Among the well-heeled at the world polo championships in Chantilly
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Maybe it's something to do with the fact that the playing area is so vast that you need a good pair of binoculars to see the action if it's not taking place right in front of the stands.
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Kelly Holmes proved that her double victory at the Olympic Games was no fluke in the World Athletics Final in the Stade Louis II in Monte Carlo with a turn of speed to win the 1500 metres that was even more impressive than in Athens last month.
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The latest champion, and possibly the most convincing.
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From a total of 16 riders representing Ireland at the forthcoming World Breeding Championships for Young Horses in Lanaken, Belgium, 6 are from Connaught with 3 of those from Claremorris, Co.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ore. - While world-class athletes were grunting and groaning on the other side of the Atlantic Sunday, "Boots" went for the gold here in his own way...
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advantage. Already he has beaten Russia&#39;s Evgeny Makarenko, the two-time defending world champ, who arrived at the Games with a bulging rsum.
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Rags to Riches is racing's queen for a day. The fabulous filly outdueled Preakness winner Curlin in a breathtaking stretch run and won the Belmont Stakes by a head Saturday, becoming the first of her sex in more than a century to take the final leg of the Triple Crown.
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MADRID: Spain&#39;s teenage raging bull Rafael Nadal stampeded over an Italian nearly twice his age yesterday, ploughing into the second round of the US$2.
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FLORENCE, Italy  - Top golfers are used to pursuing their handsome living in all parts of the globe but the International Approach Championship provides an unusual setting even for these hardened travelers.
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These winners are bigger than you ever dreamed.
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Frankie Dettori's mount Sixties Icon tops a field of 12 in the St Leger at York on Saturday.
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Another grandstand finish earned Europe&#39;s Ryder Cup talisman Colin Montgomerie a standing ovation from the 18th green gallery, this time at the Duke&#39;s Course in The Heritage tournament on Thursday.
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It's not often gymnasts get curtain calls in qualifying at the World Gymnastics Championships.
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STUTTGART, Germany  -- It's not often gymnasts get curtain calls in qualifying at the world gymnastics championships. It's not often gymnasts blow away the competition like China did.
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A doping scandal involving an Irish Olympic gold medal-winning horse is set to take in a seventh country, it emerged today. The world equestrian body, Federation
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Because they are consummately-bred and run long distances on grass, European horses are right at home even in America when they race on the Breeders&#39; Cup Turf.
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It was Ireland&#39;s only gold medal in the Athens Olympics, a victory for showjumping on a horse owned by one of the country&#39;s biggest tycoons.