German biathlete Florian Graf has apologised for his “blackout” moment in which he stuck his highly sensitive small-bore rifle in his face during a World Cup race in Oberhof, Germany at the weekend.

GARY ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan will take his professional boxing career to a new level when he challenges Ciarán Healy from Belfast for the vacant Irish middleweight title at Neptune Stadium in Cork on November 28.

PETER McDONAGH’s joy at shocking raging favourite Michael Gomez for boxing’s Irish lightweight title quickly evaporated yesterday after the Irish Boxing Union announced it was withholding his purse pending an investigation into allegations that the fight had been rigged.