Annalise Murphy has won Ireland's second silver medal of the Olympic Games.

“He was so far in front he could have sent a postcard to the other guys.” 

Katie Taylor arrives in London today — well in advance of her bid for Olympic glory, which begins on August 5 when she will enter the inaugural women’s boxing tournament at the quarter-final stages, with a guaranteed bronze medal for the winner.

Matt Skelton is a heavyweight in a hurry after becoming British and Commonwealth champion by halting Michael Sprott in the final round of only his 13th fight as a boxer at Reading on Saturday.