O’Reilly, Sweeney going for gold

IRELAND’S Michael O’Reilly and Gary Sweeney are through to today’s finals at the European Youth Championships following wins at the Citywest Convention Centre in Dublin last night.

O’Reilly, trading leather in the welterweight category, recorded his third victory in three days after earning a convincing 20-12 decision over Viktar Murashkin of Belarus.

And Sweeney, a brother of pro boxer Michael, didn’t leave his loyal band of Mayo supporters down, coming from behind to do a double over Latvian light-heavyweight Nikita Versockis 10-8.