Crocodile-ridden river cleared to host Olympic rowing and canoe events at Brisbane 2032
Fitzroy river course in Roehampton will provide a ‘safe, fair and consistent field of play’, organisers say
Olympic Games
Once an Olympian, always an Olympian – how every Irish athlete in history was connected on one website
A years-long project by the Olympic Federation of Ireland went live this week with profiles of the 1,067 to have represented Ireland at the Games
Sonia O’Sullivan: Ultimate Championship’s $10m is great reward for athletes – I wish it was around in my day
The record prize pot is the most positive growth we have seen in the sport in many years
Ultimate Championship has trio of Irish athletes on track for their biggest pay-days
Mark English, Sharlene Mawdsley and Rhasidat Adeleke join the line-up of stars in Budapest
Katie Taylor: An emotional last night for a quietly defiant pioneer
If she wins, as she surely must, she will retire as the undisputed champion – not just of her chosen division but of women’s boxing
Raygun opens up on her infamous Olympics breakdancing debut: ‘Not as bad as I thought!’
The Olympic breakdancer became a viral sensation after her performance at Paris 2024, where she failed to receive a single point
Few embrace athletics to get rich, but we are indebted to them for their achievements
Memoirs of notable athletes contain triumph, but most are punctuated with much punishment
Don’t worry about athletes, the Robot Games showcases how they might replace the rest of us
AI Olympics won’t threaten elite sportspeople – I’m just happy there isn’t a sportswriting category
Kellie Harrington to ‘have a go’ at qualification for Olympics in 2028
Irish boxer said it would be ‘a dream’ to represent Ireland at her third Olympic Games in Los Angeles
Sonia O’Sullivan: My daughter Sophie knows where she went wrong in 1,500m final
Watching on TV, you can also lose sight of the emotional rollercoaster that unfolds over a championship week
Inside track: Fionnuala Ward on being a spectator at the European Athletics Championships
People smile and nod when you say you have tickets to the games in Birmingham or even the Olympics
‘They’re not alone’: Chris Hoy on his ambition to stop men dying of prostate cancer
Cycling great on living with stage-four diagnosis, fundraising with Miguel Induráin and importance of public education about the disease
‘We’re probably closer than ever before’: Irish gymnasts target qualification for Worlds
Women’s team performing a balancing act between college and training before Europeans
‘I realised maybe I wasn’t ready to be done’: Mona McSharry targets more glory at Europeans
Sligo swimmer is loving life as a fully fledged professional athlete as she prepares for Paris test
‘Just race your heart out’: Ellen Walshe bringing impressive momentum to European Aquatics Championships
Swimmer has the form to take podium places in Paris – if she can get out of her own way
‘On to the next one’: Rhys McClenaghan looks to European Championships after Glasgow upset
Olympic champion commits to refining routine after sixth place in Commonwealth pommel horse final
‘It really makes you feel young again’: Daniel Coyle back in town for Dublin Horse Show
Showjumper based in Canada reunites with Olympic team-mates for Ireland
Madeleine McCann’s brother Sean to swim for Scotland at Commonwealth Games
Sean McCann was two-years-old when his sister disappeared during a holiday in Portugal in 2007
Flaming underwear, a chair leg and a plum pudding can: the great Olympic torch hoax
Prank in advance of 1956 Olympics was brainchild of university students in Sydney with Leitrim link
IOC provisionally lifts suspension on Russia ahead of 2028 Olympic Games
Committee on possible collision course with World Athletics ahead of Games in Los Angeles
In the selfishly driven world of track, Phil Healy was the consummate team player
Two-time Olympian, who announced her retirement from international athletics this week, helped blaze the relay trail
Leaving Cert PE: less challenging paper lets students avoid last year’s time crunch
Welcome question on Daniel Wiffen, Mona McSharry and Róisín Ní Riain, Irish Olympic and Paralympic medalists
‘It was a lifestyle, not a job’: Confessions of a sports writer who mostly saw it all
Making a career of mishaps and misadventures from Rio to the island of Jeju but still getting the story somehow
Ciara Mageean in her own words: ‘I was told she didn’t want to coach me any more’
In an extract from her new book, Irish athlete recounts friction in her relationship with coach Helen Clitheroe before the 2024 European Championships
Irish showjumper Bertram Allen fails to have police statements excluded in upcoming US trial
Allen was arrested in Florida after car crash and is alleged to have failed sobriety tests
Ciara Mageean: ‘I probably won’t make my 40th birthday. That’s rough’
