Taylor wants to defend Olympic title
Ireland's Olympic gold medallist Katie Taylor has given the strongest indication yet that she intends to stay amateur and defend her title in Brazil in 2016.
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Updated: Oct. 16, 2012, 2:53 p.m.
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Mullingar to cash in on Nevin
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Boxing: Nevin 'heartbroken' but noble in defeat
Ireland's John Joe Nevin was magnanimous in defeat after losing to Britain's Luke Campbell by 14-11 in the bantamweight final at the ExCel Arena.
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Boxing: Lomachenko and Carrazana take gold
Ukraine's Vasyl Lomachenko won his second Olympic title today after completely outclassing Soonchul Han in the men's lightweight final at the ExCel.
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Boxing: John Joe Nevin's dreams of gold are dashed
John Joe Nevin's dreams of Olympic gold were dashed in London tonight as Britain's Luke Campbell edged their bantamweight final 14-11 at the ExCel Arena.
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Bray, Mullingar and Belfast plan Olympic parties
Separate homecoming parties are being planned for the medal winning Irish boxers on Monday evening.
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Boxing: Controversy as Zou Shiming retains gold
China's Zou Shiming became the first man to retain the light-flyweight Olympic title but only after claiming a controversial victory in the gold medal match against Thailand's Kaeo Pongprayoon.
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Boxing: Nevin to contest final after great win
John Joe Nevin is into the bantamweight final after defeating Cuban Lazaro Alvarez Estrada in their semi-final bout at the London Olympics today.
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Boxing: John Joe Nevin sets sights on Olympic gold
Ireland's John Joe Nevin and Britain's Luke Campbell will resume one of the healthiest rivalries in amateur boxing today when they fight for Olympic bantamweight gold at ExCeL.
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Boxing: Conlan undone by classy Cuban
Ireland's Michael Conlan was beaten in his Olympic flyweight semi-final bout, losing 20-10 to the classy Cuban Robeisy Ramirez Carrazana.
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Taylor gold medal watched by 1.1 million
A phenomenal 1.1 million viewers watched Ireland's Katie Taylor win Olympic Gold on RTÉ Television yesterday.
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Boxing: Paddy Barnes goes down fighting
Ireland's Paddy Barnes lost to Zou Shiming of China on countback after a hugely entertaining light flyweight semi-final in London this afternoon.
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Boxing: Campbell books final showdown with Nevin
Luke Campbell will look to follow Nicola Adams' lead and book a second Olympic boxing gold medal for Great Britain tomorrow after easing through his bantamweight semi-final against Japan's Satoshi Shimizu 20-11 today.
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Boxing: Taylor named female boxer of London 2012
Katie Taylor was celebrating another historic first today after she scooped the Best Women's Boxer Trophy at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
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Katie Taylor's Olympic Gold
On 9 August 2012, Katie Taylor won Olympic lightweight gold at the ExCel Arena, London. Relive it with these images.
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Boxing: Katie Taylor will keep on boxing
Katie Taylor expressed her "huge relief" after crowning her glittering career with an Olympic boxing gold medal, and insisted that she is determined to continue boxing.
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Boxing: Katie Taylor wins Olympic gold
Ireland's Katie Taylor completed a lifetime dream by winning an Olympic gold medal when she beat Russia's Sofya Ochigava 10-8 in the women's lightweight final at the ExCel Arena.
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Boxing: Stalker loss taints British record
Great Britain's boxing team will take a record-equalling five medals away from the London Olympics but the feat was tinged with sadness after a heart-breaking light-welterweight defeat for Thomas Stalker at ExCeL.
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Boxing: Adams and Shields both claim gold
Britain's Nicola Adams became the first woman to win an Olympic boxing title by bullying her way to victory over China's number one seed Ren Cancan, taking the flyweight gold.
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Boxing: Taylor wins again to reach Olympic final
Katie Taylor is through to the women's Olympic lightweight final after a 17-9 win over Mavzuna Chorieva this afternoon.
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Extended Interview: Magee on Munich
Jimmy Magee remembers the terrible events of the Munich massacre during the 1972 Olympics
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Munich Olympic massacre remembered
Ceremonies are held to mark the 40th anniversary of the Munich Olympics massacre.
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Jason Smyth
Jason Smyth speaks to RTÉ's Adrian Eames after his stunning medal success.
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Darragh McDonald
Speaking after getting his gold medal Darragh McDonald said today was a day he would remember for the rest of his life
Medal Table
| Country | Total | |||
| USA | 46 | 28 | 29 | 103 |
| China | 38 | 28 | 23 | 89 |
| Great Britain | 29 | 17 | 19 | 65 |
| Russia | 25 | 25 | 32 | 82 |
| South Korea | 13 | 8 | 7 | 28 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
Team Ireland
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Annalise Murphy: laser radial
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Barry Murphy
Barry Murphy: 100m breaststroke
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Adam Nolan
Adam Nolan: 69kg - welterweight
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