Former World champion Michael Conlan and Olympic silver medallist Ken Egan are backing their ex-Irish team-mate Joe Ward to reach back-to-back World Elite light-heavy finals in Hamburg, Germany, tonight.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

Pro10 Sports Management, the company appointed as Ireland’s Authorised Ticket Reseller (ATR) and whose directors are the subject of arrest warrants, has insisted once again that its process for selling tickets was “fully within ATR guidelines”.

American teenager Virginia Thrasher won the first gold medal of the Rio 2016 Olympics when she claimed victory in the women's 10 metre air rifle.

The World Boxing Council (WBC), one of the various pro boxing sanctioning bodies, has hit out at radical proposal to allow pro boxers compete in the Olympics.

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The Ireland athletics team manager fears the unfolding doping and corruption scandal may extend beyond Russia, who were accused yesterday of “sabotaging” the London Games.

Russia faces being banned from the Rio 2016 Olympics after an investigation revealed “state-sponsored” doping on a wide scale in one of sport’s biggest ever scandals.

RTÉ has yet to decide if it will broadcast the 2020 and 2024 Olympics after US-based media giant Discovery Communications secured the European broadcast rights for four Olympics through 2024 in a landmark deal worth €1.3bn.

Triathlete Bryan Keane was looking for a big result at the Chengdu World Cup in China and delivered just that with a brilliant fifth place finish.

Ireland’s London 2012 bronze medallists Michael Conlan and Paddy Barnes secured quota places for the Rio 2016 Olympics after recording dramatic wins in the World Series of Boxing (WSB) in Venezuela on Saturday.

Katie Taylor has vowed to make more history at the Rio Olympics after being confirmed as an all-time great at the AIBA World Women’s Elite Championships in Jeju, South Korea yesterday.

Ireland qualified for the Laser Radial event for the Rio 2016 Olympics after Annalise Murphy finished the ISAF Sailing World Championship at Santander yesterday.

Brazil was in mourning today after an overpass collapsed in Belo Horizonte, reportedly killing two people.

'Tom Daley Goes Global' will not return for a second series.

The UCI has dropped its legal action against the Irish writer Paul Kimmage, the cycling body's new president has confirmed.

Elite amateur boxers signing up for AIBA Professional Boxing (APB) will retain their Olympics status.

OLYMPIAN Jamie Costin believes the High Performance Strategy launched by Athletics Ireland may represent a defining moment for the sport at elite level.