Ireland's hopes of a medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics have suffered a setback with the news that Westmeath boxer Joe Ward is to turn professional.

The past weekend was a good one for Irish dressage.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) first began to conduct doping tests on athletes at the 1968 Mexico Olympics.

Adam Scott is delighted that this week’s World Cup of Golf has returned to a more traditional team event but the Australian remains opposed to any future participation at the Olympics.

The last of the four American Olympic swimmers involved in a highly-publicised incident at a Rio petrol station is on his way back to the US.

Visions of cars that drive themselves without emitting a bit of pollution while entertaining passengers with online movies and social media took centre stage at the Tokyo Motor Show.

Toyota has unveiled its vision for self-driving cars in a challenge to other carmakers as well as industry newcomer Google, promising to start selling such vehicles in Japan by 2020.

Japanese police yesterday searched the apartment of the man who set himself on fire on a high-speed bullet train, killing himself and another passenger, as officials sought clues to his motive.