Wiggins' use of triamcinolone, the same drug Lance Armstrong tested positive for at the 1999 Tour de France, came to light when Russian hackers stole medical data stored by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and published it online on Wednesday.

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

Olympic champion Katie Taylor is convinced her best is yet to come as she prepares to lead Ireland into the inaugural European Games in Baku next month.

With each passing year, Jerry Maguire’s words ring truer.

Northern Ireland’s boxers claimed the most medals — two gold, two silver and five bronze – at the Commonwealth Games in Scotland.

Nicola Adams repelled the brave challenge of flyweight Michaela Walsh to claim Commonwealth Games boxing gold in Glasgow.

AIBA World No. 2 ranked bantamweight Michael Conlan is an injury doubt for Northern Ireland for today’s Commonwealth Games 56kg final in Glasgow.

BOXING: Olympic boxing bronze medallists Michael Conlan and Paddy Barnes will lead a team of 117 Northern Ireland athletes to the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow next month.

Katie Taylor cruised to the 145th victory of her career to progress to tomorrow’s lightweight semi-finals at the European Women’s Championships in Bucharest.

Former Aston Villa, West Ham and Germany international midfielder Thomas Hitzlsperger has announced he is gay in a bid to break the taboo of homosexuality in sport.

It is, in a way, an absurdity that two neighbouring island nations should have to engage in tortuous planning and negotiations and no small amount of soul searching simply to organise a state visit.

Shares in Marks & Spencer suffered another day of losses today as concerns grow that its star-studded clothing relaunch is failing to revive the British chain.

Victoria Beckham has been crowned Woman Of The Decade at the 2013 Glamour Women of the Year Awards in London.

Chris Maloney was left crying and shaking after winning a place in 'The X Factor' finals last night, but recovered his composure to deliver a stunning performance.

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TWO weeks ago, in this column, I wrote about how a suspension of disbelief was required to make the most of watching the Olympic Games.

If Katie Taylor decides to go into the world of women’s professional boxing, she can expect a tough slog in a business dominated by men and largely motivated by money.

IT was history in the making — an historic day for boxing and for the whole Olympic movement as the first three gold medals in women’s boxing were decided. And a dream realised for Ireland’s Katie Taylor, the driving force to have the discipline added to the Olympic programme.

The neighbours inthis corner of London won’t shed a tear when the Olympics are over and the Irish go home.

Katie Taylor has won gold at the Olympic Games.