Off-form Rhasidat Adeleke finishes fourth in Pre Classic 400m in EugeneThe 22-year-old clocked 51.33 in breezy conditions, well off her 49.07 Irish recordSun Jul 06 2025 - 12:42
The secret agents behind keeping Tour de France riders on the road Two Irish riders will partake in this year’s Tour de France, represented by two Irish agentsSat Jul 05 2025 - 06:00
Pre Classic is primed for Rhasidat Adeleke to get her season back on track Saturday night’s line-up also includes newcomer Bella Whittaker from the US, who won in Oslo and Stockholm, and Adeleke will want to run closer to 50 seconds, even if Tokyo is still some distance offSat Jul 05 2025 - 06:00
Ciara Mageean diagnosed with cancer2024 European Athletics Championships gold medallist has started treatment, she said on FridayFri Jul 04 2025 - 19:32
‘I’m not putting a limit on the score’: Kate O’Connor switching back into heptathlon competition modeThe athlete outlines her plans as she builds up to a national record attempt and September’s World Athletics ChampionshipsThu Jul 03 2025 - 06:00
Irish quartet beat national 4x100m relay record in GenevaTheir time of 38.92 seconds beat mark set 25 years agoSun Jun 22 2025 - 20:42
Fast and furious rise of Alex Dunne: ‘I always wanted to be an F1 driver. I’m not that far away’The Irish teenager is leading the Formula Two world championship and having a blast even if he’s not being paid - soon he may reach a very different levelSun Jun 22 2025 - 06:00
Why the record-breaking heights of Mondo Duplantis are truly out of this worldFew athletes have matched the rate of Swedish pole superstar Duplantis. Witnessing his world records will never grow oldSat Jun 21 2025 - 09:46
Sarah Healy produces lifetime best to take second in 1,500m at Diamond League in ParisThe 24-year-old improved to 3:57.15 at the Stade Charlety on Friday nightFri Jun 20 2025 - 22:51
Shane Walsh on coming back from injury: ‘It can knock you, you can go into your shell a bit. I definitely felt that’Walsh looks to have regained full confidence ahead of Galway’s preliminary quarter-final against DownFri Jun 20 2025 - 06:00
Rhasidat Adeleke finishes sixth in 400m at Stockholm Diamond League meetingIrish runner tires down the homestretch as US newcomer Isabella Whittaker wins againSun Jun 15 2025 - 18:39
Galway deliver second-half stormer to pull their season back from the brink against ArmaghA late point from Shane Walsh earned the Tribesmen the win at Breffni ParkSun Jun 15 2025 - 12:42
Like mother, like daughter: Sophie O’Sullivan wins the NCAA 1,500m title in dominant styleIrish runner emulates achievement of mother Sonia with a superb performance at Hayward Field in OregonSun Jun 15 2025 - 11:44
Rhasidat Adeleke yet to hit her stride in 2025, but that might be exactly how she’s planned itFourth-place finish in Oslo showed Irish athlete has ground to make up before World ChampionshipsSat Jun 14 2025 - 06:00
Rhasidat Adeleke finishes fourth in Diamond League 400m race in OsloMark English finishes seventh in fast 800m raceThu Jun 12 2025 - 20:51
Louth have already secured a glorious feat in 2025, now they’re out to avoid unwanted piece of historyLeinster and Connacht champions both aiming to dodge championship exitWed Jun 11 2025 - 20:19
Rhasidat Adeleke ready to turn up the heat on her summer in a double bill of Diamond League racesMark English also runs at the Bislett Games in Oslo on Thursday looking to continue his record-breaking season over 800mWed Jun 11 2025 - 16:30
Mark English moves into world-class territory as he lowers Irish 800m record Donegal athlete becomes first Irishman to break 1:44-barrier as he wins at FBK GamesMon Jun 09 2025 - 19:46
Paris medallists Wiffen, McClenaghan and Doyle donate €60,000 in Olympic legacy funding to former school and clubsSix athletes to donate various sums under Northern Ireland’s £100,000 Olympic Medallist FundMon Jun 09 2025 - 15:06
Cork and Kilkenny through to semi-finals after clinching provincial titles, but all the glory goes to MunsterLimerick left with longer route to Liam MacCarthy after losing out in penalty shootoutMon Jun 09 2025 - 06:00
Kilkenny make it six Leinster titles on the trot as Galway revival falls shortTribesmen twice got within four points during endgame but pay price for leaving it all too lateSun Jun 08 2025 - 20:14
Efrem Gidey: ‘If you challenge yourself, you are always the winner’ Erstwhile refugee escaped war-torn Eritrea in 2016, ended up in several refugee camps, before finding sanctuary in Ireland Sat Jun 07 2025 - 06:00
The sudden death of a young runner touches running spirits everywhere ‘For the family and loved ones of Olivia Tuohy and Ellen Cassidy, maybe there is some comfort in knowing they were doing something they loved best’Sat Jun 07 2025 - 06:00
Sarah Healy wins 1,500m at Diamond League in RomeDubliner won in 3:59.17 at the Stadio OlimpicoFri Jun 06 2025 - 22:33
Galway’s Cathal Mannion only too aware of Kilkenny’s extra-time threat The Tribesmen’s top scorer in this year’s Leinster campaign believes a clear run from injury has helped him return to consistent form Fri Jun 06 2025 - 06:00
Seán Doggett sets 400m record to take gold at Schools Track and Field ChampionshipsBelvedere College’s Cillian Doherty won the senior boys 100m event in 10.86Sun Jun 01 2025 - 22:14
Armagh beat Dublin in Croke Park, Galway nab late draw against Derry – As it happenedWins for Kildare, Antrim and Fermanagh in Tailteann CupSun Jun 01 2025 - 18:44
What on earth were China’s women runners on back in the 1990s?Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet ran the second fastest women’s 3,000m time in history last weekend – but was still way off the record set 32 years ago Sat May 31 2025 - 06:00
Sarah Healy hits new heights, running PB to finish third in lightning-fast Diamond League meetingNext up for 24-year-old is a shot at her specialist outdoor distance in RomeMon May 26 2025 - 19:05
Monaghan bring Louth crashing back down to earth in NewbridgeFour goals for Louth put a shine on the scoreboard despite six-point defeatSun May 25 2025 - 15:22
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
