Nike sorely misses spirit of the great Steve Prefontaine as running values tumbleFifty years after untimely death of inspirational athlete, running brand is struggling in a vastly changed worldSun May 25 2025 - 06:00
Ireland’s Efrem Gidey triumphs in European 10,000m CupClonliffe Harriers runner becomes first Irish athlete to win the eventSat May 24 2025 - 21:46
Ciara Mageean: ‘You do have to be selfish as an athlete, it’s the part I find least enjoyable... But no regrets’It’s almost a year since athlete’s 1,500m European Championships gold turned to the darkness of her Paris Olympics, but she reckons she’ll be ‘dangerous’ at LA 2028Sat May 24 2025 - 06:00
Limerick prove too strong for Cork, Kilkenny return to Leinster final – As it happenedIn Thurles, Tipperary took a nine-point win over WaterfordSun May 18 2025 - 19:12
Bradley Wiggins’s revelations show how hard the road ahead can be for retired ridersMark Bennett could yet claim a stage win in this year’s Giro d’ItaliaSat May 17 2025 - 06:00
Nichola Sheridan aiming for bigger and better things in the Dublin Marathon‘If it were up to me, I would run a marathon every month, I really enjoy it’Tue May 13 2025 - 06:00
Rhasidat Adeleke and Sharlene Mawdsley play starring roles as Ireland qualify for World Championships on the doubleMixed and women’s 4x400m teams secure tickets to Tokyo with strong showing at World Athletics RelaysMon May 12 2025 - 06:00
Ireland women’s 4x400m relay team seal World Championships qualification in GuangzhouWomen’s quartet join mixed team in securing spot at World Championships in TokyoSun May 11 2025 - 14:44
Sharlene Mawdsley anchor leg helps Ireland seal mixed relay World Championships qualificationMen’s and women’s teams into Sunday’s repechage rounds after missing out on automatic qualificationSat May 10 2025 - 15:07
Ireland’s relay stars part of an ‘overnight’ success story stretching back to Ronnie Delany in the 1950sNoel Carroll, Eamonn Coghlan and Sonia O’Sullivan have all passed the baton on at different stagesSat May 10 2025 - 06:00
‘I don’t know if prioritise is the word, I just do both’; Chris O’Donnell on Ireland’s ambitions at the World Athletics RelaysThe 26-year-old from Sligo believes Ireland can qualify three relay teams for the World Championships in TokyoFri May 09 2025 - 06:00
Can Ireland quartets maintain upward trajectory at World Athletics Relays?Rhasidat Adeleke set to feature in women’s and mixed 4x400m eventsTue May 06 2025 - 18:46
Andrew Coscoran earns $50,000 as runner-up in Miami Grand Slam track meetingIrish runner earned prize for combination of two performances over the weekend, in 3,000m and 5,000mSun May 04 2025 - 23:42
Kerry produce a cool and unerring Munster final win over Clare in the heat of KillarneyDavid Clifford and Seánie O’Shea impress as Kingdom’s first-half goal blitz sets them on their waySun May 04 2025 - 18:10
Ian O’Riordan: Do we need to protect the limits of women’s distance running? Records should progress organically, otherwise, boundaries will be pushed beyond what can be achieved under normal circumstancesSun May 04 2025 - 06:00
Rhasidat Adeleke takes second spot in Diamond League 200m with storming finishStrong closing stretch gives Dublin sprinter second place in Shanghai against high-class fieldSat May 03 2025 - 14:00
‘Oh, no, this could be a very long day’: Peter Lynch reflects on his Irish marathon recordThe 27-year-old from Kilkenny clocked a new mark of 2:09:36 in Düsseldorf on SundayMon Apr 28 2025 - 20:06
Louth wobble past Kildare to set up Leinster final rematch with MeathTopsy-turvy semi-final leaves Kildare regretting missed chancesSun Apr 27 2025 - 18:41
Peter Lynch breaks Irish marathon record to finish third in DüsseldorfKilkenny City Harriers athlete was completing just his second competitive run over the distanceSun Apr 27 2025 - 12:45
Recalling Catherina McKiernan’s once-in-a-lifetime London Marathon victory Triumph came at a time when Irish women were only beginning to scratch the surface of world sport’s upper echelons Sat Apr 26 2025 - 06:00
Louth and Kildare face-off for last remaining place in race for the Sam Maguire Louth are chasing a third successive Leinster final appearance for the first time in over 100 years; Kildare have not won the Leinster title since the turn of the centuryThu Apr 24 2025 - 06:00
World Athletics Championships in Tokyo to return to RTÉ for the first time this centuryThe nine-day event in September likely to include the largest Irish team in World Athletics historyWed Apr 23 2025 - 16:27
GAA as it happened: Munster hurling championship kicks off with two thrilling drawsDonegal and Galway win in the provincial football championshipsSun Apr 20 2025 - 18:38
Rhasidat Adeleke finishes fourth in first individual race of season in FloridaOlympic 100m champion Julien Alfred won 200m race at Tom Jones Memorial meeting in GainesvilleSat Apr 19 2025 - 14:26
I have seen the next Usain Bolt, and his name is Gout GoutAustralians have no doubt the 17-year-old Brisbane schoolboy smashing world age-group records is their new athletics superstarFri Apr 18 2025 - 12:00
