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One of the many features of the West Bank visit was a football match between Palestine Olympic Team and Jordan Olympic Team

David Gillick is to leave his training base in Loughborough University in England and move permanently to Orlando, Florida, to work with Lance Brauman, coach to American sprinter Tyson Gay, amongst others

Cork's Billy Twomey continued with his charge up the rankings in Kentucky last night (Wednesday), when a single time fault on Sue Davies's mare 'Tinka's' Serenade' left him in eighth place of the world's top riders.

Pat Hickey has spent the last couple of days visiting Jordan, Palestine & Israel with an IOC Delegation

There was an air of deep disappointment in the Irish camp in Kentucky yesterday after Tuesday's dissapointing exit from the team show jumping competition at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games.

Lisa Kearney produced the finest performance of her career to win her third World Cup medal in twelve months.

Ireland failed to make it through to the final of the Team Show Jumping World Championships at Kentucky, USA tonight (Tuesday), finishing 12th of 27 teams, with a 10th place the minimum needed for qualification, but two Irish riders are now in the world top 20.

With just three team members through to the final show jumping phase at the Eventing World Championships at Kentucky, USA Ireland competed without a discard score and finished seventh overall, narrowly missing out on the vital sixth place that would have guaranteed qualification for the London Olympics in 2012.

Ireland's six event horses and their single dressage horse have arrived in Kentucky Horse Park overnight for the Equestrian World Championships.

Katie Taylor is a three-time world champion after retaining her crown against China’s Cheng Dong for the second time.

London 2012 launch their Volunteer programme "Games Maker".

The 50th Anniversary of the XVII Olympiad