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.
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.
Katie Taylor is through to the women's Olympic lightweight final after a 17-9 win over Mavzuna Chorieva this afternoon.
Live video and text updates on Day 12 of the London Olympics. Katie Taylor is through to the women's lightweight final. Cian O'Connor has won a showjumping bronze.
Katie Taylor has guaranteed herself at least a bronze medal at the London Olympics after a comprehensive victory in the women's lightweight boxing quarter-final over Great Britain's Natasha Jonas.
Ireland's rowing duo Claire Lambe and Siobhan McCrohan have finished fourth in the European Rowing Championships.
Katie Taylor and Carl Frampton both claimed gold medals at the men's and women's Ahmet Comert Cup in Istanbul today.
Katie Taylor produced a magnificent performance to march into the lightweight final at the AIBA Women's World Championships in China.
On the Malta lake in Poznan, Poland today Ireland's Sinéad Jennings won silver in the non-Olympic lightweight women's single sculls (LW1x) final in a closely contested affair.
Reigning Irish, World and three times European lightweight (60kg) champion Katie Taylor claimed yet another victory after stopping Canadian Katie Dunn at the University of Illinois in Chicago on Saturday evening.
Four Irish boats will contest tomorrow's semi-finals at the opening World Cup regatta in Linz, Austria.