This is how Team GB did at Tokyo 2020 compared to Rio and London
Team GB made it into the top-three on the medal table in the last two Olympics. In Tokyo, it was fourth for GB. This year’s long-awaited Olympic games have concluded. Though we began the week in 6th place, Team GB has finished the games strongly, sitting comfortably in fourth. Though we have more medals than […]
5 years ago
Military coups, AK47s and gold medals – the remarkable story of how Ben Ryan guided Fiji to Olympic Sevens glory
If it sounds like something from a movie script, you won’t be surprised to discover the movie rights to Ben Ryan’s story have already been snapped up. How a 45-year-old from Wimbledon ended up as coach of Olympic gold medallists, with his very own waterfall and his face on Fiji’s specially commissioned $7 note is […]
7 years ago
Ireland loses Olympic sailor Saskia Tidey to Team GB ahead of Tokyo 2020
“I will always be Irish”.
10 years ago
Ryan Lochte’s dog Carter has apparently discovered the secret to eternal life
Carter the immortal
10 years ago
All boxing referees and judges from Rio 2016 sidelined by AIBA, pending investigation
Michael Conlan was one of several boxers who felt robbed
10 years ago
Irish boxer bet against himself at Rio 2016 but won the fight, IOC investigation finds
He’s one of two Irish boxers named in the report.
10 years ago