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Sunday 19 September 2021
Catch up on all you need to know from the overnight action in Tokyo.
Meadow shot a 68 and Maguire stuck a 70 at the Kasumigaseki Country Club.
The International Olympic Committee on Friday said it had removed the accreditations of Artur Shimak and Yury Maisevich.
It was a strong showing in stifling conditions from Boyce who clocked 3:53:40.
The three-time defending champions powered past Australia 97-78, while the French overcame Slovenia.
Kenya’s Abel Kipsang set a new Olympic record of 3:31.65 in the second semi-final.
Matthew Walls won gold for Britain ahead of New Zealand’s Campbell Stewart and Italy’s Elia Viviani.
The Meath woman collected 238 points after the fencing ranking round.
The 22-year-old Kerryman easily outperformed his world ranking to finish 29th in Sapporo.
The Dublin boxer will fight for a gold medal in Tokyo on Sunday morning.
Nelly Korda shot a stunning 62 to lead the way on -13.
Catch up on all you missed overnight from the Olympic Games.
’20 years of working every day with the dream of going to the Olympics, to finally achieve that was pretty incredible.’
Harrington faced Thai opponent Sudaporn Seesondee.
Parchment clocked 13.04 seconds, to trump fading world champion Grant Holloway.
19-year-old Watsonwas the first woman to represent Ireland in an Olympic diving competition
The 25-year-old pulled out of the 200m and failed to reach the 100m final last week after suffering a hamstring injury in June.
Team Ireland track cyclist Shannon McCurley’s Road to Tokyo hasn’t exactly been straightforward.
The 32-year-old missed out in a seven-man play-off for a bronze medal on Sunday.
After two ‘unbelievably stressful’ years, English and Mark Downey compete in the men’s Madison this week.
The Kenyans have not been at their best in Tokyo before today.
De Grasse won bronze in the 100m before taking 200m gold.
O’Connor and Kilkenny finish joint-seventh in Wednesday’s individual final.
Brown’s achievement is all the more remarkable for the fractured skull and broken bones she suffered during a horrific fall in training last year.
Teenage diver finished 16th overall, with the top 18 progressing to Thursday’s semi-finals.
New Zealand’s Olympians have also been accused of unruly behaviour on a flight from Tokyo to Christchurch.
Modern pentathlete Natalya Coyle is the third and final athlete to be profiled in our series with Indeed.
The Cavan golfer posted an even-par round of 71, with Stephanie Meadow one shot further back.
Catch up on all you missed overnight from the Olympic Games.
In a scintillating event, second-placed Dalilah Muhammad also finished within the pre-race record.
Her appearance on sport’s biggest stage was historic but short-lived.
Krystsina Tsimanouskaya has been offered asylum in Poland following claims her team tried to force her to return home after she criticised her coaches.
Ireland’s history-making siblings: Aidan Walsh says his bronze medal is shared with his sister, Michaela.
Brilliant news for the Irish contingent.
It was the fastest 200m race ran this year, and Reid finished just outside his season’s best from this morning.
The 24-year-old made it to the presentation on crutches today.
The American was back competing after withdrawing early in the women’s team final last week, citing a desire to protect her mental health.
The American showjumper is the daughter of Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa.
Here’s what you missed while you were sleeping…
FOUR SPACE TOURISTS have returned to earth overnight in a splash down in the Atlantic off the coast of Florida.
The all-amateur crew was the first to circle the world without a professional astronaut.
The billionaire who paid undisclosed millions for the trip and his three guests wanted to show that ordinary people could blast into orbit by themselves.
SpaceX founder Elon Musk took them on as the company’s first rocket-riding tourists.
“Your mission has shown the world that space is for all of us,” SpaceX Mission Control radioed.
Will all that in mind this morning we are asking: If money wasn’t an issue would you go to space as a tourist?
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The Sinn Féin senator says new legislation to stop the sale of dogs online is not being enforced.
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