Tourism Ireland chiefs have hit back at Sean Kelly’s critical comments surrounding the promotion of the Giro d’Italia which starts in Belfast on May 9th.

The Tour of Ireland is on course to return in 2015 with a five-day 2.1-ranked race on the cards, according to Dublin-based sports marketing firm Shadetree Sports.

Cycling’s prestigious Giro d’Italia will begin in Ireland next year, organisers confirmed today.

The 2014 Giro d’Italia will start in Northern Ireland and will have at least one stage finish in the Republic.

UCI president Pat McQuaid and his predecessor Hein Vergrubben didn’t get to where they are by talking first and thinking second...at least you’d hope not anyway.

Taliban militants have seized control of a district in Afghanistan’s volatile south after an hours-long clash that killed five people, including the local police chief and the political leader.

GIRO sprint king Alessandro Petacchi humbled his rivals to win the 168-km first stage of the Tour de France in a mass sprint tarnished by a spectacular crash near the finish line yesterday.

Francesco Casagrande has been expelled from the Giro d'Italia for causing John Freddy Garcia to take a spill during the 15th stage.

Third-place Wladimir Belli, of the Fassa Bortolo team, has been kicked out of the Giro d'Italia for punching a fan who insulted him along the roads of the 14th stage.