Sport
Sport performance tech: the science of winning
It has been a tech-year journey to reach the €10 million funding mark, but Orreco’s Dr Brian Moore is only getting started
FAI asks government for part of gambling tax to help clear €70m debt
Football body says that because of large proportion of bets made on football, sport should benefit from the tax
Chelsea scores partnership deal with an assist from Louth man
Halpin Sport Sponsorship’s founder Peter Halpin has brokered a partnership between Aussie company GO Markets and the Premier League club
The Profile: Paul O’Connell
The towering, chieftain-like figure on the pitch is now the Ireland rugby team line-out coach as they struggle to get back into Six Nations contention
Appetite for Distraction: this week’s home entertainment
Your weekly guide to the best TV shows, podcasts and video games around at the moment
Profile: Tom Brady, American football quarterback
After a long and sometimes controversial career in American Football, tonight, at age 43, he is the starting quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers against the Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Bowl LV
Orreco announces €3m investment led by True Ventures
Galway sports performance and data science firm will double its workforce
€25m whitewater centre could be a ‘game-changer’ says former Olympian
Canoeist and coach Eoin Rheinisch has defended the project, which faces strong political opposition
The Profile: Mike Ashley
The Newcastle United owner and self-confessed ‘power drinker’ is banking on his latest sponsorship deal being just the tonic to revive the poor performance of the Irish arm of his Frasers Group
Willie O’Reilly: Media rose to Covid-19 challenge, but it’s not over yet
The industry had to learn to adapt quickly in 2020, and some of the changes are here to stay
Rugby at a ‘fork in the road’ over how it deals with devastating effects of concussion
Could a legal action by former players finally force the sport of rugby to admit that it has a head injury problem?
Three quarters of Irish adults interested in women’s sports, according to research
Study also showed 87 per cent of Irish adults are interested in Olympic sports
New online platform gives aspiring athletes a sporting chance with sponsors
Sport Endorse helps new talent to connect with brands while providing the companies with access to a gallery of sports professionals
Elaine Byrne: Our elite women footballers deserve more than crumbs
The Ladies Gaelic Football Association needs to take a long, hard look in the mirror at how it patronises the women it supposedly represents
Rugby star Robbie Henshaw sees firm’s accumulated profits top €1m
Promotions company Robton Limited, run by Henshaw and his father Tony, is seeing comfortable organic growth
Greyhound body says breaking link with horseracing would not result in funding cut
Greyhound Racing Ireland boss says he is satisfied decoupling is not aimed at lowering financial support for greyhound sports
Government sought advice on greyhound funding cut
Government got legal advice on unhitching the sport from the same grant mechanism as horse racing following pressure over animal welfare concerns
Ronan Early: When Maradona left his mark, it stayed with us for ever
Last Wednesday’s sorrow at the untimely passing of a sporting genius was tempered by memories of the joy triggered by his ridiculous feats on the field of play
‘One last thing, up Tipp’
The final line from the Premier county captain’s speech at an empty at Páirc Uí Chaoimh was fitting on a day which showed once more that sport more than anything is about our relationships with the people we love