Irish & International Sports News, Fixtures & Results

Carina Vogt soars on her way to a gold medal

Vogt takes gold in first Olmypic women's ski-jump

Carina Vogt of Germany made history when she won the women's first ever Olympic ski jumping competition, marking the triumphant end of a 13-year fight by female athletes to take part in the Games.

Other sport • 11 Feb 14

O'Connor eliminated at halfpipe semi-final

Ireland's Seamus O'Connor was eliminated following the semi-finals of the halfpipe at the Winter Olympics in Sochi.

Other sport • 11 Feb 14

Shive Keshavan is one of three athletes from India who entered the Games under the IOC flag

India returns to Olympic fold as ban lifted

India has returned to the Olympic fold after the IOC lifted a ban on the country's Olympic Association, and its athletes will now be able to march behind the Indian flag at the Sochi Games closing ceremony.

Other sport • 11 Feb 14

Ole Einar Bjoerndalen (l) finished behind winner Martin Fourcade of France

Winter Olympics: Bjoerndalen must wait for record

Ole Einar Bjoerndalen came within 1.7 seconds of making Winter Olympic history before being forced to settle for fourth place in the men's 12.5km biathlon pursuit

Other sport • 10 Feb 14

Maria Hoefl-Riesch secured gold thanks to her slalom surge

Hoefl-Riesch retains super combined title

Maria Hoefl-Riesch proved she is still the world's best all-round woman skier when she retained her Olympic super combined title with a thrilling surge in the slalom.

Other sport • 10 Feb 14

Seamus O'Connor finished ninth in the slopestyle quarter-final and competes in the half-pipe on Tuesday

Dubliners get snowboarder O'Connor in the mood

The crowd roared their approval as Ireland's Seamus O'Connor swept to the finish of his run in the Olympic slopestyle heat, but thanks to the loud music booming in his earphones, he heard little of their acclaim.

Cricket • 10 Feb 14

Austria's Matthias Mayer en route to securing the gold medal during the Alpine Skiing Men's Downhill at Rosa Khutor Alpine Center

Winter Olympics: Mayer secures downhill gold

Matthias Mayer won the men's Olympic downhill gold medal to get Austria off to a perfect start in the Alpine skiing competition, according to provisional results.

Cricket • 10 Feb 14

Sage Kotsenburg won the first gold medal of the 2014 Winter Games

Kotsenburg secures first gold in Sochi

American Sage Kotsenburg rode an almost flawless first run to win the first gold medal of the Sochi Olympics in the men's snowboarding slopestyle on Saturday.

Cricket • 10 Feb 14

Seamus O'Connor finished in style in Sochi

O'Connor bows out of slopestyle in style

Irish snowboarder Seamus O'Connor was "over the moon" despite missing out on a place in the final of the first ever Olympic slopestyle event in Sochi.

Cricket • 10 Feb 14

During the ceremony one of the Olympic rings failed to open

Winter Olympics get under way in Sochi

The Winter Olympics in Sochi have officially gotten under way with a lavish opening ceremony designed as a depiction of the history of Russia as seen through the dreams of a young girl.

Other sport • 07 Feb 14

O'Connor will compete in slopestyle semi-finals

Ireland's Seamus O'Connor will have to compete in the slopestyle semi-finals on Saturday after finishing in 13th place in his heat - the top four qualified directly for the final.

Other sport • 06 Feb 14

Conor Lyne will carry the flag for Ireland in Sochi

Lyne named as flag bearer for Ireland in Sochi

The Olympic Council of Ireland has announced that 21-year-old downhill skier Conor Lyne will be Ireland's flag bearer at the Parade of Nations during the Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Sochi.

Other sport • 06 Feb 14

Shaun White will now concentrate on halfpipe event at Sochi

Winter Olympics: White pulls out of slopestyle

Olympic champion snowboarder Shaun White has pulled out of the slopestyle event at the Sochi Games due to concerns that the course is too dangerous.

Other sport • 05 Feb 14

Members of the Irish team for the 2014 Winter Olympics

Winter Olympics: Who are the Irish in Sochi?

