Event: Munich Olympics

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

columnists

Michael Moynihan: The rights and wrongs of the big call to cancel events

The news that Uefa has decided to postpone this year’s European championships for a year feels like the right call — maybe the only call — but those decisions aren’t always to clear-cut.

sport

How Donie Walsh’s charge produced thriller in Virginia

gaa

Dr Ed Coughlan: Either get with the times like Dublin or get left behind

news

‘Irish Examiner’ archives reel back the years

general

Documentary following Cork barefoot athlete is up for an award

sport

In pictures: When terrorism strikes sport

The best player in the modern game without a doubt

In football’s catechism of cliché it is customary to claim that some one-season wonder is “frighteningly good”.

Tue, 11 Dec, 2012

'The Dictator' full of belly laughs

Sacha Baron Cohen atones for the sins of 'Bruno' with this gleefully bad-taste fish-out-of-water comedy, which kicks sand in the eye of political correctness.

Thu, 17 May, 2012

Robotic legs and supreme effort help Bríd take her first steps

SUSPENDED in a harness and strapped to robotic legs, Bríd Courtney experiences a sensation commonplace to most of us, but singular to her.

Fri, 22 May, 2009

Phelps surpasses Spitz record

Michael Phelps’ quest for swimming immortality became a reality on Sunday morning as the United States’ 4x100m medley relay team handed him his historic eighth gold medal of the Beijing Games.

Sun, 17 Aug, 2008

O'Donnell death stuns football world

The death of Motherwell captain Phil O’Donnell has stunned the football world.

Sat, 29 Dec, 2007

Thinker Thorpe has world at his size 17s

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

Wed, 22 Nov, 2006

Israel is bolstering extremists by antagonising moderates

UNDER international law, reprisal actions are supposed to be commensurate with the provocation.

Sat, 29 Jul, 2006

Mideast crisis - World should heed Irish call for ceasefire

THE situation in the Middle East continues to deteriorate at an alarming rate, while the international community stands idly by, seemingly believing that little can be done.

Tue, 18 Jul, 2006

Ex-terror boss 'regrets nothing' over Munich attrocity

A former Palestinian guerrilla said he “regrets nothing” and will not apologise for being one of the masterminds of the 1972 attack at the Munich Olympics in which 11 Israeli athletes were killed, according to a TV interview released today.

Sat, 28 Jan, 2006

Father’s Olympic dream comes full circle

CYCLIST Denis Brennan almost bled to death in an accident while preparing for the Munich Olympics in 1972 but a nurse saved his life thanks to some quick thinking.

Sat, 28 Aug, 2004

Waitz: Has Sonia still the hunger for Olympics?

RUNNING legend Grete Waitz has questioned whether Sonia O'Sullivan still has the required hunger for Olympic success

Tue, 27 Jan, 2004

Thorpe glory march begins

Ian Thorpe began his bid for a record seven golds with an easy win in the heats of the 400 metres freestyle at the Commonwealth Games.

Tue, 30 Jul, 2002