Olympics
Phelps suspended over pipe photo
USA Swimming have suspended Michael Phelps for three months following the
publication of a picture apparently showing the multi-Olympic champion using
illegal drugs.
Comment on this article
Inside Olympics
Boris promises free hand-held TVs for Olympics
Wednesday, 8 October 2008
Hand-held electronic devices that would show action replays and give live
updates would be given to every spectator at the London 2012 Olympic Games,
the London Mayor Boris Johnson suggested yesterday.
Comment on this article
Irish paralympic hero 'is not disabled enough' to play
Friday, 12 September 2008
Ireland's Derek Malone has been excluded from the Paralympic Games
seven-a-side football tournament after a ruling by the Cerebral Palsy
International Sports and Recreation Association.
Comment on this article
Dominic Walsh: Invest in our athletes
Wednesday, 10 September 2008
The spectacular Beijing Olympics has further inspired Dominic Walsh, chair of
Sport Northern Ireland, as he strives for more Government funding for local
athletes and a better sporting infrastructure, including a stadium
Comment on this article
Olympic hero Wendy rides into town on open top bus
Thursday, 4 September 2008
Former Olympic gold medal winner Dame Mary Peters joined hundreds of well
wishers who packed into a Co Londonderry village last night to welcome home
Beijing medal winner Wendy Houvenaghel.
Comments: 2
Revealed: London's plan to top Beijing
Saturday, 30 August 2008
Olympic organisers are considering holding the opening and closing ceremonies
of the London 2012 Games across the whole of the capital rather than just in
the main Olympic Stadium, the Olympics minister, Tessa Jowell, has revealed.
Comment on this article
Jack Magowan: Olympic scoring system was an insult to boxing
Saturday, 30 August 2008
Let's not beat about the bush. Any scoring system that says an Olympic
semi-finalist failed to land a single punch in four frenetic rounds is not
only an insult to boxing fair-play, but dumb, idiotic and seriously flawed.
And refereeing standards in Beijing weren't much better.
Comment: 1
Scottish Olympic stars get a heroes’ welcome
Thursday, 28 August 2008
Olympic hero Chris Hoy made a triumphant return to his home city this morning,
joining his fellow Scottish Beijing stars for an official reception at
Edinburgh Castle.
Comment on this article
Barnes can be a top pro says Barry McGuigan
Thursday, 28 August 2008
Paddy Barnes returned home to Belfast yesterday an Olympic hero following his
Beijing adventure.
Comment on this article
Olympic medallist Paddy overwhelmed by Belfast reception
Thursday, 28 August 2008
It was clear from the moment Paddy Barnes made it into the Irish Olympic squad
over a year ago he was going to be considered a hero in north Belfast
Comment: 1
After Olympic bronze Barnes targets Euros
Wednesday, 27 August 2008
Paddy Barnes will return home today proudly showing off his bronze medal from
the Olympics and with his sights on more success.
Comment on this article
Mansfield succumbs to Beccymania as town welcomes home its golden girl
Wednesday, 27 August 2008
If Gordon Brown needed an object lesson in how sport can divert the nation
from its present preoccupation with economic gloom, he could have done worse
than get himself down to Mansfield's Market Square yesterday evening.
Comment on this article
Murray shrugs off Beijing low to set sights on Llodra
Wednesday, 27 August 2008
Michael Llodra once prepared for a match in Miami by sitting naked in Ivan
Ljubicic's dressing room locker. "I'm trying to get positive energy
from you because you're winning a lot of matches this year," he told a
bemused Ljubicic, who had returned from a shower to find the Frenchman
lurking and his own clothes strewn over the floor.
Comment on this article
Australia may follow British lead on Olympic funding
Wednesday, 27 August 2008
For years, Britain has envied the efficiency with which the Australian
sporting structure turns out elite athletes who excel on the international
stage. Now, following Britain's historic success at the Beijing Olympics,
the boot is, so to speak, on the other foot.
Comment on this article
Welsh sports fans defy the rain to hail heroes back from Beijing
Wednesday, 27 August 2008
The celebrations for Wales' homecoming Olympic heroes continued into a second
day yesterday. In Cardiff, more than a thousand flag-waving fans defied
persistent rain to welcome home their competitors. Nine athletes, including
four medallists, were given an open-top bus tour through Cardiff Bay.
Comment on this article
Mansfield succumbs to Beccymania as town welcomes home Adlington
Wednesday, 27 August 2008
If Gordon Brown needed an object lesson in how sport can divert the nation
from its present preoccupation with economic gloom, he could have done worse
than get himself down to Mansfield's Market Square yesterday evening.
Comment on this article
Chinese ridicule London's part in closing ceremony
Wednesday, 27 August 2008
Chinese press and bloggers have been less than favourable about London's
contribution to Beijing's Olympic closing ceremony – criticising
contributions from the London Mayor Boris Johnson and David Beckham.
Comment: 1
Kenny Egan haunted by missing gold
Wednesday, 27 August 2008
Silver medal winning boxer Kenny Egan last night admitted that he is still
haunted at letting the gold title slip away.
Comment: 1
Belfast to give Paddy a hero’s welcome home
Wednesday, 27 August 2008
Hundreds of people are expected to line the streets of north Belfast tonight
to welcome home Olympic medalist Paddy Barnes.
Comment on this article
Eric Waugh: How Olympics prove we can’t all come first in the race of life
Tuesday, 26 August 2008
I must confess I did not see much of the Olympics. Blame the clock. But the
bits and pieces I saw in the news I liked.
Comment on this article
IABA’s sights are on London medals
Tuesday, 26 August 2008
Irish Amateur Boxing Association chief Dominic O'Rourke believes the sport
will bring even more medals back to the Emerald Isle in four years time.
Comment on this article
|
|
Yell-bow: Hungarian weightlifter's terrifying elbow injury
World-class pin-ups: Olympic contenders for glamour gold medal
Columnist Comments
• Lawton: Wimbledon still not home for Andy
It might be different if Andy Murray had been born in Bromley or Tunbridge Wells, or his great grandmother was an innovative over-arm server in Victorian Wimbledon, like Tim Henman, or he had renounced his Scottish blood the first time he crossed Hadrian's Wall.
• The Punter: We just didn’t get to Sea
The victory by Fame And Glory in the Irish Derby poses the question as to whether or not he would have taken his revenge on his Epsom conqueror Sea The Stars?
|
|
|
|