USA basketballers stick to usual dazzlingly brilliant scriptDomestic upheaval left at home as Kevin Durant and co light up world stage and see off SerbiaSun Aug 21 2016 - 22:27
Badass water polo hombres make for kick-ass final in RioSerbia get the better of Croatia in cracking Olympic decider between Balkan rivalsSun Aug 21 2016 - 17:05
Ryan Lochte’s frat boy stroke hits the jugular vein of Rio’s discontentWhat gave these preppy, sauntering Americans the belief they could behave like this?Sat Aug 20 2016 - 05:00
Olympic boxing: France wins title in Katie Taylor’s divisionEstelle Mossely takes light middleweight gold as Billy Walsh boxer fires up for finalFri Aug 19 2016 - 23:35
Pat Hickey: Godfather of Olympic Council of Ireland falls from graceUltimate insider Pat Hickey could face up to seven years in jail on ticket touting chargesFri Aug 19 2016 - 22:20
Pat Hickey taken into police custody over Olympic tickets rowShane Ross says senior counsel or judge to be appointed to inquiry into saga todayFri Aug 19 2016 - 09:13
Tom Daley: Boy who became man in front of worldBritish diver ready to steal show again as he seeks gold in the 10m platformFri Aug 19 2016 - 09:02
OCI ticket touting inquiry could cover 2012 Olympics - RossMinister for Sport says terms of reference to be decided at meeting with Attorney GeneralFri Aug 19 2016 - 01:00
Pat Hickey released from hospital in Brazil for police questioningShane Ross says he will appoint either a lawyer or judge to investigate tickets controversyThu Aug 18 2016 - 20:13
IOC distances itself from Hickey’s arrest in Brazil hotelExecutive says matter is for Olympic Council of Ireland but will co-operate with probeThu Aug 18 2016 - 01:00
Pat Hickey profile: From nearing ‘sainthood’ to a surreal Rio arrestJudo loving OCI president astutely plotted his progress through the Olympic ranksWed Aug 17 2016 - 19:49
Oliver Dingley impresses with brave display off the boardsThe Ireland diver finished eight in the 3m springboard final, surpassing expectationsWed Aug 17 2016 - 00:27
Oliver Dingley finishes in eighth to round-off stunning 24 hoursFor three rounds in he cast a spell and then it broke - like seeing magic dust disappearingTue Aug 16 2016 - 23:54
Annalise Murphy banishes London agony with silver finishDún Laoghaire sailor euphoric but boxer Michael Conlan suffers contentious defeatTue Aug 16 2016 - 23:38
Annalise Murphy: ‘It hasn’t sunk in. I’m so happy’The Irish sailor is just the fourth Irish woman to ever claim an Olympic medalTue Aug 16 2016 - 21:15
Oliver Dingley delivers some cheer at last amidst the wind and noiseDingley survives the elements to reach semi-final with a confident displayTue Aug 16 2016 - 01:14
Katie Taylor: ‘I’m not finished yet ... It’s just very hard to take’Loss of Olympic boxing gold medal status follows loss of her world championship titleTue Aug 16 2016 - 01:00
Katie Taylor departs Olympic Games amid shock and disbeliefKeith Duggan reports from Rio - defending champion and coaches felt she had done enoughMon Aug 15 2016 - 19:54
Olympic golf comes up smelling like a RoseCritics may change their minds as a new champion is crowned after 112 years in RioSun Aug 14 2016 - 23:14
Andy Murray chases history after making Olympic tennis finalWorld number two looking to become first man to defend singles titleSat Aug 13 2016 - 21:23
O’Donovan brothers pull through pain to Olympic glorySkibbereen’s pride end decades of heartache for Irish rowing and put smiles on facesSat Aug 13 2016 - 09:55
Letter from Rio: Games a fractured dream wonderful and awful to beholdChief sports writer Keith Duggan reflects on the first week at the 2016 Rio Olympic GamesSat Aug 13 2016 - 08:00
O’Donovan brothers seal hero status with brilliant silver in RioSkibbereen rowers deliver nation its first medal having already captured its heartSat Aug 13 2016 - 01:02
No room for regrets as proud Lynch and Lambe row into historySinead Lynch and Claire Lambe are the first female Irish crew to contest Olympic finalSat Aug 13 2016 - 00:38
Irish men and women rowers surge to Olympic finalsDream hour of high accomplishment for Irish lightweight double sculls teamsFri Aug 12 2016 - 08:00
