Blood simple?Once the chest thumping has stopped the IOC might concentrate their minds on a number of other issues which surround blood testing…Mon Aug 07 2000 - 01:00
For and Against: WeightliftingThere have been 48 positive drug tests in the summer games since Hans-Gunnar Lijenwall was snagged on alcohol in the modern pentathalon…Mon Aug 07 2000 - 01:00
If the suit fitsThe new bodysuit used by most top swimmers has the capacity to become the single biggest story in Olympic swimming this yearMon Aug 07 2000 - 01:00
Olympic Venues: No 3 Bondi BeachSize: Around 10,000 people around a single court with a set of practice and warm-up courts along side.Mon Aug 07 2000 - 01:00
IOC who's whoSo just who are the International Olympic Committee? The IOC president is elected by IOC members for an initial term of eight…Mon Aug 07 2000 - 01:00
Sportspeak"The GAA wishes to state emphatically that there is no truth in the assertion that Phase 2 of the redevelopment (of Croke Park…Sat Aug 05 2000 - 01:00
Kenyan blendA recent documentary on Kenyan distance runners throws some light on why they have dominated the sport so comprehensively in …Sat Aug 05 2000 - 01:00
Brain BoxThe Irish Amateur Boxing Association have not only lost one of their true amateur boxing presidents in Brendan O'Connaire, but…Sat Aug 05 2000 - 01:00
Teen green queenFancy a trip to Sydney? If so don't try the 5,000 metres at the Kenyan Olympic trials, it's the hardest route to the Antipodes…Sat Aug 05 2000 - 01:00
Making wavesIn Britain, they are currently involved in a similar type of argument to that which has kept the Olympic Council of Ireland (…Sat Aug 05 2000 - 01:00
Wright movesA tough defender in his years with Leinster, Offaly, Kildare, Daingean and Celbridge football, Mick Wright will be bringing all…Sat Aug 05 2000 - 01:00
Place kickers obliged to trim theirPlayers will be asked to trim their penalty kicking rituals next season if they wish to avoid their team being penalisedFri Aug 04 2000 - 01:00
EPO drug tests may be in place for OlympicsAthletes at this year's Olympic games in Sydney may have to undergo combined blood and urine tests after the International Olympic…Wed Aug 02 2000 - 01:00
Omitted O'Hare calls it a dayNick O'Hare's competitive career was brought to a close yesterday when the Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) announced the final…Wed Aug 02 2000 - 01:00
IOC approve blood test for EPONeedles as well as specimen jars may be added to the drug tester's paraphernalia after yesterday's decision by the International…Wed Aug 02 2000 - 01:00
SailingSailing is a technical sport and as such boats have evolved, changed and even disappeared since the first events were run around…Mon Jul 31 2000 - 01:00
Holland appointed Munster managerThe Munster Branch have appointed former international Jerry Holland to succeed Brian O'Brien as manager of the provincial squad…Mon Jul 31 2000 - 01:00
For and against Taekwondo"Tae" means "to kick or smash with the foot"; "Kwon" means "to destroy with the fist" and "do" means "the art or way of"Mon Jul 31 2000 - 01:00
Coakley races away to six shot winning marginThe undulating Birr course may have to wait some time before another woman comes along and crushes it so comprehensivelyMon Jul 31 2000 - 01:00
Games book takes goldReference books are, by nature, arid reads. Occasionally one comes along and breaks the mouldSat Jul 29 2000 - 01:00
For and against: Synchronised swimmingBe honest. When they come up like a missile from the depths of the swimming pool, smiles pasted to their faces, your first urge…Mon Jul 24 2000 - 01:00
Olympic evolution: No 1 - TennisRally to the cause: A little over a century ago, Ireland's John Pius Boland was a student at Christ's College, Oxford when he…Mon Jul 24 2000 - 01:00
Athletic display marks birth of Venus as a true championVenus Williams finally got what she neededMon Jul 10 2000 - 01:00
Sampras savours slice of historyAt three minutes to nine last night, Pete Sampras officially became the best player to ever set foot on a tennis court when he…Mon Jul 10 2000 - 01:00
