Ireland’s hockey stars fully focused on crucial tie against old rivals IndiaVictory over the team they beat in a shootout at the World Cup could seal quarter-final spotWed Jul 28 2021 - 17:45
Tokyo 2020 Day 5: Ireland claim rowing bronze while Walker causes boxing upsetHockey team lose to Germany; McSharry sets Irish record in 200m breaststrokeWed Jul 28 2021 - 06:57
Tokyo 2020: Shane Lowry enjoys his taste of the Olympic Village‘It means a lot to me and it would mean a lot to me to bring a medal back to Ireland’Wed Jul 28 2021 - 05:00
Tokyo 2020: Mona McSharry already eyeing up Parisian pool glory in 2024Tokyo a staging post in journey from Mullaghmore to Ballyshannon to TennesseeTue Jul 27 2021 - 15:44
Tokyo 2020: Calamity strikes as Kenya bring an end to Ireland’s Rugby Sevens dreamThe future is bright but failure to reach the last-eight is a bitter blow for fledgling sideTue Jul 27 2021 - 15:16
Tokyo 2020 Day 4: Dickson and Waddilove lead 49er class, McSharry takes eighthAidan Walsh advances in welterweight boxing; Ireland sevens left heartbrokenTue Jul 27 2021 - 06:32
Tokyo 2020: Mona McSharry’s achievement a paradigm shift for Irish swimmingSligo woman’s success in reaching an Olympic final a huge fillip for the sportMon Jul 26 2021 - 17:10
Tokyo 2020: Five-time Olympian Burnett still shooting for the starsLongford shooter becomes Olympian blue blood as he joins a select group including just walker Heffernan and sailor WilkinsMon Jul 26 2021 - 15:39
Tokyo 2020 Day 3: Blow for Annalise Murphy’s medal hopes while McSharry reaches finalDefeats in boxing, rugby sevens and women’s hockey but Nguyen wins in badmintonMon Jul 26 2021 - 06:53
Tokyo 2020: Hockey team and Jack Woolley show us both sides of the Olympic coinDelight and anguish were both on view as reality of competition takes holdMon Jul 26 2021 - 06:00
Tokyo 2020: Skateboarding arrives to shake up Olympic traditionsYuto Horigome takes the gold medal in the park where he first took up the sportSun Jul 25 2021 - 13:04
Tokyo 2020 Day 2: Emmet Brennan bows out while Irish rowers reach semi-finalsLiam Jegou progresses in canoe slalom C1; Mona McSharry advances in 100m breaststrokeSun Jul 25 2021 - 06:16
Tokyo 2020: Upton and Torrans goals secure perfect Olympics debut for IrelandSean Dancer’s team hit the ground running as they get off to winning startSat Jul 24 2021 - 14:43
Tokyo 2020: Lure of gold fails to sway top men golfersWomen players showing more enthusiasm and desire to embrace across-sport camaraderieSat Jul 24 2021 - 10:00
Tokyo 2020 Day 1: Ireland women take Olympics bow in style as rowers book final spotsMcClenaghan impresses in qualifying; win for Walker in the ring; Woolley crashes out;Sat Jul 24 2021 - 06:48
Tokyo 2020: Kurt Walker gets Ireland’s boxers off to a winning startIn taekwondo, Jack Woolley was a surprise casualty when he lost to Lucas GuzmanSat Jul 24 2021 - 06:18
Sanita Puspure keeping everything in perspective after promising startIrish rower wins her heat and is fifth fastest in the heats of the single scullsSat Jul 24 2021 - 06:00
Tokyo Games may be a contest of who coped best with pandemic gloomThe act of arriving at the Olympics to compete has become in itself a major triumphSat Jul 24 2021 - 06:00
Team Ireland at Tokyo 2020: Sanita Puspure wins her heat in dominant displayShane Ryan will not start in the men’s 100m backstroke due to a persistent shoulder painFri Jul 23 2021 - 06:12
Johnny Watterson: Empty streets, antigen tests and Asahi runs - welcome to TokyoThe first taste of an Olympics like no other is a gruelling one - but we’ll keep on swingingFri Jul 23 2021 - 06:00
Olympic Games: Three Irish boxers receive byes while others face tough drawsKurt Walker will be the first Irish fighter into the ring in Tokyo on SaturdayThu Jul 22 2021 - 15:58
Paul O’Donovan: ‘I’m not rowing to get a big collection of medals’The Lisheen rower has set his sights on Tokyo gold, but that’s not his only motivationThu Jul 22 2021 - 06:00
Tokyo 2020: The Covid protocols for what happens after a positive testOver 11,000 athletes from over 200 countries will arrive in Tokyo over the next few daysTue Jul 20 2021 - 15:29