Ahead of the start of the Winter Olympics, Ross Cunningham takes a look at the Irish competitors in Sochi

Cricket • 05 Feb 14

O'Connor pictured competing in the Snowboard Big Air at the Winter Games NZ

O'Connor raises snowboard course fears

Seamus O'Connor, who will compete for Ireland in the snowboard halfpipe and slopestyle events at Sochi 2014, has raised concerns over the safety of the slopestyle course at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park.

Other sport • 03 Feb 14

Snowboarder Seamus O'Connor is a two-time European Junior halfpipe champion

Team of five set to represent Ireland in Sochi

Alpine skier Conor Lyne will lead a five-strong Ireland team to the Winter Olympics in Sochi next month.

Cricket • 29 Jan 14

Jamaica bobsleigh in action at the 1988 Olympics in Calgary

Jamaica bobsleigh team end Olympic drought

The Jamaican bobsleigh team will end a 12-year absence from the Winter Olympics after confirming their qualification for the two-man competition at next month's Sochi Games.

Cricket • 29 Jan 14

A view of the Soyuz TMA-11M rocket that is carrying the Olympic torch

Sochi Olympic torch blasted into space

The Sochi 2014 Olympic torch was launched into space on Thursday on board a Soyuz TMA-11M rocket.

Cricket • 29 Jan 14

Tina Maze finished fourth in Sunday's Super-G event in Germany

Maze misses podium after death threat

World champion Tina Maze finished off the podium of a women's super-G won by Austria's Anna Fenninger on Sunday after being told death threats had been made against her.

Cricket • 04 Mar 13

Winter Olympics draw to a close

The Vancouver Winter Olympics ended in spectacular triumph on Sunday with a closing ceremony that mixed traditional pomp with self-effacing humour and put the icing on 17 days of unrelenting drama and action.

Paris 2024 • 01 Mar 10

Canada claim men's ice hockey gold

Sidney Crosby scored the winner in overtime as Canada won the Olympic title on Sunday, beating the United States 3-2 to become the first host nation to capture gold in 30 years.

Paris 2024 • 01 Mar 10

Canada close on record gold haul

Kevin Martin's curlers, snowboarder Jasey Jay Anderson and the speedskating team pursuit trio of Mathieu Giroux, Lucas Makowsky and Denny Morrison took Canada's gold medal haul to 13 on the penultimate day of the Vancouver Games.

Paris 2024 • 28 Feb 10

Canada top gold charts after day 15

Canada moved top of the Olympic gold charts with two days to go on Friday and their ice hockey team got out of a close scrape to set up a mouth-watering closing day final with arch rivals USA.

Paris 2024 • 28 Feb 10

Kim Yu-Na took ladies' figure skating gold

Winter Olympics day 14 round-up

Canada's hockey women delivered the first half of what the host nation hopes will be a gold medal double when they beat the USA 2-0 at Canada Hockey Place on day 14 of the Vancouver Games.

Paris 2024 • 27 Feb 10

Aoife Hoey and Claire Bergin can feel satisfied with their performances in Vancouver

Irish bobsleighers finish 17th at Olympics

The Ireland women's bobsleigh team have finished a very creditable 17th at the Winter Olympic games in Vancouver, winning their personal duel with Australia in the process.

Paris 2024 • 26 Feb 10

Winter Sports

Vogt takes gold in first Olmypic women's ski-jump

O'Connor eliminated at halfpipe semi-final

India returns to Olympic fold as ban lifted

Winter Olympics: Bjoerndalen must wait for record

Hoefl-Riesch retains super combined title

Dubliners get snowboarder O'Connor in the mood

Winter Olympics: Mayer secures downhill gold

Kotsenburg secures first gold in Sochi

O'Connor bows out of slopestyle in style

Winter Olympics get under way in Sochi

O'Connor will compete in slopestyle semi-finals

Lyne named as flag bearer for Ireland in Sochi

Winter Olympics: White pulls out of slopestyle

Winter Olympics: Who are the Irish in Sochi?

O'Connor raises snowboard course fears

Team of five set to represent Ireland in Sochi

Jamaica bobsleigh team end Olympic drought

Sochi Olympic torch blasted into space

Maze misses podium after death threat

Winter Olympics draw to a close

Canada claim men's ice hockey gold

Canada close on record gold haul

Canada top gold charts after day 15

Winter Olympics day 14 round-up

Irish bobsleighers finish 17th at Olympics