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Thomas Barr took bronze in the European Championships in Berlin

Munich to host 2022 European Championships

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Munich will host the 2022 European Championships after the unanimous endorsement of their bid by the participating federations.

Your morning sports updates - recap

Ash Barty during her singles match against Caroline Garcia

Barty flawless to keep Australia in hunt at Fed Cup

'We know she would have been there and she supported our hockey so much'

'It's a special time' - Hockey stars inspired by sister

Celtic's Kristoffer Ajer celebrates 2-1 Europa League victory over Lazio with the travelling supporters in Rome

Recap: Your Friday morning sports updates

There are four Irish teams in this season's Champions Cup

Recap: Your morning sports updates

South Africa are still celebrating

Recap: Your morning sports updates

Dallas Cowboys player Amari Cooper (R) catches the ball for a touchdown

Cowboys stand tall to fight back at Giants

Recap: Tuesday morning sports updates

Ireland players celebrate their dramatic win over Canada with an Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar

Recap: Your Monday morning sports tracker

Ireland will play in another Rugby League World Cup

Ireland qualify for 2021 Rugby League World Cup

More Other Sports

Boxing.

Billy Joe Saunders, right, lands a punch on Marceleo Coceres

Saunders retains world title with technical knockout

Billy Joe Saunders retained his world title by beating Argentinian Marcelo Esteban Coceres in a technical knockout in Los Angeles.

Relations have deteriorated since this moment

Fury and Wilder continue to trade barbs

Adams became the first woman to win Olympic gold in her sport

Nicola Adams retires from boxing

Katie Taylor (L) celebrates at the end of her WBO Super-Lightweight world title fight with Christina Linardatou

Who Katie fights next - champion's 2020 vision

Taylor got some joy on the outside

Discipline crucial as Taylor creates more history

Athletics.

Thomas Barr took bronze in the European Championships in Berlin

Munich to host 2022 European Championships

Alex Lee (Pic: Paralympics Ireland Twitter)

Irish 'blade runner' Lee misses out in 200m

Alberto Salazar is serving a four-year ban

UK Anti-doping says it will assist Salazar probe

Mo Farah (R) and Galen Rupp (L) with Alberto Salazar after the Men's 10,000m Final at London 2012

WADA to 'look at' former Salazar athletes

Diver still works full-time as a software developer and only took up running at 33

Belmullet's Sinead Diver fifth in New York marathon

All 2019 entrants are guaranteed of a spot next year, if they see fit

Dublin marathon confirm places for all 2017-19 entrants

Stephen Scullion celebrates crossing the line at the 2019 Dublin marathon

Scullion: I have thought, 'is this worth it?'

Swimming.

Nicole Turner will be competing in her second Paralympic Games next summer

Turner ready to embrace the serious business in Tokyo

Shane Ryan is among the senior squad of 11

Irish European Short Course squad announced

Ellen Keane took bronze at the world championships in London

Ellen Keane takes bronze at World championships

Barry McClements

McClements just misses out on final place in London

Nicole Turner

Turner seventh in 200m individual medley final

Amy Marren in action

Marren advances to backstroke World final

Mack Horton (L) refused to share the podium with Sun Yang (C) last month

CAS to hear WADA appeal against Yang reprieve in public

Hockey.

'We know she would have been there and she supported our hockey so much'

'It's a special time' - Hockey stars inspired by sister

Roisin Upton: "I'm not too sure exactly when, but adrenaline just takes over and I just kept going."

Upton scored crucial penalty with fractured wrist

Ireland captain Katie Mullan: "We grew up playing a sport where you were lucky if there were 10 men and a dog on the sideline"

'Transformative' Irish team with Tokyo medal ambitions

Ireland celebrate with the crowd at Energia Park

Dancer on peno drama: The girls are fairly professional

Ireland celebrate

Ireland Tokyo-bound after Donnybrook drama

Recap: Ireland beat Canada to qualify for Olympics

Ireland and Canada will do battle again on Sunday evening

Ireland fail to break down Canada but all to play ...

Tennis.

Dominic Thiem is congratulated by Roger Federer at the O2

Contrasting starts in London for Djokovic and Federer

Novak Djokovic flew out of the traps at the ATP Finals but Roger Federer's return to London fell flat.

Caroline Garcia (R) and Kristina Mladenovic celebrate victory over Australia

France take deciding doubles match to claim Fed Cup

Jannik Sinner has surged up the rankings in 2019

Future bright for Sinner after Milan victory

Ash Barty during her singles match against Caroline Garcia

Barty flawless to keep Australia in hunt at Fed Cup

Rafael Nadal has never won the ATP Finals

Nadal anticipates lining up at ATP Finals

Cricket.

Andrew Balbirnie made his Ireland debut in 2010 and has appeared 123 times for his country

Balbirnie looking to guide in transitional period

Andrew Balbirnie on the honour of being selected as Ireland cricket captain, and what success looks like to him.

Andrew Balbirnie made his international debut in 2010 and has appeared 123 times for Ireland

Balbirnie new Ireland captain as Porterfield steps down

Amy Kenealy took 45 wickets for Ireland

Kenealy calls time on Ireland career

Kevin O'Brien batting for Ireland against Scotland in September

Ireland learn T20 World Cup opponents

Gareth Delany celebrates his wicket

Ireland finish third at T20 Qualifier tournament

Rowing.

It's been a great week for Ronan Byrne

Byrne wins European U23 gold a week after Worlds silver

'I thought I should be at home training but at the same time, I wanted to spend some quality time with my sister because I knew she was going to pass away soon.'

'I knew she was going to pass away soon' - ...

Sanita Puspure stands for Amhrán na bhFiann

Rowing gold for Puspure and silver for Byrne and Doyle

McCarthy and O'Donovan are World Champions

O'Donovan and McCarthy clinch World Championship gold

Sanita Puspure has qualified the women's single sculls boat for the Olympic Games

Puspure, Doyle & Byrne seal more Irish Tokyo spots

Paul O'Donovan (L) with Fintan McCarthy

O'Donovan & McCarthy gelling in double quick time

Paul O'Donovan and Fintan McCarthy are going to the Olympics

Olympic spot and medal shot for O'Donovan and McCarthy

MMA.

Conor McGregor is set for a return to UFC

McGregor announces January return to UFC

Conor McGregor has announced his UFC comeback for January next year at a press conference in Moscow this morning.

A Las Vegas return for McGregor, either before Christmas or after, would appear to be the plan

UFC boss rules out prospect of McGregor clash in Dublin

Conor McGregor

McGregor teases possible Dublin return

UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov claimed a comprehensive victory

Khabib makes Poirier tap to unify UFC lightweight title

Conor McGregor has addressed the incident where he was filmed punching a man in the face in Drimnagh

Conor McGregor: The reality is, I was wrong