Winter Olympics: Cormac Comerford survives slalom slide fest to finish in 31st placeAtle Lie McGrath from Norway missed out on gold after straddling out on his second runMon Feb 16 2026 - 16:28
Teenager Anabelle Zurbay finishes 48th in giant slalom as Federica Brignone wins gold for ItalyColorado-based skier, whose grandmother hails from Co Westmeath, makes Winter Olympics debutSun Feb 15 2026 - 14:59
Rhasidat Adeleke returns to the track to break her own Irish indoor 300m recordIrish athlete clocked 36.30 seconds when finishing runner-up to Stacey Ann Williams from JamaicaSat Feb 14 2026 - 20:54
Brazil’s Pinheiro Braathen makes history with giant slalom goldIreland’s Cormac Comerford finishes 42nd in the eventSat Feb 14 2026 - 15:38
Irish rugby has a problem: the players don’t know how to runThe Stade de France witnessed another display of French sprinting ability last week, leaving the Irish trailing in the Six NationsSat Feb 14 2026 - 06:00
‘I didn’t really have the last gear today’ - Thomas Maloney Westgård disappointed with 54th spotNorway’s Johannes Klæbo wins third golf medal in seven days in the 10km cross-country skiing interval raceFri Feb 13 2026 - 13:54
Bori Akinola smashes Irish indoor 60m record in BelgradeHis 6.54 was good enough to finish second at the World Indoor Tour Gold meeting in SerbiaWed Feb 11 2026 - 18:53
Winter Olympics: Ireland’s Cormac Comerford finishes 37th in the super-G at Milano CortinaThe 29-year-old from Dublin finished just under 10 seconds behind gold medal winner Franjo von Allmen from SwitzerlandWed Feb 11 2026 - 14:28
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 rowingWed Feb 11 2026 - 06:00
Swim Ireland appoint Andy Reid as national performance directorThe former swimmer has held the role on an interim basis since last MayTue Feb 10 2026 - 14:25
Ireland’s Thomas Maloney Westgård enjoys his best result in Winter Olympics skiathlonIn 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 skiingDubliner finishes 34th in men’s downhill as Switzerland’s Franjo von Allmen takes gold medal with sensational performanceSat Feb 07 2026 - 14:30
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 fastSat Feb 07 2026 - 06:00
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 burnsFri Feb 06 2026 - 08:00
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 teamThu Feb 05 2026 - 06:00
Mark English smashes his own Irish 800m record in Czech RepublicDonegal athlete takes almost half a second of his previous best to finish third in OstravaTue Feb 03 2026 - 17:42
Andrew Coscoran just shy of Irish record in finishing fifth in Wanamaker MileCian McPhillips was a late withdrawal from the 800m due to a dental issueMon Feb 02 2026 - 11:11
Louth fall flat against Cork as Rebels march on through Division TwoThe excellent Steven Sherlock led the way as they had seven different scorersSun Feb 01 2026 - 18:04
Elizabeth Ndudi sets new national indoor long jump record in ArkansasBori Akinola secures automatic qualifying time for next month’s World Indoor ChampionshipsSun Feb 01 2026 - 13:38
The shifting psychology behind breaking a world record While some records repeatedly fall in quick succession, others can go unbroken for many yearsSun Feb 01 2026 - 06:00
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 IrelandThu Jan 29 2026 - 18:20
One in a million: how Dublin footballer Niamh Crowley learned to speak all over againTwo-time All-Ireland winner was diagnosed with extremely rare form of epilepsy as a childTue Jan 27 2026 - 19:31
How Irish athletes are shaping up ahead of World Indoor Championships in PolandAndrew Coscoran will race the Wanamaker Mile a year after running his Irish record 3:49.26Mon Jan 26 2026 - 19:02
Cian McPhillips returns to action with 600m victory in BostonIrish 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 ParkHalf-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
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 IrelandSat Jan 24 2026 - 06:00
For years the butt of college football jokes, Indiana triumph is a feelgood story for the agesDramatic victory against Miami sealed a flawless title-winning season for the HoosiersSat Jan 24 2026 - 06:00
