Symbols of individual success will be conspicuous by their absence from Europe’s Ryder Cup team room in pursuit of another triumph at Hazeltine.

TV presenter Charlie Webster has revealed how she was told "you are dying" after contracting a rare form of malaria in Brazil.

Team GB’s success will see the creation of 27 UK millionaires as the Lotto celebrates the athletes’ haul of gold medals.

Irish Examiner staff writers and columnists on how they’d excel in their chosen sports at the Olympics - under certain favourable terms and conditions of course...

International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach praised Rio's "marvellous Games" during a closing ceremony marked by colour, music and rain at the Maracana Stadium.

British athletes made “sporting history” at Rio 2016, but their bosses believe Tokyo 2020 could be even better.

KRISTEN STEWART says her relationship with Twilight co-star ROBERT PATTINSON became “a product” which she called “gross”.

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

Bryan Keane realised a childhood dream yesterday by competing in his first Olympic Games at the age of 35 but it wasn’t the performance or result he’d have been hoping for.

It had a sheen of Rio, the carnival atmosphere that descended on the town of Skibbereen when its two Olympians, Paul and Gary O’Donovan, yesterday claimed a place in the men’s lightweight double sculls Olympic final.

Australia's team bosses have refused to move staff or athletes into the Olympic Village in Rio after claiming the buildings are dangerous and uninhabitable.

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Olympic Council of Ireland boss Pat Hickey believes Nike may have missed a golden opportunity to sponsor Rory McIlroy’s bid for a gold medal in Rio.

Irish Olympic hopeful Oliver Dingley expressed pride ‘hearing the Irish anthem’ as he collected gold at the Irish Open Diving championships in the National Aquatic Centre in Dublin, yesterday.

After two intense European Elite tournaments this summer, the final count for Irish male boxing is three gold, one silver and two bronze medals and seven places secured for October’s World Elite Men’s Championships and Olympic qualifiers in Doha, Qatar.

David Ryan is more accustomed to ploughing the land than sailing around the coast, but the farmer plans to compete in — and win — the Round Ireland Yacht Race.

Now that Paul Galvin has hung up his inter-county boots and with more and more Irish sports people getting tattoos, who will now sport the best body art and why? We went in search of some answers.

SPOILER: Has Boyzone star Keith Duffy made it into the semi-final of diving show 'Splash!' tonight?

Diversity dancer Perri Kiely proved he had all the right moves when he plunged straight into the semi-finals of TV diving contest Splash!

A Premier League footballer has today been charged with assaulting a police officer outside a nightclub.

The setting up of a separate body for boxers in Northern Ireland will only heighten religious divisions and threaten to split the sport for generations, a new report has claimed.

Graeme McDowell believes representing Ireland at this week’s World Cup of Golf in Melbourne may mean he will “have to play” for the country at the Olympic Games in 2016.

Sally Gunnell is set to star in 'I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!'.

Adam Hills, the host of ‘The Last Leg’, returns to Ireland this week (Friday, Sept 27) for a gig at Vicar St. The 43-year-old Australian comic lived in Dublin for three years at the turn of the millennium. It was formative.

Paschal Collins reckons Gary “Spike” O’Sullivan can return all the stronger from Saturday’s defeat to Billy Joe Saunders in London.

Chairman of the British Olympic Association Sebastian Coe has said that it's up to Rory McIlroy to decide what county he declares for at the next Olympics.

Rory McIlroy has no intention of being rushed into choosing whether he represents Ireland or Great Britain at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janiero.

The view of the game from the inside and from the outside doesn’t always tally, the professional perspective frequently at odds with that of the stands or the press box.

The Irish Olympic Council were last night remaining tightlipped over claims made by golf chiefs that Rory McIlroy may only be eligible to compete for Ireland in the 2016 Rio Games.

If double Major-winning Rory McIlroy qualifies for the 2016 Olympics he will represent Ireland in Rio de Janeiro.

It was another day soundtracked by Irish celebrations at the Cheltenham Festival in the Cotswolds yesterday but one coveted title was wrested back from the raiders by the natives.

Eric Harrison, former Manchester United youth team coach, still swells with pride when he sees Ryan Giggs in action.

Birmingham are yet to receive a formal offer from Chelsea for England goalkeeper Jack Butland.