Bizarre odyssey from icon to ignominy a cautionary tale for our times

Sophie O’Sullivan is following in her mother’s running shoes – we find out if the genes we inherit really matter in sport

The legendary American and Grant Hackett share much more than swimming greatness

Hopefully things won’t go awry and the Dubliner will emerge unharmed from fight

Shane Ross needs to back the new OCI leadership for the sake of the athletes

Jordan Spieth rallies late on to keep his Grand Slam hopes in sight

Viewers were angry with the results of ‘Phelps vs. Shark: Great Gold vs Great White’

Modern sport thrives on flogging shortcuts to success, but golf has honed it to a fine art

Keith Duggan’s sports review of 2016

Despite training sessions and three triathlons, I was still a slow swimmer so I signed up for a Total Immersion workshop

American captain unperturbed by previous bad record in that format

‘I don’t need to prove anything. What else can I do to prove to the world I’m the greatest’

Each day, it seemed, the headline sporting acts were overshadowed by headlines away from the action

She came into these games carrying the hope and expectation of all gymnastics fans

App mounts challenge to frontrunners Facebook and Twitter

The all-time greatest Olympian helps his team to 4x100m medley title in Rio

When Michael Phelps, Jennifer Aniston and Victoria Beckham took up the practice our intellectual centre of gravity shifted a few clicks back towards the Stone Age

Just outside world record time - the American cruises to win 200m individual medley

Greatest Olympian ever last night brought gold medal tally to 21 in 200m butterfly

American superstar wins 200m butterfly before anchoring USA in 4x200 freestyle