The new football season is nearly upon us and with it will come the renewal of one of sport’s most toxic rivalries. Glasgow Rangers have been promoted back to the Scottish Premiership, meaning this season they renew hostilities with cross-city rivals Celtic. Despite improvements over the years, poisonous sectarianism is still very much a feature of the Old Firm.
Thankfully, there’s a sportsman from Northern Ireland setting a fine example in how to combat bigotry and sectarian division. His name is Carl Frampton, a boxer who goes by the nickname The Jackal. Frampton is an unbeaten world champion at super-bantamweight, but this weekend he moves up to challenge featherweight king Leo Santa Cruz in New York.
