RTÉ Sport secures Olympics rights for next decade
Coverage of the Olympic Games will remain free-to-air with RTÉ until at least 2032 after a new joint partnership with the European Broadcasting Union and Warner Bros Discovery.
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World’s top skateboarders head to UAE qualifiers for Paris 2024 Olympics
DUBAI: The world’s biggest names in skateboarding are arriving in Sharjah in the UAE for the Street and Park 2022 World Championships, which are qualifiers for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
Bencic lays down Open marker with dominant Adelaide win
Switzerland's Belinda Bencic laid down a marker for next week's Australian Open with a dominant 6-0, 6-2 win over Daria Kasatkina in the final of the Adelaide International on Saturday.
Qualifier Davis wins in Hobart, Bencic takes Adelaide title
Lauren Davis returned to the winner's circle for the first time in six years after the American qualifier beat Italy's Elisabetta Cocciaretto 7-6(0) 6-2 in the final of the Hobart International on Saturday.
Japan's 'Monster' Naoya Inoue ready to rampage through super-bantamweight division
YOKOHAMA: Japan's Naoya Inoue announced his move up to boxing's super-bantamweight division on Friday (Jan 13) and set his sights on becoming undisputed world champion again, just one month after claiming all the bantamweight belts.
Papa Massata Diack corruption appeal opens in Paris
PARIS : The appeal trial of Papa Massata Diack, son of Lamine Diack, the late former head of world athletic’s governing body, against a corruption conviction opened in Paris on Friday, one of his French lawyers said.
Messi, Mbappe and Neymar set to join forces for first time since World Cup
Paris Saint-Germain’s (L-R) French forward Kylian Mbappe, Argentinian forward Lionel Messi and Brazilian forward Neymar pose during a press conference in Tokyo on July 17, 2022. (Photo by TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA and Toshifumi KITAMURA / AFP)
Russian hammer thrower Litvinov admits to doping in 2012
GENEVA : Former Russian hammer thrower Sergei Litvinov has admitted using banned substances and benefiting from his country's cover-up system as athletics authorities handed him a two-year suspension and voided his past results.