Late last month World Boxing Welterweight Champion Floyd Mayweather was convicted of domestic violence assault charges and sentenced to serve a 90 day jail sentence. Last week he managed to get that sentence deferred until June so that he could defend his world title. (An economic boost to Las Vegas being a primary reason offered!) [...]
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10,000 people from all over the world are expected to converge on Cologne for the Gay Games which begin tomorrow. The Irish Ambassador to Germany is hosting a reception for the Irish participants tomorrow afternoon. Minister for Arts and Culture and Sport Mary Hanafin TD. has written to Team Ireland giving her good wishes and [...]
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Poor Aoife Hickey and Claire Bergin, all (!) they did was get good at a sport, train hard, get a good time and qualify for the Olympics Bobsleigh. This must be doing their heads in. After the Australians get their berth back and the Irish are recommended to also keep a place in the competition, [...]
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Olympic Council CEO Stephen Martin with Aoife Hoey (centre) Claire Bergin (left) and Leona Byrne (right – alternate brakewoman) at the launch of the OCI bob in Igles last year. The Australian Olympic Committee have won their appeal against the Bobsleigh and Tobogganing Federation and their women’s bobsleigh team are allowed compete in the Winter [...]
Tags:2010 Winter Olympics·Aoife Hoey·Australian Olympic Committee·Bobsleigh·Court of Arbitration for Sport·International Olympic Committee
No news yet from the Court of Arbitration in Vancouver on the appeal by the Australian Olympic Council seeking a place for their bobsleigh team in place of the Irish women’s team. Pat Hickey, President of the Olympic Council of Ireland has been giving interviews and predicting civil unrest or something. No word yet from [...]
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Image via Wikipedia The Australian Olympics Committee are taking a case against the International Bobsleigh and Tobogganing Federation (FIBT) at the Court of Arbitration. The Court has set up an office in Vancouver ahead of the Winter Olympics which starts next Friday. The outcome of the case affects the Irish Women’s Bobsleigh team who thought [...]
Tags:Aoife Hoey·Australian Olympic Committee·Cool Runnings·International Olympic Committee
It’s been a while since I’ve brought you news on a Bertie earner – being the recession and all I suppose times are tough for the Iar Taoiseach and the way he might scratch a few euros to make up for his pension levy losses. However news reaches us today of Bertie Ahern’s signing as [...]
Image via Wikipedia Blogging on Maman Poulet might be a bit light cos I’ve caught the Olympics bug – struck down terribly I am. However I’m still reading – and in fact consuming a lot of Olympic blogging. Over at the Irish Times we have Sean (Sean who??) – who seemingly is being paid to [...]
Oops a sport’s post! I am a bit of a sports addict – as in the armchair variety. Later this year I hope to combine my interest in disability and society and sport in writing some posts on the Paralympics as I know some of the paralympians and know how little coverage they get, and [...]
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Tonights Six One News contained the usual sports report with Colm Murray. Steven Staunton has announced his squad for the forthcoming internationals. Not a lot of interest probably as qualificiation is virtually impossible probably involving 5 Bulgarians scoring 20 goals against Lithuania. But what was very interesting was the Staunton philosophy on Irish leadership and [...]
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