I’m the youngest of six and although the official family business was printing, we were all very musical.

Ireland’s Kurt Walker will have to battle Berlin featherweight Hamsat Shadolov down to the final bell at the European qualifiers for Tokyo 2020 in London today, according to Germany’s Wexford-born head coach Eddie Bolger.

JOE WARD'S comeback fight in Boston has been cancelled because of the coronavirus.

Joe Ward will meet New Orleans light-heavy Patrick Pierre in his comeback fight at Boston’s House of Blues on March 14.

Tourism Ireland has suspended 'Global Greening' in China due to the coronavirus

Facial recognition technology.

You’re the director of one of the world’s best athletics meetings. It’s Saturday night in New York City, prime time, and you’re live to the nation on NBC.

On the threshold of the year to come, some well-known people tell Donal O’Keeffe their new year’s resolutions.

“I can understand how Bob’s comments have caused offence. However, I don’t think there was any malice behind what he said."

Katie Taylor has been named the Female Fighter of the Year for 2019 by the Boxing Writers Association of America.

Michael Conlan could meet Nevada’s Jessie Magdaleno in a world title fight in Ireland after putting the record straight against Vladimir Nikitin at New York’s Madison Square Garden (MSG) on Saturday night.

Vladimir Nikitin's attempt to rile an already fired up Michael Conlan ahead of tomorrow night's rematch at New York's Madison Square Garden doesn't appear to be working.

The chief executives of the Six Nations renewed talks in London yesterday aimed at finalising an offer designed to change the face of the game. Having already forked out some €400m to buy stakes in the English Premiership and PRO14, the private equity firm CVC Partners are willing to pay the Six Nations almost as much again for a share of the tournament’s commercial rights.

Andy Ruiz Jr’s life altered unimaginably on a balmy evening in Manhattan back in June but you would barely know it to speak to him.

Already a transcendent amateur, Katie Taylor is now 15-0 as a professional. In what was her ninth world title fight since switching to the paid ranks in November 2016, Saturday’s triumph means Taylor has become Ireland’s third ever dual-weight title-holder.

Katie Taylor is a two-weight world champion after claiming a unanimous-decision win over Christina Linardatou in Manchester on Saturday.

Joe Ward will make his professional debut in New York in October.

Undisputed lightweight champion Katie Taylor is set to head back to this side of the Atlantic in November to kick off an assault on a second weight class.

Undisputed lightweight world champion Katie Taylor has described her dad and former coach Pete Taylor as her hero and has revealed that she wants another shot at Belgium’s Delfine Persoon.

Unified lightweight champion Katie Taylor has described her dad and former coach Pete Taylor as her hero and told CNN she wants another shot at Belgium's Delfine Persoon.

Anthony Joshua wants to get his “passion” for boxing back ahead of his rematch with Andy Ruiz Jr later this year.

Michael Conlan has never been one for Irish understatement.

The music, the stress, the long hours, and, of course, the memories — Pat Conway recalls his time working at the Lobby and how he misses it, writes Ellie O’Byrne.

Katie Taylor is far from done making history.

There were jubilant scenes as boxer Katie Taylor arrived at her home town of Bray, Co Wicklow, last night, where she received a well-deserved hero’s welcome.

This is a man’s world. The airside tarmac, as Air Force One touched down in Shannon, was dotted in men

Katie Taylor has received a hero's welcome as she returned to her hometown of Bray as the undisputed world champion.

Not lost in the folly of the Shane Ross airport pageantry was that Katie Taylor’s lust for the limelight could scarcely compare less.

Katie Taylor and her team say a rematch with Delfine Persoon is very much in their plans, though a deal is preliminarily in place for a fight with Amanda Serrano later this year.

Belt-laden Katie Taylor believes that a rematch with Belgium’s Delfine Persoon is inevitable

June is drizzling down all over, and the mayflies have gone into hiding in the bushes around my backyard slice of Lough Derg, at Killaloe.

Katie Taylor, the undisputed lightweight world champion, has returned home to Ireland.

Pete Taylor believes his daughter deserved to have her hand raised in victory against Delfine Persoon in New York last Saturday night, but he admitted it was a close call.

As Katie Taylor sat on her stool before the start of the 10th and final round of this historic encounter with fellow champion Delfine Persoon, her eyes appeared to stare straight through Ross Enamait.

Katie Taylor has never been one for braggadocio but things have felt a little bit different during this, her fourth straight fight week on America’s east coast.

She may be about to compete in one of the most significant women’s boxing matches in history, but Delfine Persoon had to take annual leave just to be here.

Not long after she had dropped and stopped the previously undefeated Rose Volante in Philadelphia, dispossessing her of the WBO lightweight title in the process, Katie Taylor received a message from the 36-year-old Brazilian.

The slight figure of Katie Taylor, running up and down the snow-covered streets, has become a fixture in the obscure Connecticut town of Vernon.

When Taron Egerton watched Rocketman with an audience for the first time, it was at one of the biggest entertainment events of the year — the Cannes Film Festival.

"This is going to be without a doubt the biggest challenge of my career and the biggest fight of my career... both amateur and professional."

After St Patrick’s Day had segued into the Bank Holiday Monday, I sat down to watch Michael Conlan’s fight against Ruben Garcia Hernandez.

On a weekend awash with cultural appropriation and faux role modelling, Katie Taylor was St Patrick’s saving grace.