Irish & International Sports News, Fixtures & Results

Beijing 2022: Valieva to discover Games fate on Monday

Fifteen-year-old Kamila Valieva will find out her Olympic fate on Monday, one day before the scheduled women's figure skating competition in Beijing, the Court of Arbitration for Sport has announced.

Olympics • 12 Feb 22

Beijing 2022: Russian skater, 15, could be disqualified

Fifteen-year-old Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva faces being thrown out of the Winter Olympics after the International Testing Agency confirmed she tested positive for a banned heart medication in December.

Olympics • 11 Feb 22

Elsa Desmond is Ireland's first ever Olympian in the luge

Beijing 2022: Desmond 'ecstatic' after Olympic debut

Ireland's Elsa Desmond said she "couldn't be happier" after her maiden Winter Olympics came to an end today in Beijing.

Olympics • 08 Feb 22

Supporters watch the women's freestyle event at Big Air Shougang in Beijing.

Beijing 2022: Games to open doors to more spectators

China will invite more spectators to attend the Winter Olympics as the Covid-19 situation is under control within the "closed-loop" bubble, which separates all event personnel from the public, an official from the Beijing organisers said on Tuesday.

Olympics • 08 Feb 22

IOC members slam plans for biennial World Cup

Members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) have vented their frustration over plans for a biennial World Cup instead of the current four-year cycle, saying it would have a major negative impact on other sports.

Soccer • 03 Feb 22

A snow machine in action at the National Ski Jumping Centre that will host events during the Beijing Winter Olympics

Climate change threatening Winter Games, report warns

Climate change is threatening the Winter Olympics and the future of snow sports by making conditions much more dangerous for athletes and participants, experts warned in a report published a week ahead of the start of the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing.

Olympics • 26 Jan 22

The NHL said the current disruption to the competition in the US and Canada made it "impossible" to commit players for the tournament.

NHL won't allow players to compete at Winter Games

The National Hockey League has confirmed it will not send its players to the Beijing Winter Olympics due to concerns over the spread of the Omicron variant of coronavirus.

Olympics • 22 Dec 21

Beijing is set to stage the Games from 4 February to 20 February

China confident Omicron strain won't stop Winter Games

China expects to hold the 2022 Winter Olympics "smoothly" and on schedule, despite challenges posed by the emergence of the new Omicron coronavirus variant, foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Tuesday.

Olympics • 30 Nov 21

The US have raised the possibility of a Beijing Olympics boycott

US wants to 'discuss' Beijing Olympics boycott calls

The United States will discuss calls to boycott the Beijing Olympics with its allies after growing pressure to shun the Winter Games on human rights grounds.

Olympics • 06 Apr 21

The IOC are currently looking at six bids

Updated Brisbane chosen as 'preferred bidder' for 2032 Games

Brisbane has been chosen as the preferred bidder for the 2032 Olympics and Paralympics.

Olympics • 24 Feb 21

Fireworks blaze at the opening ceremony of the 2006 Turin Winter Games

Italy want to host 2026 Winter Games in Milan & Turin

The Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) has put forward a proposal to stage the 2026 Winter Olympics jointly in Milan and Turin.

Paris 2024 • 29 Mar 18

David Duncan in action at the Winter Games

Canadian skier arrested for stealing a car

Canadian skier David Duncan was arrested on charges of stealing a car in South Korea, where he was competing at the Winter Olympics, officials and Canadian media said on Saturday.

Paris 2024 • 24 Feb 18

British IOC member sent home from Games

British International Olympic Committee member Adam Pengilly has been sent home from the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics following an altercation with a security guard.

Paris 2024 • 15 Feb 18

Tess Arbez: 'The weather was amazing, my parents and my family were over there shouting for me and I cannot believe it!'

Arbez & McMillan impress in Winter Games

Bad weather may have delayed and frustrated them for several days but when Ireland's alpine skiers Patrick McMillan and Tess Arbez made up for lost time this morning.

Paris 2024 • 16 Feb 18

Ireland's Patrick McMillan reacts after crossing the finish line of the men's downhill at the Winter Games

Recap: Your morning sports updates

Read back on all the sports news from this February Thursday morning.

Other sport • 15 Feb 18

Perilous conditions leave Arbez kicking her heels

There was just one Irish competitor due in action at the Winter Olympics today, but once again Tess Arbez was left kicking her heels as the slalom ski event was postponed due to high winds.

Other sport • 14 Feb 18

Kei Saito has left the athletes village after testing positive

Japanese speedskater provisionally suspended for doping

A short track speedskater from Japan is the subject of the first anti-doping rule violation of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, the Court of Arbitration for Sport has announced.

Paris 2024 • 13 Feb 18

Thomas Westgaard was content with his 62nd place finish in the cross country sprint

Winter Olympics: Westgaard satisfied with sprint finish

Ireland's Thomas Westgaard was 62nd in the cross country sprint, while Seamus O'Connor failed to qualify for the final in the half-pipe snowboarding event, on the fourth day of the Winter Olympics.

Paris 2024 • 13 Feb 18

(L to R): Silver medalist Laurie Blouin of Canada, gold medalist Jamie Anderson of the United States and bronze medalist Enni Rukajarvi of Finland.

Winter Olympics: Talk of dangerous winds downplayed

Women's Olympic slopestyle race director Roby Moresi shrugged off suggestions the event should have been postponed for a second day due to high winds on Monday.

Paris 2024 • 12 Feb 18

Hailey Langland of USA competes in the Snowboard Ladies' Slopestyle final on day three of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games

Recap: Your morning sports updates

Read back on all the breaking sports news from this icy February morning.

Other sport • 12 Feb 18

CAS set to make call on Russians' Games participation

A decision on an appeal by Russian athletes to compete at the Pyeongchang Olympics will be issued on Friday morning.

Paris 2024 • 08 Feb 18

Snowboarder Seamus O'Connor is heading for his second Winter Games

Five-strong Team Ireland gear up for Winter Games

Alpine skiers Tess Arbez and Patrick McMillian, cross country skier, Thomas Westgard, half pipe skier Brendan 'Bubba' Newby and snowboarder Seamus O'Connor have been confirmed by the Olympic Council of Ireland as the five athletes who have qualified to represent Ireland at the Winter Games.

Other sport • 06 Feb 18

Winter Games doping testers target Russian competitors

Russian athletes have been targeted in anti-doping testing ahead of next month's Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, the International Olympic Committee announced on Thursday.

Other sport • 18 Jan 18

Jazmine Fenlator (L) and Carrie Russell (R) will represent Jamaica in Pyeongchang

Jamaica to make more bobsleigh history at Winter Games

Thirty years after the nation's fabled debut in Calgary, Jamaica are sending their first women's bobsleigh team to the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang next month.

Other sport • 16 Jan 18

Putin criticises 'politically motivated' Russia ban

Vladimir Putin hit out at the "politically motivated" ban on Russia from next year's Winter Olympics but vowed not to stand in the way of athletes who wish to compete.

Athletics • 07 Dec 17