Organisation: International Olympic Council

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Irish chiefs toe IOC line but Games set for delay

Irish Olympic chiefs have opted against pulling their athletes from the Olympics, should it proceed as planned, but there was a resigned acceptance in their utterances yesterday that a Games due to take place in Japan’s searing summer heat will be placed in cold storage.

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Irish Olympic chiefs toe the line for now but will do what is best for 'our' athletes

Canada and Australia have already pulled out of this summer's Olympic Games in Tokyo but their Irish counterparts, while all but accepting that a postponement is inevitable, have refrained from the nuclear option for now.

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Irish Olympic boss hopeful that IOC will conclude Hickey investigation before Tokyo 2020

The Olympic Federation of Ireland (OFI) is hopeful that the International Olympic Council's (IOC) investigation into Pat Hickey and the Rio 2016 ticketing scandal will be completed before the Tokyo Games in 2020.

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Ban weaponised drug cheats permanently

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Game Tech: Self-taught computer system

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Colleges show their colours in showdown on the Liffey

Athletes did us proud but Olympic Games dominated by controversy

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

Sat, 20 Aug, 2016

Olympic ideal laudable even if Rio reality laughable

The Rio Olympics: What is it good for?

Fri, 29 Jul, 2016

TV3 ponder challenging RTÉ for rights to broadcast Olympic Games

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.

Tue, 04 Aug, 2015

European Games set down building blocks for future

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

Fri, 13 Feb, 2015

Murphy laying it on line for tilt at Long Course

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.

Mon, 18 Aug, 2014

Pleas for Rory to tee off in Rio

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.

Wed, 08 May, 2013

Katie’s fists in God’s hands

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

Sat, 11 Aug, 2012

The way we were

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.

Sat, 21 Jul, 2012

Sports themes feature strongly in Irish exams

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

Wed, 13 Jun, 2012

Is GAA ready to take on the world?

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.

Mon, 25 Jul, 2011

Gardaí to attend Olympics security conference in Athens

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

Tue, 11 May, 2004

Confusion over which drugs to prescribe for sports people

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.

Wed, 17 Mar, 2004