A gunman opened fire at a college in Athens today, wounding three people before attempting to take his own life.

IRISH rower Paul Griffin is attempting to join an elite group of athletes to compete at both a summer and winter Olympics.

Irish captain Ken Egan, Darren Sutherland and John Joe Joyce will all be in action today just one bout away from booking their tickets for Beijing at the final Olympic qualification tournament for European boxers at the Olympic Centre of Nikaia in Athens, Greece.

IRISH boxing officials remain confident that at least one more fighter will secure a spot at this summer’s Olympic Games when they contest the final qualifier for European boxers in Athens next month.

UEFA president Michel Platini has denied Liverpool fans are the worst-behaved in Europe while his organisation's spokesman William Gaillard has been called a "clown" by the Anfield club's co-owner Tom Hicks.

LIVERPOOL boss Rafael Benitez expects not only Steven Gerrard to sign a new contract in the next few weeks but also a clutch of big-name Anfield stars.

WHILE delighted with the exposure given to paralympic sport (‘Irish paralympic cycling cash crisis’, Irish Examiners, January 24), the Paralympic Council of Ireland (PCI) would like to clarify a number of inaccuracies relating to funding granted to paralympic cycling in 2007.

IN A sport where personality is hidden behind goggles and below the water mark, Ian Thorpe did virtually the impossible.

A STEERING group should be established to co-ordinate preparations for the 2012 Olympics and prevent the damaging rows between sporting bodies that affected the Irish performances at previous Games, a report will state today.

An Irish Olympic rower is making his final preparations for an epic journey across 3,000 miles of open seas in a bid to become the fastest man to row across the Atlantic.

THE Federation Equestre Internationale (FEI) yesterday said it had launched an internal review of its drug testing procedures following questions posed last week by the Irish Examiner regarding the “loss of blood samples” from a horse.

IRISH sports fans are adding a new event to the Olympic programme — the last minute dash.

OLIVE LOUGHNANE has pulled out of next weekend’s IAAF World Race Walking Cup in Naumburg, Germany, following an injury that resulted in the loss of valuable training time in preparation for her Olympic bid in Athens next August.

THE US and its concerns worldwide will be a major focus for the EU summit that begins in Greece tomorrow and is likely to dominate the three-day meeting.

THE so-called ‘dwarfs’ of the EU flexed their muscles at the Athens summit yesterday and insisted their opposition to a permanent and single EU president must be heeded.