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Emma Moore: ‘Athletes are the leanest version of themselves, but that’s not always the best’

Emma Moore: ‘Athletes are the leanest version of themselves, but that’s not always the best’

Irish runner listening to her body’s messages after recovering from depleting RED-S syndrome

Sat Feb 28 2026 - 06:00
Cian McPhillips decides against competing in next month’s World Indoor Championships

Cian McPhillips decides against competing in next month’s World Indoor Championships

Sarah Healy will also bypass indoor season, but Kate O’Connor is back in action this weekend

Fri Feb 27 2026 - 13:38
Bori Akinola: ‘Running under 10 seconds, it could happen this summer’

Bori Akinola: ‘Running under 10 seconds, it could happen this summer’

UCD athlete is out to defend his National Indoor 60m title on Sunday

Wed Feb 25 2026 - 06:20
How Ireland’s athletes made their mark at 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy

How Ireland’s athletes made their mark at 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy

Ben Lynch saved the best Irish result until last when finishing eighth in Friday’s freestyle skiing halfpipe final

Tue Feb 24 2026 - 11:00
Cork athlete Maeve O’Neill sets 800m national indoor record in Boston

Cork athlete Maeve O’Neill sets 800m national indoor record in Boston

Providence College student clocks 2:00.33 to best Síofra Cléirigh Büttner’s effort from 2021

Mon Feb 23 2026 - 16:43
What’s behind the new winter sports arena in south Dublin?

What’s behind the new winter sports arena in south Dublin?

A private consortium has acquired a site in Cherrywood in south Dublin with plans for a €190 million development

Sun Feb 22 2026 - 06:00
Johannes Klæbo is among the greatest athletes most people have never heard of

Johannes Klæbo is among the greatest athletes most people have never heard of

The 29-year-old from Norway has already won 10 Olympic gold medals in cross-country skiiing and he’s not finished yet

Sat Feb 21 2026 - 06:00
Keely Hodgkinson breaks indoor 800m world record as Andrew Coscoran breaks Irish record

Keely Hodgkinson breaks indoor 800m world record as Andrew Coscoran breaks Irish record

Dublin runner Coscoran clocked 3:33.09 for third place in 1500m

Thu Feb 19 2026 - 22:13
Winter Olympics: Anabelle Zurbay completes second slalom event as Mikaela Shiffrin finally strikes another gold

Winter Olympics: Anabelle Zurbay completes second slalom event as Mikaela Shiffrin finally strikes another gold

Thirty-year-old US skier won her first slalom gold in 2014 at 18

Wed Feb 18 2026 - 15:33
Winter Olympics: Cormac Comerford survives slalom slide fest to finish in 31st place

Winter Olympics: Cormac Comerford survives slalom slide fest to finish in 31st place

Atle Lie McGrath from Norway missed out on gold after straddling out on his second run

Mon Feb 16 2026 - 16:28
Teenager Anabelle Zurbay finishes 48th in giant slalom as Federica Brignone wins gold for Italy

Teenager Anabelle Zurbay finishes 48th in giant slalom as Federica Brignone wins gold for Italy

Colorado-based skier, whose grandmother hails from Co Westmeath, makes Winter Olympics debut

Sun Feb 15 2026 - 14:59
Rhasidat Adeleke returns to the track to break her own Irish indoor 300m record

Rhasidat Adeleke returns to the track to break her own Irish indoor 300m record

Irish athlete clocked 36.30 seconds when finishing runner-up to Stacey Ann Williams from Jamaica

Sat Feb 14 2026 - 20:54
Brazil’s Pinheiro Braathen makes history with giant slalom gold

Brazil’s Pinheiro Braathen makes history with giant slalom gold

Ireland’s Cormac Comerford finishes 42nd in the event

Sat Feb 14 2026 - 15:38
Irish rugby has a problem: the players don’t know how to run

Irish rugby has a problem: the players don’t know how to run

The Stade de France witnessed another display of French sprinting ability last week, leaving the Irish trailing in the Six Nations

Sat Feb 14 2026 - 06:00
‘I didn’t really have the last gear today’ - Thomas Maloney Westgård disappointed with 54th spot

‘I didn’t really have the last gear today’ - Thomas Maloney Westgård disappointed with 54th spot

Norway’s Johannes Klæbo wins third golf medal in seven days in the 10km cross-country skiing interval race

Fri Feb 13 2026 - 13:54
Bori Akinola smashes Irish indoor 60m record in Belgrade

Bori Akinola smashes Irish indoor 60m record in Belgrade

His 6.54 was good enough to finish second at the World Indoor Tour Gold meeting in Serbia

Wed Feb 11 2026 - 18:53
Winter Olympics: Ireland’s Cormac Comerford finishes 37th in the super-G at Milano Cortina

