Noah Lyles’s illness has impact on girlfriend Junelle Bromfield’s performanceNot just about winning; Noah Lyles crosses swords with US basketball team; water woe; political rant; word of mouth; and moreSat Aug 10 2024 - 06:00
Olympics Day 15 & 16: Irish in action and best of the rest as women’s relay rounds off track programme 4x400m relay final set to be potential highlight of the weekendSat Aug 10 2024 - 06:00
Rhasidat Adeleke missed out on a medal, but her achievements are worth their weight in goldFourth-place finish in a 400m final in her first Olympics no small achievement for the phenomenally talented 21-year-old from Tallaght, Rhasidat AdelekeFri Aug 09 2024 - 20:57
Morning Brief: Wiffen shows his mettle while all eyes turn to AdelekeArmagh swimmer finishes 18th in 10km race; Tallaght sprinter running in 400m final at 7pm; Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone rules the worldFri Aug 09 2024 - 10:32
Olympics Day 14: Irish in action and best of the rest as Rhasidat Adeleke battles to get among the medalsIrish eyes will be firmly fixed on sprinter’s bid for glory in the women’s 400m finalFri Aug 09 2024 - 06:00
Olympic champion celebrates reign with a duck, but no cats and dogsIndian wrestler cuts her hair in vain, and former footballer’s son goes in hardThu Aug 08 2024 - 19:00
Sports Briefing: Adeleke in with medal shot after getting through ‘messy’ semi-finalKate O’Connor becomes Ireland’s first Olympic heptathlete while Shamrock Rovers and St Pat’s are in European actionThu Aug 08 2024 - 11:07
Olympics Day 13: Irish in action and best of the rest as Kate O’Connor gets heptathlon under wayA quiet day for Ireland with only Leona Maguire, Stephanie Meadow and O’Connor in actionThu Aug 08 2024 - 06:00
Olympics: Sun fans show their darker sideMore than 300 social media accounts were banned for ‘inciting conflict’ during and after table tennis finalThu Aug 08 2024 - 06:00
It wasn’t until Kellie Harrington’s arm was raised that we could breathe. Absolutely gloriousDubliner wins her second Olympic gold medal with a sublime performance - as far as we could tell, while watching from behind a cushionTue Aug 06 2024 - 23:02
Olympics day 11 as it happened: Ireland’s Kellie Harrington wins gold in women’s lightweight finalKellie Harrington beat China’s Wenlu Yang to win gold in the women’s 60kg finalTue Aug 06 2024 - 20:41
Olympics Day 10: Rhasidat Adeleke eases into semi-finals; Ciara Mageean’s Games over after injuryOlympic Games as it happened: Sailor Finn Lynch qualifies for medal race in the Dinghy event by finishing 10th in the preliminary seriesMon Aug 05 2024 - 19:54
Olympics Day 9 live updates: Daniel Wiffen wins bronze in the 1500m freestyle final, bringing Ireland’s medal count to sevenDouble bogey at the 15th proved costly for Rory McIlroy as Scottie Scheffler takes goldSun Aug 04 2024 - 19:29
Olympics Day 7 live updates: Rowers Paul O’Donovan and Fintan McCarthy win gold; mixed relay team miss out on finalOlympic Games: O’Donovan becomes first Irish Olympian to medal at three Games while sailors finish agonising fourthFri Aug 02 2024 - 21:02
Sports Briefing: Ireland hope to keep up medal blitz with a fabulous FridayTeam Ireland have legitimate medal shots across a number on different sports in Paris todayFri Aug 02 2024 - 10:23
The big Olympics question of the week - is Daniel Wiffen from Co Armagh or Co Down? The swimmer’s statement ‘we’re All-Ireland champions and Olympic gold medallists’ hints his loyalties lie with ArmaghFri Aug 02 2024 - 06:00
Olympics Day 7: Irish in action and best of the rest as sailors race for a medalToday we have rowers in three finals, we have Robert Dickson and Sean Waddilove in the rescheduled skiff medal race and we have our showjumping team through to their finalThu Aug 01 2024 - 22:38
Olympics Day 6: Irish in action and best of the rest as boats chase medals in Paris and MarseilleRory McIlroy and Shane Lowry begin their Olympic campaigns at Le Golf NationalThu Aug 01 2024 - 13:59
Sports Briefing: Rowers make it four medals already for IrelandOlympic Games: Philip Doyle and Daire Lynch earn bronze in double sculls and Kellie Harrington’s guaranteed a medalThu Aug 01 2024 - 10:54
Jack Hanratty chuffed as he guides Canada women’s Sevens to silver medalCanada's women's Sevens rugby silver medal a success for Irish coach Jack HanrattyThu Aug 01 2024 - 06:00
Sports Briefing: Daniel Wiffen joins the Irish golden circleRowers enjoy successful morning in Paris while Mona McSharry is back in a semi-final this eveningWed Jul 31 2024 - 11:23
Olympic triathlete not afraid to get his hands dirty to prepare for E.coli levels in Seine riverFormer ambassador makes Israeli gymnastics gaffe while Kamala Harris saves her rambling for another dayWed Jul 31 2024 - 06:00
Olympics 2024: A golden night for Daniel Wiffen leaves many in tears‘He hasn’t gone to the legs, it’s all about the arms,’ John Kenny old us, at which point the nation was hollering ‘GO TO THE LEGS’ at their TV screensTue Jul 30 2024 - 22:17
Mona McSharry’s joy as she reaches ‘the pinnacle of sport’Daniel Wiffen hopes to follow the Sligo swimmer onto the podium; Kellie Harrington starts well; Michael Murphy on a ‘managerial masterclass’ from Kieran McGeeneyTue Jul 30 2024 - 10:45
