Irish women are beaten by Belarus
The Irish women's hockey team suffered a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Belarus in their second game at World League Two in Valencia, Spain.
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Seventh spot for Ryan in Belarus
Ireland's Caroline Ryan flagged dramatically in the closing stages of the scratch race at the World Track Championships in Minsk to finish seventh.
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Ryan placed fifth in women's pursuit
Ireland's Caroline Ryan placed fifth in the Women's 3 km pursuit at the World Track Cycling Championships in Belarus - just missing out on a medal ride.
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Shot putter Ostapchuk given one-year suspension
Belarus shot putter Nadezhda Ostapchuk, who was stripped of the Olympic gold medal last month after testing positive for a banned anabolic steroid, has been handed a one-year suspension.
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Athletics: Shot put gold for Belarus' Ostapchukin
Belarusian Nadzeya Ostapchuk's long wait for Olympic gold ended as she finally turned the tables on New Zealand's Valerie Adams to win the shot put competition.
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Downing gives Liverpool Europa advantage
Liverpool have won the first leg of their Europa League third qualifying round tie against Gomel in Belarus 1-0.
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Linfield 1-1 BATE Borisov
Linfield kept themselves in with a shot of reaching the third qualifying round of the Champions League after holding BATE Borisov, the champions of Belarus, at Windsor Park.
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Contador leads after final montain stage
Spain's Alberto Contador retained the overall lead in the Giro d'Italia after Saturday's final mountain stage won by Vasil Kiryienka of Belarus.
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Azarenka beats Sharapova in Miami
Victoria Azarenka of Belarus defeated an error-plagued Russian Maria Sharapova 6-1 6-4 on Saturday to win the Sony Ericsson Open for the second time in three years.
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Ireland secure four medals in Lithuania
Ireland will be taking home one gold, one silver and two bronze medals from the 10-nation Lithuanian Multi-Nations.
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Capello reacts to England win
Fabio Capello compared his surprise at David Beckham's man of the match award for a cameo substitute performance against Belarus with US President Barack Obama winning the Nobel peace prize.
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England 3-0 Belarus
Peter Crouch stepped up his claims to play a leading role for England under Fabio Capello with two goals in Wednesday's 3-0 World Cup qualifying win over Belarus at Wembley.
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BATE Borisov 1-2 Everton
Everton shrugged off the loss of 10 first team players to record a superb victory in the Europa League in Belarus thanks to Tim Cahill's goal 13 minutes from time.
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Ireland 2-1 Belarus
David Metcalf reports from the European Hockey Championships in Wrexham where Ireland opened their campaign with a 2-1 victory over Belarus.
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Further wins in Czech Republic
Irish light welterweight Philip Sutcliffe stunned 2008 Olympic bronze medalist Hrachik Javakhyan of Armenia to guarantee Ireland another bronze medal at the Czech Republic Multi Nations in Ustil Nad Labem.
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Ivanovic advances as seeds tumble
Ana Ivanovic opened her BNP Paribas Open title defence with a straight sets second round victory over qualifier Anastasiya Yakimova of Belarus.
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Verdasco to meet Stepanek in final
Spanish Davis Cup hero Fernando Verdasco will face Czech Radek Stepanek in the men's singles final at the Brisbane international after the pair won their semi-finals against French opponents on Saturday.
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Irish trio bow out in Liverpool
There was triple disappointment for Ireland at the 37th European Senior Championships in Liverpool after Eamon O'Kane, John Joe Joyce and Ross Hickey lost their semi-final bouts at the Greenbank Academy.
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Three Irish into European semi-finals
Irish middleweight Eamon O'Kane joined John Joe Joyce and Ross Hickey in the semi-finals of the European Senior Championships after recording a deserved win over Andranik Hakoyban in Liverpool tonight.
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Six Irish fighers into Euro quarter-finals
Six Irish boxers will compete in the quarter-finals of the 37th European Senior Championships following a hat trick of last sixteen wins at the Greenbank Academy in Liverpool.