Your one-stop guide to all the Olympic action featuring Irish athletes.

Athletes across the disciplines are gearing up for the Olympics in Rio later this year. Here five competitors acknowledge the role their mothers have played in their success, says Arlene Harris.

Donegal brother and sister Chloe and Sam Magee settled for badminton bronze in the mixed doubles event at the European Games on Saturday.

Sam and Josh Magee guaranteed Ireland at least a European games badminton bronze medal, winning their men’s doubles quarter-final yesterday.

Scott Evans cruised into the last 16 of the European games men’s Badminton, taking less than half an hour to defeat Austria’s Gergley Krausz.

Brendan Irvine has upgraded his light-flyweight boxing medal to at least a silver after a unanimous points victory over Ukraine’s Dmytro Zamotayev at the European Games in Baku.

Sean McComb secured Ireland a second European games medal with victory over Turkey’s Yashin Yilmaz yesterday.

Brendan Irvine battled from behind to land Ireland’s first ever European games medal in Baku, Azerbaijan, yesterday.

Badminton: Ireland endured a long and sobering second day at badminton’s European Mixed Team Championship in Leuven, Belgium yesterday, but one that ultimately ended with the team qualifying for today’s quarter-finals for the first time.

Ireland all but assured themselves of a place in the quarter-finals of badminton’s European Mixed Team Championships yesterday with a 3-2 defeat of hosts Belgium at the Sportoase arena in Leuven near Brussels.

Irish badminton will write a standout chapter in its history today when the national team faces hosts Belgium in the European Mixed Team Championships at the Sportoase Leuven arena outside Brussels. 

Okay, so here’s the deal. You choose. A week spent in Cork and Dublin, or a destination anywhere else in the world.

Derval O’Rourke and Ciarán Ó Lionáird have expressed disappointment at the level of funding they are set to receive in 2014.

Irish interest at the Carlton Irish Open in Baldoyle ended last night when Chloe Magee went out to Chinese-American Beiwan Zhang in straight sets.

Chloe Magee flashes a wide smile. She is talking about her future targets and ambitions. And her goals are big.

Irish star Chloe Magee qualified for the finals of both the women’s singles and mixed doubles at the Turkish Open last night.

Good things come to those who wait.

More than half of the Irish sporting bodies that received high performance unit (HPU) funds in the quest for Olympic gold did not hit their targets.

Major sporting moments tend to result in historic commentary that echoes through the ages. Even when we don’t really want it to.

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Ireland’s Annalise Murphy put herself firmly in the frame for Olympic sailing gold in the Laser Radial class by stretching her dream start to four straight victories.

Ireland's Olympians are producing some phenomenal performances today at London 2012.

There was disappointment today at the end of a hard-fought match for Irish badminton Olympic hopeful Chloe Magee, when she lost a three-game thriller against Pi Hongyan of France.

Annalise Murphy has today won her third race in the women's Laser Radial class.

Annalise Murphy is out to keep her good start going today in races 3 and 4 of the women's Laser Radial class.

Chloe Magee is no stranger to making Irish badminton history.

Olympian Chloe Magee has said there was no need for RTÉ sports anchor Bill O’Herlihy to bring religion into her sport.

Donegal badminton star Chloe Magee began her 2012 Olympic campaign with victory over Egypt’s Hadia Hosny at Wembley Arena last night.

Ireland’s Chloe Magee opened her London 2012 campaign with a convincing victory over Hadia Hosny of Egypt.

Irish sailing duo David Burrows and Peter O'Leary have finished in second place in the first of four races this afternoon in the Men’s Star Class.

Ireland’s Scott Evans could have the best chance of anyone at London 2012 of beating badminton’s greatest player.

Irish men’s number one Scott Evans has drawn reigning world and Olympic champion Lin Dan of China for his opening group match in the men’s badminton singles at London 2012.

James Espey has extended Irish yachting interest in the Olympic Games to a fourth event, after qualifying for London through the Laser World Championships in Germany.

Ireland's Chloe Magee has officially confirmed her Olympic badminton qualification today.

THERE were mixed fortunes for Irish duo Scott Evans and Chloe Magee at the Yonex Irish International championships at Lisburn yesterday as Evans bowed out to England’s Raj Ouseph but Magee defeated France’s Barbara Matias.

BADMINTON may not be up there with GAA, rugby or soccer in terms of popularity amongst the Irish public but with Irish participation in four of the five finals at the Yonex Lithuanian Badminton Open 2011 in Kaunas yesterday, the sport has clearly attracted some of the nation’s most talented athletes.

OLYMPIANS Scott Evans and Chloe Magee retained their senior titles in impressive style at the Irish National Badminton Championships in Lisburn over the weekend.

ONE of the Irish success stories of this opening weekend came not in the boxing ring or with the rowers but at the BJUT Gymnasium, host venue for badminton.

Ireland’s Chloe Magee booked her place in the last 32 of the women’s singles badminton after coming back from a game down to beat Estonia’s Kati Tolmoff 2-1.

Olympic swimmer Andrew Bree failed to qualify from his 100m breaststroke heat despite a personal best time of 1:01.76.

IRELAND’s top badminton player, Scott Evans, was last night celebrating Olympic qualification.