Irish & International Sports News, Fixtures & Results

Kellie Harrington beat Thailand's Sudaporn Seesondee in the 2018 World Championships

Tokyo 2020: Harrington on cusp of super-stardom

Kellie Harrington is on the cusp of becoming the star of Team Ireland at the Olympic Games, broadening the appeal of an athlete who has already inspired so many.

Olympics • 04 Aug 21

Natalya Coyle celebrating her sixth place finish at the Rio Olympics in 2016

Tokyo 2020: Coyle brings new focus into third Olympics

Modern Pentathlete Natalya Coyle is aiming to raise the bar and have a tilt at the podium in this her third Olympics, following her ninth place finish at London 2012 and sixth in Rio 2016.

Olympics • 04 Aug 21

Tanya Watson held her nerve in the final two dives maintaining her 16th position

Tokyo 2020: Watson qualifies for 10m semi-final

Tanya Watson, the first female Irish diver to qualify for the Olympics, has made for the 10m platform semi-final after finishing 16th in the preliminary round.

Olympics • 15 Aug 21

Laurel Hubbard contested the +87kg category weightlifting but failed to complete a single lift

Tokyo 2020: Transgender lifter Hubbard retires

Transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard has announced she will retire in the wake of her groundbreaking appearance at the Tokyo Olympics this week.

Olympics • 04 Aug 21

Cyclists Bao Shanju and Zhong Tianshi wore the badges during their gold medal ceremony

Tokyo 2020: IOC demanding explanation over Mao badges

The IOC said on Wednesday it is still waiting for a formal explanation from the Chinese Olympic officials as to why two gold medallists wore badges featuring the head of the country's former leader Mao Zedong on the podium at the Tokyo Olympics.

Olympics • 04 Aug 21

Sydney McLaughlin beat her own world record time

Tokyo 2020: McLaughlin sets new WR to take hurdle gold

Sydney McLaughlin shattered her own 400 metres hurdles world record to win gold in 51.46 seconds, getting the better of fellow American Dalilah Muhammad in a thrilling Tokyo Olympics final that lived up to all expectations.

Olympics • 15 Aug 21

Canada beat USA in the semi-finals to reach the decider

Tokyo 2020: Sweden & Canada ask for soccer final delay

Sweden and Canada have asked Olympic organisers to move what is expected to be a closely-fought women's gold-medal soccer match on Friday at Tokyo's Olympic Stadium to later in the day to avoid the sweltering heat of the Japanese summer.

Olympics • 04 Aug 21

The Belarusian sprinter had originally been due to fly to Poland whose government has offered her a humanitarian visa

Updated Tokyo 2020: Belarusian athlete boards flight to Austria

Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya left Tokyo for Austria on Wednesday after leaving the Polish embassy where she had sought refuge, having been scheduled to board a flight for Warsaw.

Olympics • 04 Aug 21

Tokyo 2020: Day 12 as it happened

Bertram Allen, Darragh Kenny and Cian O'Connor claimed top 20 finishes in the showjumping individual final, while diver Tanya Watson is through to the women's 10m Platform semi-final. See how it unfolded here.

Olympics • 04 Aug 21

Lamont Marcell Jacobs stunned the world when he took 100m gold

Tokyo 2020: Italy chief blasts Jacobs doping suspicions

Doping suspicions aimed at Italy's 100 metres Olympic champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs are embarrassing and unpleasant, the Italian Olympic Committee president Giovanni Malago said.

Athletics • 03 Aug 21

Darragh Kenny had a strong showing in the showjumping qualifier today ahead of the final

Tokyo 2020: Irish in action on Day 12

There aren't as many Irish in action on Day 12 of Tokyo 2020 as we've become accustomed to in recent days, but there is the chance of another medal for Team Ireland.

