Rhasidat Adeleke: ‘Gold, I think everyone wants a gold medal’Rhasidat Adeleke will step up her preparations for the 400 metres at the Paris Olympics this summer when her outdoor season begins later this month at the famed Texas RelaysThu Mar 07 2024 - 06:00
Rhasidat Adeleke to begin outdoor season at Texas Relays later this month Irish sprinter missed last weekend’s World Indoor Championships in Glasgow but will return to action stateside at the end of MarchWed Mar 06 2024 - 15:05
Aifric Keogh remains focused on the process as she plots a route to ParisThis week’s trials at the Irish Rowing Centre in Cork mark an important stage for Ireland’s top rowers in an Olympic yearWed Mar 06 2024 - 06:00
No time to dwell on lack of medals in Glasgow with Olympic Games on the horizon The Irish women’s relay quartet and Sarah Lavin in the 60m hurdles were the highlights at the World Athletics Indoor ChampionshipsTue Mar 05 2024 - 06:00
Sarah Lavin finishes fifth in 60m hurdles final, the fastest race in history of women’s indoor sprint hurdlesSharlene Mawdsley delivered another stunning anchor leg for 4x400m team, as Ireland nailed fifth in their finalSun Mar 03 2024 - 22:04
First-half goal spree gives Galway victory over struggling MonaghanFarney county have it all to do to avoid the drop after fourth successive defeatSun Mar 03 2024 - 19:11
Sharlene Mawdsley helps relay team into 400m finalSarah Lavin also advances to semi-finals of 60m hurdles at World Indoor ChampionshipsSun Mar 03 2024 - 13:06
World Indoor Athletics: Sharlene Mawdsley disqualified as Sarah Healy falls flatHealy was leading into the last 10m before things suddenly went wrong.Sat Mar 02 2024 - 14:28
The great running rivalry between Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Josh Kerr is set to light up the OlympicsGentle bragging and trash talking between the two athletes should provide lots of entertainment - and great sporting performances - at Paris in AugustSat Mar 02 2024 - 06:00
Daniel Wiffen’s Olympic ambitions: ‘I feel like I can say every day that I want gold’Back home for the first time with his two gold medals from Doha, Wiffen is already eying up another podium place in ParisFri Mar 01 2024 - 06:00
World Indoor Athletics: Sarah Healy and Sarah Lavin targeting finals as some Irish big names skip eventRhasidat Adeleke, Ciara Mageean, Mark English and Andrew Coscoran will all miss GlasgowWed Feb 28 2024 - 20:03
Victoria Catterson: ‘It’s absolutely crazy that people know these first names now, on the Irish swim team’The 22-year-old from Belfast is part of the first Irish women’s Olympic swimming relay team since 1972Wed Feb 28 2024 - 06:00
Jack Marley’s heavyweight ambitions for Paris benefiting from early Olympic qualificationThe 21-year-old from Monkstown who secured his Paris berth last June hopes to add to Ireland’s Olympics boxing successTue Feb 27 2024 - 06:00
Five things we learned from the GAA weekendMonaghan heading for the drop, with Armagh and Donegal poised to get promotedMon Feb 26 2024 - 12:21
Daniel Wiffen make it three golds at the British University ChampionshipsLoughborough University student adds 400 and 800 golds to the 1,500m title he won on FridaySun Feb 25 2024 - 18:51
Meath pull away late to prevail in tense relegation battle with KildareGlenn Ryan’s side loses a fourth consecutive game to be left in a significant battle for survivalSun Feb 25 2024 - 18:38
Finding some common sense between cyclist and driver on Irish roadsEven on quiet country roads there’s an ever-present danger to cyclists when some drivers are in too much of a hurry to get somewhereSat Feb 24 2024 - 06:00
Dan Martin: ‘The more people we get on bikes, the safer the roads will become’L’Étape de Tour to ‘bring a bit of the Tour de France’ to Killarney in SeptemberThu Feb 22 2024 - 06:00
L’Étape de Tour to ‘bring a bit of the Tour de France’ to KillarneySaturday, September 7th date set for popular cycling sportive series that is coming to Ireland for the first timeWed Feb 21 2024 - 14:52
Sarah Healy one of nine Irish athletes selected for World Indoor ChampionshipsLimerick sprinter Sarah Lavin will compete in the 60m hurdles while Israel Olatunde also travels in the small Irish contingentTue Feb 20 2024 - 19:11
Former US running prodigy Mary Cain to represent IrelandFormer World Junior champion settled lawsuit against Alberto Salazar for emotional abuseMon Feb 19 2024 - 16:51
Daniel Wiffen named Best Male Swimmer at World Aquatics Championships after second goldIrish swimmer adds second title to 800m earlier in the week, posting two astonishing athletic performancesMon Feb 19 2024 - 09:27
Athletics: Classic dive for the line sees Doyle overcome Griggs in 1,500m final at National IndoorsClonliffe runner edged out his rival by just four-hundredths of a second in a contest which left both men exhaustedSun Feb 18 2024 - 22:18
Ireland’s Daniel Wiffen wins second gold medal at World Championships with dominant swimArmagh native chased world record in 1500m freestyle as he finished 10 seconds ahead of next competitorSun Feb 18 2024 - 21:24
Sarah Lavin equals personal best in 60 metres hurdles at National IndoorsSecond on the day went to Molly Scott in a personal best of 8.31Sat Feb 17 2024 - 19:49
