The vote to elect the most powerful man in world sport takes place tomorrow after a campaign that has descended into controversy and acrimony.

If you waited until evening and hurdled past the spoiler alerts on news and sports channels, you’d have had to wait until after 11pm to see Bolt make history

John Pius Boland was a member of the Dublin milling family.

IOC president Jacques Rogge has defended the Olympic movement's protection of their sponsors but insisted London 2012 spectators will not be prevented from wearing T-shirts bearing branding of rivals.

Former FAI president Louis Kilcoyne died yesterday.

A boycott threat could be looming over the London 2012 Olympics.

SIMPLY participating is a cause for celebration, but a medal tally of 107 is truly remarkable for the athletes who return home today having done Ireland proud in the Special Olympics.

UK Athletics chairman Ed Warner has claimed Olympic chiefs are morally obliged to choose West Ham’s bid to take over the Olympic Stadium instead of Tottenham’s “filthy lucre”.

Tottenham’s bid to take over the Olympic Stadium suffered a blow today when Jacques Rogge revealed he was against its demolition.

Rio de Janeiro claimed a stunning victory in the race to host the 2016 Olympics as favourites Chicago slumped to a crushing defeat.

THE simmering row that has scarred relations between two of Irish sport’s most important bodies blazed back to life yesterday when Pat Hickey launched an astonishing broadside at the Irish Sports Council (ISC).

BARACK OBAMA’S victory in the USA presidential election may have been seen as a huge boost for Chicago’s hopes of winning the bid for the 2016 Olympics, but rivals Rio de Janeiro hope the same mood for change will swing the contest their way.

Werder Bremen are persisting in their bid to have playmaker Diego released from the Brazil Olympic squad despite FIFA president Sepp Blatter on Wednesday reiterating doing so ignores the ethics of the Olympic movement.

Tour de France organisers today began trying to hammer out a deal to see a stage of the race return to London without any sign of a breakthrough in the bitter rift which could threaten this year’s event.

Cricket is a step closer to regaining its place in the Olympic Games after the sport gained official recognition from the International Olympic Committee.

BEIJING Olympics organisers vowed yesterday to come down hard on any cases of children being used to produce merchandise for the Games, after a report accused factories of “gross exploitation”.

The head of the Olympic movement today gave his support to Irish efforts to attract international athletes here in the run-up to the London Olympics.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair today launched the final countdown for London’s 2012 Olympic bid – promising work would begin on the Games within 48 hours if the city was successful.

US Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton touched down in Singapore today hoping to boost New York’s bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games.

The new home of the Olympic movement in Ireland marks a milestone for the future of sport, it was claimed today.

Britain's sports minister Richard Caborn today ruled out any government money to save the British Grand Prix – but claimed a settlement between the two rival parties is within touching distance.

THE President of the Olympic Council of Ireland, Pat Hickey, is in agreement with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) who yesterday said it is satisfied with Athens’ preparations to host this summer’s Games.