Ian O’Riordan: A chill hits the veins as the past and present press together in Tokyo
It somehow felt like I’d been inside here before and in some ways I had
‘What the film says is that you can hold on to your principles, and still emerge a winner’
David Puttnam recalls series of accidents that helped make Chariots of Fire a classic
‘That’s boxing, you can be fascinated but it appals you’
Iconic sports books revisited: Donald McRae speaks about the journey writing Dark Trade
Sporting Cathedrals: How the Olympiastadion overcame history
The stadium still stands as one of the most intact physical symbols of the Nazi regime
Billy Morton’s Santry Stadium a beacon for sporting endeavour
If Minister of State for Sport Dara Calleary is looking for ideas, the old Santry sod a good start
From apartheid to the Ardoyne, McRae still telling life’s most interesting tales
Author and journalist has been honing his sportswriting craft for 35 years
Ireland 5 Germany 2: When Nazi salutes took over Dalymount Park
In 1936 with the Nazi Party in power, the German team was welcomed to Dublin
Arizona pays tribute to John McCain as he lies in state
Former Republican presidential candidate died from brain cancer on Saturday
Mayweather v McGregor: A circus, and certainly not a contest
UFC star’s chances against pound-for-pound great are zero yet people will pay to watch
Finish Lines - The Games in Quotes
‘I don’t need to prove anything. What else can I do to prove to the world I’m the greatest’
Mike Powell angered by proposal to reset world records
Long jumper says he would ‘slap’ anyone who tried to take world record from him
America at Large: ‘Marvellous’ Mal Whitfield a true pioneer
Wherever he went, he held training clinics and woke up a continent to athletics
America At Large: Greg Louganis story sheds light on a dark period
New documentary shows levels of anti-gay discrimination suffered by Olympic diver
Ghosts laid to rest as Hitler’s Berlin stadium hosts Jewish games
European Maccabi Games begin in city’s Olympic Stadium, notorious for Nazi links
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