Ward to learn fate after late bid for Olympic reprieve

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

Ward, who controversially failed to book his ticket for London from the final European qualifiers in Turkey, and his coach Eddie Bolger, have mounted a high powered legal challenge to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in a bid to secure a place in Billy Walsh’s squad.

Westmeath fighter Ward is the highest ranked boxer in Europe not to have qualified for the Games after suffering a shock 18-15 points defeat to Turkish fighter Bahran Mazzafer.