E-sports, once considered niche, are attracting record viewership numbers in the age of the coronavirus – and the large online betting platforms now want a piece of the action

The moment that many of Ireland‘s top athletes have been waiting for all their lives is the Olympic Games. So now that Tokyo 2020 has been postponed until 2021, how are they coping?

Pushing her body to the limit every time she gets into the water, Dingle-based Nuala Moore is always on the lookout for the next physically draining challenge

Suspension of fixtures over Covid-19 outbreak puts severe pressure on rugby, GAA and soccer clubs

Sports business expert predicts the tournament would lose most of its audience if it moved behind a paywall

The smaller of the two 18-hole venues is to be rebranded as Straffan Golf Course and Club

An increasing number of sporting fixtures are being cancelled or postponed – but how much of the kerfuffle is an overreaction?

UCD spin-out company creates wearable motion sensor to monitor athletic performance

The Ukrainian was one of the best heavyweight boxers of modern times. Now his vision is to reshape the sport to look after those fighters left behind

Much of professional rugby is doing no more than breaking even, and yet CVC Capital Management is increasing its investment in the sport

Portrush may have hosted the British Open Championship last year, but Fermanagh’s Lough Erne is to the fore when it comes to golf in a spectacular setting

Shane Horgan’s heroics on the wing helped Ireland to two Triple Crowns in the 2000s. Now a pundit for Virgin Media Sport, he has plenty to say about how he thinks they’ll fare under new coach Andy Farrell

Ireland‘s head coach Andy Farrell has big calls to make after Ireland’s disastrous World Cup performance: he needs to broaden the team’s options in terms of players and gameplan

Amazon Web Services software will provide a feast of stats for rugby nerds when the 6N kicks off next weekend

The former Ireland star Jamie Heaslip opens up about life after rugby, his time at Google, that controversial insurance case, his memoir and his investments

Sligo Rovers chairman Martin Heraghty and former Defence Forces member Gerry McAnaney nominated by members

FAI director flagged ‘grave’ financial and governance concerns well over a decade ago

Will the upcoming year be more fondly remembered than the 12 months just gone? You’d wonder how it could be any worse, writes Garry Doyle

The syndicate club banned by Horse Racing Ireland had 29 horses on its books including Kemboy, the early favourite for the Cheltenham Gold Cup

A year marred by a scandal in the FAI boardroom and a meltdown in the Irish rugby team’s dressing room was interrupted from time to time by outbursts of glory. The Dublin footballers made history; the Ireland women’s hockey team captured the hearts of a nation; and on a sodden Sunday afternoon in July, Shane Lowry took a giant step towards greatness. And through it all, another world-class team, the nation’s leading sports photographers, captured the images which will last for a lifetime