The Co Down athlete and reigning European 1,500m champion was diagnosed with stage four cancer just over a year ago
Boycotting Israel match would mean not taking part in 2028 Olympics, Minister claims
Accepting Opposition motion would rule Ireland out of any event in which Israel was competing, says Charlie McConalogue
‘He was a shining light’: Tributes paid to former Olympian Ciarán Ó Lionáird
Sonia O’Sullivan, Athletics Ireland and the Olympic Federation of Ireland pay tribute to Cork athlete
Irish Olympic runner Ciarán Ó Lionáird dies suddenly aged 38
The popular Leevale athlete also won the Irish 1,500m title in 2014
Irish showjumper Bertram Allen did not understand rights after drink-driving arrest, US court hears
Motion seeks to suppress statements made by Olympian after car crash on January 13th
Fintan McCarthy says criticism of Irish rowing was ‘very heavy on a certain perspective’
Skibbereen rower believes the sport has never been better served by support staff
Eve McMahon named sportswoman of the month for April
McMahon won silver at French Olympic Week, in the second sailing Grand Slam of the season
All pools lead to LA as Mona McSharry confirms aim to compete at 2028 Olympics
The Sligo swimmer won bronze at the 2024 Games but was undecided about her future until recently
Kate O’Connor on her gruelling seven-event sport: ‘It’s so tough on a woman’s body’
The Dundalk heptathlon star loved ‘running around like a headless chicken’ at youth competitions. Now she’s aiming to reach the top of the podium this summer
How Munster opportunity knocked for Scottish swimming coach John Szaranek
The Swim Ireland National Centre head coach has been at the coalface of efforts to bring Irish swimming along
‘I just know I’m going there to win’: Rhys McClenaghan aims to repeat Olympic glory in LA
Gymnast on life after gold in Paris, his injury, new pommel routine and countdown to 2028 Games
Dave Hannigan: ‘Backward baboons’ booed Ronnie Delany in art and in life
The fact his nationality and Olympic achievement are the stuff of a serious work of literature shows the stardom the late Dubliner once enjoyed in the US
Recreating my old cycling commute shows how Paris won the car wars
Outgoing mayor Anne Hidalgo vowed to make Paris the ‘world capital of cycling’. So I put the city’s streets to the two-wheel test
Nick Griggs on his 3,000m prospects in Torun: ‘Most athletes are going to dream of a medal’
The Tyrone 21-year-old has moved up another level since winning gold at the European cross-country last December
A decade after boxing betrayed him, it’s now or never for Michael Conlan
Belfast fighter knows defeat against US opponent will all but end his title aspirations
How Ronnie Delany’s date with Olympic destiny inspired a generation of Irish athletes
Hard to think what might have transpired had he not won gold in Melbourne in 1956
I was thankful I had filed away the obscure detail of who finished second to Ronnie Delany in 1956
Not that The Irish Times team needed any help crossing the finish line first to claim victory in the annual Dublin Rape Crisis Centre corporate quiz night
Remembering Ronnie Delany
It’s high time we had a museum to honour our sporting greats. Collins Barracks would be a fitting location
Ronnie Delany’s Olympic gold medal lifted a nation, but he almost didn’t make it
Some officials on the Olympic Council of Ireland weren’t supportive of sending 1,500m runner
Sonia O’Sullivan: I’ll never forget the first time I spoke to Ronnie Delany
Ronnie never seemed old, still demonstrating all that youthful enthusiasm and zest for life
Ronnie Delany’s Melbourne gold remains one of the greatest achievements in Irish sport
Memorable Irish track Olympian, a splendid middle-distance champion
Ronnie Delany, Ireland’s Olympic gold medal-winning athlete, has died aged 91
Co Wicklow runner won gold in the 1,500m at the Olympics in Melbourne in 1956
Ian O’Riordan: Lidl’s €50 carbon-plated super shoes will have runners sprinting to the middle aisle
A decade on from the Nike Vaporfly, no single piece of equipment has had a more profound impact on any sport
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
Geraldine Barniville obituary: Irish tennis and squash number one who also made her mark in sports administration
Tennis star played with greats such as Billie Jean Moffitt (later King), Virginia Wade, Margaret Court and Martina Navratilova
How a game of giant marbles on ice became an Olympic sport
All curling stones at the Winter Olympics originate from a once rat-infested, Christmas pudding-shaped rock off Scotland’s west coast
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
Turf footing as an Olympic sport?
In her piece on niche sporting events, Alison Healy missed a highly skilful pursuit particular to Ireland
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
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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