14+ min ago   (593+ words) The appointed examiner to Horse Sport Ireland has told the High Court he was aware the company performed a very important function within the equestrian industry in Ireland. “I understand that the sport horse industry is worth in excess of…...

10+ hour, 3+ min ago   (478+ words) Olympic athletes have come out in force to condemn a sports betting advert featuring actor Sydney Sweeney in various states of undress. The campaign, for US sports prediction market company Novig, depicts Sweeney in minimal to no clothing while she…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (602+ words) Kimi Antonelli won the Spanish Grand Prix for Mercedes becoming the first victor at Formula One’s newest circuit, the Madring in Madrid. In a decidedly prosaic affair for the track’s debut, he beat the Red Bull of Max Verstappen into…...

22+ hour, 41+ min ago   (642+ words) The stars have a habit of aligning for Shane Lowry when it really matters. And if demons have been swirling around in his head for much of the season, he slew them unequivocally – his golf reaching otherworldly heights – to capture…...

1+ day, 24+ min ago   (406+ words) Mark English finished sixth in the race to decide the best 800 metres runner in the world on Sunday night, the Donegal athlete clocking a personal best of 1:42.78 seconds on the closing night of the World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest....

1+ day, 21+ min ago   (386+ words) The morning breeze around Doonbeg was gentle but still it carried murmurs about Donald Trump’s intentions. Some thought he would rise early to see off Rory McIlroy, others swore he’d be out to see Brooks Koepka less than an hour…...

1+ day, 55+ min ago   (438+ words) In sport, those with the killer instinct don’t hold back or wait for any favours. Such was the mindset Shane Lowry brought into the final round of the Amgen Irish Open where the 39-year-old Offaly man started with a four-stroke…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (265+ words) July 1972. I was 11 years old. In a country tense with uniformed killings and violent recrimination, my mother’s Austin A40 made a tortuous one-day journey to Toormore Bay in west Cork. It was a warm summer, but televised outrage had kept the…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (322+ words) Alex Dunne had to settle for second place after a frantic and entertaining Formula 2 feature race at the Spanish Grand Prix in Madrid. With only three rounds to go, the Offaly driver remains fourth in the championship standings. Sweden’s Dino…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (488+ words) World champions South Africa beat New Zealand for a third ‌successive weekend to win the Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry series 3-1 as they took the last of four tests 43-28 on Saturday. The Springboks outscored the All Blacks six tries ​to four with…...