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# Looking Back

All time
Beckham: Man United humiliated me, but there was no abuse
Graham Taylor, tabloid target and England statesman
Kenny Cunningham recalls the day he realised that Gaelic football wasn't for him
'I was like a ghost' - Hazard reflects on Chelsea struggles in 2015-16
'He was my dad... But he was also a brilliant footballer'
Blood, sweat and tears in the UFC and elsewhere: The MMA year in pictures
Fiona Doyle: To know that you're being beaten by drug cheats is heartbreaking
Lotto wins, election votes and Olympic medals - it's the YEAR in numbers
'I looked around... More monkey noises; a few grown men making Nazi salutes'
The historic international rugby year as seen through the lens
Iceland, Fiji and Dundalk: 12 months of standout teams
In Pics: A review of Sue Ronan's career as Ireland women's football manager
14 sportspeople who had a 2016 to remember
Rory McIlroy balances sub-par 2016 with 'lifelong dream'
42 of the best bits of the sporting year
12 months of Irish sport: The many highs and lows of 2016
From that Robbie Brady goal to the O'Donovan brothers: Here's the sporting year from 1-12
'I died on an operating table in a hospital in Buenos Aires'
15 sportspeople you (probably) hadn't heard of this time last year
'Music seems to excite him as much as football. Poetry, too, it is rumoured'
Daly surprised by Dublin direction but understands Cunningham's desire for change
James McClean: I felt a bit insulted by Trapattoni
David Ginola: I was clinically dead for 8 minutes
'I fell out of love with the sport over the last few years'
Ex-Ireland international Phil Babb once 'knocked out' Cristiano Ronaldo
Neville had no qualms with Ronaldo's Rooney wink
'It was such a good dive!' - Suarez full of praise for Sturridge simulation
'Since the Paralympics I’m getting to enjoy the things I didn’t get to do when I was training'
5 moments to remember from The Sunday Game in 2016
In pics: The best of today's Dublin Marathon
'It was amazing' - Clive Woodward on Martin Johnson's Irish red carpet faux-pas
Gerard Pique: I nearly quit football in 2014
Did Ireland actually play good football before the Jack Charlton era?
Chelsea turned down the chance to sign a young James McClean
Ronaldo 'battering' at Man United made him a man - Neville
'All I heard was Pogba screaming at United teammates'
'I was not the same player or anywhere near as focused after Hillsborough'
Portugal hero Eder 'sorry' for scoring Euro 2016 winner
It's 23 years since Colombia's 'golden generation' hammered Argentina
It's 15 years today since Louis van Gaal's Holland were stunned in Dublin