Pádraic Maher says Tipperary hurlers must ‘find something extra’ to end 61-year waitPremier County haven’t won back-to-back All-Irelands since 1965Thu Jan 22 2026 - 16:52
Players ‘unlikely to be distracted’ in row over Allianz sponsorship of National LeaguesPotential boycott of firm’s signs during player interviews has been discussed by Dublin County BoardThu Jan 22 2026 - 14:18
No discussions held by Dublin players on potential Allianz protests for National LeaguesRecent report by the GAA’s Ethics and Integrity Commission recommended retaining Allianz as sponsorsWed Jan 21 2026 - 19:18
Record €33m in core funding announced for sporting bodiesAllocation for 2026 up €1.2 million on last year’s figureWed Jan 21 2026 - 17:36
Swim Ireland become latest national sports governing body to discontinue use of X platformMove 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 LeaguesDublin’s footballers and hurlers are also considering a decision not to appear in front of Allianz signage when conducting interviewsMon Jan 19 2026 - 20:03
Mark English lowers 800m Irish indoor record to win in LuxembourgDonegal athlete moves to joint-13th on the all-time world 800m indoor listSun Jan 18 2026 - 18:35
The difference between running and cycling through the pain barrierIan O’Riordan: ‘At least cyclists don’t have to worry as much about stress fractures’, Ben Healy once told meSun Jan 18 2026 - 06:00
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 capitalFri Jan 16 2026 - 14:39
Sport Ireland reviewing use of X in light of Grok controversyReview follows Sport England’s decision to cease using the social media channelWed Jan 14 2026 - 21:12
Mark English lowers national indoor 600m record in first outing since World ChampionshipsDonegal athlete knocked nearly a second off his previous national record from 2024Wed Jan 14 2026 - 20:36
LA Games: Ticket race for 2028 Olympics has begun – here’s what you need to knowOrganisers expect a record 14 million tickets will be sold for the 2028 GamesWed Jan 14 2026 - 18:13
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, 2028Wed Jan 14 2026 - 06:00
Efrem Gidey among 10km record breakers in ValenciaLimerick teenager Ava Crean improved her 10km best by almost a minuteSun Jan 11 2026 - 12:53
Lochlann Walsh on his OFI presidency: ‘I’m not going to get into what Pat Hickey did and didn’t do, because that’s in the past’A year into his role, Walsh is hoping the organisation’s athlete-centred policies will bear fruit in the LA Olympics Sun Jan 11 2026 - 06:00
Brian Fay secures best Irish result at World Cross Country Championships in over a decadeDublin athlete’s 16th-place finish the fourth best by a European on the daySat Jan 10 2026 - 18:55
Ian O’Riordan: Is running through swamps and alligators enough to restore World Cross Country?Moves are afoot to get cross-country back on the Olympic programme, only this time at the Winter GamesSat Jan 10 2026 - 06:00
Ciara Mageean thankful for ‘kind words of support’ during cancer treatmentDown athlete completed 12th round of chemotherapy before ChristmasThu Jan 08 2026 - 16:10
Lease on Bray Boxing Club building, closed since 2018 murder, awarded to rowing clubOlympic gold medallist Katie Taylor trained out of seafront facility under its previous guise as a boxing clubTue Jan 06 2026 - 16:27
The Irish athletics records most ripe for revision in 2026Some records are not just a measure of time or distance, they are also a measure of true greatnessSun Jan 04 2026 - 06:00
Ian O’Riordan: Is the 10k and half-marathon just a gateway drug to the harder stuff?Much of what Hunter S Thompson wrote about running still holds up 45 years laterSat Dec 27 2025 - 06:00
A record 127 championship medals were won by Irish athletes in 2025Dr Úna May praises achievements, which included 39 gold medals in tallyMon Dec 22 2025 - 18:09
‘It just stood up into this huge mountain’: Conor Maguire surfs his biggest wave yet at MullaghmoreAmong those to message Maguire last week was Kelly Slater, the 11-time world championMon Dec 22 2025 - 17:13
