Katie Taylor and John Joe Nevin are already in to their semi-finals but Michael Conlon and Paddy Barnes on the verge of guaranteeing bronze medals of their own. At least. Beijing silver medalist Kenny Egan gives us his thoughts on how both fighters will get on in their quarter-final bouts. Michael Conlon (Ire) v Nordine […]
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Video: Usain Bolt and the next four fastest men ever
To list the five fastest men ever we have to look outside the top ten 100m times of all-time. In fact, thanks to Usain Bolt’s 9.64 second run in Sunday’s final, we now have to look outside the top 20. Such is the dominance of four men that Nesta Carter’s 9.78 in 2010 is now […]
Kenny Egan hails unbeatable Katie Taylor
Kenny gives us his thoughts on Katie Taylor’s Olympic quarter-final lightweight fight against Britain’s Natasha Jonas. Mon 2.30pm BBCi/RTE2 Natasha Jones is improving as a fighter. She fought Katie last year and she was only beaten 6-3 which is a small margin. The fact that it’s on her home soil means the stadium is going […]
Betting News: Greene, Taylor and more Olympics
A morning update from the Paddy Power Blog on all the latest betting moves in sport Boxing John Joe Nevin has guaranteed Ireland’s first Olympic medal in the boxing by qualifying for the bantamweight semi-finals but it is Katie Taylor who carries a nation’s hopes of glory on her shoulders. The Bray fighter is as […]
Will Olympic gold Open Murray up for US success?
Andy Murray’s Olympic gold medal win over Roger Federer on the very court that Swiss world number one had broken his heart just 28 days earlier could have been more dramatic. But it could not have been more impressive. There’s nothing like a back-and-forth five setter to get the heart pumping but there was no […]
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