An international summer of over 80 matches at each level tips off in earnest with perhaps the biggest of the challenge games, Olympic silver medalists Germany, coming to Pembroke tomorrow and Saturday.

The rivalry between two Cork schools, Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers, has been well documented. The disputes and battle for bragging writes in an ongoing battle for supremacy will continue beyond today’s Munster Senior Cup semi-final.

Irish Boxing champion Ceire Smith, who claims her boxing career has been damaged after she swallowed a sharp dental instrument during root canal treatment, has sued in the High Court.

Stephen Martin has stepped down as the CEO of the Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) to pursue other career interests, it has been announced.

It is the dream of every sports broadcaster to have their voices usher in one immortal moment. Jimmy Magee had a lifetime’s worth, writes Tommy Martin.

The murky ticket-touting scandal that has engulfed the Olympic Council of Ireland was compared to something out of The Godfather.

O’Sullivan was honoured with the accolade of Outstanding Contribution to the Olympic Movement in Ireland at the inaugural Olympic Council of Ireland Awards last night.

This week has been a busy one for me. I’ve been travelling up and down to Dublin for events and meetings, shooting photos and finalising recipes for the column all while trying to balance family life and office life. There is no rest for the wicked!

Just a few hours after paying tribute to fallen police officers at the opening of a memorial in Belfast, Prince Charles and his wife Camilla visited Áras an Uachtaráin where they saw the Peace Bell which was designed in 2008 to mark the 10th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement.

Better four years, two months, and 23 days late than never.

A former Irish Olympic boxer discovered he had mouth cancer during a regular visit to his dentist.

Tipperary star John ‘Bubbles’ O’Dwyer received abusive letters to his home earlier this year.

Michael Clifford says with the Brazilian ‘cast the net wide’ process and the limited Irish probe, it will be a while before we have answers.

Good morning. Here’s everything you need to know before you start your day.

International arrest warrants have been issued for a string of executives of the sports hospitality firm embroiled in the Irish Olympic ticket touting scandal after Brazilian police dramatically claimed the crisis stretches back a decade.

Good morning. Here’s everything you need to know before you start your day.

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The company authorised to sell Irish Olympic tickets has claimed it always acted properly and fully in line with guidelines.

Coach Billy Walsh’s absence from the Irish Olympic set-up has reignited tensions within the national boxing set-up as to why he resigned.

If Steven Donnelly reflects the opinion of the rest of Ireland’s Olympic boxers, the Michael O’Reilly affair has had no more impact than the punches of the Algerian he beat yesterday.

Irish Olympic eventing team rider Pádraig McCarthy said Monday’s cross-country phase will pose a major test for riders.

Update (5.34pm): The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport has issued a statement following reports that Irish boxer Michael O’Reilly failed a doping test.

6.28pm: A statement from the IABA said: “The Irish Athletic Boxing Association (IABA) has been notified by Sport Ireland today of an alleged violation of the Irish Anti-doping Rules committed by one of the boxers in our High Performance Unit.

The Rowing Ireland training facility on Inniscarra Lake is overlooked by a wooden-decked balcony.

Have you ever wanted to know what it would be like to get in the ring with an Olympian boxer?

In the middle of his hardest sessions, right when the pain gets close to intolerable, Arthur Lanigan-O’Keeffe imagines a very specific scenario.

GloHealth All-Ireland Schools Track and Field Championships

Imagine a national sports body at odds with its constituent parts about money.

Irish show jumper Bertram Allen last night said he was “devastated’ after winning the grand prix at London’s Olympia, only to be disqualified when a spot of blood was found on the right flank of his mount Quiet Easy.

Irish Olympic hopeful Oliver Dingley expressed pride ‘hearing the Irish anthem’ as he collected gold at the Irish Open Diving championships in the National Aquatic Centre in Dublin, yesterday.

Clare Balding proves that female journalists don’t have to ‘glam up’, says Kay Cairns

Irish Olympic Boxer John Joe Nevin has appeared in court on public order charges.

And she made it look so easy.

Gary Keegan may have been talking about Irish Olympic sport in these pages a few days ago but what he said could apply to all of Irish sport.

A former boxing coach out in the Institute of Sport may be among the most invisible players in Irish sport, but he’s one of its most influential too, writes Kieran Shannon.