#Olympics
'I don't think I've seen one person drink a beer in my entire time there ever'
Irish marathon runner David Flynn on life in Morocco and his obsession with making the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Olympics dream drives Ireland Women's 7s after hitting new marker in Sydney
The Irish squad achieved a best-ever finish on the Series in Sydney a fortnight ago.
Top Irish Karate athletes threatened with Olympic expulsion amid 24-hour deadline
Caradh O’Donovan, Shauna Mullaney, Lauren Duffy and Paul Brennan are among those who could suffer.
All medals for Tokyo 2020 to be made from recycled electronic waste, say organisers
For the 2016 Olympics in Rio, some 30 percent of the silver and bronze in medals came from recycled materials.
London Olympic champion among 12 Russian athletes banned by CAS
CAS sanctioned a dozen Russian athletes, including an Olympic gold medallist and a two-time world champion.
After missing his Olympic dream, Ray Moylette tried the ‘big, bad world’ for two months
The Mayo man is now 11-0 as a pro and is bringing a title fight to his hometown tomorrow night.
BOD: 'Big names could switch to sevens in pursuit of Olympic gold'
The 2018/19 World Rugby Sevens Series gets underway in Dubai this weekend.
'You feel like the anti-social one when you’re turning down nights out to focus on training'
Aifric Keogh speaks to The42 about the surge of success in Irish rowing.
Andy Keogh says Usain Bolt's first touch is 'like a trampoline' after arrival in Australia
The Ireland striker said the Olympic gold medalist’s presence in the A-League was ‘like a kick in the teeth’.
The trailer for the new Katie Taylor documentary is here and it looks magnificent
‘KATIE’ hits Irish cinemas on 26 October.
'Where does the international fight against doping in sport go from here?' - Sport Ireland
John Treacy has released a statement to criticise Wada’s decision to reinstate Russia.
North and South Korea will bid to host the Olympic Games together
It’s an unprecedented plan that would have been unthinkable not long ago.
Tiger's twilight, farewell Captain Cook and all the week's best sportswriting
Stick on the kettle and settle into some of our favourite sports articles from this week.
'I could have been dead, I was damn lucky,' says Olympic champion left paralysed after accident
Kristina Vogel has made her first public appearance since an accident in June that left her paralysed.
2016 Olympic champion cyclist left paralysed after crash during training
Germany’s Kristina Vogel says she is slowly coming to terms with her condition after suffering spinal injuries.
Saving a life more important than a gold medal - Michael Phelps
The US swimmer has spoken before of falling into depression after each Olympics.
Hockey Ireland to receive €500k high performance grant following women's success at World Cup
The organisation received the highest allocation of funding earmarked for 17 different sports bodies.
12-time Olympic medallist Ryan Lochte slapped with 14-month ban for doping violation
The US swimmer has been suspended over ‘use of a prohibited method’.
The Irish teen sensation aiming to follow in Annalise Murphy's footsteps
19-year-old Aoife Hopkins on her dream of representing Ireland at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
From 100m gold to English Paper 1: Meet the Irish teenage sprint star on track for glory
Emerging talent Ciara Neville speaks to The42 about balancing her time between training and study as she continues her rise in athletics.
Two-time Olympic champion Vogel stable after undergoing emergency spinal surgery
The German remains in intensive care in Berlin.
CAS dismisses Nesta Carter appeal, Jamaica remain stripped of Beijing 4x100m relay gold
Jamaica’s 4×100 metre relay team will not get their 2008 Olympic gold medals back after Nesta Carter’s appeal was dismissed by CAS.
Sports fan who attacked man with baseball bat in row over Olympic sailing avoids prison sentence
Patrick O’Reilly became enraged when other drinkers in a Dublin pub began jeering him over his defence of the sport.
'Since I was a teenager, I would always have felt sick after certain types of food'
Irish karate star Caradh O’Donovan on battling Crohn’s disease, funding her dream and aiming for the Tokyo Olympics.
Russia's Olympic ban has been lifted after 'the most difficult months in the history of Russian sports'
The IOC has deemed the nation compliant after the remaining drug tests from the Winter Olympics were negative.
The final race of Lindsey Vonn's Olympic career ends in disappointment
Vonn’s last race in South Korea ended without a medal as Michelle Gisin won Alpine combined gold in Pyeongchang.
Just 12 tweets for anyone who has become unexpectedly bet into the Winter Olympics
You didn’t love figure skating until right now.
'Love is love': Televised gay kiss lights up Olympics
It has been hailed by some as a landmark moment in Games history and the footage went viral on social media.
Sally Field tried to set her son up with Olympian Adam Rippon via Twitter
Can you blame her?
The intense turn that created a scary luge crash has become the most feared section of the Olympics
The curve is a 45-degree turn that turns athletes to the right before making them adjust to the left coming out of it.
Outbreak of vomiting and diarrhoea among security staff at the Winter Olympics
The military has stepped in as 41 hospitalised with norovirus.
Up to 175 years in jail for disgraced USA Gymnastics doctor
More than 100 women and girls accused Nassar of a pattern of serial abuse.
'I didn't want to be alive' - Michael Phelps opens up about battling anxiety, depression
“After every Olympics I think I fell into a major state of depression,” the 32-year-old Phelps said.
Hand of friendship: North and South Korea will compete together at the Winter Olympics
They’ll be sending a joint ice hockey team and will march under a “unification flag”.
Olympic champion Simone Biles reveals she was sexually abused by ex-US team doctor
Larry Nassar was last month jailed for 60 years for child porn charges.
‘I wasn’t planning to stop swimming… It was a pretty abrupt decision’
Irish Olympian Sycerika McMahon chats to The42 about her decision to retire from the sport.
Why calls to include eSports in the Olympics have been met with a mixed reaction
Many professional gamers believe becoming an Olympic sport would be a step in the wrong direction.
Gold-medal bobsledder Zubkov stripped of Olympic titles
Four more Russian athletes have been banned from competing due to anti-doping rule violations.
USA Gymnastics doctor pleads guilty to molesting young gymnasts
Dr Larry Nassar, 54, was charged with molesting seven girls. Olympic gymnasts Aly Raisman, McKayla Maroney and Gabby Douglas said they were among his victims.
Shane Ross says Ireland can be friends with the OCI again following ticket deal cancellation
In August it emerged that the OCI was locked into a “pretty watertight” contract with THG.