Staggering bill for US Olympic gymnastic team’s leotards, ‘potential issue’ on cruise for athletes and a 4am drug testFrench dancer makes persuasive case for nudityTue Jul 30 2024 - 06:00
Armagh joy ‘like a Fanta explosion in a bouncy castle’Kieran McGeeney’s side reach the top after years spent running up that hill; Rhys McClenaghan and Mona McSharry advance to Olympic finalsMon Jul 29 2024 - 11:36
Five ring circus: Trump jnr squeezes in fake news with criticism of opening ceremonyDespite Trump Jnr's claims, no evidence to support Ivana Trump featured at Winter Olympics in 1972Mon Jul 29 2024 - 06:00
TV View: Olympic effort sees Orange men top the podium with gold draped around their necksSeagull with broken wing vies for attention at Croke Park before Kieran McGeeney and Armagh enjoy final gloryMon Jul 29 2024 - 06:00
Olympics 2024, Day 3: Irish in action and best of the restMona McSharry goes into Monday night’s 100m breaststroke final as second fastest qualifer; Daniel Wiffen enters action, while Kellie Harrington starts defence of her Olympic titleSun Jul 28 2024 - 21:56
Olympics 2024, Day 2: Irish in action and best of the restSwimmer Mona McSharry and rowers Paul O’Donovan and Fintan McCarthy to make their first appearances at the GamesSat Jul 27 2024 - 23:26
Paris Olympics, Day 1: Irish in action and best of the restWatch the equestrian eventing team’s progress from 8.30am in the morning and end with Nhat Nguyen’s opening badminton group match in the eveningSat Jul 27 2024 - 06:00
Australian hockey player sacrifices finger to make Olympic cut Australian hockey player Matt Dawson has top of finger amputated to ensure his Olympics appearanceSat Jul 27 2024 - 05:15
Irish heartache occurs before Olympics opening ceremonyOlympic-scale disruption on Paris; Joe Canning reflects on All-Ireland final; Shels lose in ZurichFri Jul 26 2024 - 10:17
Morning Sports Brief: Ireland’s Sevens get Olympic campaign off to ideal startRugby team will face New Zealand and a quarter-final on Thursday; Armagh prepare for Galway’s stingy defence; St Patrick’s on a European questThu Jul 25 2024 - 12:27
Ireland’s Rugby Sevens are first out of the blocks in Paris‘Sevens Heaven’ awaits for our Olympians; Darragh Ó Sé thinks Galway will claim Sam; Shamrock Rovers are left with a mountain to climbWed Jul 24 2024 - 11:56
The agony and ecstasy: Cork and Clare players reflect on epic All-Ireland finalMichael Murphy’s social media warning to football finalists; Shamrock Rovers face step up against SpartaTue Jul 23 2024 - 11:06
Meet Team Ireland - HockeySean Murray’s Ireland hockey side looking forward to their Olympic bow after completing the long, tough road to ParisMon Jul 22 2024 - 22:09
Meet Team Ireland: SailingOur best hopes for medals in sailing at the OlympicsMon Jul 22 2024 - 20:41
Meet Team Ireland - CanoeingLiam Jegou, Madison Corcoran and Noel Hendrick ready to paddle their own canoe for Ireland in ParisMon Jul 22 2024 - 19:00
Meet Team Ireland - Jack Woolley (Taekwando)Tallaght native Jack Woolley became the first Irish taekwondo athlete to compete at the Olympic Games when he qualified for Tokyo and is now bound for ParisMon Jul 22 2024 - 19:00
Meet Team Ireland - BadmintonBadminton: Nhat Nguyen and Rachael Darragh delighted to both make the grade for ParisMon Jul 22 2024 - 19:00
Meet Team Ireland - Rhys McClenaghan (Gymnastics)Olympics: Two-time world champion heads to Paris as one of Ireland’s brightest medal prospectsMon Jul 22 2024 - 19:00
Morning Brief: Hurling season gets a ‘grand opera of a finale’A game full of mesmerising chaos and staggering twists in Croke Park; disappointment for Shane Lowry; and a heat check for Rhasidat AdelekeMon Jul 22 2024 - 10:45
TV View: Clare and Cork deliver a game that ‘we should just shut up and watch’The pundits were in no doubt that this was a final for the ages, with the only complaint being that there wasn’t a replaySun Jul 21 2024 - 20:43
An Olympian, a revolutionary and a Christy Moore song: Bob Hilliard was the boxing Irish clergyman who fought against FrancoIt is unlikely that many Irish Olympians could lay claim to getting a mention in a Christy Moore song and being early proponents of the notion that you should ‘vote early, vote often’Sat Jul 06 2024 - 06:00
Tributes to ‘national treasure’ Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh as three quarter-finals fail to impressIt must be a dizzy life being an England lad as Bellingham goes from hero to zero to heroMon Jul 01 2024 - 06:00
EuroZone: Trying to put outrageous words in Gareth Southgate’s mouthHow not to make a meal with Italy’s manager, and what Kai Havertz likes to eatSun Jun 30 2024 - 16:18
Euro Zone: Sunak v Starmer can’t compete with Georgia’s stunning victory over PortugalNo free-kick goals in the Euros; Konsa finds the funny side of Gordon’s bike injuryFri Jun 28 2024 - 20:00
Dilapidated Casement holds a decrepit mirror up to Northern Irish societyPeadar Mogan’s journey from teenage encounter to playing for Jim McGuinness; Olympic hopes on the line at national championshipsFri Jun 28 2024 - 09:40
Euro Zone: The excellent Ally McCoist delivers another zingerExcuses central for Belgium’s poor show against Ukraine; Turkey and Czech Republic’s dirty matchThu Jun 27 2024 - 17:46
