Person: Diack

Andrew Trimble tries put Ulster on their way against Benetton

Benetton Treviso 14 - Ulster 21: Andrew Trimble scored two first-half tries as Ulster held on to beat Benetton Treviso 21-14 at the Stadio Monigo for their second straight Guinness PRO14 win.

Mon, 11 Sep, 2017

Police raid house of Brazilian Olympic committee president

Police have searched the house of the Brazilian Olympic committee's president and issued a warrant forcing him to give evidence in an investigation into bribery surrounding the awarding of the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games.

Tue, 05 Sep, 2017

IAAF provisionally suspends four-time Olympic champion Frankie Fredericks

Former Olympic sprint star Frankie Fredericks has been provisionally suspended from athletics pending an investigation into alleged corruption.

Mon, 17 Jul, 2017

Robbie Diack wary of wounded Ospreys

For Ulster’s former international back-row Robbie Diack, tomorrow’s do-or-die clash with the Ospreys is a case of ‘here we go again’. Unfortunately, recent history has brought negative outcomes.

Fri, 28 Apr, 2017

Ulster's play-off hopes dented

Ulster 24 Cardiff Blues 24: Cardiff Blues dented Ulster’s hopes of making the Guinness PRO12 play-offs when they carved out a share of the points at the Kingspan Stadium last night.

Sat, 08 Apr, 2017

Jacob Stockdale delivering on potential in spades as Ulster claim bonus point

Ulster 37 - Glasgow Warriors 17: Big Jacob Stockdale is delivering on the potential shown during last summer’s Junior World Cup when he produced another scintillating performance as Ulster picked off a bonus-try victory over a weakened Glasgow side at the Kingspan Stadium.

Mon, 20 Feb, 2017

Ruan Pienaar sparkles as Ulster get off to a flyer

Ulster 29, Dragons 8: The Ravenhill crowd had eagerly come to witness All Black Charles Piutau make his competitive debut, but they left lauding their Springbok hero Ruan Pienaar who with typical adroitness sparked Ulster into action as got their Guinness Pro12 season off to a bonus-try winning start.

Sat, 03 Sep, 2016

2020 Olympic bid team defend payout

The leader of Japan’s bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics and other Japanese officials said the company at the centre of questions raised about payments by the bid committee was a legitimate firm and not a paper company.

Tue, 17 May, 2016

Ulster head for lions’ den

Ospreys 26 Ulster 46: Ulster secured their place in the Guinness Pro12 play-offs after an entertaining 10-try match at the Liberty Stadium as Ospreys failed to qualify for next season’s European Champions Cup.

Mon, 09 May, 2016

Ulster stop slump with hard-fought win over Connacht

Ulster 18 Connacht 10: For Ulster the misery of the a month which saw them slump to fifth ended in a hard-fought win in Belfast over a Connacht side which never took a backward step but was undone by injuries and some unforced errors.

Sat, 02 Apr, 2016

Ulster the victims as Glasgow Warriors extend winning run

Glasgow Warriors 27 Ulster 17: Title holders Glasgow Warriors extended their winning run in the Guinness PRO12 to five matches with a hard-fought 27-17 victory over Ulster at Scotstoun.

Sat, 26 Mar, 2016

Ulster grab bonus point at the death

Ulster 32 Zebre 0: Ulster huffed and puffed their way to turgid, but bonus-point win over Zebre in a low-key game last night at the Kingspan Stadium where a very subdued crowd had little to really get their vocal cord juicing flowing.

Sun, 06 Mar, 2016

Cardiff’s late charge proves too much for Ulster

Cardiff Blues 23 Ulster 13: Cardiff scored two late tries to beat Ulster 23-13 at the Arms Park in the Guinness Pro12.

Mon, 29 Feb, 2016

Paddy Jackson’s boot puts Ulster on top

Ulster 17 Dragons 15: A Paddy Jackson penalty two minutes from the end of the game catapulted Ulster to the top of the Guinness PRO12.

Sat, 06 Feb, 2016

IAAF likely to run with Nike as adidas pull plug over doping scandal

The IAAF is expected to offer Nike the opportunity to take over as a top sponsor from rivals adidas after it was revealed the German sportswear giant is set to end its deal four years early.

Tue, 26 Jan, 2016

Ulster v Oyonnax - European Rugby Champions Cup Pool 1 Round 6

Ulster's eight-try scoring spree all in vain

Ulster 56 Oyannax 3: Eight tries, all converted, and a clinically attacking Ulster got the bonus point win over Oyannax on Saturday at the Kingspan Stadium needed to prolong – for 24 hours at least – hopes of a Champions Cup quarter-final spot.

Mon, 25 Jan, 2016

Downcast Ulster boss Les Kiss in awe of slick Saracens

Ulster head coach Les Kiss believes Saracens are the greatest threat to Toulon’s reign as European champions.

Mon, 18 Jan, 2016

IAAF president Sebastian Coe admits leading ‘failed organisation’

Sebastian Coe has received crucial backing to remain as IAAF president despite another damning report on athletics’ doping scandal and admitting that he leads a “failed organisation”.

Fri, 15 Jan, 2016

Oyonnax v Ulster - European Rugby Champions Cup - Pool 1 Round 1 Refixture

Kyle McCall jubilant as gutsy Ulster pull off great escape

Oyonnax 23 Ulster 24: Kyle McCall thanked his team-mates for paving the way for his first Ulster try as the Ireland Under 20 loosehead prop picked up the plaudits for playing his part in an amazing second-half fightback.

Mon, 11 Jan, 2016

IAAF trio handed life bans in doping scandal

The full scale of corruption involving senior IAAF officials has been laid bare after three of athletics’ leading figures were handed lifetime bans for blackmail and covering up positive drugs tests.

Fri, 08 Jan, 2016

Toulouse v Ulster - European Rugby Champions Cup - Pool 1 Round 4

Rory Best says ‘tweaks’ bearing fruit for Ulster

Toulouse 23 Ulster 25: Ulster completed a European Champions Cup double over Toulouse to keep their quarter-final hopes alive with a 25-23 triumph at Stade Ernest Wallon.

Mon, 21 Dec, 2015

Ulster left out in the cold by Saracens

It was not their proudest moment in Europe as Ulster’s Champions Cup season looks terminal after a humiliating bonus-try defeat at the hands of Premiership kingpins Saracens in front of a quiet crowd at the Kingspan Stadium.

Sat, 21 Nov, 2015

Sebastian Coe facing a cultural revolution in athletics

After the worst week in the history of the sport, IAAF president Seb Coe faces the unenviable task of guiding athletics through crisis and ending the doping culture, writes Cathal Dennehy.

Sat, 14 Nov, 2015

VIDEO: IOC suspends former IAAF president in wake of doping and corruption

The International Olympic Committee threatened punishments for those proven to have violated doping rules and it seems heads have started to roll.

Wed, 11 Nov, 2015

Athletics doping scandal: Just how competent is Seb Coe?

FROM cycling to swimming, soccer to boxing and horse racing — there hardly seems to be an international sport that has not become embroiled in one form of scandal or another in recent years.

Wed, 11 Nov, 2015

Sebastian Coe vows to root out corruption in athletics

Sebastian Coe has stressed his determination to “rebuild and repair” athletics by leading the sport through the “dark days” of the crisis currently engulfing it.

Mon, 09 Nov, 2015