by Rob Dore | sports writer Despite the seeming inevitability of Katie Taylor’s Olympic gold medal win, the Bray boxer had to show her battling qualities in the final to overcome the defensive Russian Sofya Ochigava. This was on top of living up to the high expectations of the boisterously supportive, success-starved Irish fans who […]
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Kenny Egan: ‘This is John Joe Nevin’s time’
By Kenny Egan | Olympic silver medalist and boxing pundit It’s already been a fantastic Olympics for the Irish boxing team. It’s one of the best boxing teams that’s ever travelled. At the start, all they were asked to do was perform to the best of their abilities and that’s exactly what they’ve done. Each […]
Kenny Egan previews Ireland’s boxing semi-finalists
With Katie Taylor securing gold on Thursday, Kenny Egan looks at Ireland’s three remaining male fighters as they all look to book their final places today. Will they be able to upgrade their bronze medals to at least a silver and maybe more? Beijing silver-medallist Kenny Egan gave us his views on all three fights. […]
Kenny Egan: It’ll be tight but Katie to win gold
Beijing silver-medallist Kenny Egan talks to us about Katie Taylor and her Olympic final opponent the Russian Sofya Ochigava. This is what it’s all about now, there’s no turning back so to speak. It’s a great day in Irish sport and for Katie Taylor and her family and her friends and her father. She’s a […]
Kenny Egan: Katie Taylor is final bound
Kenny Egan Beijing silver-medallist Kenny Egan gives his thoughts on Irish gold medal hope Katie Taylor’s semi-final fight againt Mavzuna Chorieva from Tajikistan. Her quarter-final win over British fight Natasha Jonas: To go out and fight the way she did against Jonas in the quarter-final, it’s actually a shame that it wasn’t the final. She […]
Betting Update: Arsenal, Olympics, Brownlee, Hughes
Evening update from the Paddy Power Blog on all the latest betting moves in sport Football Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger looks to have taken criticism of the club’s transfer policy to heart and another summer signing has pitched up at the Emirates. Spanish international Santi Cazorla has joined from Malaga in a £16m deal and joins strikers Lukas […]
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: Ennis, Adlington and Aquilani
An evening update from the Paddy Power Blog on all the latest betting moves in sport Olympics Jessica Ennis got off to a flying start in the heptathlon as the 26-year-old aims for gold. Jessica absolutely smashed the 100 metre hurdles, setting a heptathlon record and a British record with a time of 12.54 seconds. […]
VIDEO: Olympic gold for Sergio Ramos?
Spain haven’t had much success in the Olympics so far, picking up just the one silver medal in the women’s 200 metre butterfly race. Maybe if they’d had Sergio Ramos in the water you would have seen Spain topping the medal tables more often than not. Michael Phelps has just become the most successful Olympian […]
Betting news: Jessica Ennis and Santi Cazorla
Afternoon update from the Paddy Power Blog on all the latest betting moves in sport Olympics Jessica Ennis got off to a flyer in the heptathlon this morning smashing records and setting a blistering time of 12.54 seconds in the 100 metre hurdles. The 26-year-old got 1195 points for her run and couldn’t have asked for […]
Betting News: Ennis, Liverpool, Goodwood, Tiger
Morning update from the Paddy Power Blog on all the latest betting moves in sport Olympics The attention switches to the track and field events at London 2012 with Team GB heptathlon favourite Jessica Ennis running in Heat 5 of the 100m hurdles. Ennis is 8/11 favourite in Paddy Power’s online betting to win the seven-event […]
PADCAST: PSG can win the Champions League at 14/1
Listen here | The arrival of Ancelotti in January was a good thing because he had six months to get used to the team, the club and the mentality of the French League. Depending on the draw of the group stages they could easily get through to the last sixteen and go on to surprise a […]
Betting news: Adlington, Joe Allen and Galway
Afternoon update from the Paddy Power Blog on all the latest betting moves in sport Olympics Team GB picked up another medal on the water and this time it was silver for the men’s lightweight four. The team were favourites for gold but were edged on the line by South Africa in a thrilling finish. Team GB […]
Betting news: Higuain, Frankel and gold for Britain!
Afternoon update from the Paddy Power Blog on all the latest betting moves in sport Olympics Team GB have a gold medal! It took until day five of the games but Britain has finally tasted gold and in emphatic fashion. Heather Stanning and Helen Glover destroyed the opposition to win the women’s pair, becoming the […]
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