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Net gains: How a tech giant tracks the action at Wimbledon

When you see a stat flash up on your screen during this summer’s tennis showpiece, it has come directly from IBM’s operations centre in London’s SW19, as its sports partnership lead Kevin Farrar explains

Russian tennis player to be allowed to train in Ireland

Tennis Ireland says Vitalia Diatchenko, who had been refused permission, can now resume practising here for international tournaments

Ukraine dispatch: ‘The football last week gave us a good distraction. It was very emotional’

After two months of quiet, the war returned to Kyiv last week. Oleksandr Proshuta, a sports journalist based in the Ukrainian capital, reports on daily life there and tells of his concerns for his native city of Zaporizhzhya

Nadine O’Regan: When money trumps principles, sportswashing is the name of the game

The controversy surrounding a new Saudi-funded golfing extravaganza is a useful reminder that some people simply have too much money

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Media: Sponsorship now about more than just the ‘spondulicks’ for sports stars

Top-tier athletes Kellie Harrington and Ellen Keane embody an increasing trend of sports stars demanding those they partner with should meet certain ethical and social standards

Leinster Rugby tackles the metaverse with events in the virtual world

In partnership with tech consultancy BearingPoint, the club aims to have a virtual experience ready for fans by the start of next season this autumn

Metaverse match tickets may materialise for Leinster fans

The rugby club is exploring virtual technology with a view to bringing games to its overseas fans and attracting younger supporters

O’Gara and Sexton, Sexton and O’Gara: Irish rugby’s longest-running rivalry takes a new twist

What started as an intense rivalry for Ireland’s number 10 jersey grew into something of a master and apprentice relationship and ultimately a friendship. But next week, Johnny Sexton and Ronan O’Gara will face off against each other once again in the final of the Champions Cup. So who will come out on top?

Ireland wouldn’t be ready to host 2024 America’s Cup until 2025, ministers told

A review of Cork’s potential hosting of the prestigious yacht race found the facilities would only be delivered a year after the event

Clubforce acquires Comórtais

The sports club management app has acquired the competition management technology business

PTSB doubles down on sports with Olympic and Paralympic sponsorships

The multimillion-euro deal will include a schools programme and individual backing of four elite athletes, including boxer Kellie Harrington, competing in Paris 2024

Profile: Tiger Woods returns to familiar turf as a changed man

After years of injuries and accidents, and fighting his own personal demons, the superstar golfer is back at the US Masters in Augusta, the site of his greatest triumphs, looking once more for redemption

Edel Coffey: It takes courage to walk away from what you thought you wanted

Many people are shaking their heads at Ash Barty leaving tennis when she’s at the top of her game, but she’s absolutely right to put her own happiness first

Cycling Ireland to pay BDO €184,000 to investigate its activities

The consultancy firm is conducting a wide-ranging review of the sporting body, including an investigation into a controversial deal with EvoPro

Losses mount for MacAnthony’s Peterborough in spite of £4.7m from transfers

Covid hit led to accumulated losses of £16.5 million for football club co-owned by Irish property tycoon Darragh MacAnthony

Still scoring after 30 years: Why Allianz’s GAA deal continues to endure

The insurance provider is celebrating three decades of sponsorship of the National Football and Hurling Leagues, and its head of marketing Mark Brennan says the two competitions are now unrecognisable from what they were in the past

Cycling Ireland postpones appearance at Oireachtas committee

Organisation said it would not be in a position to provide members of the committee ‘with the necessary level of detail'

The Big Interview: ‘We want people to feel welcome, and that golf includes them’ - Mark Kennelly, chief executive, Golf Ireland

The head of the island-wide sporting body has left a career in politics behind to promote golf to a much more diverse demographic

Feeling the blues: Can Dessie Farrell lift Dublin out of its slump?

It’s a strange kind of crisis that puts pressure on a manager for failing to win a football All-Ireland, but the collapse in Dublin’s form has been abrupt and shocking, and as a consequence the pressure is building on Dessie Farrell and his team.

FAI got €750k from state to promote Euro 2020 hosting rights that were cancelled

Association used the money to pay for an exhibition on the history of the Euros, which was launched by John Delaney in 2018