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.

The good vibes from Rio 2016's vibrant opening ceremony did not take long to fade this morning as reports emerged of athletes getting lost, fans stuck in queues and a fatal shooting witnessed by international film crews.

A Moroccan Olympic boxer has been arrested on allegations that he sexually assaulted two Brazilian women, police said.

6.28pm: A statement from the IABA said: “The Irish Athletic Boxing Association (IABA) has been notified by Sport Ireland today of an alleged violation of the Irish Anti-doping Rules committed by one of the boxers in our High Performance Unit.

Australia's team bosses have refused to move staff or athletes into the Olympic Village in Rio after claiming the buildings are dangerous and uninhabitable.

Next year the Olympics is taking place in Rio, as you are no doubt aware. Are you looking forward to the event? Should you be?

Rory McIlroy’s embrace with the Olympic Games hasn’t been the warmest thus far, but Paul McGinley believes the world’s top golfer is ready to embrace the Rio Games in 2016 when he plays for Ireland.

Olympic events will be able to be staged in more than one city or even in different countries in the future after new rules were agreed by IOC members.

Regrettably, most sports don’t lend themselves to glamorous exits and people tend to wind down in a low-key manner.

The Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics were officially brought to a conclusion on Sunday with a closing ceremony that celebrated Russia’s culture and heritage - as well as giving an indication of the country’s sense of humour.

So you're hanging around all day with all these athletes at their peak. What would you do?

India has been reinstated to the Olympics in time for the flag to fly at the Sochi Winter Games.

The doomsday scenarios surrounding the Winter Olympics seemed as plentiful as the snow which covers the sprawling complexes of Sochi and its hinterland.

The Austrian Olympic Committee has received an anonymous letter from Russia containing a kidnap threat against Alpine skier Marlies Schild and skeleton pilot Janine Flock during the Sochi Games.

An Irish wood pellet boiler manufacturer has increased turnover by 500%, boosted by British government alternative energy incentives. And in the three years since it was set up, it has sold just one boiler in Ireland, writes Trish Dromey.

Kangaroo meat hopping off the menu

For Michael McKillop, it began with a Nutella sandwich and ended with dessert.

Four dreamlike weeks have slipped through London’s fingers since Jessica Ennis, Mo Farah and Greg Rutherford delivered three gold medals on a never-to-be-forgotten night at the Olympic Stadium that was, inevitably, dubbed Super Saturday.

Ireland's boxing gold medal-winner Katie Taylor has boarded a flight from Heathrow on its way to Dublin Airport.

Thousands of Olympic athletes and spectators were heading home today after the London 2012 Games ended with a triumphant bang.

Airports are bracing themselves for an Olympic exodus with almost 200,000 people a day set to leave the capital after the end of Games.

Bosses of Heathrow are on their marks to cope with one of the busiest-ever days at the west London airport when thousands of athletes fly off after the end of the Olympics.

The operator of Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza hotels deflected attention away from a probe by regulators as it announced a big pay-out for shareholders.

One of Ireland’s top athletics chiefs admits to having concerns about Derval O’Rourke’s readiness for the Olympic Games following a betting scandal involving boyfriend Peter O’Leary.

A senior figure in the London 2012 Games has warned against "irresponsible" and "destructive" judgment of the Chinese swimmer Ye Shiwen after a leading coach described her world-record breaking race as "disturbing".

For a sense of perspective, you rarely need to look any further than Billy Mitchell.

Graeme McDowell believes Rory McIlroy’s passionate love affair with tennis star Caroline Wozniacki and his gruelling travel schedule is “wearing him down”.

WESTMEATH boxer Joe Ward will learn this morning if a last minute appeal to make the Ireland team for the Olympic Games was successful.

Robert Heffernan was impressed when the main group of Irish athletes arrived at the Irish holding camp in Lensbury, Teddington, yesterday to put the finishing touches to their Olympic build-up.

For a man who has just completed the Tour de France, Dan Martin is looking remarkably relaxed and refreshed as he sits on his bike in the Olympic Village.

Widows of two Israeli athletes killed at the 1972 Olympics pleaded with the International Olympic Committee to allow a minute’s silence at the London 2012 opening ceremony.

Katie Taylor arrives in London today — well in advance of her bid for Olympic glory, which begins on August 5 when she will enter the inaugural women’s boxing tournament at the quarter-final stages, with a guaranteed bronze medal for the winner.

The best place in the world to come to discover your place in the genetic lottery of life is the Olympic Village in the days leading up to the Games.

Olympic cities are often left with debt and idle grounds. London hopes for better, says Richard Fitzpatrick

A minute’s silence was held in London’s Olympic Village today in memory of the 11 Israeli team members killed at the 1972 Games 40 years ago in a “spontaneous” tribute by the IOC.

Members of the American Olympic team have taken a break from training to rub shoulders with Hollywood legend Danny DeVito at the UK movie premiere of his new film 'The Lorax'.

London 2012 chairman Lord Coe has played down talk of transport problems after Olympic athletes and officials experienced some travel delays yesterday.

London mayor Boris Johnson admitted today that there would be “imperfections and things going wrong” as the capital coped with the Olympics.

Two-time world 400 metres hurdles champion Kerron Clement was getting a less than favourable first impression of London this morning as the bus taking him to the Olympic Village struggled to find its destination.