Daniel Wiffen finishes outside the 1,500m freestyle world record, but still produces another world-class swimOlympic champion happy with time in Irish Open Swimming ChampionshipsWed Apr 16 2025 - 20:47
Rhasidat Adeleke named in Ireland squad for World Athletics Relays in ChinaInclusion of Tallaght AC runner boosts hopes of qualifying two teams for the World Athletics Championships in September Wed Apr 16 2025 - 16:52
Lee Chin primed for another Wexford summer after wintering well in Australia Hurler turns 33 this year and, while not yet in the veteran category, he is proving age is just a numberWed Apr 16 2025 - 09:08
Boost for Clare as Shane O’Donnell is set to be back from injury within ‘four and eight weeks’After undergoing surgery on his right shoulder, O’Donnell looked set to miss the whole championship seasonTue Apr 15 2025 - 06:00
Wicklow put the fear into Dublin before they eventually escape from AughrimDessie Farrell’s side struggle to find rhythm but advance to semi-final against MeathSun Apr 13 2025 - 18:35
Efrem Gidey narrowly misses out on bronze medal in the European half marathon championshipsThe 24-year-old was outkicked in the last 100 metres by Valentin GondouinSat Apr 12 2025 - 16:32
Do you believe that Tadej Pogačar is the greatest cyclist of all time? ‘There’s nowhere you can find a weakness: he can time trial against the best, he can ride well on the flat and in the wind, he can ride downhill, he can do every bloody thing’ – Seán KellySat Apr 12 2025 - 06:00
Mountains being moved to find success in Wicklow football Committed Garden County ready to take on mighty Dubs in Leinster senior football championship quarter-final clash Sat Apr 12 2025 - 06:00
Sam Mulroy happy for Louth to keep climbing the Leinster football mountainBeat Laois on Sunday and Louth then face either Kildare or Westmeath in the Leinster semi-final Fri Apr 11 2025 - 06:00
Ethan Rafferty considered walking away from intercounty football after goalkeeper rule changeAs the Armagh goalkeeper’s roaming style of play especially suited to the 12-on-11 scenario, the new rules were ‘annoying’ for him personallyThu Apr 10 2025 - 06:00
Hammer thrower Nicola Tuthill breaking new ground with help from Jerry Kiernan FoundationAfter good showing in Paris Olympics, Tuthill is hoping to continue her progress into the World Championships in Tokyo in SeptemberTue Apr 08 2025 - 21:04
Sport Ireland carried out 2,029 anti-doping tests in 2024 at a cost of almost €3m One rule violation reported last year, although that stemmed from an event in 2023Tue Apr 08 2025 - 17:58
GAA Sunday as it happened: Cork land a first hurling league title in 27 yearsDonegal easily beat Derry in the Ulster football preliminary roundSun Apr 06 2025 - 20:17
Rhasidat Adeleke may feel the roundabout benefits of passing on Grand Slam TrackNew super-elite competition aimed at growing the sport in between Olympic cycles Thu Apr 03 2025 - 19:00
Rob Finnerty relishing the chance to finally take a bite out of the Big AppleGalway play New York in Gaelic Park in the Connacht football championshipWed Apr 02 2025 - 06:00
Dublin City Half Marathon organisers consider lottery-based entry system for next yearAfter huge demand for inaugural event organisers looking to go ‘bigger and better’ in 2026Mon Mar 31 2025 - 13:06
Inaugural Dublin City Half Marathon a runaway successKillian Mooney first man home in 65:40; Nichola Sheridan fastest woman in 78:00Sun Mar 30 2025 - 15:06
Anomalies remain around the awarding of Sport Ireland grants Certain relays seem to be considered every bit as important as individual eventsSat Mar 29 2025 - 14:03
The unknowns around Sunday’s inaugural running of the Dublin City Half Marathon Mostly flat course and road closures should be conducive to fast times this SundayFri Mar 28 2025 - 06:00
Kellie Harrington remains on €40,000 podium funding as some Sport Ireland investment figures yet to be realisedFunding increased to €27 million for the first year of the new cycle after successful Paris OlympicsWed Mar 26 2025 - 19:37
World Athletics mandates cheek swabs to ‘doggedly protect female category’Governing body hopes to have testing in place for September world championshipsTue Mar 25 2025 - 15:35
Kate O’Connor sets high medal bar in Nanjing as rise of Irish athletics continues Athlete’s pentathlon silver ranks as only medal winner among six-strong Irish team but ends 19-year podium wait for Ireland at this level Mon Mar 24 2025 - 06:00
Sarah Lavin misses out on World Indoor hurdles final after messy semi-final in NanjingIrish woman left frustrated after being apparently impeded by flying hurdle in dash to lineSun Mar 23 2025 - 12:11
Sarah Healy finishes sixth in World Indoor 3,000m final in NanjingWorld Indoor Championships: Ireland’s Andrew Coscoran also finishes sixth in the men’s 3,000m finalSat Mar 22 2025 - 11:49
Norwegian marvel Jakob Ingebrigtsen on cusp of completing gold medal collection at World Indoor Championships Multidecorated athlete’s sustained motivation to win the next championship race a defining quality that sets him apart Fri Mar 21 2025 - 19:11
