Filipe Martinez, President of the Spanish Federation, has joined the European Shadowboxing Challange jury.

Mr Martinez joins Boris Van der Vorst, the President of the Dutch Boxing Federation and Chairman of the EUBC Passion for Boxing Commission, and Tibor Kincses, a two-time Best European Boxing Journalist, on the jury.

The deadline for entries is next Sunday, May 31.

Participants can upload their short individual videos to their social media pages. .

Athletes can enter in the Elite, Youth and Veteran classes.

The jury will rate all videos after Sunday’s deadline.

Please click here for further details.

An unprecedented number of adults are participating in sport and exercise since the Covid-19 restrictions were introduced, according to Sport Ireland.

The numbers are: 710,000 participants in exercise, 680,000 runners and 510,000 cyclists.

The research was in five phases, beginning on 28th February with the latest phase covering 30th April to 15th May. In total over 5,000 interviews took place during this period.

The proportion of adults described as sedentary in the National Sports Policy has declined to 11% compared to 22%.

This is the lowest level of sedentarism ever recorded by Sport Ireland.

Click here for the full report.

“I can beat this fella as well. I’ll give it a hell of a go.”

So said Michael Carruth on the day of his Barcelona 1992 Olympic final with Cuba’s Juan Hernandez-Sierra.

And the Irish captain and Drimnagh BC southpaw remain true to his word against the then World and Pan American champion.

Up to 1992, only three Irish athletes had won gold – Ronnie Delaney, Bob Tisdall and Pat O’Callaghan.

Carruth, a World Elite medallist, made it four on a 13-10 decision under the new computer scoring system to secure Irish boxing’s first Olympic title.

Hernandez-Sierra went on to win another three World gold medals (and a bronze) in 1993/95/97/99.

But he had to settle for silver again at the 1996 Games after losing to Russia’s Oleg Saitov in the welterweight decider.

Click here for favourite Irish sporting moments on RTE and radio coverage of the 1992 final.

Please see below attachments for tips from the HP Unit performance nutritionist to assist athletes with fuelling and recovery for training and competition.

“What you eat and drink after training is key for your recovery and goals.”

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Please see below video for IABA High-Performance training plan.

The footage features High-Performance coach Coach, Eoin Pluck,  demonstrating a range of skills which are regularly practised and perfected by our Elite Team in the High-Performance Unit.

Additionally, please click here for a training plan for athletes to work on the technical development of these skills while staying safe at home.