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On This Day: August 13th

1966: Belfast boxing legend Jim McCourt won light welterweight gold at the Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jaimaca. The 1964 Olympic

Steven Donnelly exited the Rio Olympics today with his head held high after giving World champion Mohammed Rabii an almighty

Steven Donnelly’s fairytale came to an end against World champion Mohammed Rabii this afternoon in Rio. The Ballymena welterweight put

After a long wait, Brendan Irvine finally got his Rio Olympic campaign underway this afternoon but disappointing crashed out at

Paddy Barnes is jokingly called ‘Dustin the Turkey’ by his Irish team mates, but Brendan Irvine’s avian nickname isn’t one

Ahead of Ireland’s first medal fight of the Rio Games, we take a look at the prices on offer. Ballymena

Jamie Conlan looks set to step away from the table and won’t challenge Kal Yafai for the British super-flyweight title.

Olympic champion Katie Taylor will open her title defence against Finland’s Mira Potkonen in her first fight at the Rio

Thousands turned out in Belfast this evening to give Carl Frampton the hero’s welcome he deserved. Frampton became only the

Billy Walsh has admitted he is both sad and upset with the Micheal O’Reilly controversy. Walsh, who worked close with