Irish & International Sports News, Fixtures & Results

Sebastian Coe: "Our sport has always been about fairness and a level playing field so we shouldn't feel ashamed to set that as our ambition."

Coe: It's possible Games will be moved to the autumn

World Athletics chief Sebastian Coe said on Thursday that moving the 2020 Tokyo Olympics to September or October due to the coronavirus outbreak was a possibility but it was too soon to take a decision on whether to cancel the Games.

Paris 2024 • 19 Mar 20

The IOC has remained committed to staging the Tokyo Games planned from 24 July to 9 August

Voices of dissent grow louder over IOC's Olympic stance

The International Olympic Committee is facing its strongest headwinds in decades as it prepares to brief national committees on Wednesday, as Japan insisted it is not planning for a postponed games.

Paris 2024 • 18 Mar 20

Kellie Harrington is in action on St Patrick's Day

Irish fighters go to London in search of Tokyo ticket

Thirteen Irish boxers will fight for Olympic berths at the European Olympic Qualifying Tournament in London this weekend.

Boxing • 13 Mar 20

Cancelling Olympics 'inconceivable': Japan minister

Postponing or cancelling the Tokyo Olympics is "inconceivable", Japan's Olympic minister said Wednesday, as the new coronavirus outbreak raises fears the event could be scrapped.

Paris 2024 • 11 Mar 20

Irish riders will compete across six different events in Tokyo.

Ireland to send largest ever cycling team to Tokyo

Ireland has qualified its largest ever cycling team for an Olympic Games after securing a quota in the men's and women's Madison and Omnium events.

Cycling • 10 Mar 20

Hockey player Anna O'Flanagan and swimmer Darragh Greene

Sherrard confident Tokyo Olympics will go ahead

Peter Sherrard, the CEO of the Olympic Federation of Ireland, is confident the Tokyo Olympics will proceed as planned but insists neither the OFI or the International Olympic Committee are being complacent about the threat of the coronavirus.

Paris 2024 • 27 Feb 20

Boats line up at the 49er World Championships in New Zealand

Irish crews look to earn Olympic spots in New Zealand

Racing got underway at the 49er World Championships in New Zealand this morning with two Irish crews aiming to qualify Ireland for next year's Tokyo Olympics.

Sailing • 03 Dec 19

Tokyo Rising: Ellen Keane and Natalya Coyle

This week, The W Podcast is joined by two Team Ireland veterans of the Paralympics and Olympics, who are still only in their 20s - Ellen Keane and Natalya Coyle.

Swimming • 26 Nov 19

People hold umbrellas at the Shibuya crossing in Tokyo to protect them from the summer heat

Heat concerns for 2020 organisers as Tokyo swelters

Soaring temperatures in Japan have killed at least 57 people since late July, authorities said on Tuesday, highlighting the health threat to athletes and fans that Olympics organisers must tackle before next year's Tokyo Games.

Paris 2024 • 06 Aug 19

Boxing will remain an Olympic sport in 2020

Tokyo 2020 organisers welcome boxing clarification

Tokyo 2020 organisers welcomed the International Olympic Committee's recommendation to include boxing at next year's Games.

Boxing • 23 May 19

Tiger Woods: "If I play well in the big events, like I did this year, things will take care of themselves."

Tiger has eyes on playing at the Olympics

Masters champion Tiger Woods has not ruled out making his Olympic debut next year if his good form continues.

Golf • 14 May 19

'I'm 42 not 92' - Diver bucking the trend Down Under

Mayo-born Sinead Diver, 42, is defying all the odds and closing on a dream appearance at the Tokyo Games.

Athletics • 29 Apr 19

GB will enter women's soccer team into Tokyo Games

The football associations of the four home nations have agreed to allow a British women's team try to qualify for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, FIFA has confirmed.

Soccer • 01 Oct 18

Japan mulls radical change for Games to combat heat

Enduring a deadly heatwave this summer, Japan is considering adopting daylight saving time from next year, so that the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games can stage events during cooler hours, the Sankei Shimbun newspaper reported.

Paris 2024 • 07 Aug 18

Tokyo Games