The Irish women’s bobsleigh team have won their personal dual with Australia in Vancouver, claiming a highly creditable 17th place finish at the Winter Olympic event.
Pilot Aoife Hoey and brake woman Claire Bergin finished two places ahead of main rivals Australia whose late entry almost cost the Irish due their place at the Games.
Hoey and [...]
A ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) yesterday resolved an ongoing dispute between Ireland and Australia over entry to the women’s bobsleigh event at the upcoming Winter Olympics.
A row developed last week when the Australian team discovered they would not be eligible to compete at the games, at which point they protested [...]
Irish tennis players Conor Niland and Louk Sorensen have each positioned themselves one win away from the first round proper of the Australian Open men’s singles in Melbourne after both enjoyed victories in their respective second-round qualifying matches today.
Niland, who is ranked No 288 in the world, added to his first round victory with a [...]
Ireland’s Gary Murphy will be fighting for his European tour card in Melbourne this weekend.
The arrival of Tiger Woods into the Victorian capital has led to an unprecedented media frenzy but Murphy will have 2010 on his mind.
The JBWere Masters – formerly the Australia Masters – was only put on the European Tour schedule last [...]
New York-based Derry fighter John Duddy has bounced back from his shock first professional defeat last April by claiming a comfortable victory over Michi Munoz at Madison Square Garden.
The bout was Duddy’s first appearance in the ring since his first career defeat to Billy Lyell on April 24.
Duddy was slow to start and was caught [...]
JOHN McCririck believes Irish champion racehorse Sea The Stars has raised the benchmark against which future equine heroes will now be judged.
The television pundit compared the impact John Oxx’s superstar has had on racing as similar to that which Usain Bolt has had on athletics.
Sea The Stars joined the equine greats by becoming the first [...]