Hannah Matthews and Ireland ready for their Olympics bowOpening fixture against South Africa on Saturday is a must-win for Games debutantsTue Jul 20 2021 - 06:00
Tokyo 2020: Team Ireland profiles - Monika Dukarska & Aileen Crowley (Rowing)Kerry pair qualified for Tokyo at the 2019 World ChampionshipsSat Jul 17 2021 - 02:30
Tokyo 2020: Team Ireland profiles - Kurt Walker (Boxing)A boxer who can medal at the elite tournamentsSat Jul 17 2021 - 02:30
Tokyo 2020: Team Ireland profiles - Sanita Puspure (Rowing)In the right form Puspure is another medal hope for IrelandSat Jul 17 2021 - 02:30
Tokyo 2020: Team Ireland profiles - Brendan Irvine (Boxing)The only Irish boxer to qualify from the abandoned London 2020 qualifierSat Jul 17 2021 - 02:30
Tokyo 2020: Team Ireland profiles - Fintan McCarthy & Paul O’Donovan (Rowing)The lightweight pair have proved unbeatable this season and should contend for a medalSat Jul 17 2021 - 02:30
Tokyo 2020: Team Ireland profiles - Michaela Walsh (Boxing)Walsh will travel to Tokyo alongside brother AidanSat Jul 17 2021 - 02:30
Tokyo 2020: Team Ireland profiles - Aidan Walsh (Boxing)Walsh will travel to Tokyo with his sister MichaelaSat Jul 17 2021 - 02:30
Tokyo 2020: Team Ireland profiles - Ronan Byrne & Philip Doyle (Rowing)A silver at the 2019 World Championships qualified the pair for the OlympicsSat Jul 17 2021 - 02:30
Tokyo 2020: Team Ireland profiles - Stephanie Meadow (Golf)Meadow heading to her second Olympics after making debut in RioSat Jul 17 2021 - 02:30
Tokyo 2020: Team Ireland profiles - Aoife O’Rourke (Boxing)O’Rourke has timed her run to Tokyo perfectlySat Jul 17 2021 - 02:30
Tokyo 2020: Team Ireland profiles - Shane Lowry (Golf)Lowry is travelling with the intention of contending for major honoursSat Jul 17 2021 - 02:30
Tokyo 2020: Team Ireland profiles - Women’s Four (Rowing)Emily Hegarty, Fiona Murtagh, Eimear Lambe and Aifric Keogh make up the women’s fourSat Jul 17 2021 - 02:30
Tokyo 2020: Team Ireland profiles - Emmet Brennan (Boxing)Qualfied for Tokyo after a brutal battle in Paris box-offSat Jul 17 2021 - 02:30
Tokyo 2020: Team Ireland profiles - Aoife Casey & Margaret Cremen (Rowing)Lightweight pair booked their tickets to Tokyo in MaySat Jul 17 2021 - 02:30
Tokyo 2020: Team Ireland profiles - Men’s Rugby SevensIreland secured last ditch qualification for Olympics in Monaco last monthSat Jul 17 2021 - 02:30
Tokyo 2020: Team Ireland profiles - Kellie Harrington (Boxing)Set herself up as a medal hope at recent Olympic qualifiersSat Jul 17 2021 - 02:30
Tokyo 2020: Team Ireland profiles - Rory McIlroy (Golf)McIlroy will be one of the main draws at the Tokyo eventSat Jul 17 2021 - 02:30
Tokyo 2020: Team Ireland profiles - Leona Maguire (Golf)Former amateur number one has shown this year she belongs on LPGA TourSat Jul 17 2021 - 02:30
Tokyo 2020: Team Ireland profiles - Women’s hockey teamKatie Mullan will captain the 2018 World Cup silver medallists in TokyoSat Jul 17 2021 - 02:30
Love Ireland pips Love Island as Greg O’Shea realises Olympic dream‘You can always make money. You can’t make memories’Thu Jul 15 2021 - 17:57
Judo siblings Megan and Ben Fletcher heading for Tokyo 2020This brings the number of athletes competing for Ireland in Tokyo 2021 to 116Wed Jul 14 2021 - 11:42
Luke Cowan-Dickie - wake up wimp, the Lions need youLet me say this just once. It is not so bad being knocked out stone cold on a rugby pitchFri Jul 09 2021 - 06:50
Conor Murray has capacity to spark fearlessness in his squad as Lions captainIrish scrumhalf is a player who can define what kind of leader he wants to be on tourFri Jul 02 2021 - 16:58
Without Naomi Osaka, Wimbledon could lack usual sparkleSerena Williams and Coco Gauff likely to be the star attractions in women’s drawSat Jun 26 2021 - 07:00
Issue of transgender athletes sees rights on safety and inclusion collideHow can safety of cisgender women be ensured when it comes to contact sports?Fri Jun 25 2021 - 09:22
Sarah McAuley in Irish hockey squad of 16 for Tokyo OlympicsWorld Cup veterans Nicola Evans and Megan Frazer both miss out on Olympic ticketMon Jun 21 2021 - 11:01
