Former Olympic champion Simpson dies in accident
Andrew Simpson, the British sailor who won gold at the 2008 Olympics, has died after a training accident in San Francisco.
Andrew Simpson, the British sailor who won gold at the 2008 Olympics, has died after a training accident in San Francisco.
Irish triathletes Aileen Reid and Bryan Keane are set to race the Yokohama leg of the World Triathlon Series this weekend.
Ireland ladies lost 2-1 to reigning champions, England, in this morning's final of the European Championships in Amsterdam.
World number 11 Madeline Perry played her best squash of the week in the final of the Cannon Kirk Homes Irish Squash Open 2013 to beat Guyana's Nicolette Fernandes by three games to one.
Annalise Murphy is the first subject of a new project to give the public a flavour of the unseen preparations and dedication of Irish elite athletes.
Setanta O'hAilpin is in the Greater Western Sydney Gaints squad to play Melbourne at the MCG this Sunday.
RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta sports programme Spórt an tSathairn has been awarded Gradam na Gaeilge 2012 at the McNamee Awards.
Irishman Conor McGregor has spoken of his confidence in the octagon after defeating Marcus Brimage on his UFC debut at the weekend with a KO after just 67 seconds.
Oxford buried memories of their painful defeat 12 months ago as they surged past Cambridge to win the 159th University Boat Race by almost two lengths on a chilly and windy River Thames on Sunday.
The heads of Ireland's largest sporting organisations have said that a possible ban on sponsorship of major sporting events by drinks companies would have a big impact on their funding going forward.
The team behind Newstalk's Off the Ball programme have resigned from the station, following a dispute over scheduling.
Double Olympic wrestling champion Armen Nazaryan has decided to go on a hunger strike to protest against the sport's possible exclusion from the Games.
BT's emergence as a serious challenger to BSkyB for sports rights continued today after it was announced that the telecommunications giant has acquired ESPN's UK and Ireland TV channels business.
Natalya Coyle and Eanna Bailey made history in the USA yesterday when they won Ireland's first ever medal at a modern pentathlon World Cup competition.
The Irish Sports Council has revealed that there were eight anti-doping violations in 2012, four of which were for cannabis.
Ireland's Scott Evans believes his recent title victories are largely down to a recent move of his training base from Denmark to the United Kingdom.
Well known Waterford news and sports journalist Johnny Murphy, who worked for the Irish Examiner newspaper, has died.
Team Ireland will return home from the 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games tomorrow with a hoard of 12 medals.
An Australian Crime Commission investigation has uncovered widespread use of performance enhancing drugs in Australian sport, as well as links to match fixing and organised crime.
A new one-hour sports show called Game On starts tonight on RTÉ 2fm, with Damien O'Meara in the presenting chair.