I am on a rant. Feel free to click away, but my ardour is up and my goat has well and truly been gotten. I’m so angry that I just allowed a very badly-constructed sentence to pass my editor radar. Why? Where the HELL are the Irish women in sport? Not on the effing telly anyway!

So now that we’re well acquainted with the Ireland Rugby World Cup team – and the first two rounds of matches are complete – let’s see how things stand.

The Rugby World Cup starts on Friday, 20th August, with Ireland’s first game being played that day against England. We introduced some of the Ireland squad at the week; now meet the remaining team members

So now that you know the Rugby World Cup gets going on 20th August – with Ireland’s first game on Friday against England – let’s meet the team (we’ll start with team members from A through H)

It’s Rugby World Cup time! What’s that you say? Something about the rugby World Cup taking place in 2011? No, no: you’re thinking of men’s rugby. The real thing kicks off this month in England, from 20th August 2010, and Ireland will be valiantly battling for the title.

The new season is almost upon us and I can’t wait. Who will win, who will qualify for Europe and who will be relegated? So much to play for over the next 10 months.

Today sees the closing ceremony of the 8th Gay Games in Cologne, which kicked off on 31st July – and a well-deserved rest for the 100-odd members of Team Ireland. And bloody hell, didn’t Team Ireland do well?

If you’re not attending today’s Dublin Pride celebrations, why not tune in to the final of the UEFA Championship, where Ireland’s under-17 women’s squad takes on Spain? Kick-Off: 12:30pm Irish time.

We hear a lot about the boys in green but what about the girls? Well tonight sees the Irish U17 girls team take on the so-far unbeaten German side for a place in the UEFA Championship final, it doesn’t get much better than this.

The sun is out, the strawberries are in the shops and soon kids will be playing tennis on the streets. Yes, people, it’s Wimbolden time. As it’s a World Cup year, the telly has been full of sweaty males, which is fine if you’re into that kind of thing. For those interested in sweaty females, Wimbo is unmissable.

The last few days of the FIFA World Cup have lifted the level of not only the football but the scandal. New Zealand get a draw from holders Italy while Brazil show us glimpses of what they can do. The French, however, steal all the headlines by falling apart off the pitch

I realise that for some people the World Cup is a nightmare. Football and more football every day and night for weeks, to me that sounds like heaven. I’m not crazy, I just love the beautiful game. Let me try to explain

Aussie Rules team the Western Bulldogs have imposed a two-match ban one on of their stars, Jason Akermanis, for saying in a newspaper column that he believes that having an openly gay player would be too controversial. Is he wrong?

It was with a heavy heart that I read that Martina Navratilova has been diagnosed with breast cancer. Thankfully it has been caught early and the prognosis is very good indeed.
Everyone here at Gealick wishes her a full and speedy recovery

American figure-skater Johnny Weir is an extrovert both on and off the ice, and it shows. However, his flamboyant costumes have sparked homophobic comments from some media quarters, with Channel Nine in Australia referring to Weir’s outfit being “very Brokeback Mountain”. They have been made apologise.

A week before ‘International Day Against Homophobia in Football’ sees the FA having to rethink their anti homophobia video due to the league’s star players snubbing the venture.
It’s more than disheartening to see the FA’s efforts at ending homophobia stilted by the players themselves.

Valentine’s Day sucks serious ass. There, I said it. Some people get stressed out by it, others lose their minds in anger. Well ladies, there is a very healthy way to express this anger – plan a trip to see a heroine do what she does best next weekend.

Get thee to The National Stadium in Dublin and watch Katie Taylor kick some butt. Ok, no kicking…but she’ll be doing her stuff in the Women’s National Championships.