FAI chief John Delaney is considering standing down as a senior Olympics official after a Brazilian judge withdrew a warrant issued for his passport.

Such a pity events that have nothing to do with the great athletes of Team Ireland will cast a shadow over Irish Sport in 2016, writes Seán Kelly.

Pat Hickey has come out fighting against charges laid against him by Brazilian authorities, claiming he will contest “each and every one”, writes Noel Baker of the Irish Examiner.

Pat Hickey has come out fighting against charges laid against him by Brazilian authorities, claiming he will contest “each and every one”.

Police in Brazil have named Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) sports director Martin Burke as a new suspect in their ticket touting probe.

The Office of the Public Prosecutor in Rio has formally laid charges against Pat Hickey and THG executive Kevin Mallon.

The President of the Olympic Council of Ireland could be released from custody as early as today.

Irish man Kevin Mallon is due to appear in a Rio court today in connection with allegations of ticket touting.

DARK shadows hanging over Ireland’s participation in the Olympic Games, in Rio de Janeiro, were lifted briefly by two sparkling events over the weekend. 

AFTER an interview extending over four hours on Thursday Rio police said Irish Olympic officials, Kevin Kilty and Stephen Martin, had co-operated fully and were very helpful.

Michael Clifford says with the Brazilian ‘cast the net wide’ process and the limited Irish probe, it will be a while before we have answers.

Pro10 Sports Management, the company appointed as Ireland’s Authorised Ticket Reseller (ATR) and whose directors are the subject of arrest warrants, has insisted once again that its process for selling tickets was “fully within ATR guidelines”.

A “close commercial relationship” exists between two firms at the heart of the multi-million euro Olympics ticket touting scandal, it was admitted last night.

Sports Minister Shane Ross has called on senior International Olympic Committee members to intervene in Ireland’s black market ticket scandal after hitting a “brick wall” in his attempts to get answers from officials in this country.

Great rivalries are made at the Olympic Games. We have Michael Phelps and Chad le Clos in swimming, Bolt and Gatlin in the 100m sprint, the O’Donovan brothers and those très cool French dudes in the rowing. But you ain’t seen nothin’ like Ross and Hickey in the egos.

Arrest warrants have been issued for four men in connection with the recent Rio Olympics ticketing scandal.

Irish boxing coach John Conlan last night criticised boxer Michael O’Reilly for “embarrassing” and bringing “a terrible thing” to Irish boxing.

CONSIDERING that Sports Minister Shane Ross spent much of his former journalistic career demanding answers, perhaps he would be good enough to provide an explanation for what is going on in Rio in relation to the so-called ticket-tout scandal.

Sports Minister Shane Ross is “uneasy” about the independence of an investigation into allegations of Olympic ticket touting.

The company authorised to sell Irish Olympic tickets has claimed it always acted properly and fully in line with guidelines.

Pro 10 Sports Management have broken their silence on the Olympic ticketing debacle.

Ireland’s Olympic boss Pat Hickey has been told by sports ministers Shane Ross and Patrick O’Donovan to clarify urgently what he knows about the ticket touting scandal.

Update - 11.25am: Inspector Ricardo Barbosa told a press conference in Rio that they were offering tickets for more than four times the original price.

Bizarre and disturbing texts were sent to a young woman in Cork referring to things in her personal life, such as her engagement, her home address and reference to a knife.

CHILDREN were introduced to the magic of opera at a very special event in Cork’s English Market yesterday.

OVER the years diverse theories have sprung up about what happened to Shergar, with everyone from Colonel Gadaffi to a New Orleans mafia outfit to Charles Haughey accused of involvement.

Phil Flynn acted as negotiator with Herrema kidnappers, writes Ryle Dwyer.

TED CROSBIE, chairman of Opera 2005, last night launched the organisation’s programme for the coming season at the Heineken Brewery — and specifically, next week’s opening of The Marriage of Figaro.