"There was tremendous pressure. The country, family, Rudisha’s community, even the world of athletics. Would people have been satisfied with a silver and a bronze?

Two Premier League clubs have commissioned genetic profiles of their players to identify their strengths and potential weaknesses, it can be revealed.

Rob’s gold medal-winning performance in Moscow yesterday was the end result of a long process, one that started as far back as the Sydney Olympics in 2000.

Ireland’s boxers are on the brink of a gold rush at the 40th European Championships in Belarus.

German biathlete Florian Graf has apologised for his “blackout” moment in which he stuck his highly sensitive small-bore rifle in his face during a World Cup race in Oberhof, Germany at the weekend.

Nathan Adrian destroyed Australian star James Magnussen’s ambition of adding the Olympic title to his world crown when the American out-touched him by one 100th of a second in the 100 metres freestyle.

Chloe Magee is no stranger to making Irish badminton history.

Caster Semenya is looking forward to running in the London Olympics with the controversy that dogged her 2009 World Championships win behind her.

PICTURE the scene: it’s a bright and airy Saturday morning;, and down the marina in Cork city, somewhere between the free-wheeling cyclists and the huff and puff of the joggers, skirting around the pram-pushers and the dog walkers, one figure is standing out from the crowd.

THE South African athlete forced to undergo a gender verification test after taking the 2009 World Championships by storm has set her sights on a comeback.

The International Olympic Committee have reaffirmed that 400 metres champion LaShawn Merritt will be ineligible to defend his title at the 2012 Olympics in London.

IRELAND'S boxers have maintained their high flying positions in the first AIBA Official World rankings published for 2010 yesterday.

REVOLUTIONARY starting blocks are expected to send world swimming records tumbling again in 2009, after an Olympic year when hi-tech suits helped competitors go faster than ever.