Winter Olympics: Ireland’s Cormac Comerford finishes 37th in the super-G at Milano Cortina

The 29-year-old from Dublin finished just under 10 seconds behind gold medal winner Franjo von Allmen from Switzerland

Wed Feb 11 2026 - 14:28
Ben Lynch on Olympic freestyle skiing: ‘It’s a very cool sport when you get into it’

Ben Lynch on Olympic freestyle skiing: ‘It’s a very cool sport when you get into it’

If it wasn’t for an old trampoline, the 23-year-old might well have ended up in rowing

Wed Feb 11 2026 - 06:00
Swim Ireland appoint Andy Reid as national performance director

Swim Ireland appoint Andy Reid as national performance director

The former swimmer has held the role on an interim basis since last May

Tue Feb 10 2026 - 14:25
Ireland’s Thomas Maloney Westgård enjoys his best result in Winter Olympics skiathlon

Ireland’s Thomas Maloney Westgård enjoys his best result in Winter Olympics skiathlon

In his third Games, Maloney Westgård finished 35th in the gruelling 20km cross-country race

Sun Feb 08 2026 - 14:08
‘There’s a huge sense of pride’: Ireland’s Cormac Comerford makes Olympic debut in downhill skiing

‘There’s a huge sense of pride’: Ireland’s Cormac Comerford makes Olympic debut in downhill skiing

Dubliner finishes 34th in men’s downhill as Switzerland’s Franjo von Allmen takes gold medal with sensational performance

Sat Feb 07 2026 - 14:30
Ian O’Riordan: What’s behind this inexplicable rise of the teenage running phenoms?

Ian O’Riordan: What’s behind this inexplicable rise of the teenage running phenoms?

At age 16, Sam Ruthe from New Zealand last weekend ran the mile in 3:48.88, which is fast – very fast

Sat Feb 07 2026 - 06:00
Lord Clifton Wrottesley: ‘Maybe some people saw me as a sort of playboy coming down from St Moritz’

Lord Clifton Wrottesley: ‘Maybe some people saw me as a sort of playboy coming down from St Moritz’

It’s been 24 years since Wrottesley finished fourth in the Winter Olympics, and his passion for the ice still burns

Fri Feb 06 2026 - 08:00
Anabelle Zurbay: ‘In my school, it’s actually kind of normal to become an Olympian’

Anabelle Zurbay: ‘In my school, it’s actually kind of normal to become an Olympian’

Gen Z skier, among the youngest in Winter Olympics slalom events, is Ireland’s only woman in four-strong team

Thu Feb 05 2026 - 06:00
Mark English smashes his own Irish 800m record in Czech Republic

Mark English smashes his own Irish 800m record in Czech Republic

Donegal athlete takes almost half a second of his previous best to finish third in Ostrava

Tue Feb 03 2026 - 17:42
Andrew Coscoran just shy of Irish record in finishing fifth in Wanamaker Mile

Andrew Coscoran just shy of Irish record in finishing fifth in Wanamaker Mile

Cian McPhillips was a late withdrawal from the 800m due to a dental issue

Mon Feb 02 2026 - 11:11
Louth fall flat against Cork as Rebels march on through Division Two

Louth fall flat against Cork as Rebels march on through Division Two

The excellent Steven Sherlock led the way as they had seven different scorers

Sun Feb 01 2026 - 18:04
Elizabeth Ndudi sets new national indoor long jump record in Arkansas

Elizabeth Ndudi sets new national indoor long jump record in Arkansas

Bori Akinola secures automatic qualifying time for next month’s World Indoor Championships

Sun Feb 01 2026 - 13:38
The shifting psychology behind breaking a world record

The shifting psychology behind breaking a world record

While some records repeatedly fall in quick succession, others can go unbroken for many years

Sun Feb 01 2026 - 06:00
From Kilternan ski slope to Milano Cortina, Cormac Comerford completes his long journey to the Winter Olympics

From Kilternan ski slope to Milano Cortina, Cormac Comerford completes his long journey to the Winter Olympics

Comerford joins Anabelle Zurbay, Thomas Maloney Westgård and Ben Lynch in the four-strong Team Ireland

Thu Jan 29 2026 - 18:20
One in a million: how Dublin footballer Niamh Crowley learned to speak all over again

One in a million: how Dublin footballer Niamh Crowley learned to speak all over again

Two-time All-Ireland winner was diagnosed with extremely rare form of epilepsy as a child

Tue Jan 27 2026 - 19:31
How Irish athletes are shaping up ahead of World Indoor Championships in Poland

How Irish athletes are shaping up ahead of World Indoor Championships in Poland

Andrew Coscoran will race the Wanamaker Mile a year after running his Irish record 3:49.26

