Olympics

• Boxer Michael O’Reilly has decided not to contest his doping ban.
• Mayo’s Nicholas Quinn won his 200m breaststroke heat, but was ultimately edged down to 19th place and was unable to take a semi-final berth.
• It was a similar story for Shane Ryan in the 100m freestyle. The son of Portarlington claimed second in a slow heat, but was quickly eaten up by the speedsters in the later races.

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• Ireland’s hockey team came undone again in Rio, this time beaten by Germany, but all is not lost after the 3 – 2 defeat.
• Jonty Evans led the way for Ireland’s eventing team and his clear round earned him a place in the individual final.
• Annalise Murphy continued her excellent form with second and seventh place in her Laser Radial races to leave her in second place overall.
• There was disappointment for Sanita Puspure as she narrowly missed out in her quarter-final of the single sculls.

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• Paul Carbery announced his retirement from racing.
• Pro12 Champions Connacht announced the signing of former Ulster second row Lewis Stevenson.
• Brian Kerr voiced his frustration about the football facilities around Ireland.
• Malachy O’Rourke will remain in charge of Monaghan.
• Galway and Tipperary earned the GAA June player of the month awards. 

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Away

• Manchester City sealed the transfer of John Stones from Everton, but not before Uefa let it slip.
• New Zealand were shocked in the Olympic Rugby 7s today, and Sonny Bill Williams was ruled out of the rest of the tournament.
• Dutch gymnast Yuri van Gelder was sent home from the Games after sneaking a cheeky late night pint.
• Here’s all today’s transfer gossip, including Wolves moving in on Liverpool’s territory.
• Annemiek van Vleuten‘s recovery continues from her horrible bike crash.

The Best Thing We Shared Today

The best chances of victory still lie ahead for Ireland’s hockey team, but this Eugene McGee howitzer was the highlight of their Olympics so far.

On The Record

“You want to come to the Olympics and swim a PB, but that’s so hard to do. So to come in here and win that heat, I felt I left everything in the pool, so I’m happy from that point of view.”

Mayo man Nicholas Quinn spoke with us after emerging from his 200m breaststroke heat.

Where We Were Today

The Journal’s Sinead O’Carroll is with the Murphy family as Annalise took on race three and four in her Laser Radial class in Rio today.

Experience their nerves on our Snapchat.

Fixture List

Ireland’s lightweight double sculls pairs (Jennings, Lambe and the O’Donovan brothers) are on the water again tomorrow afternoon. Michael Conlan and Joe Ward begin their assault on the Games.

Not into the Olympics? Bray take on Dundalk in the Airtricity League at 8pm.

Showbiz, Baby!

And we go back to hockey because a pre-match power failure meant both Ireland and Germany had to sing their anthems acapella and the result reminded us so many night clubs.

No backing track needed here. @RTE2 #Olympics2016 #rterio2016 Come on Ireland! #hockey them! pic.twitter.com/f23eyYmhWu

— Fergal O'Halloran (@fergohall) August 9, 2016

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