Irish & International Sports News, Fixtures & Results

Jenny Egan is hoping to join Liam Jegou in qualifying for the canoe-kayak events in Tokyo

Egan into final at Olympic kayaking qualifier

Jenny Egan has put herself in position to challenge for an Olympic spot after reaching the K1 200m final at the European canoe-kayak sprint qualifier in Hungary today.

Kayaking • 12 May 21

Caleb Clarke puts hands up for NZ Olympic selection

All Blacks winger Caleb Clarke, who lit up international rugby with an eye-catching debut season last year, has put his hand up for selection in New Zealand's Olympic sevens squad for the Tokyo Games.

Rugby • 10 May 21

Thomas Barr is a member of Ireland's Olympic-bound Mixed Relay team.

Ireland Mixed Relay foursome qualify for Olympic Games

Ireland's Mixed Relay team have qualified for the Tokyo Olympics.

Athletics • 01 May 21

John Treacy has been consistent in his views on Russian participation at Tokyo Games

Treacy: Russian case proves need for WADA independence

Sport Ireland CEO John Treacy has again aired his deep frustration that Russian athletes will be present at the Tokyo Games, arguing the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) need greater independence to impose stricter sanctions.

Athletics • 28 Apr 21

IOC president Thomas Bach Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee president Seiko Hashimoto (R) and Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike (L) at today's virtual metinf

Updated Daily Covid tests for Tokyo athletes and close contacts

Olympic athletes will be given daily tests for the coronavirus during their time in Tokyo for the delayed 2020 Games, all part of tighter countermeasures to show the event was still on track.

Olympics • 28 Apr 21

Michelle O'Neill is one 50 assistant referees selected for the Tokyo Games

O'Neill appointed assistant referee for Tokyo Olympics

Irish referee Michelle O'Neill has been confirmed as one of 50 assistant referees appointed for the upcoming Olympic football tournaments in Japan.

Soccer • 23 Apr 21

Decision on domestic fans at Olympics may come in June

A decision on limits for domestic spectators for the Tokyo Olympics may not be made until June, a month before the scheduled start of the games, the Mainichi newspaper reported on Tuesday.

Olympics • 20 Apr 21

McSharry and Wiffen qualify for Olympics

A remarkable first morning at the Swim Ireland National Team Trials at the NAC in Dublin saw both Larne's Daniel Wiffen and Tennessee-based Mona McSharry dip under the Olympic qualifying time for the men's 800m freestyle and the women's 100m breaststroke.

Swimming • 20 Apr 21

Philip Doyle during a training session at his home in Banbridge back in May, 2020

Philip Doyle searching for 'magic click' as Tokyo looms

Last weekend trainee doctor and elite rower Philip Doyle got back on the water at the Europeans for the first time in 20 months. Now he's ready to ramp up his drive for Tokyo.

Rowing • 16 Apr 21

Oliver Dingley faces a hectic month of competition in May

Dingley keeping calm ahead of rescheduled World Cup

The coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc on the plans of Olympic hopefuls over the past year, but Irish diver Oliver Dingley has remained phlegmatic amid the uncertainty, with his immediate focus the rescheduled Diving World Cup in Tokyo from 1-6 May.

other sport • 13 Apr 21

Rhys McClenaghan will represent Ireland in the upcoming European Championship in Basel

Stars shining brightly for Olympics-bound McClenaghan

Rhys McClenaghan is hoping a new routine can earn him a gold medal at the upcoming European Championships.

other sport • 13 Apr 21

Rhys McClenaghan will be heading to the Swiss city

Team of four confirmed for European Gymnastics in Basel

Gymnastics Ireland has confirmed a team of four for the European Championships in Artistic Gymnastics which will take place in Basel from 21-25 April.

other sport • 09 Apr 21

The North Korean delegation at the opening ceremony of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio

North Korea says it will not participate in Tokyo Games

North Korea will not be sending any athletes to the reorganised 2020 Olympics in Tokyo over coronavirus fears.

Olympic Games • 06 Apr 21

A view of the the diving platform and swimming pool at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre

Diving World Cup cancelled because of Covid concerns

This month's Diving World Cup in Tokyo, a qualifier for July's Olympic Games, has been cancelled by the sport's international governing body FINA because the organisers' planned Covid-19 precautions "will not properly ensure" athletes' safety.

Olympics • 02 Apr 21

Tokyo organisers to bar most international volunteers

Tokyo Olympic organisers have confirmed that Japan would not allow in volunteers from overseas except for some who are deemed essential, after it decided to bar international spectators amid public concerns over the novel coronavirus.

Olympics • 22 Mar 21

The Tokyo Olympic Stadium was built to accommodate 68,000

Overseas fans banned from Tokyo Olympic Games

Overseas fans will be barred from this year's pandemic-postponed Tokyo Olympics because of ongoing coronavirus concerns, organisers have announced.

Olympics • 20 Mar 21

Skateboarding will be part of the Olympic programme for the first time this year

Olympic test events deferred but torch relay to proceed

Tokyo Olympics organisers announced today that test events for skateboarding and shooting have been postponed until May due to the impact on scheduling from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Olympics • 15 Mar 21

Phil Healy feels like she won a medal at the European Indoors

Phil Healy concentrating on positives in Olympic year

Phil Healy wants to qualify for two different distances at this year's Olympic Games after coming fourth in the 400m at the European Indoor Athletics Championships over the weekend.

Athletics • 08 Mar 21

RTÉ will broadcast live coverage of the second game of the series, on Sunday, 14 March

Ireland continue summer preparations with GB series

Ireland will take on Great Britain in an uncapped series later this month as preparations for the European Championships and Olympic Games.

Hockey • 02 Mar 21

Mageean: 'I am disappointed not to be racing alongside Ireland's largest Indoor team to date and the amazing athletes who are on top form'

'Disappointed' Mageean withdraws from European Indoors

Ciara Mageean has said that a few "set-backs" are behind her reason to withdraw from this week's European Indoor Championships in Poland.

Athletics • 01 Mar 21

Seiko Hashimoto is the Japanese minister for the Olympics and Paralympics

Olympian minister set to take over as Tokyo 2020 chief

The Tokyo 2020 organising committee will reportedly ask Japan's Olympics Minister Seiko Hashimoto - a woman who competed in seven Games as a skater and a cyclist - to be its new president following the resignation of the former head over sexist comments.

Olympics • 17 Feb 21

A man holds placard outside Japan Olympic Museum calling for the resignation of Yoshiro Mori.

Tokyo Games chief set to step down - reports

The head of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games organising committee is poised to step down after making sexist remarks, according to reports.

Olympics • 11 Feb 21

Ciara Mageean has qualified for the European Indoor Championships

Athletics Ireland announce elite level 'micro meet'

Five days after the cancellation of the National Indoor Championships, Athletics Ireland have moved quickly to fill those vacant dates on their calendar with a 'micro meet' for invited elite competitors only.

Athletics • 04 Feb 21

Yoshiro Mori said that he doesn't listen to women that much lately when asked whether he thought that women speak too much

Apology but Games chief not resigning for sexist remark

Tokyo Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori apologised on Thursday for sexist comments about women talking too much, but said he would not resign, as his remarks sparked a storm of criticism on social media and risked tainting public opinion of the Games.

Olympic Games • 04 Feb 21

No chanting or singing at Tokyo Olympics, say IOC

Singing and chanting will be discouraged as part of the International Olympic Committee's bid to combat coronavirus and stage a successful Games in Tokyo this summer.

Olympics • 03 Feb 21