In the week that the Olympics kicks off in Brazil, it's no surprise that it dominates our Long Reads this weekend.
From the problems in Brazilian society to a look at some of the most extraordinary stories from the athletes of Team Ireland, there's a wide range to choose from this week.
Elsewhere, there's a look at the state of the big summer blockbuster, given that 2016 has hardly been a vintage year for the genre, while we also have a hands-on guide to the latest release from Samsung, the Note 7.
Is 2016 the worst summer for blockbusters ever?
This weekend sees the release of Suicide Squad, what many had hoped to be the last great hope for an otherwise peculiarly dodgy summer of blockbusters.
However, with the critical reaction being so negative that fans called for aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes to be taken down - despite the fact that it's owned by Warner Bros., the same company behind the movie that's being put on blast - it's clear that it will not be the saviour many had hoped it to be.
It is a trend that has been worryingly steady in it's appearance since Warners dropped Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice back in March, which went on to relatively decent box office, but also staggeringly bad reviews.
Samsung has just unveiled the Note 7: Here's our hands-on guide
It's official; the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 is coming to Ireland. The company opted against the release of their last Note device in Europe, much to the disappointment of phablet fans. The tech giants have officially unveiled the new Note 7, and we managed to get a hands on look at the new device.
The Note 7 has a 5.7-inch screen, placing it securely into the phablet category, which Samsung really pioneered all those years ago with the original Note device.
There are so many features to this phone, it's hard to know where to begin but, spoiler alert: it's awesome.
Ewan MacKenna: How the Rio Olympics are exposing the deepening cracks in Brazil's society
Around the same time that thousands on the Copacabana beach were celebrating victory in a bid to host the Olympics, a report on their real effect was released in 2009.
Researched and written by Andrew Rose, an economist at the University of California, and Mark Spiegel, who worked for the Federal Reserve, they discovered that the idea of staging a Games being economically advantageous was a massive myth at best and a corporate trick at worst.
At the time though, Brazil didn't care. Flush with cash, and well on the way to being the next global superpower, sport was set to be a way to showcase its new-found bling. Seven years on though and it's hard to work out if the nation is in greater economic, political or societal turmoil, but that sickly combination means it really shouldn't be hosting this at such expense - both open and hidden.
Hit by a car in 2010, Bryan Keane has staged a remarkable turnaround to make Rio 2016
"I can remember lying on the hospital bed before going in for my X-ray and I’m still in my cycling kit and at that point you’re still in the form of your life… you’re sitting there in your kit and you feel like an athlete and as soon as that comes off, it’s gone and I said ‘can I sit in this kit forever?'"
Bryan Keane’s tale is one of triumph over adversity and turning 36 during the Olympics, the Cork man will be the oldest person who will start the men’s triathlon at Rio 2016.
Yet the events of the incident that left him in that hospital bed was the reason he missed the last Olympics in London. But we’ll get to that in good time because his wider story is interesting and he tells it very well.
The 1992 Dream Team: Basketball's greatest legends lived up to the hype
So much of sports is about dreams; whether it’s the dream of young fans to emulate the athletic feats of their heroes or the culmination of a life’s work as a player clinches a title that encapsulates everything that the players strove to achieve all their lives.
Perhaps then, it’s no surprise that the 1992 United States basketball team captured the imagination of the sporting public around the world. At a time when the sport was going through a boom, with its stars transcending the game, almost all of its biggest characters and icons came together at once and managed to gel as a team, producing some of the best play to ever grace a basketball court.
Fiona Doyle: Swimming is an individual sport, but reaching the Olympics is not an individual achievement
Fiona Doyle has been a national swimmer for over a decade, yet many of those who will see her compete at this year's Olympic Games aren't familiar with her journey to this point.
The 24-year-old has been to the semi-finals of the World Championships twice, won silver and bronze at the World University Games, and for the past 12 years has devoted her life to the sport, undergoing grueling training regimes just to put her where she is today. But she hasn't been alone on that journey
"At the end of the day, as much as swimming is an individual sport, getting to the Olympics is not an individual achievement," says Doyle. "Yes you might be doing the work but there are so many people behind the scenes that are getting you there. That are supporting when you are down and you just need that extra push."