Rio 2016: Both Irish crews into rowing finalsSinead Jennings, Claire Lambe and the O’Donovan brothers will go for gold on FridayThu Aug 11 2016 - 13:33
Rio 2016: Bradley Wiggins aims for place in record booksCyclist is going for a fifth gold medal and is already eyeing more in TokyoThu Aug 11 2016 - 01:14
Rio 2016: Japan’s Uchimura set to extend grip on gymnasticsCountry’s venerated superstar who simply cannot rise any higher in Land of the Rising SunWed Aug 10 2016 - 05:30
Rio 2016: Simone Biles leads USA to emphatic team victoryOlympic icon Nadia Comaneci on hand to witness the new superstar of gymnasticsWed Aug 10 2016 - 00:04
Rio 2016: Russia’s Efimova booed as USA’s King claims goldQuestions of doping and politics surface on night of deep unease in Aquatics stadiumTue Aug 09 2016 - 08:41
Rio 2016: Michael Phelps claims 19th gold as US delivers a superpower performanceBaltimore Bullet completes fastest 100m freestyle leg of his life in relayMon Aug 08 2016 - 22:48
Rio 2016: Paddy Barnes devastated as Olympic dream diesSplit-decision defeat to Spaniard hurts as brave Belfast fighter simply runs out of gasMon Aug 08 2016 - 20:30
Rio 2016: After ugly drugs shadow, Irish boxing back to what it does bestSteven Donnelly and David Oliver Joyce both advanced in their preliminary rounds in RioSun Aug 07 2016 - 22:45
Rio 2016: Stephen Donnelly picks off Kadache in opening boutThe Ballymena man jabbed his way to a comfortable win against his Algerian opponentSun Aug 07 2016 - 17:21
Katie Ledecky: record-breaking swimmer is one to watchTeenager who stunned London in 2012 looks set to dominate in the pool in RioSat Aug 06 2016 - 01:00
Letter from Rio: No ordinary Friday night as locals wait for the Games to beginIs it not a bit much to ask Rio’s citizens to get up for Olympics in a year of domestic strife?Fri Aug 05 2016 - 22:35
Pampered NBA stars in Rio and meaning businessAnything other than ultimate victory unthinkable for dominant United StatesFri Aug 05 2016 - 06:00
Ireland’s Olympic rowers close in on their holy grailSanita Puspure, Sinead Lynch, Claire Lambe and the O’Donovan brothers know the meaning of the word sacrificeFri Jul 29 2016 - 20:00
Wexford’s new Model army provide reasons to be cheerfulThe rise of a new generation is sparking enthusiasm but they still have a way to goSat Jul 23 2016 - 11:00
Mickey Harte looking forward to Tyrone’s next challengeVeteran Red Hand boss pleased with the grit they showed in an exciting win over DonegalMon Jul 18 2016 - 00:00
Tyrone conquer Donegal and Ulster right at the deathStunning late points from Peter Harte and Ciaran McGeevy win an epic provincial finalSun Jul 17 2016 - 16:07
Sideline Cut: Clones cauldron beckons as Donegal and Tyrone get ready to rumbleNo matter what the result, things will have changed between these rivals by the end of the daySat Jul 16 2016 - 08:30
Kevin McStay: ‘Fifteen minutes to go if they got up to three, four we were in trouble. So that’s great fight’Galway coach Kevin Walsh acknowledged Galway set up exceptionally defensively at times; McStay eager for replay to be at MacHale ParkMon Jul 11 2016 - 01:07
Gridlock leads to deadlock as Roscommon catch GalwayBoth sides caught up - between wanting to win and their fear of losing Connacht finalSun Jul 10 2016 - 20:37
Euro 2016 reflection: The goal, the sheer joy of it, cut through all the tensionDimitri Payet’s stunning strike sparked the tournament into life after a tentative startSun Jul 10 2016 - 15:00
Galway come out from the shadows to face RoscommonHaving ended Mayo’s recent dominance in the province, the Tribesmen still have something to proveSun Jul 10 2016 - 02:17
Serena Williams: game, set, match and a place in historyShe has fought her way through prejudice to win 21 Grand Slam titles, and countingSat Jul 09 2016 - 13:32
Keith Duggan: English football’s limitations cruelly exposed againThe day is gone when Ireland can expect a rich harvest from the English academiesSat Jul 02 2016 - 07:45
Shock turns to awe for Deschamps and France‘This team brings emotion to the crowd and makes people fall in love with them’Sun Jun 26 2016 - 19:30
Richard Keogh well briefed on threat of France star Dimitri PayetIreland goalkeeper Darren Randolph has been informing team-mates of West Ham team-mate’s abilitySat Jun 25 2016 - 16:39