‘I love pressure’: How Daniel Wiffen is seizing the moment on the world swimming stageAn Irish swimmer who talks like no other before him since qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics as a 19-year-old rookieSat Feb 17 2024 - 06:00
Mona McSharry finishes fifth again in world championship finalSligo woman put in spirited performance in her less favoured event, the 200m breaststrokeFri Feb 16 2024 - 17:54
Max McCusker breaks Irish record but narrowly misses out on place in semi-finalsMona McSharry swims in her second final of the week this eveningFri Feb 16 2024 - 11:49
Ademola focuses on beating his long jump record with an eye on Olympic qualificationThe athlete’s 7.93m long jump broke the Irish under-23 record just over two weeks ago and it can only be a matter of time before he reaches the eight-metre markFri Feb 16 2024 - 06:00
Mona McSharry swims the pain away to qualify for 200m final at World ChampionshipsSligo swimmer will also target Olympic qualifying time in Friday’s breaststroke final in DohaThu Feb 15 2024 - 19:29
Phil Healy: ‘I didn’t know if I would ever get back to where I was’The former Irish sprint record holder is now back after 18 months dogged by illnessThu Feb 15 2024 - 06:00
Daniel Wiffen makes history with gold medal for Ireland at World ChampionshipsArmagh swimmer wins first medal for Irish person at long course championships in 800m freestyleWed Feb 14 2024 - 21:00
Virgin Media to broadcast 15 Diamond League meetings and World IndoorsIrish station announces extensive live coverage of athletics starting with Seville Marathon on SundayWed Feb 14 2024 - 12:31
‘I’m gutted’ - Mona McSharry finishes fifth in 100m breaststroke final at World Championships23-year-old Sligo swimmer misses out on a first world long course medal for Ireland by half a secondTue Feb 13 2024 - 18:02
Irish rowers win big as Sport Ireland announces record high performance investmentAdditional funds of €25 million made available to high performance sport, taking the total investment of the Paris Olympic cycle to €89 millionTue Feb 13 2024 - 17:22
Daniel Wiffen progresses with ease into 800m final at World championshipsMona McSharry will swim for a medal in the 100m breaststroke final on Tuesday eveningTue Feb 13 2024 - 11:56
Kelvin Kiptum: A tragic loss of marathon potential now never to be fully realisedKelvin Kiptum made a sensational impact in the marathon in his first three full races, taking the athletics world by stormMon Feb 12 2024 - 18:21
Mona McSharry makes world final in second fastest qualifying timeSligo woman qualified third fastest for the semi-finals later todayMon Feb 12 2024 - 18:08
Rhasidat Adeleke breaks her own Irish indoor 300m record at Millrose GamesAdeleke pipped for victory in the race by Talitha Diggs but records third Irish record time of the seasonSun Feb 11 2024 - 20:47
Daniel Wiffen finishes outside medals in breathlessly fast 400m swimming finalArmagh man finished seventh in World Swimming Championships, while women’s 4x100m relay team miss out on Olympics spotSun Feb 11 2024 - 16:46
‘A life sentence with no chance of parole’: Frank O’Mara’s unflinching new memoirFrank O’Mara, one of Ireland’s greatest athletes, has written an unflinchingly honest account of his battle since 2009 with Parkinson’s disease in his book Bend Don’t Break, A Memoir of EnduranceSun Feb 11 2024 - 06:00
Sarah Healy breaks Irish indoor 1,500m record in FranceHer latest record comes just one week after she broke Mary Cullen’s senior indoor record over 3,000mSat Feb 10 2024 - 21:24
Swimming World Championships: World record holder Daniel Wiffen now out to conquer the worldMona McSharry also in the race to win a first World Swimming Championship medal for IrelandSat Feb 10 2024 - 06:00
Jake Passmore misses out on Olympics but daring attempt keeps him in Paris picture18-year-old’s high-tariff dive saw him finish in 17th place and miss out on final at World Aquatic Championships in DohaWed Feb 07 2024 - 12:34
Olympics tickets: All you need to know about the ‘surprise ticketing phase’ for ParisSelect tickets for every sport in the Paris Olympics this summer will be made available from Thursday and this phase is open to all on a first-come, first-served basisWed Feb 07 2024 - 06:00
Jake Passmore seals place in 3m springboard semi-finals in DohaStill only 18, the Irish diver saved his best effort until last, scoring 78.20 points from his toughest diveTue Feb 06 2024 - 14:56
Five things we learned from the Gaelic Games weekendCormac Murphy, Fergal Boland and Cillian Burke add extra scoring threats for their teamsMon Feb 05 2024 - 12:16
David Clifford returns with goal to put Monaghan to the sword at ClonesSeanie O’Shea scores 1-7 in lively affair where the Kingdom were comfortable winnersSun Feb 04 2024 - 19:36
Sarah Healy smashes Irish indoor 3,000m record in MetzWeekend round-up: Darragh McElhinney and Nick Griggs run lifetime bests in the 3,000m; Rhasidat Adeleke wins 400m in New MexicoSun Feb 04 2024 - 13:05
Nurturing sporting ambition the right way a far cry from the ‘pushy parents’ modelFamily support has been key to the rise of Grand Slam winner Jannik Sinner, Liverpool footballer Conor Bradley and long jump record holder Reece AdemolaSat Feb 03 2024 - 06:00
