He’s won all his majors from the front but Jordan Spieth now faces a test of his mental strength after a grinding, one over par 72 left him playing catch up at Quail Hollow.

If nothing else, the 146th Open Championship will go down as the major of the meaningful caddie intervention.

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...

HERE’S a quiz question. No prize, but have a go anyway. What do Donald Trump and Ryan Lochte have in common? Odd hair, I hear you say? Accurate, but not the right answer, writes Terry Prone

The last of the four American Olympic swimmers involved in a highly-publicised incident at a Rio petrol station is on his way back to the US.

There’s a reason Cork is the country’s winningest sporting county. Superior genes? Unlikely. Superior belief?

Rio 2016 sponsors are taking an extra step to prove their commitment to the Games and forever marry their brands to the Olympic rings: They’re hiring Olympians.

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.

She's regretting it now.

There’s been a sharp reaction to some of the commentary on the Olympic Games in Rio, and I don’t mean the astonishment that people from Skibbereen speak like people... from Skibbereen.

Michael Phelps was adamant there would be no retirement U-turn this time as he was beaten to gold by a Singaporean who used to idolise him.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today

Michael Phelps sat alone, thoroughly exhausted. He put his head in his hands and then motioned at his neck as though he had nothing left to give.

Fiona Doyle’s Olympic Games came to a frustrating conclusion last night when a second-place finish in her heat of the 200m breaststroke wasn’t enough to see her qualify.

Matt Kuchar may have been the beneficiary of two of the many withdrawals from golf’s return to the Olympics, but the American believes all those who opted out of competing in Rio will regret it. 

A pound of pasta, anyone?

A wagging finger. A stunning swim. And with that, a win for clean athletes everywhere in an Olympics where no one is sure the playing field is really level.

When Michael Phelps arrived in Rio as a 31-year-old swimmer who retired once and endured plenty of turmoil away from the pool, everyone wondered just how many gold medals was a realistic goal.

If Steven Donnelly reflects the opinion of the rest of Ireland’s Olympic boxers, the Michael O’Reilly affair has had no more impact than the punches of the Algerian he beat yesterday.

There’s a scene early on in the The Hunger Games where the heroine played by Jennifer Lawrence is plucked from her district on the periphery in terms of both location and life.

With the Wimbledon tennis championships just around the corner, the heavyweight global sports brands will once again battle for supremacy at one of the highest profile sporting events in the world.

They took the debit card details over the phone. I’d successfully renewed a gym membership for the first time. It feels good. Any eejit can join a gym, but in the world of the dilettante the renewed man is king.

That’s the Greatest Of All Time. Whether it be Michael Phelps or Usain Bolt monopolising another Olympic Games, Novak Djokovic seeking a Grand Slam or Katie Taylor punching her way into legend, the sporting record books look set for another complete rewrite in 2016...

All the latest sports book news, including a profile of Patrick McCarry’s book The New Breed – Irish Rugby’s Professional Era

GAA dominates this weekend’s sporting fixtures, but hey, we love our football and hurling so bring it on!

Michael Phelps could be allowed to compete at this year’s world swimming championships after all.

Olympic gold medal-winning swimmer Michael Phelps has pleaded guilty to drink-driving.

Michael Phelps has been handed a six-month suspension by USA Swimming following his arrest for allegedly drink driving last month.

Welcome to your Monday morning briefing. Let us ensure you’re up to speed on what’s happening and are prepared for the day ahead.

Michael Phelps will take a break from swimming in order to confront his personal issues following his arrest for alleged drink driving last week.

Putting his swimming career on hold after his second drink-driving arrest, Olympic champion Michael Phelps began a six-week programme today that he said “will provide the help I need to better understand myself”.

Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps said he is “deeply sorry” after he was arrested and charged with driving under the influence.

Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps has been arrested on a charge of driving under the influence in the US, police said.

American Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all-time, will make his return to competitive swimming today.

When Michael Phelps walked into the press room at the Aquatics Centre on Saturday August 4, 2012, he left no-one in any doubt that his decision to retire was final.