The O’Donovan brothers became the nation’s darlings, but we’ll remember the Rio Games for all the wrong reasons, writes Catherine Shanahan

The Rio Olympics: What is it good for?

TV3 could bid against RTÉ for Irish TV rights to the Olympic Games if, as expected, free-to-air rights are sub-licensed to an Irish broadcaster.

The European Games is just one sporting plank in a project aimed at building Azerbaijan’s international profile, writes Brendan O’Brien.

Dubliner Barry Murphy could have turned his back on swimming and considered retirement after not being selected by the Olympic Council for the 2008 Games in Beijing while others of lesser credentials got in ahead of him.

Sebastian Coe and Pat Hickey have expressed confidence that Rory McIlroy will tee up at the Olympic Games in 2016, despite the Ulster man’s suggestion last year that he may opt out of the event.

A number of things strike you when you meet Katie Taylor.

On the evening of July 28, 1948, Britain’s Prime Minister Clement Attlee welcomed the thousands of Olympic athletes, who had congregated in London, with a warm but candid address on BBC radio.

For Leaving Certificate students of Irish, sports themes featured strongly at both levels on their Paper 2 exams.

THE growth and spread of the GAA has been one of the more uplifting sports stories of 2011, putting a positive spin on the harrowing reality that economic conditions have forced many of our most promising young athletes abroad.

MEMBERS of the Garda Síochána will attend an international conference later this month to discuss security at the Olympic Games.

DOCTORS approached for advice on drugs in sport are often unsure which over-the-counter (OTC) medicines contain a banned substance, a survey has found. Of the GPs who took part in the research, 74% believed Sinutab contained a banned substance.