“I spoke to Katie after she got beaten in the Olympics.” Former Man United captain Roy Keane has given his side of that infamous Katie Taylor call that saw her Olympic dreams in Rio 2016 end in heartbreak. Taylor had gold at the 2012 Olympics in London, the first tournament that allowed female boxers to […]

2 years ago

You only had to watch her post-fight interview to see that, through the tears, the stops and the deep breaths, this was the most disappointing moment of Katie Taylor’s career. It was raw, it was numb, it was the quarter-final of the women’s lightweight division at the Rio Olympics and, having been beaten by Finish […]

4 years ago

“That’s me. I’ll never box for AIBA again. They’re cheating bastards!” Michael Conlan stood ring-side in Rio, back in 2016, and let rip. The Belfast boxer had arrived in Brazil tipped to bring home another Olympic medal for Ireland. He had won silver at London 2012 and was looking to go one better in Rio. […]

4 years ago

If it sounds like something from a movie script, you won’t be surprised to discover the movie rights to Ben Ryan’s story have already been snapped up. How a 45-year-old from Wimbledon ended up as coach of Olympic gold medallists, with his very own waterfall and his face on Fiji’s specially commissioned $7 note is […]

7 years ago

This rematch would be huge

8 years ago

Fair play

8 years ago