Three-time Olympic swimmer Shane Ryan announces retirement The 31-year-old says he looks forward to ‘mentoring the next generation’Tue Oct 07 2025 - 13:30
Tokyo didn’t go to plan for Sarah Healy, but season as a whole saw her scale new heightsEuropean indoor champion says her ambitions changed during the seasonTue Oct 07 2025 - 06:00
‘This season is getting crazier and crazier’: Ben Healy relishes World Championship bronze medal‘To stand on a podium with Remco and Tadej is pretty incredible’Sun Sept 28 2025 - 17:43
Bronze for Ben Healy in World Cycling Championships road raceSlovenia’s Tadej Pogacar defends title in KigaliSun Sept 28 2025 - 15:25
Ian O’Riordan: Extraordinary Tokyo performances raise standards again in Irish athletics The 2025 World Championships saw Ireland’s athletes surpass all expectations, crowned by Kate O’Connor’s silver medalSat Sept 27 2025 - 06:00
Kate O’Connor: The making of a world heptathlon medal winnerThe Dundalk woman’s success at the World Championships has drawn attention to the heptathlon and shown the benefits of a multi-events approach for young athletesSat Sept 27 2025 - 06:00
Kate O’Connor and Cian McPhillips begin new chapter in Irish athletics historyBoth athletes also broke their own Irish records at the World Athletics ChampionshipsMon Sept 22 2025 - 06:00
Kate O’Connor dreaming bigger again after perfect season ends in TokyoHeptathlete shrugs off injury concerns to become Ireland’s sixth medal winner in history of World ChampionshipsSun Sept 21 2025 - 19:25
‘I gave it everything’: Cian McPhillips reflects on groundbreaking World Championships 800m runsLongford athlete won fourth place in the men’s 800m finalSun Sept 21 2025 - 19:00
Kate O’Connor secures stunning silver while Cian McPhillips finishes fourth at World Championships Dundalk heptathlete put aside injury concerns to become Ireland’s sixth medal winner in the history of the championships Sat Sept 20 2025 - 15:19
Irish athletes’ performance at World Championships allows us to dream againYoung athletes can be inspired by Ireland’s two medal chances going into penultimate day at TokyoSat Sept 20 2025 - 06:00
Kate O’Connor and Cian McPhillips look to turn big dreams into medals at World ChampionshipsHeptathlete goes into second day of action in silver-medal spot while McPhillips faces 800m heavyweights in finalFri Sept 19 2025 - 18:16
Cian McPhillips profile: The Longford athlete who has made history in 800m at World ChampionshipsLongford athlete decided against moving to US for college, opting to study and train in UCDFri Sept 19 2025 - 17:35
Kate O’Connor looks to take next step in her rise at World Championships in TokyoAndrew Coscoran, Darragh McElhinney, and Brian Fay also go in Friday’s 5,000m heatsThu Sept 18 2025 - 19:09
Cian McPhillips makes history as he qualifies for 800m final at World ChampionshipsMark English misses out as 23-year-old McPhillips sets new Irish record to earn spot in Saturday’s finalThu Sept 18 2025 - 17:29
Cian McPhillips and Mark English capable of making 800m history at World Athletics ChampionshipsWomen’s 400m final set to be a thriller with USA’s Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone eyeing world recordThu Sept 18 2025 - 06:00
Andrew Coscoran finishes 12th in 1,500m final at World Athletics Championships in Tokyo: ‘It’s a learning experience’Portugal’s Isaac Nader wins gold in 3:34.10Wed Sept 17 2025 - 16:29
World Athletics Championships: Andrew Coscoran goes into 1,500m final an athlete rebornDublin runner has reaped benefits of making big changes after Olympic disappointmentWed Sept 17 2025 - 06:00
Cian McPhillips and Mark English produce red letter day in Tokyo with 800m qualificationSarah Healy finishes 10th in 1,500m world finalTue Sept 16 2025 - 17:26
Sarah Healy poised for thrilling 1,500m World Championships showdown after final reprieveSharlene Mawdsley goes in the 400m semi-finalsTue Sept 16 2025 - 06:00
‘I’m absolutely chuffed’ - Andrew Coscoran makes 1,500m final at World Championships Dubliner finishes fifth in his stacked semi-final in Tokyo; Sarah Lavin misses out on 100m hurdles final Mon Sept 15 2025 - 13:59
France’s Jimmy Gressier pulls off old-school upset for 10,000m win at World ChampionshipsUruguay wins its first medal at competition and Fionnuala McCormack achieves her best global placingSun Sept 14 2025 - 20:21
Sharlene Mawdsley and Sarah Healy progress at World Athletics ChampionshipsAndrew Coscoran and Nicola Tuthill both advance, in the 1,500m and hammer respectivelySun Sept 14 2025 - 14:17
Outstanding Fionnuala McCormack finishes ninth in World Championships marathon in Tokyo Nicola Tuthill, Andrew Coscoran, Sarah Lavin, Sharlene Mawdsley and Sarah Healy progressSun Sept 14 2025 - 13:48
Sarah Healy and Sophie O’Sullivan lift the Irish mood in Tokyo with 1,500m qualification Mixed-relay quartet of Jack Raftery, Sophie Becker, Conor Kelly and Sharlene Mawdsley ended up sixth in their heatSat Sept 13 2025 - 13:48
