The Irish men’s and women’s Sevens sides will be hoping to keep their Olympic dreams alive this weekend, when both squads travel to Lisbon for the Rugby Europe Olympic Repechage tournament.

Environmental activists have burst into the lobby of a luxury hotel on Rio’s Copacabana Beach where IOC officials were meeting in a protest against ecological destruction related to the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Justin Walters is the early leader of the 2014 Irish open which is underway at Fota Island Co Cork.

The Irish Amateur Boxing Association is facing a crisis to keep its best boxers for the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Hopes are high that One Wall handball could yet be included as a demonstration event at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Usain Bolt was upstaged by training partner Yohan Blake at the Athletissima Diamond League meeting in Lausanne last night.

The world’s fastest man Usain Bolt has claimed he wants to try his hand at the long jump before the 2016 Rio Olympics.