Chloé Dufour-Lapointe places 9th in Olympic moguls after sister, teammate crash out
The scorecard from Sunday night's Beijing Olympic moguls competition read two DNF (did not finish) and a missed podium for a trio of Canadian women.
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Johnny Sexton says Ireland confidence was high before their nine successive wins
Ireland captain Johnny Sexton insists confidence in the camp has never wavered during Andy Farrell’s reign as head coach.
5 things we learned from the opening round of Six Nations action
Scotland and Ireland registered victories on the opening day of the Guinness Six Nations as the competition was launched in compelling fashion.
Andy Murray set to skip French Open and clay court season
Andy Murray intends to miss the French Open and the clay court season in its entirety.
Sunday sport: Armagh take on Tyrone in the National Football League, FA Cup continues
In Division 1 of the football league, it's Armagh versus Tyrone at the Athletic Grounds (deferred coverage on TG4) and Monaghan against Mayo in Clones. Both games have a 2pm start time. At 2.30pm, Donegal host Kildare.
Alpine skiing-Austria's Schwarz not yet 100per cent after injury
YANQING, China : Austria's Marco "Blacky" Schwarz, the combined world champion, said on Sunday that he had still not completely recovered after injuring his ankle training in November.
Dembele returns for Barca after contract stand-off
BARCELONA: France international Ousmane Dembele has been named on the Barcelona squad for Sunday’s crunch Spanish league match against Atletico Madrid despite his ongoing contract standoff with the Liga side.Xavi Hernandez has opted to stick with the talented 24-year-old despite reinforcements — Adama Traoré, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Ferran Torres — signed in the winter transfer window as Barcelona face a fight to finish in La Liga’s top four this season.Xavi had warned Dembele on January 19 that he had to “extend” his contract or “leave” the club.But the Barcelona coach conceded that he had no choice but to recall the French player who warned he would not “give in to blackmail” after being left out of last month’s Copa del Rey tie against Athletic Bilbao, with the Catalans crashing out to an extra-time defeat.“Circumstances meant that we had to find a solution with Ousmane,” Xavi told Saturday’s pre-match press conference.“He is part of the club and the squad. We met and we decided that he is part of the team.
Novak Djokovic needs to take the Covid-19 jab to stop Rafael Nadal from pulling away
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