Pete Taylor believes Katie Taylor is Ireland’s greatest ever athlete and will strike gold at the Rio Olympics next year.

Ireland’s boxing head coach Billy Walsh declared the European Games a total success and believes this Irish team can break more records.

Two Irish boxers have taken home gold medals at the European Games in Baku.

Irish boxer Katie Taylor has won the women's lightweight championship at the European Games in Baku this afternoon.

Chloe and Sam Magee will have to content themselves with a bronze medal after being beaten in their mixed doubles semi-final at the European Games badminton in Baku.

Katie Taylor survived quite a scare to set up a European games final with Estelle Mossely in Baku today.

Two badminton medals have been secured as Chloe and Sam Magee qualified for the mixed doubles semi-finals and a guaranteed bronze at least.

Sean McComb has lost to top-ranked Azeri Albert Selimov in the men's lightweight semis on a unanimous points decision.

Katie Taylor is through to the European Games final after a narrow win in her semi-final in Baku.

Defeat was Brendan Irvine’s lot in Ireland’s first ever boxing final at a European Games.

It’s a been a fruitful morning in the pool for Ireland’s swimmers at the European Games in Baku with the Irish 4x100m medley relay squad qualifying for tonight’s final,

Katie Taylor bagged her 18th major medal in convincing fashion in Baku yesterday and immediately set sights on gold.

Katie Taylor will have no fear of finding herself on the wrong end of a home-town verdict when she faces Azerbaijan’s Yana Alekseevna in the women’s lightweight semi-finals at the European Games in Baku.

Katie Taylor and Michael O’Reilly have added to Ireland’s medals tally at the European Games in Baku, doubling the Irish tally from two to four – and they’re currently all bronzes

Brendan Irvine battled from behind to land Ireland’s first ever European games medal in Baku, Azerbaijan, yesterday.

A day of mixed emotions for Ireland at the European Games in Baku with the first Irish medal of the Games secured, but with two others falling by the wayside.

It was a day of mixed emotions for Ireland at the European Games in Baku with the first Irish medal of the Games secured, but with two others falling by the wayside.

The Cavan boxer has been beaten by Russia's Saiana Sagatavea on points in their flyweight quarter-final.

Ireland’s badminton campaign at the European Games got underway with two defeats this morning in Baku.

Ireland’s boxers are looking to secure our first three medals at the European Games today, with three quarter-final bouts having Irish interest at the Crystal Hall.

Katie Taylor led a successful charge of Ireland’s boxers in Day Nine action at the European Games in Baku, with all four winning their last-16 bouts.

Katie Taylor pronounced herself “hungrier than ever” to maintain her dominance at the top of the women’s world lightweight division after making a successful start at the European Games in Baku on Sunday.

Katie Taylor makes her entrance at the inaugural European Games in Baku today, when the Olympic champion fights Denitsa Eliseeva in the last 16 of the women’s lightweight boxing.

Today’s Irish hopes for medals at the European Games, gymnast Kieran Behan and cyclist Caroline Ryan, have finished outside the top three in Baku, with Behan coming fourth and Ryan at one stage leading the women’s road race before dropping out.

It’s Ireland’s busiest day yet in the boxing ring at the European Games in Baku – and the first Irish medal of the Games may arrive today at the Gymnastics Centre.

If you feel you’ve had enough sun and need to retire indoors for a spell, there is plenty of sporting action on the box to keep you interested.

Brendan Irvine has had little difficulty in qualifying for the men’s light-flyweight quarter-finals at the European Games in Baku.

Sean McComb is through to the televised stages of the boxing event at the inaugural European Games in Baku after a unanimous points victory in his lightweight opener this morning.

Caroline Ryan has finished 15th for Ireland in cycling’s individual time trial on Day Six of the European Games in Baku.

A unanimous points decision has seen Adam Nolan breeze through his first-round bout at the European Games in Baku.

Only three Irish competitors are in action on Day 5 of the European Games in Baku.

Darren O’Neill believes the Irish boxing team will be kings of the ring at the European Games in Baku.

Ireland's boxers enter the ring for the first time on Day Four of the European Games in Baku.

Andrzej Jezierski was Ireland’s best performer at day three of the European Games in Baku yesterday.

Aileen Reid missed out on an inaugural medal as the new European games launched in Baku over the weekend.

Aileen Reid’s bid to become Ireland’s first ever European Games medallist has come unstuck in the searing heat of Azerbaijan as the top seed missed out on the medals in the women’s triathlon.

In the next few weeks, you’ll be hearing a lot more about him, the European Olympics and Baku.