What's in a name?Vere Thomas "St Leger" Goold, the Bud Collins tennis encyclopaedia will tell you, was a Wimbledon finalist in 1879Mon Jul 10 2000 - 01:00
Sampras claims record winAfter a tournament fraught with doubt and a final fractured with interminable rain delays, Pete Sampras yesterday burst into …Mon Jul 10 2000 - 01:00
Flying Rafter sends Agassi crashingPat Rafter stepped into the spotlight. He sang, he danced, he knew all his lines and in the end he took the curtain callSat Jul 08 2000 - 01:00
Davenport has brawn - and brainLindsay Davenport has been in three Grand Slam finals and won them allSat Jul 08 2000 - 01:00
Rafter set to test AgassiIt is time now for Pat Rafter to come out from the shadowsFri Jul 07 2000 - 01:00
The elder sister gets her wayIt is further away than most people can imagine from the icecream trucks of the black projects of Compton, Los Angeles, to Wimbledon…Fri Jul 07 2000 - 01:00
Rampant Agassi brings tennis to another level in ruthless winWe say that Andre Agassi can occasionally push his tennis beyond the limits and return with a match in his palmThu Jul 06 2000 - 01:00
Sisters usher out the oldDoubles on outside courts don't normally figure very highly when Wimbledon moves into the quarter-final stages of the championship…Thu Jul 06 2000 - 01:00
Power puts out lightLast year at the Key Biscayne tournament in Florida, Richard Williams claimed he was going to buy the Rockerfeller Centre for…Thu Jul 06 2000 - 01:00
Williams sisters arrange a day outRichard Williams danced down the aisle adjacent to the royal box like a happy, crazy old fool.Wed Jul 05 2000 - 01:00
Williams sisters make it a family affair for Wimbledon semi-finalRichard Williams danced in the aisle of Wimbledon Centre Court as his daughter Venus Williams (20) popped a 118m.p.hWed Jul 05 2000 - 01:00
Seles is foiled by a lack of fitnessMonica Seles, hoping that the fitness training of track and field coach Bob Kersee would take her to a level high enough to contest…Wed Jul 05 2000 - 01:00
Brandi is taken but Dokic stays coldThe 17-year-old Australian Jelena Dokic defied her Grand Slam form and the seeding committee to battle her way into her second…Tue Jul 04 2000 - 01:00
Australian serves time on weary HenmanThe blood drained from his face as he smashed his racquet off the side of his footTue Jul 04 2000 - 01:00
Big names and issues remainSweeping along on off-court controversies, the first week has been both kind and unkindMon Jul 03 2000 - 01:00
Sampras shows his steelWe are all transfixed. The transformation of John McEnroe is completeMon Jul 03 2000 - 01:00
Agassi lives on the edge to fashion amazing fightbackThe allure of Andre Agassi. Put him on Centre Court against Todd Martin, one of the biggest servers in world tennisSat Jul 01 2000 - 01:00
Bad feeling still on boilWe are contemplating adding a polygraph to the essential list of journalistic toolsSat Jul 01 2000 - 01:00
Sampras to tough it outPete Sampras popped down to the local ankle specialist on Wednesday night for an MRI scanFri Jun 30 2000 - 01:00
Tennis sidelined by an off-court racketDads and mums. It was another day in the women's event when tennis was pushed to the back court and parents and players showed…Fri Jun 30 2000 - 01:00
Kournikova fails to sparkleThe popular alternative to the Wimbledon tennis championships, Anna Kournikova, committed what some will see as her final selfish…Thu Jun 29 2000 - 01:00
Norman fails to live up to promiseMagnus Norman made another stab yesterday at entering the public consciousness and this time succeededThu Jun 29 2000 - 01:00
Hewitt fails to make any impactThey had him pencilled in as the kid who might checkmate the old master Pete Sampras this yearWed Jun 28 2000 - 01:00
Seles gets through first testMonica Seles flirted with an embarrassing departure to Karina Habsudova before gathering herself in the third set to vindicate…Wed Jun 28 2000 - 01:00
Kournikova passes first testAnna Kournikova finally took her fourth match point against Sandrine Testud for a baby step towards rehabilitating her tennis…Tue Jun 27 2000 - 01:00
