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Wednesday 22 September 2021
Harrington faced Thai opponent Sudaporn Seesondee.
McIlroy and Shane Lowry are both four shots off the lead in Tokyo.
Over the next two weeks The42 will be keeping track of all our athletes as they go for gold.
At 39, the world champion rower is hoping to banish the disappointments of the 2012 and 2016 Games by unleashing her talent in Japan.
She has secured her spot thanks to a 12th-place finish at the World Championships earlier this year.
How can we boost Ireland’s number of podium finishes? We find out more on Ireland 2029.
The world champion will face the scourge of Irish boxing, and one of her inspirations, Mira Potkonen in the decider.
John O’Donnell and the Ireland Men’s Sevens team have a huge weekend ahead in Hong Kong.
The brothers finished third in their semi-final today to book their place in Saturday’s A Final.
The Bray boxer is set to take on Germany’s Nina Meinke in a 10-round bout with the WBA intercontinental belt on the line.
We’d be guaranteed a rake of golds.
More than 180 athletes will train at the high performance centre on the National Sports Campus.
A new book looks at the success of Irish boxing’s High Performance Unit.
Both fighters now go for gold tomorrow.
Mick Conlan and Dean Walsh have delivered in Bulgaria.
Two codes of rugby (and a bit of boxing) aren’t enough to keep SBW busy.
Next up for the champ: Bulgaria’s Denitsa Eliseeva in Friday’s semi-final.
Caroline Ryan denied a medal in the final stages as Track Cycling World Championships get underway in Colombia.
The American gained worldwide fame for his sporting efforts and his victory over Germany’s best athletes.
Ireland’s Fionnuala Britton is the one they all have to beat in Belgrade later today.
Hugh Myres and Jason Quigley both fight in the finals of the European U23 Championships in Russia this afternoon.
Canal BC’s Kurt Walker fights Oliver Simpson in the flyweight semi-finals of the AIBA World Youth Championships
Lisburn’s Kurt Walker will face Oliver Simpson of Leeds in the flyweight semi-finals of the World Youth Boxing Championships.
John Joe Nevin’s opponent is a decent lad and a great boxer, there must be some Irish in him.
The favourites for basketball gold made light work of the French side led by Tony Parker.
The Russian queen of track and field is very confident going in to London 2012.
Grainne Murphy was a rediculously narrow margin away from breaking a long-standing record in the pool. Now, the 18-year-old turns her focus to London.
USA Basketball have named a 20 man squad which they hope can bring them gold this summer
Rory McIlroy says that he will take as much time as possible before committing to either Great Britain or Ireland for the 2016 Olympic Games.
Katie Taylor will fight for gold at the European Women’s Boxing Championships tomorrow after an impressive semi-final win this morning.
Katie Taylor’s drive for five continued with a comfortable quarter-final win at the European Women’s Boxing Championships this afternoon.
Paddy Barnes seeks to become only the second Irish boxer to win back-to-back European titles.
The Irish athlete has qualified for this evening’s 60m hurdles final at the European Indoor Athletics Championships in Paris.
Both Cooldine and stablemate Mikael d’Haguenet have “worked very well” according to their trainer as they prepare for this weekend’s Hennessy Gold Cup meeting.
Trainer Paul Nolan is pleased with the defending champ’s preparations for Sunday’s Hennessy Gold Cup at Leopardstown
PUT DOWN THE banana bread because the Great British Bake Off 2021 will be on our television screens tonight.
The bakers will face three challenges before the first contestant will be eliminated by Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith.
The cast consists of a police detective, a psychology student and a retired midwife as they take on the first challenge of Cake Week.
So, today we want to know… Will you watch the Great British Bake Off tonight?
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