With its grinning cheerleaders, half-time shows and annoyingly optimistic fans, it can be argued that American football is the spiritual opposite of the GAA – a bone-crunching triumph of style ...

The 36-year-old Brown took Nicolson's belt when judges scored the bout 97-93 and 96-94 in her favor, with one judge scoring it 96-94 for Nicolson. Brown had been an officer both in the ...