Former WBA welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi has quit Conor McGregor's camp as the Irishman prepares to face Floyd Mayweather in Las Vegas on August 26.
Spanish multiple world champion Angel Nieto has died aged 70.
The men in charge of catching drugs cheats at the World Athletics Championships have promised those watching that there will be no repeat of the...
A flurry of medals, a word of caution: it's been a fantastic few weeks for Irish athletics, but the true health check lies ahead.
Katie Taylor's world title date is still likely to take place on the undercard of Anthony Joshua's next bout, with the fight bill expected to take place in Cardiff or Las Vegas in October or November.
Coach Dan Buckley was matter-of-fact when explaining why Ireland has only one crew at the World Junior Rowing Championships in Lithuania.
We can only pray that now Wladimir Klitschko has retired, he stays retired and is not attracted back with offers which will promise to do much for his pension fund, but little for his long-term health.
Shortly after walking off the track at the Rio Olympics last year, distraught after an 11th-place finish in her 1500m semi-final, Ciara Mageean issued an apology to all those watching back home.
British Athletics performance director Neil Black has never seen anything which has made him doubt Mo Farah's defence against doping claims.
It’s a measure of Ryan Mullen’s growing ambitions that he felt “gutted” after claiming bronze in the elite men’s time trial at the European Road...
World number one Andy Murray has withdrawn from next week's Rogers Cup in Montreal as he continues to recover from a hip injury, Tennis Canada has...
In the race against its demons, athletics has many miles left to run. On the eve of the sport's showpiece event, that hard truth is illustrated by a couple of tales which many won't want to hear.
Wladimir Klitschko has announced his shock retirement from boxing with immediate effect, ending any chance of a rematch against...
The surprise decision of former World heavyweight champion, Wladimir Klitschko to quit boxing could jeopardise Katie Taylor’s dream of fighting for a...
Andre de Grasse, the triple Olympic sprint medallist, has pulled out of the World Athletics Championships in London with injury, boosting...
Not for the first time, preparations for Floyd Mayweather’s upcoming super-fight against Conor McGregor have been thrown confusion, after...
Ireland's sole crew at the World Junior Rowing Championships in Lithuania has qualified direct for the quarter-finals of the women's double sculls.
Ireland's Ryan Burnett will face Zhanat Zhakiyanov, from Kazakhstan, in a historic unification clash for the IBF and WBA Super World Bantamweight titles at the SSE Arena in Belfast on Saturday, October 21, live on Sky Sports.
Conor McGregor has vowed to 'destroy' Floyd Mayweather when they finally face off in the ring on August 26.
Can Frampton fans may still be able to see their man take on Andres Gutierrez - but Cyclone Promotions have announced how supporters can...
Former WBA welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi has said that UFC Lightweight champion Conor McGregor is 'not a very likeable' sparring...
It’s been billed as the most lucrative event in the history of combat sport. But is Floyd Mayweather’s fight next month with Conor McGregor in danger...
Ireland’s Ryan Burnett will face Zhanat Zhakiyanov from Kazakhstan in an historic unification clash for the IBF and WBA Super World Bantamweight titles at the SSE Arena in Belfast on Saturday October 21,...
Anthony Joshua is preparing to begin a training camp on August 22 in the expectation Wladimir...
Floyd Mayweather is not going to leave Conor McGregor with any excuses after 26th August as...
World featherweight title-holder Leo Santa Cruz is insisting that he has no problem in accepting a showdown with Carl 'The Jackal' Frampton in Belfast.
Ireland will be represented by only two rowers, in the women's double scull, at the World Junior Championships, which get under way in Lithuania today.
A lot can be gleaned from a goodbye. For many sports people, time spent talking to the media is an exercise in finishing the job with minimal pain.
Aqua Blue Sport have signed talented Irish rider Eddie Dunbar for the 2018 season.
Showtime have released their latest promotional video of the intriguing clash between the undefeated Floyd Mayweather and UFC...
Harry Tector produced an invaluable half-century and a cool head as captain to help Ireland squeeze past Scotland by five runs in a pulsating finish in Jersey yesterday to win European U-19 World...
Katie Taylor is on course for a WBA World lightweight title shot after stopping Texas southpaw Jasmine Clarkson on her US debut in New York's Barclays Center.
Ireland all-rounder Max Sorensen has retired from international cricket following a shoulder injury.
IBF champion Lee Selby has encouraged Carl Frampton to alter his fight plans and fight him in a world-title showdown.
Lewis Hamilton let his heart rule his head in a remarkable moment of sportsmanship at yesterday's Hungarian Grand Prix which could ultimately cost him the Formula One championship.
Three years ago Esapekka Lappi won himself a whole army of Irish fans with his stylish win on the Circuit of Ireland. Now the young Finn is a hero in his homeland too.
An ugly war of words broke out after the Hungarian Grand Prix as Kevin Magnussen and Nico Hulkenberg clashed in the race.
Brendan Foster, the great British athlete of the 1970s, had a line that summed up the reality of high-level distance running. "All top international athletes wake up in the morning feeling tired,"...
Sarah Healy marked herself down as a potential star of Irish middle distance running with a commanding performance to win gold over 1500m at the European Youth Olympic Festival in Gyor, Hungary on Saturday, the 16-year-old Killiney student clocking 4:19.85 to win Ireland's fifth medal of...
This is it for Galway.
What if the wrong...
I didn't know it at the time but when I...
'A tough two years to be honest,"...
![Ciara Mageean: ‘I’m running for me, and I’m running for Jerry [Kiernan], and I’m running for my parents and for everybody in Portaferry and Ireland. And I want to do that honestly’. Photo: Sportsfile](http://cdn-04.independent.ie/incoming/article35980839.ece/6a7bd/AUTOCROP/w65square/7tough.jpg "Ciara Mageean: ‘I’m running for me, and I’m running for Jerry [Kiernan], and I’m running for my parents and for everybody in Portaferry and Ireland. And I want to do that honestly’. Photo: Sportsfile")