Olympic Games

Russian soldiers should be allowed to compete at Olympics, says UN expert

IOC expected to offer updated guidelines to sports about how Russian and Belarusian athletes can qualify for Paris

Dick Fosbury, champion high jumper who invented the Fosbury Flop, dies at 76

Oregon student won gold at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico and revolutionised his event with back-first technique

Cheltenham’s new whip rules a logistical hotchpotch that makes Brexit look a breeze

Shane Lowry gets angry; Johnny Sexton cherishing Grand Slam challenge; Henderson focused on Scotland

Gavin Noble: Ireland’s chef de mission for Paris not afraid to talk about medals

With 500 days to go until the 2024 Olympic Games, the former Olympian triathlete is already stocking up on positivity

Ireland’s Olympic medal hopes sucker-punched by Los Angeles Games decision

Gordon D’Arcy strikes confident tone for Murrayfield; Ireland’s recent spiky relationship with Scotland; Dean Rock wants GAA to act on diving scourge

Irish medal hopes take huge hit for 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles

Boxing and lightweight rowing, which have accounted for almost 60 per cent of Ireland’s Olympic medals, ruled out of LA Games

Faster, higher, richer: how Irish Olympians won the funding lottery

Rowing tops the money charts, which are now more than ever driven by medal success

Rhasidat Adeleke: ‘I’m still not a guru at the event, I am kind of learning’

‘Every race I ran, there’s always been something wrong, and I always feel there’s a little more there’

Sport Ireland announce €24m funding package for high-performance sport

Money is chiefly aimed at preparing athletes and teams for next year’s Paris Olympics and Paralympics

Johnny Watterson: Boxers’ Olympic ambitions caught in crossfire between governing bodies

The International Boxing Association, with ripe historical baggage and growing links with Russia, is intent on running its own Olympic qualification pathway in defiance of the Olympic body

New Athletics Ireland start-up in coach funding

Lack of support and funding was one of the main criticisms of the Tokyo review

Irish Government joins global resistance to return of Russia and Belarus to the Olympic stage

Ireland is one of 33 nations to submit signed Government statement to IOC ahead of next year’s Paris Olympics

Ireland boxers face Olympic Games dilemma as row over qualification criteria deepens

International Boxing Association to allow entries from boycotting nations for World Championships

‘Having grown up in a working-class home, I appreciate how hard you have to work for what you have’

Me & My Money: Ciara Mageean, middle-distance runner

No talk of Irish boycott of Paris Olympics - at least not yet

Minister for Sport Thomas Byrne does not agree with potential return of Russia and Belarus

Irish boxers will not have funding hit by lack of World Championship participation

IABA decision follows the decision of USA and other teams to withdraw

Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo wants no Russian delegation at 2024 Olympics

IOC working on pathway to enable Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete at games

Debate over 16-man Kilmacud is about more than a trophy. The future of moral reasoning is at stake

Unthinkable: Stand-off over ‘fairness’ is emblematic of many disputes in society today

On Athletics: No way should Russian athletes be let anywhere near Paris Olympics

IOC statement this week will be no comfort to the Ukrainian athletes, instead forcing them to consider a boycott

Olympic Federation of Ireland to consult on move to reinstate Russia ahead of Paris 2024

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is intent on reopening the door ahead of the Paris Games next summer

Why you need to be doing a dynamic warm-up

Improve agility, speed and performance in many sports and reduce your risk of injury

Olympic, world and European medallists take centre stage for the Irish boxing finals

Kellie Harrington and Amy Broadhurst just some of the stars in action

Olympics tickets: All you need to know ahead of the 2024 Games in Paris

The deadline to register interest in purchasing a ticket is January 31st

RTÉ to continue Olympic Games coverage as EBU and Discovery jointly secure rights until 2032

European Broadcasting Union and Warner Bros Discovery teamed up for a bid to cover four games starting in 2026

Tales of Emil Zatopek, Ron Clarke and sport’s simple twist of fate

Sport has a history of playing out that way – of dispensing its favour on some great athletes and players while ignoring the claims of others as deserving

IOC raises prospect of boxing being pulled from Paris Games

‘The recent IBA Congress has shown once more that IBA has no real interest in the sport of boxing and the boxers’

Pat Hickey ends last remaining links with IOC on health grounds

The 77-year-old submitted his letter of resignation to the IOC executive board

Qatar looking to use World Cup as springboard for 2036 Olympics bid

Country set to flex its muscles again and bid to stage the Games despite having failed three times already

Paris 2024 Olympics tickets to go on sale worldwide this week

Global draw where tickets will be available from single platform and not through resellers

No art in finance as climate activists stage ‘intervention’ targeting Europe’s biggest fossil fuel-funder

Planet Business: Paris 2024′s revolutionary mascots, peak population and the wild story of FTX and Sam Bankman-Fried

Ireland tops medal table at European Boxing Championships

Seven medals including three gold earned Ireland the overall prize of best team at the championships

Ireland’s gold medal boxing success creates Olympic-sized headaches

With three gold medals at the European Championships and two world champions, Ireland can look to Paris with confidence

Irish boxing has cracked the secret of major medal success

It has been a stunning week for women’s boxing with five boxers from a team of 10 into European finals

IBA votes to allow boxers from Russia and Belarus to return to all competitions

Federation directly contradicts IOC in latest blow to boxing’s survival as Olympic sport

Aidan Walsh ducks and weaves on boxing’s fight for Olympic inclusion

IOC concerned about the actions of the IBA and boxing has not been included for the 2028 Games

Boxing’s Olympic future plunged into further doubt after IBA backs president

Governing body votes 106-36 to deny leadership challenge to Umar Kremlev

Tokyo disappointments left behind, Phil Doyle is looking ahead to World Championships

The Belfast-based doctor has a new heavyweight double sculls partner in Konan Pazzaia

Aifric Keogh: ‘I was worried I wouldn’t have the fight in me’

Rower speaks about competing against her friends, overcoming health issues and the quest for greatness

Daniel Wiffen: ‘I’m in the best shape I’ve ever been in’

The 21-year-old Irish distance swimmer has an eye on the podium at the next Olympic Games

Germany asks forgiveness for multiple failings over 1972 Munich Olympics massacre

Ceremony attended by the Israeli relatives of the victims, and by the presidents of Germany and Israel

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