Top taekwon-do talent brings home the medals

Last update: Sunday, September 1, 2013, 15:25 | © Metro Éireann

A student of St Patrick's College in Drumcondra has returned home from the 2013 Unified Taekwon-Do Open World Championships with a medal haul.

Congo win first â€˜Friends of Africaâ€™ tournament

Last update: Thursday, August 15, 2013, 12:56 | By: Ken McCue

A Dublin-based team representing Congo was triumphant in the inaugural soccer tournament dedicated to the memory of late community activist Pascal Gueu Foide.

Net result! Migrants put passion for netball into new city squad

Last update: Thursday, August 1, 2013, 12:20 | By: Eliza Foster

A group of female immigrants with a passion for netball have come together to play the sport in Dublin.

Murray Mania is running wild!

Last update: Monday, July 15, 2013, 15:16 | © Metro Éireann

Wimbledon men’s singles champion Andy Murray is confident he and his team will win more trophies in the coming years.

Soccer a force for unity in Middle East says Fifa Head

Last update: Monday, July 15, 2013, 15:14 | © Metro Éireann

Soccer’s world governing body has promised to do everything in its power to help bring Israelis and Palestinians together.

Limerick hopes to impress in Gay Games bid

Last update: Monday, July 1, 2013, 12:27 | © Metro Éireann

The bid committee behind Limerick’s bid for the 2018 Gay Games are finalising plans ahead of the upcoming appraisal by the site selection team on 3 July.

Fair Play Cup final is a real nailbiter!

Last update: Monday, July 1, 2013, 12:17 | © Metro Éireann

The team from Killarney’s Kasi Immigrant Support Group clinched victory in a tense penalty shootout to claim the Sari/UNHCR Fair Play Football Cup in Dublin recently.

Second Africa Week Athletics is a winner

Last update: Saturday, June 1, 2013, 10:23 | © Metro Éireann

Kenya’s 800m gold medalist at the 2008 Beijing Olympics was the special guest of honour at the second annual Africa Week Athletics.

Timmy Raheem: the future of Irish soccer

Last update: Wednesday, May 15, 2013, 11:03 | © Metro Éireann

A product of the Glentoran-Insaka Football Academy and a midfield scoring machine in the mould of Yaya Touré, Timmy Raheem hopes to follow in the footsteps of Ebenezer Afriyie Acquah, another graduate from Sunyani in Ghana who now plays in the Bundesliga with Hoffenheim. Metro Éireann recently caught up with the St Patrick’s Athletic U19 player to learn more about what makes him tick...

From hurler to paddler: Offaly man Cleary is linchpin of Aussie national dragon boat squad

Last update: Wednesday, May 15, 2013, 10:55 | © Metro Éireann

An Irish emigrant to Australia has become an unlikely success story as part of that country’s national champion dragon boat rowing team.

Senegalâ€™s hoops champ enjoys the moment

Last update: Wednesday, May 1, 2013, 12:12 | By: Brendan O\'Shea

US college basketball sensation Gorgui Dieng has made his native country of Senegal proud by playing a large role in the Louisville Cardinals’ victory in the recent NCAA National Championship.

Tigerâ€™s taking back the golf mountain

Last update: Wednesday, May 1, 2013, 12:11 | By: Brendan O\'Shea

Tiger Woods has been the face of professional golf since he first exploded onto the scene in 1997, winning the US Masters with a record score at the tender age of 21.

â€˜Chinaâ€™s Maradonaâ€™ makes big waves in soccer world

Last update: Friday, April 12, 2013, 10:47 | © Metro Éireann

There are high hopes that a 21-year-old Chinese soccer star will soon dominate the sport worldwide.

Basketballâ€™s reach is spreading worldwide

America’s NBA is the biggest basketball league in the world.

Milanâ€™s Boateng urges Fifa: give referees power to fight racism

Ghanaian international star Kevin-Prince Boateng has called on Fifa to give more power to referees to enable them tackle racism head on during soccer matches.

Canada readies for Womenâ€™s World Cup

Fifa has released a provisional match timetable for the 2015 Women’s World Cup in Canada 2015.

Bohs have new sponsor in IT Blanchardstown

The Institute of Technol-ogy Blanchardstown (ITB) has agreed a training sponsorship deal with Bohemians FC for the forthcoming Airtricity League season.

No place for racial abuse on the pitch says Sari chair

Last update: Wednesday, March 20, 2013, 14:21 | By: Catherine Reilly

Phone calls from upset parents whose children have been racially abused at sports matches are an almost weekly occurrence at the Sport Against Racism Ireland (Sari) office in Dublin.

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