The judicial hearing by an FEI Tribunal regarding the Denis Lynch Olympic medication case concluded today at approximately 5pm Irish time.

The board of Horse Sport Ireland is due to meet today to discuss the fallout from the doping controversy that hit the Irish team at the Beijing Olympics.

The equestrian's world governing body, the FEI, has confirmed that the B sample from Ireland’s Olympic hopeful and Denis Lynch mount Lantinus has tested positive for the banned substance capsaicin.

Celebrations have been taking place throughout the night for Ireland's Olympic medal winners following their heroic homecoming at Dublin Airport yesterday evening.

Ireland’s Olympic stars will return home to a heroes welcome today with medal-winning boxers taking centre stage.

Ireland's Olympic stars will return home to a heroes' welcome tomorrow with medal winning boxers taking centre stage.

Downing Street tonight led condemnation of London’s tourism body after a painting of Moors Murderer Myra Hindley was shown in a promotional video being screened in Beijing.

Silver medal winner Ken Egan has brought the curtain down on Ireland's Beijing Olympics by carrying the Tricolour in the closing ceremony.

United States' men's basketball team claimed gold today, after being challenged all the way by Spain in a scintillating 118-107 game.

Irish welterweight Kenny Egan criticised the judges after being forced to settle for the silver medal at the Workers' Stadium today with an 11-7 defeat to Chinese favourite Zhang Xiaoping.

The President and the Taoiseach are leading tributes to Irish boxer Ken Egan who has secured a silver medal at the Olympics in Beijing.

Bookmaker Paddy Power are paying out on Irish boxer Kenny Egan as the winner in today’s Olympic light heavyweight boxing final.

Ireland's Martin Fagan has bowed out of the Olympic Men’s marathon before the 35km mark, with 5km to go.

Ireland’s Kenny Egan had to settle for a silver medal at the Workers’ Gymnasium today.

Ireland's Alistair Cragg failed to finish today’s Olympic 5,000m final in Beijing.

Ireland's Robin Seymour was the first competitor to crash out of this morning's mountain bike cross country event in Beijing this morning.

The B samples from Ireland's Olympic doping controversy are being analysed from today.

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Usain Bolt won his third gold medal of the Beijing Olympics as Jamaica smashed the world 4x100m record with a superb time of 37.10 seconds.

Irish boxer Kenny Egan has defeated Great Britain’s Tony Jeffries in his Light Heavy weight Olympic semi-final today.

A bitterly disappointed Paddy Barnes dismissed his achievement of reaching an Olympic boxing semi-final today.

Irish boxer Paddy Barnes has lost out to China’s Zou Shiming in today’s light flyweight Olympic semi-final.

The Taoiseach and the Sports Minister have both congratulated Darren Sutherland on his bronze medal win at the Beijing Olympics today.

Waterford athlete Jamie Costin has pulled off a remarkable never-say-die achievement in Beijing.

Irish boxer Darren Sutherland declared that he was “happy enough” with his performance, despite being beaten by James Degale in their semi-finals Olympic middleweight bout this morning.

Irish boxer Darren Sutherland has been beaten by James Degale in their Olympic middleweight semi-final bout this morning.

Irish rider Denis Lynch has protested his innocence as his hopes of winning an Olympic medal were ended tonight after being forced to withdraw from the individual showjumping final when his horse Lantinus tested positive for a banned substance.

British middleweight James DeGale has acknowledged his losing run against Ireland's Darren Sutherland - but insists that it will be different this time.

An equestrian version of the popular 'Deep Heat' product commonly used by athletes is to blame for the suspension of Irish Olympic rider Denis Lynch's horse Lantinus, Horse Sport Ireland (HSI) has claimed today.

Irish athletes Alistair Cragg and Thomas Chamney have blasted the state of athletics in Ireland.

Alastair Cragg, who finished sixth in his 5000m heat at the Beijing Olympics, has qualified for the final after gaining a qualifying place as a quickest loser.

Britain's James Degale produced one of the finest performances of his career to score a comprehensive 8-3 victory over Kazakhstan’s Bakthiyar Artayev and face Ireland's Darren Sutherland in the semi-finals.

Alastair Cragg has finished sixth in his 5000m heat at the Beijing Olympics.

It was an exciting day in Qingdao where Peter O'Leary and Stephen Milne produced another top ten result in the Star class to place 8th in their first race of the day.

Three-time major winner Padraig Harrington has praised the performance of Ireland’s Olympic boxing medallist Kenny Egan.

Middleweight Darren Sutherland will bid to become the third Irish boxer to make it through to the semi-finals of the 2008 Olympics Games at the Workers Indoor Arena in Beijing at around 1pm today.

Irish captain Ken Egan joined compatriot Paddy Barnes on the winners' podium at the Beijing Olympics after he outclassed Brazilian light heavyweight Washington Silva (8-0) over four rounds today.

Irish boxer Ken Egan has beaten Brazilian light heavyweight Washington Silva to guarantee another medal for Ireland at the Beijing Olympics today.

Paul Hession has failed to qualify for the final of the men's 200m event in Beijing today.

The two races scheduled today for the Irish team of Peter O'Leary and Stephen Milne in the star class have been rescheduled for tomorrow.

Irish boxer Paddy Barnes is guaranteed at least an Olympic bronze medal after his victory at the Worker's Indoor Arena in Beijing today.

Paddy Barnes will get Ireland's quest for an Olympic boxing medal underway today when he meets Polish light flyweight Lukasz Maszczyk in a high noon quarter-final showdown at the Worker's Indoor Arena in Beijing.

Russian athlete Yelena Isinbaeva broke her own world record to win gold in the women’s pole vault in Beijing.

Peter O'Leary and Stephen Milne finished 12th in Race 2 and 7th in Race 3 in the Star class today to lie in 9th place overall in the 10-race opening series in Beijing today.