Olympics • 03 Aug 21

Bronze medallist Aidan Walsh of Ireland with his sister Michaela

Tokyo 2020: Walsh already has sights on a higher podium

On the day he received his bronze medal, boxer Aidan Walsh is already targeting a higher podium position at future Olympics.

Olympics • 03 Aug 21

Tokyo 2020: Showjumping trio reach individual final

In the individual showjumping qualifying, Ireland's Bertram Allen, Darragh Kenny and Cian O'Connor all jumped clear rounds and are among the 30 riders through to Wednesday's final.

Olympics • 03 Aug 21

Simone Biles secured bronze on return to action

Tokyo 2020: Biles secures bronze on return to action

Simone Biles returned to centre stage at the Tokyo Olympics to claim a bronze medal in the women's beam.

Olympics • 03 Aug 21

Kellie Harrington's father Christy, mother Yvonne and brother Christopher celebrate outside their Dublin home

Tokyo 2020: It was like getting up to watch Ali-Frazier

Elated family, friends and neighbours of Kellie Harrington were out in force today celebrating the Dublin boxer's bronze medal, at the very least, after her quarter-final victory at the Tokyo Olympics.

Olympics • 03 Aug 21

Christine Mboma set a under-20 world record in the semi-final of the 200 metres

Tokyo 2020: Namibian teens spark testosterone debate

The presence of Namibian teenagers Beatrice Masilingi and Christine Mboma in the Olympic women's 200 metres final weeks after they were banned from the 400m due to excess levels of testosterone has reopened the debate about DSD athletes.

Olympics • 03 Aug 21

Benik Abramyan tested positive during an out-of-competition test conducted on 31 July in Tokyo

Tokyo 2020: Georgian shot putter fails drugs test

Georgian shot putter Benik Abramyan has been provisionally suspended and will miss today's competition at the Tokyo Olympics after failing a doping test for steroids, the International Testing Agency (ITA) said.

Olympics • 03 Aug 21

Krystsina Tsimanouskaya sought the protection of Japanese police at Tokyo airport on Sunday

Tokyo 2020: Tsimanouskaya offered Polish visa

A Belarusian Olympic athlete is sheltering in Poland's embassy in Tokyo after being offered safe passage to Warsaw, as the US slammed her team's attempt to send her home.

Olympics • 03 Aug 21

Tokyo 2020: Meet our gold medallist Kellie Harrington

Kellie Harrington is Ireland's newest Olympic medalist but how did she get here?

Olympics • 08 Aug 21

Warholm has broken the world record twice in two months

Tokyo 2020: Warholm breaks world record to take gold

Norway's Karsten Warholm shattered his own world record to win the men's 400m hurdles at the Olympics.

Olympics • 03 Aug 21

Harrington will fight to reach an Olympic final on Thursday

Tokyo 2020: Harrington guarantees medal with Khelif win

Kellie Harrington has guaranteed herself an Olympic lightweight medal after beating Algeria's Imane Khelif on a unanimous decision to win bronze.

Olympics • 15 Aug 21

Leon Reid posted a season's best in the heats of the 200 metres

Tokyo 2020: Reid seventh in 200m semi-final

Leon Reid has missed out on a place in the final of the men's 200 metres at the Tokyo Olympics.

Olympics • 03 Aug 21

Phil Healy finished strongly in her heat

Tokyo 2020: Agonising exit for Healy in 400m

Phil Healy's eventful Olympic Games is over after she missed out on the 400 metres semi-finals in an agonising manner.

Olympics • 15 Aug 21

Andrew Coscoran will compete in the 1500m semi-finals

Tokyo 2020: Coscoran progresses to 1500m semi-finals

Andrew Coscoran has qualified for the semi-finals of the men's 1500 metres in Tokyo as one of the fastest runners outside of the automatic qualifiers.

Olympics • 15 Aug 21

Katie-George Dunlevy

Katie-George Dunlevy and pilot Eve McCrystal have firmly established themselves as Paralympic regulars for Team Ireland over several years.

Cycling • 19 Aug 21