‘I just thought I was gone s**t’: Darragh McElhinney’s long, hard run back to Tokyo qualificationCork 24-year-old endured a frustrating two years unable to figure out what was wrongSat Sept 13 2025 - 06:00
Ian O’Riordan: Can the incredibly gifted Jakob Ingebrigtsen claim undisputed greatness in Tokyo? The Norwegian 24-year-old hasn’t raced in six months but is gunning for more World Championship glory in JapanFri Sept 12 2025 - 19:00
Five events not to miss at the World Athletics ChampionshipsWorld Championships get under way in Tokyo on SaturdayFri Sept 12 2025 - 15:15
Hammer thrower Nicola Tuthill: ‘I feel I’m definitely on the world stage now’The 21-year-old gets her World Championships hammer qualification under way on SundayFri Sept 12 2025 - 06:00
‘It would be nice if it did come through’: Andrew Coscoran still waiting on his $50,000 prize from Grand Slam TrackDublin athlete is eyeing up a final place in the 1,500m and 5,000m at the World Championships in TokyoThu Sept 11 2025 - 06:00
World Athletics Championships: Irish in action, TV details, schedule and moreAll you need to know about Irish athletes at the event in TokyoWed Sept 10 2025 - 15:37
Irish expectations at the World Championships in Tokyo: ‘We’re not seeded to medal, let’s be frank about that’Athletics Ireland Director of High Performance, Paul McNamara, believes there are still medal chancesTue Sept 09 2025 - 06:00
Gráinne Walsh produces sole Irish victory on day 5 of World Boxing ChampionshipsWalsh booked her place in the last eight after blistering performanceMon Sept 08 2025 - 19:14
Lisa O’Rourke secures quarter-final spot at World Boxing Championships in LiverpoolDean Clancy and Patsy Joyce take wins by unanimous decisionsSun Sept 07 2025 - 21:29
Mark English wins 800m at World Athletics Continental Tour in BeijingResult comes a week out from the World Athletics Championships in TokyoSun Sept 07 2025 - 14:38
Ian O’Riordan: Why I lost all faith in Kenyan distance running More than 300 Kenyan athletes have been banned since independent anti-doping unit set up in 2017Sun Aug 31 2025 - 06:00
Israel Olatunde breaks his own Irish 100m record with 10.08 timeIrish sprinter was performing at meeting in London on SaturdaySat Aug 30 2025 - 16:06
Katie-George Dunlevy and Linda Kelly take gold at World ChampionshipsIrish duo defend their tandem time trial title with dominant performance in BelgiumFri Aug 29 2025 - 12:23
Sarah Healy finds frantic pace of Diamond League 1,500m final a little too hot Irish athlete finishes eighth as Kenya’s Nelly Chepchirchir pips Australia’s Jessica Hull on the lineThu Aug 28 2025 - 19:32
Ireland team named for World Athletics Championships in TokyoRhasidat Adeleke confirmed last week she would not be competing at the World ChampionshipsWed Aug 27 2025 - 19:37
Sarah Healy looking to cash in on summer of consistency at Diamond League finalLast stop on Diamond League circuit is final meeting before World Championships in TokyoWed Aug 27 2025 - 18:12
Athletics Ireland set to announce an experienced team for the Tokyo World ChampionshipsSharlene Mawdsley and Mark English among those travelling to TokyoTue Aug 26 2025 - 19:55
Swimming prodigy John Shortt: ‘Rugby taught me a lot, the biggest thing was the leadership side of sport’Swimming prodigy celebrated World Championships medal haul at the home of his first sporting loveTue Aug 26 2025 - 19:00
John Shortt: The 18-year-old from Galway taking world junior swimming by stormTeenager had almost complete domination of the three backstroke events in RomaniaMon Aug 25 2025 - 18:44
Rhasidat Adeleke can take heart from Keely Hodgkinson’s superb comeback after injuryEven away from the track, Daniel Day-Lewis’s forthcoming film proves how time spent recuperating is never wastedSat Aug 23 2025 - 06:00
Irish riders Eddie Dunbar and Archie Ryan primed and motivated for Vuelta a EspañaVuelta will be a first Grand Tour start for 23-year-old RyanFri Aug 22 2025 - 06:00
What do Ireland’s medal prospects look like at the World Athletics Championships?The withdrawal of Rhasidat Adeleke leaves a big hole to be filled in the women’s 4x400m relayWed Aug 20 2025 - 06:00
What’s behind Rhasidat Adeleke’s withdrawal from the World Championships?Irish runner says her season has been blighted by injury and setbacksTue Aug 19 2025 - 17:17
Rhasidat Adeleke to miss out on World Athletics Championships‘Increasingly difficult to train and perform at level I expect from myself’, athlete saysMon Aug 18 2025 - 23:45
Surfing giant Al Mennie: ‘I started going into the sea after dark. The world couldn’t see me’The 6ft 5in Derry man helped put Irish big-wave surfing on the map, and now his focus has shifted to night swimming, which has been a balm for his mental healthMon Aug 18 2025 - 06:00
