open.
Political Football
FAI CEO Jonathan Hill sees his pay rise by 23%
Hill and the FAI appeared before an Oireachtas Committee this afternoon.
Political Football
Agreement around CEO pay was not embedded at FAI across 2021 and 2022 - Sport Ireland
head hunt
FAI make contact with all potential successors to Kenny, rule out third party funding salary
Political Football
FAI CEO Jonathan Hill apologises over payments issue, former chairman accepts 'full responsibility'
column
Golf’s fraught state a warning to the sports embracing nothing but profit
The sport’s chasing of money has left it splintered and worse, and is part of a trend in modern sport – everything that happens is making things worse.
grounds for funding
Connacht and Leinster rugby among biggest beneficiaries in new top-up to infrastructure grants
Analysis Talking Points
Spurs' bravery is vindicated, Liverpool benefit from falling behind, and ripped-off TV viewers
