Thousands of people have lined the streets of Bray and filled the seafront to see Ireland's Olympic gold medallist Katie Taylor.

John Joe Nevin has guaranteed himself a bronze medal at the very least with a win in his quarter-final at the World boxing championships in Baku.

Beijing-bound John Joe Nevin believes that the Irish junior squad have the talent to do a Round Robin double at the National Stadium in Dublin this weekend.

Irish 2008 Olympian John Joe Nevin and David Oliver Joyce both claimed gold at the European Union Championships in Cetniewo, Poland this afternoon.

John Joe Nevin and Irish captain Ken Egan are through to Saturday's finals at the 2008 European Union Championships in Poland following impressive semi-final victories in Cetniewo this afternoon.

HAD Andrew Murray taken the medical advice offered him, he would never have donned a pair of boxing gloves. But, do date, he has won three national senior titles as an amateur and, as a professional, holds the Irish light welterweight belt.

John Joe Joyce's attempt to secure Olympic qualification ended in disappointment today after he was beaten by experienced Romanian light welterweight Ionut Gheorghe in Pescara, Italy.