Dundalk’s recent successes have set them on the road to financial stability - but they’re not getting carried away anytime soon

Callum Skinner is the exception among a generation of athletes using doctors’ notes to enhance performances

The use of TUEs by top cyclists such as Bradley Wiggins is only the tip of a rotten iceberg

During the good years, the grandees of the IABA ate fish, but didn't bother to do any fishing...

If Dublin win today, they will do so with vast financial resources at their backs, to the detriment of all around them

Brazil’s treatment of the Paralympics athletes is a depressing reminder of wider society’s disregard for disabled people’s rights

There are separate wars in Brazil around crime and corruption - and the nation may not be winning either

Despite the litany of controversies, the IOC will still claim the Rio Games as a great success as the curtain comes down tonight

Questions were already being raised over Ireland’s allocation of tickets after the last Olympics in London

Ireland was ready to storm Olympic boxing in Rio. Now Michael O’Reilly’s teammates step into the ring under a cloud

The Olympics open this Friday under a cloud of corruption, alleged land grabs and citizen displacement

Sports need to do more to respond to whistleblowers

Now the World Anti-Doping Agency is clapping itself on the back for a report it was pushed into doing

At 51, Kieren Fallon going public about his illness is hugely important

Luke Fitzgerald has just retired from rugby at the age of 28. Is the strain of the professional game too much?

Political football

McIlroy could have given any number of excuses - but Zika fear doesn’t make sense

Sport makes the mistake of thinking it can actually transcend life

With O’Neill at the helm, Ireland veterans say we have a real shot at making the last 16 at the Euros

The European Championship has become a Montessori sports day where everyone gets a medal