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Dancers perform during the opening ceremony of the 131st IOC Session in September 2017 (file image)

WADA confident lockdown not doping 'golden opportunity'

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The Director General of the World Anti-Doping Agency, Olivier Niggli, has told RTÉ News that global lockdowns brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic are not a "golden opportunity" for athletes who want to dope.

'I am all for playing again because we have no other choice'

Mings: Premier League return driven by money

Oisin Murphy ride for 67 trainers last season

Murphy relishing return as he aims to defend title

Members of the Barcelona Dublin supporters group

Longing for match days in a post-pandemic world

Morrow was named Sports Illustrated's 'Sportsman of the Year' in 1956

Ex-Olympic sprint champion Bobby Morrow dies aged 84

Will Jonny Hayes return to Aberdeen?

'I wasn't being phased out' - Hayes on leaving Celtic

Lee Cullen had established himself with Fermanagh befoere making his decision to leave

Why three players swapped inter-county football for Oz

Rob Howley now hopes to get back to coaching rugby

Howley no longer battling demons after gambling issues

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Cures for Cabin Fever.

Ciarán Ó Lionáird (left) running with a face mask in the Nevada desert at Burning Man (Photo credit: John Jefferson - Instagram: jjeffersoniv)

Burning Man and back: O'Lionáird ready to pay his debts

London Olympian Ciarán O'Lionáird hung up his spikes ahead of Rio 2016, but now, locked down in Flagstaff, Arizona, the Cork native is making strides towards the unlikeliest of comebacks ahead of the rescheduled Tokyo Games.

Don Givens lifts the Swiss league trophy in 1987

Don Givens at Neuchâtel: Title win and Kaiser dethroned

'The big memory for me from that afternoon was the save from Limerick goalkeeper Nickie Quaid to deny Cork captain Seamus Harnedy what seemed a certain goal in the 72nd minute'

Two teams, 90 minutes, 78 points and one amazing save

The Dundalk and Manchester Corinthian Nomads teams that met at Prestatyn in 1970

Trailblazers - When Dundalk Ladies represented Ireland

GAA.

Lee Cullen had established himself with Fermanagh befoere making his decision to leave

Why three players swapped inter-county football for Oz

DCU Mercy head coach Mark Ingle

Basketball's influence on Dublin's Drive for Five

O'Shea was the keynote speaker at a recent coaching webinar arranged by Dr Peter Horgan, Education Officer at the GAA

How Eamon O'Shea and others are coaching in lockdown

'We do not envisage a return to training in small groups in Phase Two and pitches and playing areas are to remain closed'

GAA rules out 'small group' training in phase two

Long jumper Shane Howard remains focused at home on family farm

3 steps to training attention on more positive matters

The team in full

The final XV: Football All-Stars of The Sunday Game era

Denise McGrath: 'With every call you never know what's coming around the corner'

McGrath on guard as football takes back seat

Soccer.

Members of the Barcelona Dublin supporters group

Longing for match days in a post-pandemic world

'I am all for playing again because we have no other choice'

Mings: Premier League return driven by money

Will Jonny Hayes return to Aberdeen?

'I wasn't being phased out' - Hayes on leaving Celtic

Edinson Cavani (R) and Mauro Icardi will compete for a place up front

PSG make Mauro Icardi signing permanent

Hans-Dieter Flick with Robert Lewandowsk who bagged a brace

Bayern boss hails relentless dismantling of Dusseldorf

The all-clear raises confidence around the planned 17 June resumption

No positive results from PL's latest Covid-19 tests

Robert Lewandowski (L) and Alphonso Davies both found the net

Bundesliga wrap: Bayern take another step towards title

Rugby.

Rob Howley now hopes to get back to coaching rugby

Howley no longer battling demons after gambling issues

'My preference is to move to the summer to align with the southern hemisphere'

Scotland head coach craving 'aligned' rugby calendar

Jacob Stockdale in action during this season's Six Nations

Stockdale hopeful lockdown learnings will stick

Tom McCartney spent six years with Connacht

McCartney and Adeolokun among Connacht departees

Dave Rennie was appointed as Australia head coach on a three-and-a-half-year deal in November

Rennie hopes to bring relief to Australian rugby

A group studied 60 matches to help make the new laws

New rugby rules for Covid-19 prevention approved

Nick Isiekwe in action against Munster

Sarries' Nick Isiekwe joins Northampton on loan