Updated at 14.19 NICOLE TURNER WAS seven years old when she was diagnosed with hypochondroplasia, one of over 200 different types of dwarfism. It is caused by a mutation in the FGFR3 gene and affects the conversion of cartilage in to bone growth. According to littlepeopleuk.org, a child with dwarfism is born once per 25,000…

DIRECTOR GENERAL TOM Ryan says the GAA accept responsibility for the failure to complete club championships in 2020, a decision that “weighed heavily” on him. 11 senior county finals have yet to be played after club action was suspended in October following a sharp rise in Covid-19 cases nationwide.  Writing in the GAA’s 2020 annual…

A general view of Irish rugby players, Ciara Griffin, Lindsay Peat, Cliodhna Moloney, Linda Djougang and Nichola Fryday. THREE DAYS INTO February, the word finally arrived, even though it had been promised much earlier. Full details of the rescheduled 2021 Women’s Six Nations were to be announced “by the end of January”, as per a…

LIVERPOOL CAPTAIN Jordan Henderson is available for his side’s clash with Wolves on Sunday, according to manager Jurgen Klopp. Click Here: penrith panthers shirt England midfielder Henderson suffered a kick on the shin in Liverpool’s 4-0 victory at Leicester City on Boxing Day but Klopp described the injury as “only pain” as he confirmed the…

FORMER IRELAND INTERNATIONAL John Sheridan has been sacked as manager of struggling English outfit Chesterfield. Sheridan, who was previously in charge at the club between 2009 and 2012, oversaw a 3-0 defeat at Solihull Moors yesterday, with the result leaving his side third from the bottom of the National League (the fifth tier — a division…

A NEW EPISODE of The Football Family podcast — a collection of longform interviews with Irish footballers of past and present — is now available to The42 members. Our guest on Episode 13 is Patrick Cregg, who has been working as assistant manager at St Patrick’s Athletic since September following Stephen O’Donnell’s appointment as boss….

FABINHO EXPECTS TO return to first-team action in the near future and warned Liverpool not to relent in their “incredible” season. Defensive midfielder Fabinho was a first-team regular at the start of the season but has been absent since the end of November with an ankle injury. Jurgen Klopp said on Friday he expects to…

AFTER LAST WEEKEND’S GAA All-Stars, the focus now switches to ladies football. Sinéad Goldrick, Aimee Mackin and Carla Rowe are in the running for the senior Players’ Player of the Year award. Source: Inpho. The top stars from the 2020 TG4 All-Ireland championships will be honoured on a special TV programme this evening. ‘Peil na mBan –…

THE GAA 2021 season is set to start in May at the earliest with inter-county GAA only permitted under Level 4 restrictions after Government’s revised ‘Living With Covid-19′ plan was issued today. Taoiseach Micheál Martin revealed that Level 5 Covid-19 restrictions will be extended in Ireland until 5 April, a decision which means inter-county training…

LOOKING DOWN THE line, Micheál Briody predicts that the formation of another lobby group for club players is just a finger click away. The CPA’s Micheál Briody. Source: Bryan Keane/INPHO That is, of course, should one ever be needed to advocate and agitate on behalf of players at grassroots level. As of this week, the…