A total of 85 boats carried the team delegations on a six-kilometre journey through the centre of Paris

A number of celebrities braved the rain ahead of the opening ceremony.

Hundreds of thousands of people were anticipated to be affected by the incidents.

Setbacks saw Maguire miss the cut for England’s 26-man Euros squad.

The drone was used to spy on New Zealand training sessions.

Harry Smith has been at almost all the GAA finals since seeing Galway win the Sam Maguire against Cork in 1956 and will now take his seat in the Upper Hogan Stand on Sunday

Ireland are hosting Zimbabwe in the first cricket test match to be staged in Northern Ireland.

Action has already got underway in preliminary competitions in sports like rugby sevens, archery and handball.

Ireland looked on to cause one of the shocks of the Olympics, as they were leading Fiji 15-7.

Shelbourne suffered a heavy defeat in Switzerland, while St Patrick's Athletic held on for victory.

Verstappen defended his approach, saying: ‘I am very driven to succeed’.

Paul Clancy looked ahead to Sunday's final between Galway and Armagh.

Daley will partner Noah Williams in Paris in defence of his men’s synchronisd 10 metre platform.

The Scot will play alongside Dan Evans.

The Meath footballer put her GAA career on pause as she made her debut for the Ireland women's sevens team this year.

Assistant coach Jasmine Mander and Joseph Lombardi, an unaccredited analyst with Canada Soccer, have been sent home.

Over 1,000 French police, including masked counter-terrorist officers, created an additional security barrier prior to the nation’s clash with Mali.

The Italian struggled with dizziness in his Wimbledon quarter-final defeat by Daniil Medvedev earlier this month.

Cristian Medina struck in the 16th minute of stoppage time to level the match.

Scores of fans lined up outside the sun-kissed Stade de France for the rugby sevens