Keegan facing fight for tickets

AS DIRECTOR of High Performance, Gary Keegan spearheaded the programme that qualified five Irish boxers for the Olympic Games but he admitted yesterday that he may have to watch their fights on television.

“It is quite possible I won’t be able to get tickets and I will probably have to watch the fights on TV,” he said. “I’m disappointed but I am also excited for the boys and accreditation is not something that is on my mind right now. I have to try to focus on what I can do for them here.

“Over the last couple of days things have gone pretty well for us. We got our physio into the Village yesterday and today we have our physio and our psychologist in so we are happy and if it continues like that they may not need the apartment at all but if they do it is only eight minutes walk away.”