Gordon Elliott's Croke Park hung on to win a thrilling Racing Post Long Distance Novice Chase in foggy conditions on day one of the Leopardstown Christmas Festival. Croke Park narrowly beat 10-11 ...

It’s astonishing, for example, that the attendance at Croke Park to see Ali was just 18,725; Ali was a prime 30 years old, one year on from his “Fight of the Century” with Joe Frazier.

He said: “The logic behind it was that we were playing games in Croke Park with half or quarter of an empty stadium. The atmosphere wasn’t there. “Dublin will travel anywhere.