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Paddy Barnes was not awarded a single point in his semi-final bout against China's Zou Shiming

Jack Magowan: Olympic scoring system was an insult to boxing  new

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.
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Inside Olympics

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.
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Former World champion and Commonwealth Games gold medallist Barry McGuigan believes the time is right for the Belfast light-flyweight to leave the amateur vest behind and join the paid ranks.

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.
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Triumphant homecoming for North Belfast Olympic Bronze Medallist Paddy Barnes with his mum Ellen as thousands welcomed the twenty-one year old hero home following an open top bus tour around the area. He was one of Ireland's three Olympic boxing medallists at Beijing.

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
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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.
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Double Olympic gold medal winning swimmer Rebecca Adlington smiles as she is given gold Jimmy Choo shoes by Mayor Tony Eggington

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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Belfast boxer Paddy Barnes kisses the bronze medal he picked up in his Beijing bout.

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.
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Eric Waugh, Belfast Telegraph

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.
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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.
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Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger

James Lawton: Wenger puts his finger on the 'wretched truth' behind Olympic success

Tuesday, 26 August 2008

Arsenal's French manager Arsene Wenger is not xenophobic -- he has proved that in his long years irrigating English football with the finest skill -- but he was maybe the most damning witness of all amid the fanfare which greeted Great Britain's medal haul in Beijing.
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James Lawton: Politicians may bask in Beijing's golden glow but they're still failing our children

Tuesday, 26 August 2008

Behind every British triumph in Beijing, and every eloquent statement by heroes like swimmer Rebecca Adlington and sculler Mark Hunter about how it felt to beat the world, there was a scandal.
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British Telecom moves Donegal to UK for Olympics

Tuesday, 26 August 2008

Telecommunications giant, BT has been forced into an embarrassing apology after an advertising blunder depicted Donegal as part of the UK.
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Suspended Irish showjumper skips homecoming

Tuesday, 26 August 2008

Suspendend Olympic equestrian finalist Denis Lynch, whose horse tested positive for a banned substance, has flown straight back to his base in Germany and will not accompany his fellow Irish Olympians when they return home today.
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Vincent Hogan: All is not fair in glove war

Monday, 25 August 2008

Maybe our optimism was the fat, little conceit of the story.
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Barnes admits he must 'grow up' after bronze rant

Monday, 25 August 2008

A much-happier Paddy Barnes left the ring at the Workers Gymnasium yesterday, this time treasuring the bronze light-flyweight medal that had just been placed around his neck.
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Beijing Olympics in pictures

  • Anna Tunnicliffe of the United States of America competes on her way to overall victory in the Laser Radial class event following the medal race held at the Qingdao Olympic Sailing Center during day 11 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
  • Guo Shuang of China falls during the Women's Sprint Semi Finals against Anna Meares of Australia in the track cycling event at the Laoshan Velodrome on Day 11 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
  • Henry Cejudo (red) of the United States competes against Shingo Matsumoto of Japan for the gold medal in the men's 55kg freestyle wrestling event at the China Agriculture University Gymnasium on Day 11 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 19.

All the action from the Games

Yell-bow: Hungarian weightlifter's terrifying elbow injury

  • Janos Baranyai of Hungary competes in the weightlifting event at the University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Gymnasium during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
  • Janos Baranyai of Hungary competes in the weightlifting event at the University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Gymnasium during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
  • Janos Baranyai of Hungary competes in the weightlifting event at the University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Gymnasium during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.

Janos Baranyai dislocates elbow in competition

Beach boy Bush at the Olympics

  • U.S. President George Bush watches a practice as U.S player Kerri Walsh warms up at the Chaoyang Park Beach Volleyball Ground at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Saturday, Aug. 9, 2008.
  • U.S. President George Bush watches as U.S. team of Misty May Treanor, left, and Kerri Walsh warm up at the Chaoyang Park Beach Volleyball Ground at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Saturday, Aug. 9, 2008.
  • President Bush gestures toward the back of Misty May Treanor as he visits the practice of the U.S. beach volleyball team the 2008 Summer Olympic games in Beijing, China Saturday, Aug. 9, 2008. At right is Treanor's teammate Kerri Walsh.

US President finds time for some volleyball fun

Ulster athletes compete in Beijing

  • Andrew Bree, from Helen's Bay, will be swimming in the men's 200m breastroke event as part of the Irish team.
  • Paddy Barnes, from Belfast, will be competing in the light flyweight boxing division for the Irish Olympic team.
  • Melanie Nocher, from Belfast, will be swimming in the women's 200m backstroke event for the Irish team.

Northern Ireland stars in search of the Olympic dream

Columnist Comments

alan_green

• Alan Green: Wenger’s job is to win trophies, not save money!

Looks like Arsene Wenger is sticking to his principles.

david_healy

• David Healy: Liverpool set to raise their Standard

I know Liverpool fans were disappointed with their side’s performance against Standard Liege in the Champions League in midweek.

the_punter

• The Punter: Egan’s a champ for those who backed him

It was a case of a silver lining for Ireland’s light heavyweight Kenny Egan in Beijing but he was still a golden boy with customers of Paddy Power.

joe_kernan

• Joe Kernan: Cork’s second pop at Kerry is a surprise

It would have been a brave person indeed who would have wagered on Cork surviving to fight another day when Kerry built up an eight-point lead at one stage of the second-half last Sunday at Croke Park.

james_lawton

• James Lawton: Wenger puts his finger on the 'wretched truth' behind Olympic success

Arsenal's French manager Arsene Wenger is not xenophobic -- he has proved that in his long years irrigating English football with the finest skill -- but he was maybe the most damning witness of all amid the fanfare which greeted Great Britain's medal haul in Beijing.

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