Tag Archives: Irelands

Boxing duo named Ireland’s flagbearers for Olympic Opening Ceremony

[ad_1] Boxers Kellie Harrington and Brendan Irvine have been chosen to hold Eire’s flag on the Opening Ceremony of the Olympics right here in Tokyo on Friday (July 23). The Olympic Federation of Eire (OFI) has described the choice to pick two flagbearers for the primary time as a “monumental transfer within the Olympic household […]

Conor McGregor sponsors Team Ireland’s trip to IMMAF Youth World Championships in Bulgaria

[ad_1] McGregor. who returns to the Octagon in two weeks’ time, makes his second outing of the 12 months as he headlines UFC 264 on July tenth. from the T-Cellular Enviornment in Las Vegas, Nevada — in a possible light-weight championship-eliminator in opposition to two-time foe, former interim light-weight champion, Dustin ‘The Diamond’ Poirier within […]

Ireland’s boxing hopefuls head to Paris for last chance qualifiers minus major Tokyo medal prospect

[ad_1] Eire may have 9 Olympic hopefuls on the remaining qualifier in Paris – however Michael Nevin will not be amongst them. Nevin, 23, is weighing up a transfer into the professional ranks and, after profitable bronze on the 2019 European Championships, the absence of the 23-year-old middleweight is a blow, though he had probably […]

Tony Davitt’s career has included training Ireland’s greatest boxers and seen him go to war-torn Iraq and Castro’s Cuba

[ad_1] HE shook arms with Fidel Castro in Cuba and went to Iraq to teach their nationwide workforce with the nation nonetheless at warfare. As soon as it concerned boxing Tony Davitt was completely happy, and moreover, he’d lived via Dublin and Belfast within the 70s and lived to inform the story. 3 Davitt is […]