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Our boxers' missing link

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:50:01 +0100

Kenneth Egan led the Irish boxers, their trainers and backroom staff through arrivals at Dublin airport yesterday afternoon to a chorus of well-earned praise and gratitude. They had three rare Olympic medals to display.

Canvas kings our great white hope

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:50:02 +0100

The gold medal was hanging around the neck of Xiaoping Zhang when Ken Egan reached over, lifted it up and kissed it.

Three-medal haul marks a major improvement for Irish Olympians

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:50:02 +0100

Ireland's haul of one silver and two bronzes in Beijing is our third best haul in an Olympics.

10 stand-out moments from Beijing

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:50:02 +0100

1) Usain Bolt (pictured) breaks the 100 metres world record. Bolt already owned the record and in front of a packed Bird's Nest stadium he ran 9.69 seconds. He thumped his chest in triumph over the last few metres before his 'marksman' celebration which became one of the lasting images of the Games.

Bookies vow to treble hero Egan's medal bet

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:50:02 +0100

Neilstown boxing hero Kenny Egan (pictured left) will receive a boost from Irish bookmaker Boylesports on his return from Beijing.

How Irish boxers cracked the system

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:50:02 +0100

Irish boxers are in the medals. That's good news. And what's even better is that the system that got them to where they are today is still in place and has become the envy of other nations.

Lightning Bolt digs deep to strike twice

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:50:02 +0100

It was hard to know which was the most arresting sight here in the Bird's Nest stadium last night -- that of the trackside clock registering 19.30 seconds at the conclusion of the Olympic 200 metres final, or that of the man who had stopped it there to better Michael Johnson's monumental mark of 19.32, actually heaving for breath.

Loughnane is in seventh heaven

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:50:02 +0100

AN Irishwoman knocked over a minute and a half off her personal best, finished seventh overall and actually broke the Olympic 20km Walk record yet, remarkably, still didn't win a medal in Beijing.

Beijing boxing heroes

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:50:02 +0100

The heroics of our boxing team has helped salvage Irish pride in what has so far been a disastrous Olympic Games for Irish sport.

Hession pleased despite missing out on final slot

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:50:02 +0100

ONE metre was all that stood between Paul Hession and athletics history last night and all, ultimately, that he came up short by in his magnificent effort to make an Olympic 200m final.