Mon Jan 26 2026 - 19:02
Cian McPhillips returns to action with 600m victory in Boston

Cian McPhillips returns to action with 600m victory in Boston

Irish runner runs 1:16.37 at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix on Saturday

Sat Jan 24 2026 - 21:02
Ger Brennan era off to losing start as Donegal take down Dublin at Croke Park

Ger Brennan era off to losing start as Donegal take down Dublin at Croke Park

Half-time sub Luke Breathnach helps the home side make a contest of it after they were six points down at the break

Sat Jan 24 2026 - 19:38
For years the butt of college football jokes, Indiana triumph is a feelgood story for the ages

For years the butt of college football jokes, Indiana triumph is a feelgood story for the ages

Dramatic victory against Miami sealed a flawless title-winning season for the Hoosiers

Sat Jan 24 2026 - 06:00
Gary Ryan: ‘I’ve seen how other sports maximise high performance, we want to do it in triathlon’

Gary Ryan: ‘I’ve seen how other sports maximise high performance, we want to do it in triathlon’

The two-time Olympian and former Irish 100m record holder has started as new performance director with Triathlon Ireland

Sat Jan 24 2026 - 06:00
Pádraic Maher says Tipperary hurlers must ‘find something extra’ to end 61-year wait

Pádraic Maher says Tipperary hurlers must ‘find something extra’ to end 61-year wait

Premier County haven’t won back-to-back All-Irelands since 1965

Thu Jan 22 2026 - 16:52
Players ‘unlikely to be distracted’ in row over Allianz sponsorship of National Leagues

Players ‘unlikely to be distracted’ in row over Allianz sponsorship of National Leagues

Potential boycott of firm’s signs during player interviews has been discussed by Dublin County Board

Thu Jan 22 2026 - 14:18
No discussions held by Dublin players on potential Allianz protests for National Leagues

No discussions held by Dublin players on potential Allianz protests for National Leagues

Recent report by the GAA’s Ethics and Integrity Commission recommended retaining Allianz as sponsors

Wed Jan 21 2026 - 19:18
Record €33m in core funding announced for sporting bodies

Record €33m in core funding announced for sporting bodies

Allocation for 2026 up €1.2 million on last year’s figure

Wed Jan 21 2026 - 17:36
Swim Ireland become latest national sports governing body to discontinue use of X platform

Swim Ireland become latest national sports governing body to discontinue use of X platform

Move comes amid concerns over images generated by Grok AI

Mon Jan 19 2026 - 20:09
Kilmacud Crokes table motion seeking to end Allianz sponsorship of National Leagues

Kilmacud Crokes table motion seeking to end Allianz sponsorship of National Leagues

Dublin’s footballers and hurlers are also considering a decision not to appear in front of Allianz signage when conducting interviews

Mon Jan 19 2026 - 20:03
Mark English lowers 800m Irish indoor record to win in Luxembourg

Mark English lowers 800m Irish indoor record to win in Luxembourg

Donegal athlete moves to joint-13th on the all-time world 800m indoor list

Sun Jan 18 2026 - 18:35
The difference between running and cycling through the pain barrier

The difference between running and cycling through the pain barrier

Ian O’Riordan: ‘At least cyclists don’t have to worry as much about stress fractures’, Ben Healy once told me

Sun Jan 18 2026 - 06:00
Dublin City Half Marathon 2026: When is it, how to enter, new increased fee and more

Dublin City Half Marathon 2026: When is it, how to enter, new increased fee and more

Everything you need to know about applying for the race in the capital

Fri Jan 16 2026 - 14:39
Sport Ireland reviewing use of X in light of Grok controversy

Sport Ireland reviewing use of X in light of Grok controversy

Review follows Sport England’s decision to cease using the social media channel

Wed Jan 14 2026 - 21:12
Mark English lowers national indoor 600m record in first outing since World Championships

Mark English lowers national indoor 600m record in first outing since World Championships

Donegal athlete knocked nearly a second off his previous national record from 2024

Wed Jan 14 2026 - 20:36
LA Games: Ticket race for 2028 Olympics has begun – here’s what you need to know

LA Games: Ticket race for 2028 Olympics has begun – here’s what you need to know

Organisers expect a record 14 million tickets will be sold for the 2028 Games

Wed Jan 14 2026 - 18:13
New ideal of Olympic philanthropy a potential game-changer in Irish sports funding

New ideal of Olympic philanthropy a potential game-changer in Irish sports funding

Changes in tax mean relief can be claimed on all OFI donations made up to September 1st, 2028

Wed Jan 14 2026 - 06:00
Efrem Gidey among 10km record breakers in Valencia

Efrem Gidey among 10km record breakers in Valencia

Limerick teenager Ava Crean improved her 10km best by almost a minute

Sun Jan 11 2026 - 12:53
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