Stock markets and their fascination with sports stars was thrown into sharp focus when a missed putt by US golfer Jordan Spieth led to a shares rout that wiped $140m (€128.6m) off the value of his clothing sponsor, Under Armour.

Last week, your columnist rolled north on the iron horse to visit the Business of Sports Science conference in the RDS, and a rewarding trip it was, writes Michael Moynihan.

For one glorious summer, London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park felt like the centre of the world.

Most kids have an idea about what they’d like to be when they grow up and like most, my career plans reflected my interests as a child.

What could best be described as a wave of molten outrage flowed down out of the northside of Cork last week with the news that the North Monastery primary school is to close.

Huge changes were proposed to raise the profile of women’s sport in Ireland during a press conference at the UCD Smurfit Business School yesterday.

Peter McKenna leads the way down one of the many corridors that wrap around Croke Park, turns what is almost a hidden corner and swipes his ID card to open a door that looks exactly like all the others.

Resistance to the €100 household tax is set to escalate, with workers threatening strike action if the charge is deducted from their wages.

TAX changes aimed at the wealthy will only bring in 25% of the money saved by hitting social welfare recipients, it was claimed last night.

MORE than half of frontline bank workers would back industrial action over plummeting confidence in their bosses, a survey has signalled.

More than half of frontline bank workers would back industrial action over plummeting confidence in their bosses, a survey has signalled.

Betfair has launched a rescue package for Sporting Options customers facing the loss of their money as a result of the betting exchange firm going into administration yesterday.

Jockeys’ Association chief executive John Blake said today that his organisation will offer full support to the three jockeys arrested as part of an investigation into allegations of race-fixing.

MANCHESTER United’s weekend victory over Newcastle United has prompted an avalanche of bets on the team to win tonight’s potential Premiership decider against Arsenal.